Caricature artist Kay Ritter finds fame with cloth figures
Kay Ritter, 28, of Providence, creates whimsical cloth caricatures from chicken wire skeletons. Her four foot figures blend Norman Rockwell Americana with Jules Feiffer wit, selling quickly in New York galleries after initial eye catching displays in Boston Hartford and Providence. Prices reach about 1200 for single pieces and 2500 for pairings as demand grows.
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Zodiac Birthday Outlook and Daily Forecast
The page lists a birthday message for Stella Wilder and a July 23 horoscope. It covers Cancer through Gemini with guidance on beliefs, decisiveness, worship, luck, and emotional response, urging courage, quick decisions, spiritual seeking, and accepting feelings as they arise.
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Oregon tax limit plan set for November ballot
Secretary of State Norma Paulus approved a California style property tax limit measure for Oregon. About 130000 signatures were verified of the required 61646 valid signatures from registered voters. The plan would cap taxes at 1 percent of market value, reducing taxes by about 42 percent and cutting revenue to schools and local governments by 375 million dollars next year.
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Ohio Republicans press bid to win elusive Senate control
Ohio Republicans face an uphill race to flip the Senate amid a 21-12 GOP disadvantage and Democrats' gerrymandered district map. Despite Gov. James A Rhodes appeal and fundraising, Republicans must hold all their seats and win five Democrat seats to shift control, with only five of 17 Senate seats this year held by Republicans.
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Inflation Drives Unusual Coalition Across Economy
In New York AP report analysts note inflation stirs conflict yet also unites buyers and sellers, consumers, business groups, and lawmakers against deficits and high taxes. Michael Levy of the Conference Board cites a shift toward fiscal conservatism as inflation’s shared burden fuses the old consumer and producer aims. The piece links broader anxieties to tax cuts, government spending, Social Security costs, and budget restraint.
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Could a monk find America before Columbus voyage
Tim Severin, author explorer, attempts to prove a sixth century Irish monk could reach America. He and a three man crew sail a boat built from 49 oxhides across the north Atlantic, enduring a gale off Greenland, ice floes, and a pack of killer whales.
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France Tax on Porn Films Draws EU Challenge
The European Commission in Brussels says France violates the European Community treaty by taxing pornographic films and works that incite violence. It notified Paris and plans to initiate proceedings before the European Court of Justice for breach of services and free movement provisions.
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Greek and other clues flood a tricky Sheffer grid
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Across fills provide clues for Greek names the Iliad portico for one and 44 Pollution. Other entries include vessel 47 hardwood 12 Etna's fill tree 13 Hebrew 48 Winter 14 Exclamation 49 solar disk with granular snow field 3% French site 6 Brainstorm 7 Armadas 26 Slender 27 Dashed 29 Urge 30 Wind 6 Bee's locale 37 Writer 38 Nest re 51 Nevada city Poetic 52 Zola novel contraction 53 In favor of 9 Alone 4 Arabian 10 Attention 31 Soak seaport getting 35 Habituated 55 Arab boat sound var time 2 min 3%-Harbor Michigan 39 Hominy Ivan for one 41 Buckeye State 43 Chateau briand novel 45 Western Nanette 47 Chew 49 Bikini part
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Arco Idaho Becomes First Atomic Energy Community
In 1955 the town of Arco Idaho received all its electricity from atomic energy becoming the first community in the world to be powered entirely by atomic energy.
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