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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1962
Page
10
Knots have long served many trades from farming to surgery and even astronomy. A Los Angeles Girl Scouts contest honored knot tying and showcased classic knots like bowline and sheepshank, while the Gordian knot legend highlights bold problem solving.
A garbled account recalls giant tortoises that once lived on many small islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It notes they reached four feet in length and up to 400 pounds, living for centuries, with a historical note on extinction and various odd fragments about hats and records.
Puzzle Pete hides four cities in the text and a diamond puzzle. Clues include a city formed from letters in mixed lines and a hidden city in the sentence with ROTATION. Also asks to locate Batilon on a map and solves crossword like clues across and down.
Create a home space show by punching holes in cardboard and shining a flashlight upward. Move the light to reveal stars and meteors, then learn star names by comparing the night sky to the projected pattern.
Readers are invited to mail letters with name address and age to Captain Hal care of the newspaper. List of names and ages includes Laraine Barkan 8 Diana Rodriguez 11 Deborah Zager 10 Sheila Norton 14 and others from Akron Massillon Cumberland and beyond.
A short poem contrasts common beliefs with truth and fiction. The speaker lists sunny skies blue seas and the moon not being cheese, noting some statements are facts while others are fiction.
Grammar school age Edwin Van Slogteren of Los Angeles has become famous for puppet shows with his mother. The Van Slogterens from Holland include 17 puppets and two sisters. Mrs. Van Slogteren creates the puppets herself to entertain children ages five to twelve in hospitals, parties, and PTA events, using simple setups without stage or light effects.
The verses hint at animals: a duck for waddle and quack, a horse for gallop, a dog for bark and bones, a cat for purr, and a fish or other for the rain splash. The garbled line seems to be a scrambled phrase about tiny hinges from sunglasses, a modelmaking tip.
Classified notice states reproduction is prohibited without permission from the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Printed in the United States of America.
A playful poem presents a front door as a cheerful face with twinkling window eyes and a friendly knob inviting play. The door opens into a scene of constant welcome and enticing fun, with a bell that greets and hinges that urge readers to join in the grandest kind of fun.
A DIY tip advises wrapping a wrist watch tightly with cellophane to keep it moisture free during hiking camping and fishing trips.
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