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...Free Democrats, the No. 2 party in the Bonn government. Dehler is an old-fashioned liberal who hated the Nazis and admires Adenauer, but he has one disability: an ungoverned tongue. Dehler "can break so much china in one day that a whole government needs a long time to glue it together again," complained the Christian Democratic press service...
...fateful day Lounger Bernstein was persuaded by his wife to paper a wall. "It was easy," says he. "They make wallpaper with glue on the back, and all you do is dip the stuff in water and roll it on." Bernstein soon bought himself a $12.75 home-carpentry set and nailed up a shelf. "Did a good job, too." In quick order, he reversed a bothersome living-room door, made a plywood table for his son's electric-train set, laid a tile floor in the bathroom. "Great stuff-it's got suction cups on the bottom...
...late, great Yachtbuilder Henry B. Nevins was never a man to cut corners. His City Island yard in New York City seasoned its own lumber, designed and machined its own fittings, fastened its spars together with glue made of sour cream, sometimes trimmed them to the correct balance by weighing shavings. By such attention to detail, Perfectionist Henry Nevins built more cup-winning yachts than anyone else...
...Labelon Tape Co., Inc. of Rochester, N.Y. Developed for the automotive industry, Oil-Stik is now being used to mark car parts before they are shipped to assembly points. The tape is coated with a special adhesive that mixes with protective oil coatings to make a powerful glue. Price: $1.75 for 60 yds. of inch-wide tape...
...interest, the chamber argued that Venezuela is the U.S.'s second-best Latin American customer (after Mexico), buying $503 million worth of U.S. goods a year. Mailed out by the thousands, the report aims to demonstrate their stake in Venezuelan trade to 450 U.S. cities from Gloucester, Mass, (glue) to San Gabriel, Calif, (adding machines). Presumably the authors hope that these communities will put pressure on their Congressmen to vote against the Simpson bill if it comes to the floor again...