First Endeavour cargo scattered across Europe
The Endeavour’s cargo, collected by Sir Joseph Banks, ended up in museums across Europe. Banks kept plants, gave most specimens away, and the 18th century auctions fueled holdings in the British Museum, Leiden, Berlin, Vienna, Edinburgh, Paris, Stockholm and beyond, with key items in London’s British Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Joseph Banks
Banks
Endeavour
Austin Lever
Lever
James Parkinson
Imperial Museum of Vienna
British Museum
Duchess of Portland
Cook
Duke of Marlborough
Bullock
Leiden
Berlin
Vienna
Edinburgh
Musee National d’Histoire Naturelle
Paris
Pierre Broussonet
Alstromer
Sweden
Ethnographical Museum
Stockholm
Europe
The
Linnean Society
Natural History
London
William Bligh
Blind date intrigue raises question of meeting in person
In a Dear Abby letter Bob in Berkeley asks whether to pursue a real date with a correspondent he has only met by mail and phone. He is 27 and single, she is 25 and single, but his roommate fears disappointment and ugliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Altho
Bob
Berkeley
Dear Abby Advice on Dating and Quiet Living
Abby advises hesitant approaches to dating sight unseen and urges tolerance for personal music tastes while acknowledging neighbors must balance noise. The letter compares wind chimes to Mozart and freeway noise, suggesting accommodation or relocation if sounds disturb sleep. End with Abby offering wedding booklet for $1 via box 69700 Los Angeles.
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Abby
Mozart
Tibet
L. A
Los Angeles
Cal
Daily Across Puzzle Clues and Cryptoquote
A cryptogram and list of crossword style clues for an across puzzle with entries such as international treaty shepherding clues, poetical references, and a quotation by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The page includes a Caesar-like cipher section and a final quote about children before they learn to dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tuesday Evening TV Schedule Highlights
A dense list of programs for the evening including In Search of America and Lydia Bailey inDrama blocks, followed by Manhandled with Lamour and Hayden. Afternoon slots show To Be Announced and various talk and news shows, with sports, serials, and movies scattered through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Bailey
Dale Robertson
Anne Francis
Dorothy Lamour
Sterling Hayden
TV Schedule Herald Norwalk Reflector Listing
Daily Norwalk schedule page lists daytime soap operas and game shows from 6:20 to 3:00 with multiple stations and times. Includes program lines such as Edge of Night Jeopardy Beverly Hillbillies Guiding Light and News a Norwalk press details.
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David Frost
Lucille Ball
Phil Donahue
Germans Frown On Capitalist Marriage Ads
East and West German newspapers publish marriage advertisements despite Communist objections. Readers debate whether housing and possessions should influence marriage choices while critics urge love and equality. West Germany allows some group sex ads. East Germany bans them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fleming
Berlin
UPI
East
West Germany
Junge Welt
Young World
Communist Youth Organization
National People’s Army
Leipzig
Abendzeitung
East Berlin
B.Z. AmAbend
Frau E. Kerstin
Ursula Anger
German Democratic Republic
East Germany
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By Gregory Jensen
Apollo
Space
James Cook
South Seas
Venus
George III
Abigail van Buren
Arbby
Papal
Wanderer
Peer Gynt
Sterling
Peerce
Mel
Cesare Siepi Stassen
Zirep
IBBM
David Low
Ceylon
Shaw
Lessee
N.W.S
News
Marcus Welby
Johnny Carson
Merv Griffin
Dick Cavett
Dinah Shore
Norwalk
UPI News Service Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation and Ohio Newspaper Association
Herman Schaafsma
Jack E. Brown
Herbert M. Griffiths
Robert Witt
Milan
Monroeville
Wakeman
North Fairfield
Greenwich
New London
Willard
Huron
Erie
Snoopy
Trixie
DIE
Browe
Desmond
Belinda Bitters
Zinnia
Belinda
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