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Encyclopaedia Britannica research head Virginia Stenberg runs a 60-strong staff across famous libraries to answer 102000 reader questions a year. Most queries are serious, spanning history and science, with odd requests like house plans or campaign speeches. she filters to researchers by subject and limits Britannica owners to 59 questions per decade.
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Coins Mean Money For U S Mint
UPI story notes the U S Mint earns profit from selling proof coin sets in cellophane packaging. Each set includes a penny nickel dime quarter and half dollar with a face value of 9 cents priced at 2 10. Production projections reach 3 5 million sets in 1962 with an anticipated 1 9 million-dollar profit.
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David Burnham
United Press International Washington
UPI
U.S
Leland Howard
Mint
Restored Mansion Used To Help Unhappy Children
Thurston County Child Guidance Association has restored an 1856 mansion in Olympia as its office to aid unhappy children and families. A psychiatrist a psychologist and two social workers run programs to prevent minor emotional problems from becoming major mental health issues. Last year the group helped about 225 children after moving from a rented office. The donor Mrs Prudence Woehleb gifted the house and volunteers furnished it with donated materials restoring its historic period look.
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Olympia, Wash
UPI
Thurston County Child Guidance Association
Prudence Woehleb
Bobbsey Twins Remain Timeless Figures of Youth
New York reports that Flossie and Freddie do not age since 1904 while Bert and Nan stay spry, in the Bobbsey Twins series by Laura Lee Hope. Grosset and Dunlap keep the duo alive with ongoing adventures and modern publishing.
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UPI
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Bobbies Twins
Laura Lee Hope
Vintage juvenile series thrive with new science driven tales
The article notes Tom Swift Jr advances while original Tom Swift returns amid shortages. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys remain popular with fresh editions and updated adventures. Bobbsey Twins get modern rewrites, and authors ensure scientific accuracy and geography knowledge. Oceanfront co op Lago Mar Place exemplifies retirement living with luxury baths and kitchens.
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Night Hawks Triumph in Mixed Bowling Night
Night Hawks win 25 14 in a mixed bowling event with Not So Hots 22 14. Ed Sorrell tops individuals with a 582 series, Bob Ryner 223 game, while Night Hawks post team series 2026 and game 733. Martha Lowe adds 507 series as Four Niners and others post scores.
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Ed _ Sorrell
Martha Lowe
Bob Ryner
Marge Sorrell
Co-Op Apartments For Retired Persons In Florida
Florida builders turn to cooperative apartments to lure retirees amid land shortages and high prices. Co-ops along the lower east coast sell from 2000 to 25000 dollars with maintenance from 60 to 400 dollars, aiming to keep retirees near desirable coastal areas.
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East Coast
Louisa Extension Director Resigns
James D. Nuss of Wapello resigns as Louisa County extension director to lead Buena Vista County. He plans to move to Storm Lake around February 19, leaving no successor named. Blood typing drive set Jan 13 in Columbus Junction with the Louisa County Walking Blood Bank.
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Sheldon Hawkins
FE L Sughes
Edith Orr
Rita Ray
Teller
Donna Hughes
Mary Lukins
Mary Helen Snyder
Freetronic Bookkeeping
Masons Elect
More Greeting Cards Sent By Americans
UPI reports in 1961 Americans sent a record 6 billion greeting cards with about half for Christmas. About 3 million living letters or taped greetings were exchanged, mainly at Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.
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New York
UPI
United States
China Uses Military Lexicon to Mobilize Population
UC Berkeley scholar T A Hsia argues Red China adapts a war vocabulary to push economic goals. Workers become fighters and production drives become major battles while legends bolster mobilization, such as Wu Sung the tiger killer and Mu Kui-ying the legendary general guiding campaigns.
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