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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1978

Page

3

Women make flowers from beer cans in San Antonio

In San Antonio, Penny Kemp and Marie Johnson craft lifelike aluminum flowers from beer cans, forming a national business. They cut and bend cans into petals and leaves, selling arrangements for 30 to 50 dollars and shipping nationwide, with some pieces used at weddings and memorials. The effort takes about 30 hours per piece, and the women say the craft won’t rust or fade.

San Antonio, Texas Penny Kemp Marie Johnson Schlitz Lone Star Coors Milwaukee United States Anchorage Alaska American Can Co San Antonio

First Lady Dukakis Named Vice Chair of Arts Subcommittee

Boston AP Massachusetts first lady Kitty Dukakis is named vice chairwoman of the National Governors Association arts subcommittee, the first spouse of a governor to hold a voting post. She urged states to raise arts budgets while promoting funding and policy influence.

Boston Massachusetts Kitty Dukakis National Governors’ Association New Jersey Brendan Byrne Dukakis Michael Dukakis

Teen Forum Advice on Back Yard Moments and Curfew Rules

A teen asks about going to back yards with neighborhood boys and risks of pregnancy. The columnist advises stopping the activity, notes kissing and fondling may lead to more serious encounters, and emphasizes personal responsibility. Curfew guidance suggests 9:30 weeknights, 11 weekends, and midnight only for special, chaperoned events, adapted to locale.

Connecticut Pennsylvania

Horse Sense Quiz Scoring and Tribe Capitals

A quiz presents six problems with points and scoring bands. It then lists tribal matchups to state capitals and provides an answer key interpreting each item including rosin bag usage for pitchers, decoy as mallard, inappropriate term group, low IQ cue drop out, virtuoso for metronome, and tribe to capital pairings Sioux to Bismarck Miami to Indianapolis Seminole to Tallahassee Iroquois to Albany Apache to Santa Fe.

Indianapolis Miami Bismarck Albany Santa Fe Tallahassee Rosin Bag Mallard Moon Cow Drop Metronome

Rosalynn Carter to campaign in six states next month

First lady Rosalynn Carter will campaign for Democratic candidates in Pennsylvania North Carolina Florida Iowa and Indiana with a Texas stop planned next week. She will speak at a Media Pennsylvania fundraising dinner for Rep. Robert Edgar on Sept 23 and appear in Asheville North Carolina for Rep. Lamar Gunger on Sept 28 followed by a Miami Beach dinner for Rep Claude Pepper. She will then visit Cedar Rapids for Rep Mike Blouin and Des Moines for Gov candidate Jerry Fitzgerald, then Terre Haute to appear with Charlotte Zietlow on Sept 30.

Washington Rosalynn Carter Pennsylvania North Carolina Florida Iowa Indiana Media Robert Edgar Asheville N.C Lamar Gunger Claude Pepper Miami Beach Carter U.S Mike Blouin Cedar Rapids Jerry Fitzgerald Des Moines Terre Haute Ind Charlotte Zietlow

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