Greenbelt parks set to draw thousands this summer
East Bay Regional Park District expects heavy crowds at Tilden Redwood Lake Temescal Cull Canyon and Sunol Valley as thousands visit the 15000 acre greenbelt for picnicking swimming boating and hiking. Lake Temescal opens swimming daily June 6 while Lake Anza at Tilden remains closed due to low rainfall.
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Alameda
Contra Costa Countas
East Bay
Sproul
Spraul
Lake Temescal
Oakland
Lake Anza
Titden Regional Park
Malta and other nations issue stamps on health themes
FAO plans a Malta meeting on brucellosis and honors with two commemorative stamps featuring David Bruce and Themistocles Zammit. Malta also issues stamps for Malta Fever and sheep disease. Austria marks 350 years of the Brothers of Mercy with a blue stamp. Libya issues three stamps for Children's Day. China issues Nurse Day stamps showing nurses and Florence Nightingale, linked to Longfellow’s poem.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations Wll
Malta
FAO
Mediterranean
Great Britain
David Bruce
Themistocles Zammit
Austria
Order of the Brothers of Mercy
Brother of Mercy
Adalbert Pilch
Libya
Republic of China
Florence Nightingale
World’s First Fresh Flower Dispenser Installed
New York AP reports a Long Island railroad station now houses the World’s First Fresh Flower Dispenser. Commuting husbands can insert quarters to receive a dozen long stemmed roses six or 10 sweetheart roses or an orchid wrapped in cellophane and kept fresh by refrigeration and watering.
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New York
Long Island
Hi Fi News roundup of college music tastes and gear
The article reports college students favor Johnny Mathis Ray Charles and Judy Garland in vocal groups and Folk and jazz categories while noting Fisher’s XP 5 speaker with 38 to 18500 Hz response and Lafayette’s economy multiplex FM device. Klipsch touts a new horn upgrade for Klipschorn improving high and low end with a wider driver and smoother, higher frequency response.
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Billboard Magazine
Johnny Mathis
Mathis
Ray Charles
Hila Fitzgerald
Harry Belafonte
Juan Baez
Dave Brubeck
Fisher Radio Corp
Fisher
Paul Klipsch
Klipsch
Best of Count Basie and Early Ella Jazz Picks
Reissued Basie compilation from 1937–39 showcases Lester Young and colleagues with notes on dates and personnel. Ella Fitzgerald’s Early Ella collects ballads from 1933 to 1940, highlighting her Grammy-winning work. Also mentions Boston Pops Carnival of the Animals and Young Person's Guide, plus various pop and folk records for family listening.
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Basie Basie
Decca
Count Basie
Basie
Kansas City
New York
Lester Young
Herschel Evans
Harry Edison
Buck Clayton
Jo Jones
Walter Page
Freddie Green
Jimmy Rushing
Dicky Wells
Basle
Ella
Deeva
Baste
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Reprise
Saint-Saens
Benjamin Britten
Bejgive
RCA
Boston Pops
Hugh Downs
Arthur Fiedler
Red Onion
Dan McCall
Benjokers
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Stamp News
By Syd Kronish
Longfellow
Formndia
Edith K
Roosevelt
Editorial
Preston McGraw
al Hirt
New Orleans
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Henry Mancini
Brenda Lea
Lafayette Radio Electronics
Lafayette
Cafe
Ea Eli
Platter Parade
Mary Campbell
AP News
MY Guy
Wells
Dixie Cups
Hello
Kramer & Dakotas
Dava Clark
Reflections
Warwick
Carolina
Kingston
Capitol
Capwell's
Hayward
Orion
Capwall
Streel Cayol
Law
Hare
Pat
Capwell
Conwell
Stalin
Likade
Foathill Boulevard
Lucerne
Capwells
Straut Level
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