Not kid stuff By Karen Gardner baseball card auction tale
Wayneburg resident Michael Martin owns about 13 000 baseball cards and attended a Friday night auction at the Independent Hose Company hall on Baughman's Lane seeking to add to his personal collection. About 40 others joined the Frederick auction where mint cards and vintage items drew interest. Prices ranged from one dollar for a box of 540 Topps cards to four hundred dollars for a single card.
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Martan Ted
Independent Hose Company
Baughman's Lane
Waynesboro
Frederick
Pavitings
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Brooks Robinson
Mickey Mantle
Martin
Paul Stull
Hutzell and
Stull
Anne-Lynn Gross
Ms Gross
America Baseball Cards
Panel finds Montgomery County school closings undesirable
Maryland civil rights panel says Montgomery County school board actions last year risk long lasting damage to community relations. The Mid-Atlantic office report urges a national study on closings impact on minority students and cites violations of racial balance guidelines in Silver Spring area. It notes reassignment and closings could have been handled more judiciously, and contrasts with officials using a heavy hand.
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Maryland
Montgomery County
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Mid-Atlantic
Washington Post
Silver Spring
Everett Waldo
Commission
Pineapple Reproduction From Plant Stumps
Imported pineapple methods show new plants grown from stump segments rather than seeds. Each sliced stump piece develops into a separate plant, illustrating vegetative propagation used in pineapple cultivation.
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San Francisco
Personal income up 1.7 percent in spring quarter
Commerce data show non-farm income rose 1.7 percent nationwide with inflation at 0.9 percent. Most states gained, led by Delaware 3.4 percent and North Carolina 3.3 percent, while Montana Kentucky and West Virginia fell due to zoning declines. Farm income volatility noted. state figures reflect seasonally adjusted second-quarter changes in total personal income.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
Montana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Delaware
North Carolina
Michigan
Alabama
Georgia
Sui
District of Columbia
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Southeast States
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Consumers seek better gas deals
Los Angeles report notes cash payment and cash discounts disrupt stability among gasoline retailers as consumers chase better prices. Petroleum analyst Dan Lundberg says marketers once knew regular customers but cash paying patterns erode loyalty, leaving much of the market uncertain about who is whose customer.
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Los Angeles
Petroleum Industry
Dan Lundberg
All Star Band Concert Sells 500 Tickets Total 45 Winners
A music event by the All Star Band sold 500 tickets with 45 winners drawn. Each ticket cost 75 dollars, and organizers announced prize details and drawing procedures.
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All Star Band
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