Woman redecorates a bedroom on a tight budget
Dear Heloise shares a thrifty makeover story using 69 cent bottles to dye curtains rugs and a spread. The couple transformed faded pink items into coordinated rich purples and lilacs, spending about 1.38 and two hours with an automatic washer and dryer.
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Crime in Britain and in United States London Has It Easier Than N.Y.
London faces a crime wave yet remains safer than New York City with similar populations. Data show London’s robberies and burglaries far below NYC totals, while auto thefts and murders differ notably.
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Grandparents and small comforts in daily life
Heloise suggests grandparents adopt a grandchild to share joy across distance and celebrate birthdays with zoo visits and walks. A reader shares using tissue boxes to store clippings, and Mae Charping describes making a foam head pad from foam and old sheets to protect skin and keep creams off sheets.
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Hardy Hibiscus Southern Belle blooms for hardy gardens
The article promotes a hardy hibiscus hybrid named Southern Belle that tolerates northern winters. It explains 8 inch flowers in multiple colors, plant height around 4 to 5 feet, seed propagation, indoor starting in winter, May transplant, and acid seed treatment to speed germination. The variety earned an All America Selections silver medal.
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Frost National Indicted In Political Campaign Loan Case
A federal grand jury indicted Frost National Bank in San Antonio for an alleged illegal loan to Gov. Preston Smiths re election campaign. Smith and officials say they see nothing improper, noting the loan was reportedly to cover campaign cash shortfalls and may have been guaranteed by a committee member.
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Note On His Mixed Business Dealings With The Bank
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Smith Names Three To Air Control Board
Gov. Preston Smith's nominees to the Texas Air Control Board won Senate committee approval. William P. Hobby Jr. publisher of the Houston Post Fred Hartman editor and publisher of the Baytown Sun and Henry B. Zachry Jr. San Antonio builder were named to the board.
Bank Robber Foiled by Rider in Pittsburgh
A rider halted a bank robbery when a masked suspect entered the bank. The rider pulled a key and pulled the alarm, urging the restaurant to call police as the event unfolded. The middle aged stout passenger described by sources aided the intervention.
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Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed Returning to Cab
A man was nabbed as he returned to his waiting cab carrying about $1,700 believed to belong to the Western Pennsylvania National Bank. Authorities say the man was unarmed at the time of the incident.
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Co Star McCambridge Lands City By Night Role
Hollywood reports Merced McCambridge won a co-starring part in City By Night a Cinema Center 100 film starring Robert Wagner in which McCambridge appears opposite Wagner
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