Primitive Art Trade Bridges Continents at Albuquerque
A UNM Anthropology Museum piece from Easter Island swapped for Miami Art Gallery holdings. The exchange linked items from multiple cultures, including Indian baskets, an African 18th century iron standard, Peruvian textiles, and spears, illustrating a long standing barter practice.
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Easter Island
University of New Mexico
Anthropology Museum
University of Miami Art Gallery
UNM
Pets, car crash, and power outage headlines
Three months after giving $10 and two tropical fish for a boa constrictor, 15-year-old Joseph Zeugim offered to sell the snake for $10 with no fish. In Sandy Utah a service station attendant drove a customer’s car into the wall due to a misread work order. In Cincinnati a squirrel caused a half hour power outage when it landed on a transformer bushing on a 7,200 volt line.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Zeugim
Joseph
Sandy, Utah
Atendant
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Suburb Channels Plainclothes Officers for Littering Fines
Brookline Massachusetts police will patrol in street clothes to spot litterers after a Do Not Litter $50 Fine sign by the subway entrance was buried in cubbish snow two feet deep.
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Brookline
Mass
Boston
Texan cattlemen claim Alaska cows outgrow Texas by 100 pounds
Norman and Otto Moser, Texas cattlemen and American Cattlemen’s Association members, told a Senate subcommittee that cattle may reach 100 to 150 pounds more in Alaska than in Texas when mature, citing various factors. A power outage preceded the remark, and a squirrel died nearby.
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Washington
Norman
Otto Moser
Capitol Hill
Lone Star State
Mosers
American Cattlemen’s Association
Senate
Alaska
Texas
Giants Win Night Games Soar In Early Season Pace
The San Francisco Giants excel in night games, securing 17 victories in their first 26 night outings this year, highlighting stronger performance after dark.
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San Francisco Giants
Meeting For Action By NFO In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa AP members of the national farmers organization gather for a meeting for action to bolster farm prices. About 30 000 farmers from 28 states expected. NFOOren Lee Staley says holding actions may be used to force contracts and raise prices under the slogan no price no production.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
NFC
Staley
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Chanute Guard
Tribune
Sam Barnhart
Alan Oldham
Fredonia
Ter
Ry Phillips
Erie
Mobile
PFC
Duane Elrod
Thayer
Jim York
S. Highland
Camp
Leon Hazen
S. Malcolm
Raymond R. Friederich
Central
Arthur Hyatt
Terry Hollyfield
Coffeyville
Petroleum Section
Pvt
Nathan Welch
Bert Barnes
N. Steuben
James Saving
S. Ashby
Kansas City
Goodland
Russell
Salina
Albuquerque, N.M
Chanute
Abilene See
Leavenworth
Cincinnati
A_ squirrel
Mt. Lookout
Ing
Ben Franklin
Skiens
Blunt
Goodyear
Gleem
Ladies’ Permanent Press
E. Main
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