All The World's A Stage Notes From Buffalo
A roving Buffalo writer recalls a hot day in Sarasota and a skyway view over Lake Erie. He details Great Lakes freighters and autos at the docks, local plants, inflation talk, and taxes, then muses on family, patriotism, and a Fourth of July reflection.
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Buffalo
Blazes
Sarasota
Bar of Commerce
Towit
Ontario
L. G. Smith
Kirchhofer
America
Gramps
Erie of Lake
Great Lakes
CIO
Ford
Chevrolet
N.Y
Lake Erie
New York
Stamps In The News Across Nations Feature New Issues
Israel releases a three stamp set with bi colored 50 160 and 300 protas designed by Miriam Karoly of Haifa tied to the ancient Judean kings. Switzerland marks 75 years of the Gotthard Tunnel with a modern train illustration by Werter Muehlemann in green white and brown. Turkey issues two stamps for Bergama Ker mis with 40 kurus and 30 kurus scenes. The Postal History Journal debuts at the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia.
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Israel
Miriam Karoly
Haifa
Switzerland
St. Gotthard Tunnel
Continent
Gotthard Tunnel
Werter Muehlemann
Turkey
Bergama
Postal History Journal
Postal History Society of the American
National Philatelic Museum
Philadelphia
Lindquist
Waverly Place
New York
Fund Established To Help Cripples Get Education
A Houston banker Thurman Crawford who died this month left a will creating an educational fund. Income from his stocks and bonds will aid seriously handicapped youths to attend accredited colleges. The National Bank of Commerce of Houston will act as trustee. Crawford served 45 years at the bank and is a great grandson of a U.S. minister to WN. He also left a trust for his two dogs Pat and Mike.
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Thurman Crawford
Crawford
WN ‘S Court
Trawick
Tex
National Bank of Commerce
Houston
Pat
Mike
Florida Buys 18th Century Italian Pieces For Ringling Museum
The State of Florida purchased nearly a dozen 18th century Italian furniture items and five art objects from the A. Everett Austin Jr. estate for the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota at 4,050 dollars. Pieces include settees, chairs, tables, a Venetian settee and Pergolesi chairs, with some placed in Gallery 15 and the 18th century gallery, while others joined existing Ringling holdings.
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Ringling Museum
Asolo
State of Florida
State of
Jacksonville
Karl A. Bickel
Benton Powell
Edward W. Beattie Jr
Sarasota
W. D. Sugg
Bradenton
John Ringling
Austin
Ringling Museum of Art
Michelangelo Pergolesi
Ringling
Museum of Art
Opening of Asolo Theater at Ringling Museum
The Asolo Theater within the Ringling Museum of Art opens tomorrow for public viewing on most weekdays and Sundays, with hours and seasonal closures noted. The 18th century theater pieces were shipped from Italy in 1950 and temporary install began, with permanent building completed by 1955 but awaiting final details. Portraits by Martin van Meytens adorn the doors, from the original Ringling Collection, and further exhibits will appear in coming months.
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Austin
Ringling Museum
Asolo
Ringling Museum of Arts
Italy
Martin van Meytens
Maria Theresa of Austria
Francis I
Ringling
Electric chair to ease tooth extractions in Tokyo
A Tokyo dentist professor claims an electrical anesthetic relieves pain in 90 percent of tooth extractions. Patients sit in an electric chair and hold a negative electrode while the dentist pulls the tooth with a positive pole attached tool, delivering pain relief.
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Tokyo
INS
Tokyo University of Medicine and Dentistry
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Or James Campbell
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Ellie's
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