Official Bicentennial Philatelic Numismatic Combination
The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission announces an official Bicentennial Philatelic Numismatic Combination to be issued on July 4 in cooperation with the United States Mint and the Postal Service. The package includes a bronze Medal featuring the Houdon bust of Washington and eight cent stamps honoring Colonial Craftsmen.
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ARBC
Congress
United States Mint
United States Postal Service
George E. Lang
Commission
Boston
Massachusetts
PNC
David J. Mahoney
Nixth
Lang
Brooks
James R. Holland
Williamburg
Virginia
Cattrell
United States
Edward P. Archer
Albert Saavedra
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Houdon
George Washington
The
Tribute Penny and Roman Coins Through History
A concise look at the Roman Empire s coinage from Tiberius to Hadrian noting the denarius as tax money and the drachm as a Greek parallel. It covers coin sizes values colors from buried hoards to debasement by 400 to 600 A D and details Hadrian s drachm reverse with an Athena like head and olive branch.
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Tiberius
Augustus Caesar
Sestertius
Alexandria
Egypt
Athena
Power Company Converts Ashland Plant To Oil Firing
Lake Superior District Power Company advances a project to convert three boilers at the Bay Front Steam Generating Plant to crude oil firing to meet Wisconsin air pollution rules. The 32 acre site on Beaser Avenue near Lakehead Pipeline Corp. will host two 4.7 million gallon tanks, each 56 feet high and 120 feet in diameter, with concrete ringwall foundations, sand fill, and berms. A three room prefabricated building housing controls and foam system components rises alongside, with an 80,000 gallon water reservoir integrated into the foundation. Work continues on the tank farm and associated facilities.
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Lake Superior District Power Company
Bay Front
State of Wisconsin
Beaser Avenue
Gingles
Lakehead Pipeline Company
Bay Front Plant
Moynihan to Deliver Tech Commencement Address
Dr. Daniel P. Moynihan, noted educator and adviser to the President, will speak at Michigan Tech on June 17 at 2 p.m. in the new Student Ice Arena. About 625 degrees will be awarded as Moynihan receives an honorary doctorate of science and joins a slate of his Harvard and federal service roles.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Moynihan
U. S
United Nations
General Assembly
U .S
NATO
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American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Philatelic- Numismatic
James Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Benjamin Franklin
Ralph Menconi
Frank Gasparre
Philadelphia
Mary Brooks
Mint
Bruce K. Cox
Snugger
Northern Natural Gas Company
Eas
Ontonagon
Bruce Crossing
Presque Isle
Wakefield
Two Mile
Black River Way
Lake Gogebic
Moosehead
Pomeroy
Langford
Chaney
Bass
Clark Lakes
Bond Falls
Moraine
Lac Vieux Desert
Life Magazine
Holiday Inn
Sheraton Hotels
Hilton Hotels
Aerosol City
Oak Park
Illinois
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