Saving Patmos Monastery Library Aids 16 000 Books
American and Greek groups launch the Patmos Monastery Library Project to catalog index and microfilm about 16 000 items dating from the 6th to 19th centuries. The U S Sixth Fleet funds air conditioning and transport to protect religious texts and documents in the St John the Evangelist library on Patmos. Mrs Lloyd H Smith of Houston spearheads fundraising for a 200 000 project aided by the Patmos Preservation Fund and Greek partners.
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Institute For Antiquity and Christianity of the Claremont
Calif
Patmos Monastery
Lloyd H. Smith
Houston Tex
Patmos
Bottled Water Boom Outpaces Drinking Demand Says Industry Leader
John Scott of the American Bottled Water Association notes many people seek to bottle their springs for profit, despite shallow springs, variable taste, and the huge capital needed. He cites industry output growing slowly and previews efforts to set purification standards and inspections.
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New York
John Scott
The
American Bottled Water Association
Scott
Bothes
Mountain Valley Water Co
Hot Springs
Ark
Mountain Valley
Chain to Stop Selling Guns in United Stores
Cook United Inc says it will stop selling handguns in its 96 discount stores nationwide to curb crime and violence. Roy Miner, the president, notes hunting rifles and shotguns will continue to be sold. The firm has generated more than 250000 dollars annually from handgun sales.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cook United, Inc
Roy Miner
Dear Abby runs for president and personal confessions
Dear Abby columns discuss potential presidential candidacy and personal relationship issues. Readers urge Abigail Van Buren to run, while others decline. Letters cover secrecy in marriage to stepchildren, private adoptions, and seeking help for drug abuse questions.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
United States
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