Real estate group backs home protection program
The National Association of Realtors promotes a Home Protection Program sold with home inspections for about 125 to 185 dollars. An inspector checks electrical heating air-conditioning plumbing and structure and writes a warranty for one year with possible renewals. The plan aims to aid buyers sellers and agents by avoiding large postmove repairs.
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New York
National Assn. of Realtors
Nar
Washington, D.C
Don McElwan
Petropolis Monopoly game targets the rich and famous
NEW YORK AP describes Petropolis a lavish spoof of Monopoly by Baron Arnaud de Rosnay. Sets cost 195 to 790 dollars, with a 20 000 dollar leather 18k gold edition to be unveiled. The game features oil majors as properties in a fast 1 hour play, and he notes global telex prompts and lavish prizes from Geneva to Abu Dhabi.
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Travis Winberg
Linda Hernandez
Irdris Jones
Saks Fifth Avenue
New York City
Petropolis
New York
Chums
Arnaud de Rosnay
Beirut
King Hussein of
Jordan
Philippe Bigar
U.S. Treasury
World Bank
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Geneva
The
Hague
Kuwait
Venezuela
Nigeria
Chance
Community Chest
Monte Carlo Casino
Time Magazine
Sheik Zayed
Abu Dhabi
Monopoly
25-Cent rummage bowl sells for record 18450
In London a silver gilt bowl bought for 25 cents at a rummage sale last summer sold for 18 450 at a Sotheby's auction. Gordon Alderman and his wife found the piece at a Girl Scout benefit amid Victorian capes old army jackets and second hand rugby shoes. The bowl is dated 1686 with 1707 coat of arms and five inch diameter.
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London
UPI
Gordon Alderman
Sotheby's Auction House
Sotheby’s
Psychological Testing of Children Guide for Parents
Patricia McCormack reports on a consumer guide to psychological testing of children by Dr. Stanley Klein and Maxwell Schleifer. The book aims to educate parents on types of tests, interpretation limits, and preventing misuses that label or exclude children. It discusses IQ, personality, brain injury, achievement and aptitude tests and how parents can be informed consumers.
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Patricia McCormack
UPI
Maxwell J. Schleifer
Stanley D. Klein
Klein
Dr. Klein
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Cedar Rapids
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