Safe motorcycle helmets standards and consumer questions
Consumer Q and A covers helmet safety standards with NSPS and Snell Foundation certifications, weighing canned ham including juices, tea bag versus bulk tea costs, metric system adoption plans, zipper durability in clothing, and a practical cookbook Money Saving Main Dishes from the Institute of Home Economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NSPS
Sports Car Club of America
USA Standards Institute
American Standards Association
Snell Memorial Foundation
USA
New York Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural
Home and Garden Bulletin
World of Coins and Canadian Coin Guides Noted
Barbara Lyon surveys Fugio cents and early American coinage with Ben Franklin motifs. The piece reviews Canadian coin catalogs by Charlton and James, plus the ANA Dictionary of Numismatic Terms and related publications and traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
J. E. Charleton
Whitman Publishing Company
Canada
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
UNC
Somer James
Regency Coin and Stamp Co., Ltd
Rupert Ave
Winnipeg 2
American Numismatic Association
Dictionary of Numismatic Terms
ANA Numisematic Terms Standardization Committee
ANA
Colorado Springs
Colo
Harold Cohn & Co
N. Halsted
Chicago
Ill
American Israel Numismatic Association
Church St. Sta
New York City
Kovels survey chalkware and other antiques in reader guide
Inexpensive home decorations like chalkware have become valued antiques. The Kovels explain origins from 19th century plaster figures and note chalkware’s spread beyond Pennsylvania Germans to England France and Germany. They offer guidance on valuing antiques and advertise their booklet with a mailed request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Italy
France
Germany
Viking
Ralph
Terry Kovel
Autumn and Spring Crocuses Grow In Gardens And Indoors
Crocuses brighten gardens in spring and autumn with varied colors and hardiness. They naturalize with corm multiplication, tolerate light shade, and prefer sandy soil. Plant corms 2-4 inches deep in September, keep foliage after bloom, and use light annuals to hide dying foliage. Indoor forcing is easy with small pots and cold treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aureus
Balansae Zwanenburg
Chrysanthus
Siebert
Vernus Vanguard
World Almanac notes Russian language prominence in USSR
The World Almanac states just over half of the USSR's 224 million people speak Russian. It identifies the Soviet Union as the largest contiguous empire, spanning from Poland to the Pacific and extending southward to the Arctic Ocean. Within its borders 148 languages other than Russian are spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
World Almanac
U.S.S.R
Poland
Pacific
Arctic Ocean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consumer’s
Margaret Dana
Q.I
United States
Johnson
Itse Department of Commerce
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Alvin G. McNish
Levi’s
Institute of Home Economics
Department of
U.S
Washington, D.C
Ernest Borgnine
Gen. Worden
Lee Marvin
Major Reisman
MGM
Marvin
Borgnine
Kenneth Hyman
Royal Drive-In
World OF Coins
By Barbara Lyon
New Haven
Conn
Rupert
Vermont
Numisma News
Milton G. Cohen
150Th St
Flushing
N.Y
Steve McQueen
Fay Dunaway
Bonnie and Clyde
Thomas Crown
Mirish Corp
Deluxe
Plaza Theatre
Ralph and
Henry W. Putman
Putman
Vallerystahl Glass
Vallerystahl
Book Review
Lowestoft
China
Europe
Shelley Fabares
Hank Williams, Jr
Nashville Sound
Williams, Jr
Ed Begley
Winchester Drive-In
Shelburne Museum, Inc
Shelburne
New Hampshire
Fontenayi
Oskar Werner
Barbara Ferris
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Color
Palace Theatre
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gaunt’s
Russell Stover
Quanity Limited
Croc
Gaunt’s Corner S
Loudoun St
Valle
Winchester
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