Housing Starts Rise in June Despite Dip in Orders
The Commerce Department reports housing starts up five percent in June from May while durable goods orders fell one percent. The seasonally adjusted total, however, stands 12 percent higher than June of last year, signaling continued activity.
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Dollmaking Exhibit Opens at Cincinnati Art Museum
Anne of 170 dolls illustrating two centuries of craft opens at the Cincinnati Art Museum under the Ohio Valley Doll Collectors Club. The show runs through Aug. 1 and accompanies the national convention of the United Federation of Doll Clubs in Cincinnati Aug. 5–9. The display features terra cotta, wax, papier mache, Dresden Parian, china, bisque, cloth and crepe paper dolls from the museum collection with a global array of folk costumes. A Turpin rag doll group from New Town marks a rare American segment, donated in 1920 by Mrs. Laura Estus Turpin. The lone loan piece for the convention is a 39 inch astronaut doll from the Rubber City Doll Study Club of Akron.
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Global Satellite Meeting to Discuss International Venture
Washington AP reports representatives from 18 nations will meet to discuss a global satellite communications system. The U S Communications Satellite Corp would manage the system for all participants with the U S owning 10 percent and Europe 30.5 percent, Canada Australia and Japan holding the remainder.
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Doll replicas shown to astronauts wives and the President's wife
The year Rubber Co. presents duplicate dolls to the wives of astronauts and the President of the United States. Dolls are on view free on the museum's second floor during regular hours. A 10 cent checklist identifies each doll and is sold at the information desk.
Monroe Art Exhibit Opens at First National Bank Branch
The Middletown Fine Arts Center presents a Monroe branch exhibit outdoors Tuesday and indoors Wednesday including sketching printing and ceramics. Fall classes begin Sept 21 for 12 weeks through Dec 17. Jack Sullivan Dayton Art Institute president will lecture Oct 27 with slides on Egyptian art lost under the Awan Dam. Boyle to give capsule history of portrait painting on Nov 24.
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