Winter crafts and sewing projects for kids and families
DE McGlashon outlines simple home crafts to beat winter doldrums including a double ring belt scarf tubular knitting and book caddy. Practical step by step instructions cover materials sizing and finishing touches for youngsters with adult help.
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Riverboat Queen Earns Living In Most Unqueenly Fashion
Mary Kay Ter Haar, 20, works as an oiler on the Natchez steamboat in New Orleans and aims for a third assistant engineer’s license. She is the river’s only woman in such a role, with Chief Engineer Robert Brewer praising her skill and discipline.
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Gap widens in women's earnings in 1974 report
Washington AP notes a U S Labor Department study shows only 5 percent of women earned $15,000 or more in 1974 and the earnings gap, measured in constant dollars, grew from 1911 in 1955 to 3433 in 1974. Factors include women remaining in low skilled, low paying jobs and more women entering the labor force near entry level positions.
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Brussels Opens Living Museum for Children
In Brussels a new living museum for children features an open floor plan allowing roam from section to section. Kids may handle everyday items like typewriters, adding machines, telephones, radios, a microscope, and a large magnet. A real stage, tram front, and an automobile cockpit are included for hands on exploration.
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Sweet Potatoes From Farm to Table in Daily Diets
Sweet potatoes are versatile and nutritious grown across many states including Louisiana North Carolina and California. Dry and moist varieties differ in texture while USDA grade standards require firmness smoothness cleanliness and freedom from defects. Choose well shaped firm vegetables with smooth skins and store cool and dry for best flavor used in mashed whipped baked fried or candied dishes and even in pastries.
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