Hair curlers hazard and cracked eggs in consumer advice
Consumer Q box addresses dangers of hair curlers using flammable wax and the risk of cracked eggs contaminating food. FTC warns curlers require clear fire risk disclosures. best practice is buying clean Grade A eggs and having eggs inspected. For freezing meat, experts advise purchasing from federally or state inspected processors rather than buying whole cattle for home butchering.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Federal
State Inspection Service
World of Coins and Local Collectors News
The column surveys commemorative coins including a 20 Mark Karl Marx piece from East Germany and a San Diego 200th Anniversary Medal by the U S Mint. It also lists resources from ANA Libra ry and other outlets on coins, medals, and price guides.
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San Diego
Calif
U.S. Mint
Philadelphia
Junipero Serra
Gasper de Portola
Balboa Park
California
Cabrillo
Point Loma
National Sculpture Review
East 51St Street
New York City
American Coins& Medals
Adolph Block
Medal In Review
Edward A. Sydenham
Master-Westerfield Publishing Co
Spink and Son, Ltd
Briand Avenue
Ridgeway
Ontario
Canada
Tommy Sands Returns to Show Business in Hawaii
Honolulu AP reports Tommy Sands in a Hawaii club act at the Outrigger Hotel ballroom. The ex husband of Nancy Sinatra discusses past career and future plans including education goals at the University of Hawaii while audiences applaud his patter and songs. Sands reflects on Hollywood woes and finds happiness in Hawaii after leaving New York and film work behind.
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Honolulu
Tommy
Singer Sands
Nancy Sinatra
Sands
University of Hawaii
Dean Martin and
Sammy Davis
Frank Sinatra
Waikiki
Tommy Sands
What antiques would you save in a fire test
A knowledge quiz about antique collecting and the term fayence or faience. It notes that a true collector values a single piece above others and explains fayence as earthenware decorated with lead glaze from Faenza in Italy.
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Italy
Faenza
Delft
Horse brasses evolve from latten to modern reproductions
Horse brasses appeared in ancient times and grew popular in England after 1830 with casts appearing about 1835 and machine stamped versions from 1870 to 1890. Subjects include elephants and royal imagery. A book on Antique Candle Sticks lists 169 examples, while a guide by Ralph and Terry Kovell offers finishing and restoring tips.
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England
United States
Canada
Ralph
Terry Kovel
Tourists fuel Hawaii entertainment boom in 1968
Honolulu reports booming entertainment as tourism surges with 1968 arrivals expected near 1.2 million. Don Ho commands rumored half‑million annual earnings while AGVA negotiates higher wages amid moonlighting habits and shifts in hotel shows. Producing the Royal Hawaiian show, Jack Crone notes trends toward professional productions over staff entertainment.
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AP Lo
Honolulu
Jets
United States
Las Vegas
Hawaii
Don Ho
Duke Kahanamoku
Royal Hawaiian
Jack Crone
Magic lilies bloom and garden hints for August planting
A reader chronicles the first Magic lily blooms Lycoris squamigera also known as Hardy Amaryllis Resurrection lily and Naked Lady. Advice covers August bulb purchases planting timelines leaf growth and care plus pruning and dividing perennials and tips on tomato blossom end rot caused by nutrient and moisture imbalance.
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Margaret Dana
World OF Coins
BY Barbara Lyon
State Bank
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Deutscher Buch-Export and Import Gmbh
Leninstrasse
Leipzig
Ddr
Germany
Numisma News
American Numismatic Association
Ernest Weidhaas
ANA
P.O
Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S
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Wheeling
W. Va
Collectors News
Grundy Center
Iowa
Israel
Government of Israel
Third Ave
New York
N.Y
Better Business Bureaus
BBB
New York State
Washington, D.C
Hollywood
Vince Edwards
Charles Hood
Peter Vaughan
Hammerhead
Columbia Pictures
Judy Geeson
Edwards
Royal Drive In
By Ralph and
Fayence
John Grove
Pratt Mansion
Queen Anne
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lumen Watson
Index of American Design
Winchester
By Bob Thomas
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGGA
AGWA
Nancy Pennypacker
Ascape
Colonel Sanders
Duff
Valley Ave
Millwood Ave
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