Knife collecting grows costly hobby in Dallas
Dallas barber Gordon A Abbott notes pocketknife collecting has surged beyond guns for many enthusiasts. About 200 to 300 local collectors hold $5 000 to $7 000 in holdings, with others nationwide forming a possible national association. Abbott preserves 200 knives in a phase out collection and warns horn stag and bone handled models will become scarce as production ends. Pearl handles are also being phased out.
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Lunchroom Menu and Knife Collecting Oddities
A school lunch menu lists breakfast items and lunch courses for Thursday and Friday, including sausages, spaghetti, beef, and vegetables with milk. A feature follows on Abbott who collects old pocketknives, discussing values, notable brands, and trading practices.
Reading program lifts San Francisco seventh graders years
In a San Francisco ghetto school Benjamin Franklin Junior High a state funded project raised 160 seventh graders from an average reading level of four years three months in February 1970 to eight years four months by May 1972. Teachers used two hours daily of reading with minimal grammar and a rich library of paperback titles.
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Not Retiring Sissy Studies Future in The World of Politics
Frances Farenthold a former Corpus Christi state representative and leader of the Dirty 30 coalition weighs a political future in Houston. She may run for governor again and remains interested in national politics while ruling out current legislative plans. The 45 year old mother of four reflects on pace of life and timing.
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Winding Up Big Ben With Electric Motor
A workman now winds London's Big Ben three times weekly using a half horsepower motor. Each winding takes 40 minutes, versus five hours for two men before 1913 when electricity was installed.
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Bartley Woods Community Club Christmas Program
The Bartley Woods Community club holds its December meeting at the Community Center Wednesday night. Mrs Ball Bell will tell a Christmas story and Phillip Seawell with Miss Debbie Fitzwater will sing. A covered dish supper precedes the program and gifts will be exchanged.
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