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Oberammergau to bar filming as 1980 Passion Play planned
Batavia Oberammergau prepares for the 1980 Passion Play and funds are set to expand facilities for travelers. The 300 year old play is staged every ten years. The village votes to prohibit movies of the play.
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Oberammergau
Batavia - Oberammergau
Fix It Yourself By HUBBARD COBE
A neighbor helps stop a second floor washing machine flood but the wife cannot locate the water shut-off valve in time. Readers are advised to locate and label house shut-offs and practice turning them, with color coding for quick use. The piece also notes gas shut-offs and references the first American Birling Championship at the 1898 Trans Mississippi Exposition in Omaha.
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Omaha
Dear Sally on table manners at restaurant visits
Sally writes about how a boy should act when a girl or woman visits his table in a restaurant. He should rise immediately and remain standing while she talks. If the visit lengthens he may excuse himself but return within five minutes.
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Sally
Portrait on new cent stamp sparks question and errors
Q which Lincoln portrait appears on the new cent stamp A Douglas Vork's portrait at the National Gallery of Art. A 1789 mutineers under Fletcher Christian landed on Pitcairn with Tahitian women and men. Q does the vicunta of South Q who was known as vagabond poet No the Vienna hump. A François Villon a French lyric poet. Q how large are the seeds of the giant sequoia tree A seeds less than one sixth of an inch across on Pitcairn Island.
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Douglas Vork
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Fletcher Christian
Pitcairn
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South
Hordega
Vienna
Francois Villon
Bounty
Pitcairn Island
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