Antique Custard Glass Highlights and Tin Snuffbox Clues
A column reviews custard glass, its uranium glow under UV light, and major makers like Harry Northwood and A H Heisey in late 1800s Ohio. It also answers readers on tortoise shell snuffboxes, ashtray history, Windsor chairs by Anthony Steel, and current prices from U S auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph and
Terry Kovel
Harry Northwood
la Belle Glass Company
Bridgeport
Ohio
A. H. Heisey
Galle
A. Anthony
Philadelphia
United States
Sahel development talks aim to feed drought regions by 2000
Ottawa hosts a three day meeting of donor nations and agencies forming the Club of the Friends of Sahel. The plan seeks a coordinated program through 2000 costing about 10 billion dollars to aid Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Upper Volta and Cape Verde. Donors pledged over 2.4 billion annually, with the United States providing more than 200 million. Air cargo rose 4.5 percent in 1976 as international freight and mail also grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahel
Chad
Gambia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
Upper Volta
Cape Verde Islands
Development Assistance Committee
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Club of the Friends of Sahel
Ottawa
Maurice J. Williams
Williams
United States Agency For International Development
United States
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England
Decatur Daily
Pennsylvania
Rupp
U. S
Roseville Pottery
Virginia Hillway Buxton
Gumbri Ye. O
Nashville
Tenn
Register and Tribune Syndicate
The
Northwood Glass Co
Robert Trumbull
NYT News Service
Sahara Desert
Pabhai
Cee
Etsi Sec
Washington
U.S
Air Transport Association
Athens
Diamond Jewelers
Taupe
Gateway
Emert
Our
Macrame
Pocketperfect
Redwood
Mason Ball
Mosquit
Beltline
Souo State
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