Do-It-Yourself heraldry kit revives ancient sport
A Mineola firm sells a $30 heraldry kit as interest in coats of arms rises in the United States. The piece notes that claiming arms requires descent from a bearing ancestor and explains methods to verify lineage, including library research or contacting authorities in London. It cites York Insignia Ltd. and discusses historic Irish families such as the O Flynn sept with distinct heraldic traditions.
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College of Arms
London
Mineola
N.Y
York Insignia Ltd
Albany Hall
York
England
Flynn
O'Flynn
O’floinn
O’flann
O’flynn
Heremon
Milesius
Antrim
Down
Roscommon
Ith
Connaught
Mr. Flynn
USA
Sinatra Antics Missing in Songs By Old Groaner
New York AP reports Bing Crosby sang simply and straight, avoiding the Sinatra syndrome of stage mannerisms. The piece notes rising stars like Paul Anka Bobby Darin Johnny Mathis and Harry Belafonte adopting or shedding theatrical cues as singing styles shift.
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New York
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Paul Anka
Bobby Darin
Johnny Mathis
Elvis Presley
Harry Belafonte
Ed Sullivan
Kate Smith
Garry Moore
Steve Lawrence
Dinah Shore
Ethel Merman
Edie Adams
South Korea village loans expose economic strain
Pai Chong rok, village chief of Myung Dong, faces an 800000 won debt to the government while many farmers rely on high interest lenders. The U S backed regime marshals aid to rural areas aiming to spur industry and exports, but critics say a supportive climate for business and investment is still lacking.
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Pai
Seoul
Myung Dong
South Korea
U.S
Brighter Choo Choos Color Rail Locomotives
In Schenectady New York Alco Products Inc says modern diesel locomotives wear brighter paint than 25 years ago with over 200 colors sprayed in the last year. Railroads now use three to five color schemes to decorate engines.
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Schenectady
N.Y
UPI
Iron Horse
Alco Products,Inc
New Twins' Father Dies Moving Earth
In Macon Georgia AP report, Mrs De Witt Vaughn gives birth to twin girls on Tuesday while her husband 42 is granted a day off. He returns to work operating an earth moving machine and dies when the vehicle skids overturns on a dam between two lakes.
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Macon
de Witt Vaughn
Vaughn
Chiang Kai-shek Turns 75 in Formosa Still Aiming to Reclaim Mainland
Chiang Kai-shek marks his 75th birthday in Taipei and asserts confidence in recovering mainland China within his lifetime. He has reduced routine meetings, delegated more to Chen Cheng, and maintains a disciplined schedule, exercise, and diary work while deeming Communists as betrayers of the 1911 revolution.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chang Chun
Japan
Chen Cheng
Chekiang
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Sales & Service
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Ene
Salem’s
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Republican County Committee
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AP TV
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Robert Nadeau
West Road
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POLI
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van Sentvoord
Yale
Oxford
University of Buffalo
Hotchkiss School
Connecticut
Shadowbrook Farm
Richard
Bennington County
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Tcal
Panasonic
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Philip H. Hoff
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