| | Books - A Very Important Go-With
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| | by Hans Kettenburg
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I feel that one of the most important go-withs for the collector is books,
because books contain knowledge. Many times a question that has haunted me for
years has been answered easily and quickly just by laying hands on the right
book. Instantly, theories are proven or disproven, strange items identified and
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| | U.S. Climbers Win Olympic Gold
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| | by Jack H. Tod
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SEOUL - Both of the Americans are bringing home Olympic medals for stellar
performances in the insulator-collecting contest finals. Furthermore, both
medals will be returning to the Houston, Texas area.
Elton Gish of Port Neches
won the gold, and N.R. "Woody" Woodward brought home the bronze. This is
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| | Ma Bell's Place
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| | by Vic Sumner
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A COCK AND BULL STORY
Frank Holister, a trouble-shooter for the Blue Water Cooperative Telephone
Co., was working late. He had trouble up a pole on the Elsmore place, so he
checked in with him before climbing. Elsmore laughingly said, "Be sure to
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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There have been several unusual items uncovered over the last several months
that we have not had a chance to report in the Porcelain News.
Arthur Jones wrote quite some time ago about an old two-piece multipart. [I
waited to make this report until we had an adequate way of describing multipart
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