Young ideas shape cozy dream apartment design
Twenty five Southern Methodist University students and professionals designed a four room dream apartment. They favor sit on hearth casual furniture and dual purpose pieces with a Spanish wood flavor. They propose two outside bathroom doors ample white fixtures and sunshine carpets with a bare tile dining floor. A chopping block built into the counter hanging pots and pans and a dishwasher. Lighting details include spotlights dimmers and under cabinet lighting as a Glamour magazine Lincoln Property Co joint project.
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Southern Methodist University
Glamour
Dallas
Lincoln Property Co
Playhouse Post Sizing From Old Construction Tip
An old safety note advises using 4 by 4 posts that extend up to the roof for a 16 foot square playhouse. Posts should be set at least 3 feet underground in concrete, kept moist as it cures, and the framing bolted to posts with 2 by 6s on the outside.
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Andy Lang
By &S
Samuel Paul
161St St
Jamaica
N.Y
Grandparents as lure for grandchildren via new pools
VEVIAN BROWN reports on the rise of therapeutic and luxury pools in Darien and beyond. Edward Wagner, president of his family pool firm since 1919, notes heated, enclosed, and alcove designs. pools for clubs, motels, and residences, with 80,000 more pools projected this year.
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Edward Wagner
Agner
National Swimming Pool Institute
Wagner
Darien
Conn
New England
Riviera
Pool Institute
Florida
California
Why Varnish Finishes React When Lacquer Is Used
A reader asks about restoring an outdated oversized coffee table. The answer explains that applying lacquer over existing varnish softens it and creates a rough bubbly surface. Remove all finish with a varnish remover or sander, clean the wood, then refinish with any choice, including lacquer.
Do It Yourself Pool Advice and Home Maintenance Tips
A rough guide covers building a pool area, sizing a yard, and DIY upkeep with materials costing about 150 dollars. It notes safety, cleaning, and health standards, plus tips on ladders doors and using wood preservatives safely.
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Wagner
Lethem
Pblic
Home Hints On Nutrient Adequacy Across American Diets
Extension agent Alfred outlines a USDA based nationwide survey showing many groups from adolescents to older adults fall short of the Recommended Dietary Allowances for nutrients such as calcium iron thiamine riboflavin and vitamins A and C. The piece urges meals rich in milk leafy greens lean meats whole grains dry beans and organ meats to boost nutrient intake and health.
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Alfred
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Byellis Gushee
First Prize Wins All-America Rose Selections Honor
The Weeders Guide reports First Prize, a deep rose light red blend hybrid tea, as the sole winner of this year’s All-America Rose Selections award based on test garden results. It features large buds, vigorous bushes, two-tone pink blooms, strong stems, and dark green foliage, with a noted complex ancestry including Fashion, Enchantment, and Revelry among its great-grandparents.
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Ancesae
AARS
Portland
Ore
National Rose Society
England
Bagatelle
France
American Rose Society
On Furstenburg
Indant
Young Moderns Find Love in Vietnam Wedding Tale
Vivian Brown reports in Wilton that Captain Judy Campbell, a 25-year-old nurse, married Henry James McFarland Jr., a 6 foot 3 inch American lieutenant from Florida, after meeting in a Vietnam hospital bed. The couple wed in a double ceremony at Congre gational Church with a country club reception, as four attendants dressed in yellow medieval style outfits watched. The bride’s war memories fade in the glow of their honeymoon.
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Prince Charming
173Rd Airborne
Green Berets
Vietnam
McFarland
Medical de Sive Care
Judy
Tuyhua
China
Pesticide cautions and home woodwork tips from a garden bulletin
The article outlines cautions in applying 2,4-D and related herbicides including 24D 2,4,5-T Silvex and Dicamba with safety rules for storage handling application and disposal. It also offers moisture control tips for crawl spaces and durability guidance for exterior varnish and bookshelf construction.
Sea Nurse Recalls Hard Months in Vietnam Hospital
The article describes a nurse's growing doubt about her role in Vietnam as she recalls moments of progress with a scarred napalm victim helped by an American surgeon and a baby harmed by neglectful parents. Nurses faced hostility from Vietnamese patients and the challenge of caring for animals at the hospital.
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Judy
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