Tell Me Why Tell Me Why What Is Ceramics
A short quiz feature explains ceramics as the art of shaping clay then firing it to harden. It notes pottery forms like vases and dishes, defines earthenware kaolin porcelain and china, and recalls early Chinese porcelain traditions. The piece mentions a museum display and a winner in a reader question contest.
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Glazed Cry and Incomplete Evaporation with a Joking Exchange
A glazed cry with a shiny surface resists evaporation. In a playful aside, a waiter and customer discuss bread and gravy, followed by a dog egg joke about a pooched egg from Molly and Polly.
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Molly
Polly
Endleofen to Eleven Origin Traced in Riddles
In Anglo-Saxon counting one more than ten was called endleofen meaning and one left. The term evolved into eleven. Readers are invited to send riddles and jokes to Riddles Jokes Tell Me Why with zip code. Today's winner is Gina Taylor Tacoma Wash.
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Debbie de la Torre
el Paso
Texas
Book of Knowledge
Gina Taylor
Tacoma
Wash
Name Chairman For JCC Lecture
E. Joah Gould of the New York State Education Department will chair a lecture by Dr. Milton Schwebel on Who's Going to Run Our Colleges at the Troy Jewish Community Center Sunday at 8 p.m. Schwebel is dean of Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Gould will direct audience questions. The program is open to the public and a coffee hour will follow.
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Milton Schwebel
Troy Jewish Community Center
Schwebel
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers University
Gould
Vibrant Local Notices From Poestenkill And West Sand Lake
Residents move within area as families relocate to new homes in Poestenkill Clifton Park and Cohoes. Veterans Day shutdown announced for Sand Lake Poestenkill Central Schools. Church groups plan meetings and events led by Rev. Rippe and Miss Frenyear with a United Women program. Book Fair at Algonquin School runs November 12 13 14 to benefit library. Church notes include services and youth activities across East Poestenkill Poestenkill Evangelical Lutheran Union Gospel Poestenkill Christian congregations.
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St. Petersburg
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Sandy
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Cohoes
Martin Home
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Warren C. Rippe
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the Christian Church
Hazel Schumann
Area Church Women United
United Methodist Church
West Sand Lake
Marion Frenyear
Zion United Church of Christ
Taborton
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East Poestenkill
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Russians Seek Easing Tensions Amid Internal Pressures
Soviet leader Podgorny warned of arms race momentum while Moscow signals a push to redirect resources to domestic welfare. The economy shows gaps with the United States as pressure from the military complex and reformists collide with party doctrine.
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United States
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Podgarny
Podgorny
U.S
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense list of crossword clues across and down with definitions for each entry ranging from simple to advanced. The grid prompts include chapeau servant parent bristle reverence and many others across sixty nine entries, indicating a full puzzle with standard word lengths and cross-checking.
Worker survives 14 floor fall in Cape Town shaft
In Cape Town an 18 year old construction worker William Petrus slipped and plunged 14 floors about 149 feet down an elevator shaft. A colleague on the second floor slowed his descent helping prevent serious injury.
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Cape Town
South Africa
William Petrus
Grapefruit Diet questioned by Florida Citrus Commission
Consumer queries whether the Grapefruit Diet is endorsed by the Florida Citrus Commission or other authorities. The Florida Citrus Commission says the diet advertised by a Canadian firm is not medically endorsed. The National BBB notes concerns about ads promising fixed weight loss and seeks proof from the advertiser.
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Florida Citrus Commission
National
Better Business Bureau
BBB
Safe storage times for frozen and dehydrated foods
At zero degrees maximums are listed for common items. Uncooked vegetables stay about eight to ten months, hamburger eight months, roasts and steaks twelve months, cut up chicken six months, cooked poultry dinners six months, and fish fillets about ten months. Dehydrated foods can be kept sew.
Mickey Rooney Hurt In Crash Forces Show Cancellation
Actor Mickey Rooney suffered a neck injury in an auto crash in Kansas City on Thursday night and canceled his variety show at Municipal Auditorium before flying back to Los Angeles. A physician said he may have strained neck ligaments.
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Kansas City
Mickey Rooney
Municipal Auditorium
Los Angeles
Nixon seeks 1000 more air controllers in budget plan
President Nixon asked Congress to authorize hiring 1000 additional air traffic controllers to speed flights and reduce mid air collisions. The request adds to 2800 controllers already proposed earlier, with about 22000 already employed, funded from the DOT budget.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Congress
Department of Transportation
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