Presidential Signatures Worth A Bundle Amid Autograph Boom
AP Special Correspondent notes that President Carter signatures may rise in value as he travels. Advertisements list Roosevelt at 475 dollars, Lincoln at 1250, Jefferson at 2000 for an autographed letter, Monroe at 225, Van Buren at 225, with other historic names in high demand.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
New York
Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
White House
James Monroe
Indiana
Martin van Buren
House of Hanover
William Howard Taft
Carters
Rosalynn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary
George V
Anna Howard Shaw
National Defense Woman’s Committee
Lady Bird Johnson Opens Peabody Hotel Beautification Drive
In Memphis, former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson helped launch the City Beautiful Commission beautification campaign at the Peabody Hotel reopening. She attended a $15 seafood luncheon with 325 leaders, toured the city, and planted a willow oak while reflecting on Memphis’ aging landmark. Budgeted restorations at the Belz Investment Co owned Peabody total about $10 million.
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Memphis, Tenn
Peabody Hotel
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
City Beautiful Commission
Johnson
Shelby County
Secret Service
Memphis
Peabody
Belz Investment Co
Ivy Trippeer
Ramada Inn
Desert reclamation firm aims at Riyadh teachers training center
Dallas based Myrick Newman Dahlberg Inc leads a desert oriented design effort for a 2 million square foot Saudi Riyadh teachers training institute. The project links arid land reclamation, low building profiles, enclosed courtyards and a central wadi waterway for irrigation and pedestrian use. Prince Khalid Bin Fahd backs a simple, flexible and efficient facility, reflecting a Texas influence through James M Link & Associates.
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Dallas
Myrick - Newman - Dahlberg, Inc
Arizona
Texas
Oilrich
Middle East
Walter Dahlberg
Dahlberg
Riyadh
Saudi Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Center
Houston
James M. Link & Associates
Khalid bin Fahd
At Wits End Kids Couldn’t Wait to Walk
A humor piece recalls early developmental milestones and a parent’s trials with children who are always in motion. The narrator describes toddlers pulling up, teetering, running away from home, and staying endlessly curious, while dodging chores and bath time. A friend’s quips about adult topics punctuate the scene as a playful look at parenting challenges.
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Marge
Elaine
Pecos Entry Winning Recipes at District VI 4-H Show
Two featured recipes from Crane County district 4-H show include Pink Stuff salad using pineapple chunks Jello and cottage cheese with garnish plus Cherry Bon Bons cookies. Also included are Friends for Brunch menu items Scrambled Eggs with Sausage English Muffins Marmalade Winter Fruit Cup and a Winter Fruit Cup recipe with grapefruit orange pineapple pear for six servings.
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Crane County
Kenda Dulaney
Reeves County
Kim Calhoun
Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Friends
Ann Landers prints war era poem and reader Q&A
Reader letters reveal a World War II poem by Captain William Gordon Beecher Jr. and excerpts about Nimitz Halsey and Me. Debates on humor, line crossing, and social norms follow with Ann Landers advising maintaining standards, avoiding cliques, and handling lines about necking and petting. Requests for submissions include a 50 cent fee and return envelope.
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Nimitz
Halsey
Patsy McCoy
Old Empire State
Ann Landers
P.O
Chicago
Illinois
Cut credit card costs maximize spending power
Consumers can trim credit card costs and boost spending power by three methods: optimal payment timing, purchasing just after a closing date, and concentrating charges on one high limit card. Pay full amounts when possible to avoid finance charges and plan purchases to reduce daily balance interest.
Seeds From The Sower And The Power Of Words
A girl asks a gentleman to pick a rose and he does. The tale warns that spoken words, like a plucked rose, cannot be returned to the stem. Bad words are more dangerous than weapons and harm the mind, soul, and virtue, leading to destruction.
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Lady Bird
U5. Army
Europe
James Akins
Ann Harris
Willie Hamilton
Alamo
Mary Akins
Ruth Harris
Marie Stevens
Lillie McAllister
Frances Nowell
Yvonne Davis
Pearline Lively
Cathy Ashley
Reba Stokes
Lillian Lamb
Pecos Enterprise
Wits End
Mary Worth
Pecos
Barbara Poer
Nagasaki
Ann
Sage
Belle
Richmond
Dumbbell
Virginia
Philly
Pennsylvania
Michael A. Guido
Metter, Georgia
Bob
Thriftway
A Tiffany Solitare
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
S. Oak
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