Stamps Highlight Botanical Congress and Maccabiah Tribute
AP reports a four stamp set for the 11th International Botanical Congress to be issued August 23 in Seattle with images of Douglas fir ladyslipperocotillo and Franklinia. Also noted is a Maccabiah Games stamp from Israel and stamps from Papua New Guinea on the South Pacific Games.
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Seattle
U.S
America
Winston M. Blount
Ixth International Botanical Congress
Wash
Israel
Israel Philatelic Agency
Papua and New Guinea
100 Days In Coma For Boy With Rabies
SAN DIEGO California AP Tommy Buchmann has spent 100 days in a hospital bed with rabies and remains in a deep sleep besides rare eye movements. Doctors say his condition is unchanged and critical though his family clings to slow improvement. An $18 000 bill has exhausted funds and nurses now stay with him day and night as he nears his third birthday.
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San Diego
Calif
Tommy Buchmann
University Hospital
Kansas
Max Buchmann
Tommy
Mrs. Buchmann
Lakeside
Harold E. Reynolds
Buchmanns
Standard Business Poll on Welfare Aid Divides States
National Federation of Independent Business finds 53 percent oppose uniform state welfare payments, 39 percent favor. Ohio shows 60 percent opposition, 3 percent in favor, 7 percent undecided. High welfare states like California and New York back national standards while many southern and Rocky Mountain states oppose.
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Ohio
Buckeye
California
Illinois
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Delaware
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Rocky Mountain
National Federation of Rent Business
Washington
Mississippi
Federation
Supreme Court
Battle of Hastings Fought in 1066 William Leads Normans
The 1066 battle saw William the Conqueror command Norman forces in their invasion of England, altering English history with a decisive victory over Harold II.
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Hastings
William the Conqueror
England
Living as an Art How Norman Vincent Peale Embraces
Norman Vincent Peale reflects on living fully each day in a personal tale from Palm Springs to Phoenix. He recounts a morning desert drive with his wife turning into a rain diamond moment, a sandstorm, and a scenic descent from sea level to a high plateau, framing life as a purposeful daily practice.
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William Osler
Palm Springs
Phoenix
Ariz
Desert
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MAGEE
Union Saniting
Poasttown Mobile Home Court
Trenton
Carlisle Shopping Center
Dacron
Polyesu
Queen
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Hollywood
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France
Morgan Jones
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