Dear Heloise and Home How To Bits From Readers
A column of reader notes offers simple home tips. Suggestions cover reducing static electricity by walking barefoot, airing after rain for moisture, using a vaporizer, masking door knobs, and anti static carpets. Also included are quick recipes and clever reuse ideas for Christmas cards, pattern pins, and storing Christmas lights.
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Heloise
Doris Butler
Navy May Build 80 Destroyers
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co and five other yards were invited to bid on the DX destroyer program. The Navy aims to build at least 80 larger, more automated destroyers focused on antisubmarine warfare, with guns and ship-to-air missiles, under basic specifications due February 15.
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Norfolk
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Adm
Thomas R. Weschler
Ashington
Weschler
Avondale Shipyards Inc
Bath Iron Works Corp
Todd Shipyard Corp
General Dynamics and Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Litton Industries
Virginia Arts Agency Plan Sparks Dispute in Richmond
A study group recommends a Virginia Commission on the Arts and Humanities funded by 50 000 annually to coordinate all art and channel funds. One member of the group, William Higgins Jr., warned it could waste resources and duplicate the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts role, while State Senator George Cochran defended pursuing state support for the arts.
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Dorothy Pugh
Richmond
Virginia
Study Commission
William 4H
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Virginia Museum
Commonwealth
Higgins
George M. Cochran
Staunton
Cochran
Virginia Metropolitan Areas Study Commission
57 Pages of Legislation Proposed by Hahn Group
Virginia urban study group chief Dr. T Marshall Hahn Jr leads 57 pages of proposed legislation to the 1968 General Assembly. Proposals include a three member Commission on Local Government with exclusive jurisdiction over boundary changes and city incorporation, creation of service districts, and tweaks to the legal definition of cities and towns.
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Hahn Group
General Assembly
Virginia
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Commission On
Forgetful Newlyweds Lose Wedding Gifts on Train
The Budapest Lost and Found Department of the Hungarian Railroads reported 1,500 valuable objects found on trains. The top prize of forgetfulness goes to newlyweds who left all their wedding presents in a train compartment.
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Budapest
Buapest Lost and Found
Hungarian Railroads
Free In Ear Sonotone Hearing Aid Replica Ad
An advertisement touts the SONET in ear hearing aid as the smallest in ear device from Sonotone. It claims no outside cords and a battery powered unit under a tenth of an ounce with an actual size replica offer. City crowds to request a free trial with no obligation.
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