Cedar Rapids Stamp Club Announces Spring Show Dates
The Cedar Rapids stamp club hosts its spring show March 22-23 at the IBEW hall 211 Wiley boulevard SW. Exhibits feature two cacheted cavers commemorating the Battle of Lexington and Concord. stamps priced 35 cents each or three for a dollar. Orders to Bob Douglas 58 Devonwood Drive SW Cedar Rapids IA 62404.
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Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
IBEW
Wiley Boulevard
Lexington and Concord
Bob Douglas
Devonwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
United States Postal Service
Protect Collectors Against Imitation
The FTC publishes final rules to shield coin and political memorabilia collectors from imitations. Effective March 10, every campaign button poster sticker or ad must show year of manufacture. Imitation coins medals and paper reproductions must bear the word COPY in capital letters.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Wendell Willkie
South Africa Imports Aquarium Stock Rise
Pretoria AP reports South Africa imported 1.3 million tropical fish 2 million tropical fish eggs 96 000 birds 1 600 dogs 17 000 head of cattle and 3 000 sheep in the prior year reflecting strong demand in wildlife and pet markets.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Lawmaker Publishes Phonetic List of Colleagues
Rep. Charles Thone releases a phonetic guide to lawmakers surnames for easier pronunciation. Notables featured include Schneebeli as Shway-blee and Rost enkowski as Rost en-cow-skee with others like Tsongas and Fithian. Bodily quotes show light amusement from Lindy Boggs.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Thone
R-Neb
House
Hon Uul
Congress
Herman T. Schneebeli
Pennsylvania
Herman Shway-blee
Don Fuqua
Florida
Dan Rostenkowski
Paul Tsongas
Massachusetts
Norman D'Amours
Dee-matics
New Hampshire
Floyd Fithian
Indiana
Thone
Lindy Boggs
Louisiana
Charley
Boggs
Berkeley wine grower crafts prize winning label Veedercrest
A mountain fall left Al Baxter with broken legs and ankles but sparked a new career making wine at his Berkeley home. From a 1964 hobby, Veedercrest wine expanded to commercial production with 3,000 gallons aging in casks and 600 more in bottles. Retail prices run from 3.80 to 9 a bottle. Baxter, his wife Gail, and their three children help with the harvest from 300 acres of Mount Veeder vines in Napa Valley.
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Berkeley
Calif
al Baxter
Baxter
San Francist
Gore
Gail
Mount Veeder
Napa Valley
Sierra Club
Baxters
Veedercrest
Eric
Piers
Andy
Sherlock Holmes Receives Honorary Degree at CSU
Fort Collins dispatch reports Sherlock Holmes awarded an honorary degree for contributions to the art and science of detection. Colorado State University president A R Chamberlain presented the award after a four day Holmes symposium. Toronto curator Cameron Hollyer accepted on Holmes behalf and apologized for the character's absence.
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West Germany
World Wide Philatelic Agency
Annette Kolb
Ricarda Huch
Else Lasker-Schuler
Getrude von le Fort
Convalescent Mothers’ Foundation
Fort Collins, Calo
Colorado State University
A. R. Chamberlain
Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Cameron Hollyer
Toronto
Hollyer
Chamberlain
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India
New Delhi
Guglielmo Marconi
Amelia Earhart
Hawaii
California
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C
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U.S. Post Office Department
Miss Earhart
Tory
Eiai
Desert Tower
United Nations
Great Bitter Lake
Sinai
Yosemite National Park
Sherlock Holmes
Smulekoffs
Torte
Fell
Qreen
Smalllekot
Eorthos
Smuleko
Smulekoff
Avorage
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