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...Royal Canadian Mint had never seen anything like this. On Jan. 2, post-office trucks rolled up to Ottawa's turreted mint building with 125 bags containing nearly 2,000,000 pleading letters. Within a week the mail reached 6,000,000 letters. And who was doing most of the writing? U.S. coin collectors...
...effect was a little like a run on a country bank. The Canadians fear a coin shortage of their own, and the Ottawa mint is Canada's only coin-making facility. As the mail piled up, Finance Minister Walter L. Gordon issued a hurried public statement declaring the sales of 1965 sets halted. The first day's orders alone were enough for the whole year. Mint Master Norval A. Parker turned one of the mint's cafeterias into a workroom, hired 20 extra workers to return the letters to their senders...
...third of the way around the world from Florence.Bearzi 's two-ton doules opened last week on their first services in the newly consecrated cathe dral. In some ways, the doors are closer 3 mint condition than the originals in Florence. After centuries, much of Ghiberti's detail was too weathered and worn to emerge clearly. So, after gilding the bronze, Bearzi's foundry chased the Renaissance precision touch back on. One craftsman spent six weeks detailing a postcard-size section, bringing out each and every feather on a bird no bigger than one-sixth...
...testing freeze-dry foods with a view to jumping into the food field, is searching to acquire a food company. This week, battling to regain the top of the U.S. toothpaste market that it lost to Procter & Gamble's Crest, it began national marketing of a white-colored, mint-tasting, fluoridated toothpaste called Cue; like Crest, the new paste has won the valuable seal of "recognition" from the American Dental Association...
...those on a hamburger budget, most foreign pavilions have food stands selling specialties of their country at hamburger prices. The United Arab Republic serves falafel (50?), a bean feast that tastes like a spicy meat sandwich. Morocco serves mint tea and pastry ($1) in carpeted tents. Try the Belgian Village's crepe-suzette shop where a Grand Marniered pancake costs 75?, or India's chicken pakora and clay-oven-baked bread (45?) served on the lawn by a turbaned chef. International Plaza, a noisy cluster of small shops and food stands, offers a culinary Cook's Tour...