Model railroad hobbyists pursue scenes not just trains
Enthusiasts like Tom Ritchie and Larry Lockhart describe model railroading as building realistic scenes such as a 1950s Chicago industrial landscape. They discuss costs from $20 to $25 for a basic HO setup to $100 for scenery kits, track gauges like O HO and N, and the craft skills of wiring, engineering, and construction.
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Tom Ritchie
North Towne Court NE
Ritchie
Larry Lockhart
Harold Drive
Lockhart
Chicago
Diane Karr
Third Ave. SE
Karr
Lee
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek
Schultz
Karrs
Korea
Japan
Lionel
Scout council launches large volunteer training program
The Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council opens an extensive four month training for Cub Scout volunteer leaders beginning today and for Boy Scout leaders starting February 9. Sessions run in four districts with three all district camps. additional programs cover The Cub Scout Program and Program Planning along with den and pack administration. The initial Cub Scout district meeting is today at 1 30 PM in St Mark's Methodist Church Iowa City and the first Boy Scout class is February 9 at 7 PM in Coralville Kirkwood School.
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Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Terry Flachs
Flachs
Weberos
Camp
Waubeek
Camp Wakonda
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Iowa City
Coralville Kirkwood School
Coralville
Locomotive numbers spark a publishing empire
Ian Allan's idea for a locomotive numbers list grew into Ian Allan Limited, a 300-employee firm with annual sales above 12 million dollars. From a 32 page 1942 booklet to a catalog of over 300 titles, the Briton built a global transport publishing business selling 50 to 60 million copies.
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Shepperton
England
Ian Allan
Allan
Southern Railway
Waterloo Station
Southern
ABC of Southern Locomotives
ABC
Lottery in American History Stresses Public Works Role
Albany AP reports that government run lotteries are not new in the United States. Officials of the New York State Lottery note that Congress in 1776 supported a national lottery with support from Thomas Jefferson and other early statesmen. Before 1820 Congress passed about 70 acts authorizing lotteries for schools roads and other public works. Lottery funds aided canals roads ferries and bridges construction and repair.
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Albany
N.Y
United States
New York
Library staff stacks 4700 tape reels span 2136 miles
Virginia Todd, a software librarian at Honeywell in Phoenix, says her library would reach from Cleveland to San Francisco if the tape reels in her collection were laid end to end. Each reel measures 2400 feet, totaling 4 700 reels in her archive.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Virginia Todd
Cleveland
San Francisco
Virginia
Honeywell
Copper Pennies Cast as Bite Over Dog License
An irate dog owner in Sandy Utah dumped seven pounds of rolled copper pennies on animal control officer Ron Reudher after being ordered to buy a $10 dog license. He took the license and left.
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Sandy, Utah
Ron Reudher
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Schultzes
Ely
Ninth Ave
Marion
John Meyer
Scout Council
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KCRG
PTI
Panama
U.s.-Panama
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Strom Thurmond
MeeRe East
Ce Ora
Phil Crane
Guthrie Crowe
J. Milnorane
2Nd Ave
Dale's Fruit Market
Center Point Road
Fancy Box
Idaho
Tripolymer
K.C
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