Used Furniture Lots May Vie With Used Car Lots
An interior designer in New York starts trading new for old furniture, responding to households with discardable items. Frances Lee buys and redeploys pieces, sometimes auctioning the rest, to reshape homes while avoiding clutter and high moving costs. The concept expands redecorating options and challenges.
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Associated Press
Frances Lee
New York
American Institute of Interior Designers
Miss Lee
Weeders Gift Ideas for Christmas by Earl Aronson AP News
The Weeders Guide suggests plant gifts for Christmas with options like potted camel lias, gardenias, Easter lily bulbs, miniature roses, cyclamen, Jerusalem cherries, Christmas peppers, chrysanthemums, African violets, potted herbs, Christmas cactus, and novelty items such as a botany kit and a four position garden sprayer. Additional ideas include a two speed hedge trimmer, shift link pruner, fluorescent light with plant tray, and inverted clay pot ladders, plus Kathryn Holley Seibel's gift book for personalized presents.
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Kathryn Holley Seibel
D. van Nostrand
Seasonal Decorations Chapel Craft Ideas for Groups
A guide detailing chapters on crafts using cones, nuts, greens, wood, straw and basketry. Each chapter ends with about a dozen workshop project ideas suitable for families, schools or clubs.
Salaries For Maine Teachers Increase
Augusta AP reports Clyde Russell of the Maine Teachers Association says the average Maine teacher salary rose to 5369, up 269 from last year, but remains about 1000 below the national average. He argues higher state aid is needed for poor districts as low pay signals broader school program underfunding.
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Augusta
Clyde Russell
Maine Teachers Association
Maine
Russell
Clarkson Leads ECAC Holiday Hockey Field at MSG
Defending champion Clarkson heads six teams in the fourth annual ECAC holiday tournament at Madison Square Garden December 21 to 23. Also in the field are St. Lawrence Cornell Brown Providence and Northeastern.
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Clarkson
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Cornell
Brown
Providence
Northeastern
Ancient plastering traced from pyramids to Greek mastery
Plastering is among the oldest building arts. Egyptian pyramids showcase durable plaster work over 4,000 years old. Tools of plasterers have remained unchanged since ancient times. The Greeks elevated the craft more than five centuries before Christ.
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Pyramids
Egypt
Animal Lovers Mourn Death Of Johnsons Dog
Washington AP reports hundreds of animal lovers from seven to seventy wrote to President Johnson and family to mourn the death of the White House beagle Her. About 400 letters arrived in two weeks, with many offering more animals or even a calf. Her and Him belonged to Luci Johnson, age 17. The White House declined pet offers, explaining policy, and sent a photo to Hollstein with autographs.
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Ice House
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McHenry
Ill
Joanne Long
Markesan
Wis
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Margaret Delaney
Oak Park
E. D. Hollstein
Rushville
Neb
Hollstein
Him
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