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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1972

Page

8

U S Volunteers Worth Millions

Analysis by Sylvia Porter highlights Red Cross volunteers across the nation contributing countless hours and resources without pay. It notes 43 million volunteers as of 1972 across 22 agencies, plus blood donors and school participants, and discusses the elusive dollar value of unpaid service to the economy.

American Red Cross U.S James H. Evans Union Pacific Board of Governors The Washington William McChesney Martin Federal Reserve Board Red Cross George Elsey America Field Enterprises. Inc

Tell Me Why Book Prize and Weather Lesson Update

Contest entry and trivia notes outline how to win a New Book of Knowledge Yearbook by writing about a favorite historical figure. The page includes cloud formation science, a jokes section, and two listed winners Thomas Evans of Bluffton Indiana and Todd Wagner of Boscobel Wisconsin. It also notes a 1744 naval battle near Toulon.

Thomas Evans Bluffton Ind Book of Knowledge Prague Lisbon Berlin Todd Wagner Boscobel Wise

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