Big Ben Clock Still Chimes Through a Century
A century after Big Ben joined Parliament’s tower, the 184 ton bell remains the world’s famed timekeeper. Since 1928 the BBC has housed a microphone in the tower and WW II broadcasts of London Calling spread its fame. Simply, Big Ben endures amid storms and starlings, crack and all.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Big Ben
FE. Dent and Co., Ltd
Britain
Don
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Big Ben Clock Details and Specs
Four clock faces each 2214 feet in diameter. Hour Bell weighs 1344 tons and sounds an E note. Has run with a daily error of less than 4 seconds since 1859. Minute hands 11 feet long, hour hands nine feet. Figures two feet high. Total cost around 60 000 dollars. Chimes come from Handel's Messiah.
The History of Dolls From Stone to Modern Playthings
This reading traces dolls from ancient carved figures of bone ivory and straw to modern mass produced toys. It notes origins with Troy and Queen Elizabeth likenesses brought to America by Sir Walter Raleigh and describes evolving materials, dress, and functions for play, display and instruction.
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Eskimos
Sir Walter Raleigh
America
Queen Elizabeth
Sir Raleigh
Virginia
Pen Pals List Ages From Across Several States
A column lists numerous youths seeking pen pals with names and addresses in Mississippi North Carolina Texas Wisconsin New York Maine Virginia Alabama Ohio and more. Ages range from 7 to 14 with varied street numbers and routes.
Crafts That Brighten A Rainy Saturday
Creative projects for a rainy day include decorating a wastebasket with matched front cards and shellac for a smooth finish. Make pressed flower stationery, DIY tissue mobiles, and oven-baked bunny or bird cut pancakes to surprise the family with colorful, fun crafts and breakfast treats.
Puzzle Pete's Hidden Proverb From CAT Clues
Puzzle Pete offers a word triangle with words starting CAT from a folded page. READ EVERY THIRD LETTER to decide direction. The second word is fool, the third refined, the fourth a female deer, the fifth Eastern Time abbreviation, all forming a hidden proverb.
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Pete
Whippoorwill Camouflage Almost Invisible Says Scientist
The whippoorwill blends into dusk and leaf litter making it almost unseen. It migrates by night between Florida and northern states and lays eggs on the ground hidden by shadows.
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Florida
William Witter
Cooperstown Hall of Fame Honors Baseball Pioneers
Helen L. Renshaw describes Cooperstown’s National Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame. The display includes Abner Doubleday’s baseball, legendary plaques for Connie Mack John J McGraw Ben Johnson Babe Ruth and other icons. Ballots by the Baseball Writers Association of America decide new immortals with a three fourths vote.
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Hall of Fame
Connie Mack
John J. McGraw
Ben Johnson
Baseball Writer’s Association of American
Reproduction Notice from NEA Service
A brief stroke notes reproduction is prohibited except by permission of NEA Service Inc. The statement appears as a copyright notice on the printed page.
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NEA Service, Inc
Missing Vocations in Classic Song Titles
The puzzle provides ten tunes with blank occupations. Answers: The Spanish Cavalier, The Volga Boat Man, The Farmer in the Dell, The Chocolate Soldier, The Peanut Vendor, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Japanese Sand Man, The King of France, The Barber of Seville, Riders in the Sky.
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France
Seville
Dell
Picture-Book House Fantasy by Solveig Paulson Russell
A child imagines a home built from picture books with walls of stories and ceilings that come alive. The speaker envisions a cozy interior where Mom reads aloud, pets and dolls join, and friends visit to share enchanted tales.
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Solveig Paulson Russell
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King of Clocks
Parliament
Steve Libby
England
Thames River
United States
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42Nd St
Gulport
Miss
Judy Withers
S. Marietta St
Gastonia
N.C
Joanna Odom
19Th St
Gulfport
Vicki Perkins
R.R
Williston
Jerry Bentley
2Nd Ave
Donna Bertram
Nyla Ling
9Th Ave
Sheryl Merritt
Woodland Ave
Kalispell
Mont
Susan Johnson
Box
Selafield
Wis
Paula Misner
Loomis St
Little Falls
N.Y
Lynn Nelson
Waukesha
Gloria Ann Mayorga
David St
Corpus Christi
Texas
Becky Farrar
Afton
Celeste Roy
Broad St
Auburn
Susie Plymesser
Carolyn Bland
Glen Raven
Diane Sheiness
Brentwood Dr
Bob Masters
Harding
Darlene Carpenter
Ruth Zimmerman
Main St
Sussex, Wis
Harriet Belmore
Forest St
Lake Placid
Cynthia Matteson
Mobile
Ala
Sharon Johnson
Albany Ave
Superior
Billie Coxson
Boyd St
Masury
Ohio
Agir
Cat
UVINI
Aoin
LOICI
Uagnil
dnsLyo
eanStvyo
SCYOM
Eri
Air Force
Abner Doubleday
West Point
Doubleday
Fore
Madison Square Gardens
Cooperstown
Upstate
New York
National Baseball Museum
Babe Ruth
Helen L. Renshaw
Arye the Carp
China
Europe
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