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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1976
Page
8
Directions for building a soda bottle xylophone and a cigar box banjo with common materials. Arrange bottles by water level to form a pitch scale and craft a stake and nails on a cigar box to string rubber bands. Tune by stretching bands and by finger movement for pitch changes.
A painting by Dutch master forger Hans Van Meegeren, described as authentic, fetched 440 dollars at Phil lips auction house in London. Belgian buyer Peter Bekker said he bought the farmyard scene for his home wall, acknowledging the work was not very good but paying for the signature. Bekker noted Van Meegeren died in prison in 1947 after being accused of selling Nazi-used forgeries. Debbie Reynolds marks her 44th birthday today.
SAN DIEGO AP A UC San Diego anthropology class spent a term in taverns learning that bar goers are varied and drinking is secondary to socializing. The 40 students under Prof Michael Orbsch found people from all walks visit bars to meet others and escape routine. The course titled Out for a Drink The Culture of Bar Life visited taverns across the San Diego area.
New York world report on Rovac Corp led by Dr. Tom Edwards proposes using ordinary air as both refrigerant and energy source. The firm forecasts small, efficient compressors to power auto air conditioning and solar heated homes, with contracts from GM Ford Chrysler and Fiat. Edwards notes energy inherent in air and sun can be captured for heating, but design and metallurgy pose challenges.
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