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TIDBITS® SAYS–IT HAPPENED ONE APRIL

by Kathy WolfeApril has been a busy time over the years!

Follow along as Tidbits takes a look at some of the interesting events that have taken place during this fourth month of the Gregorian calendar.

• NoahWebster was 70 years old whenhe copyrighted the first edition of his 70,000-entry “American Dictionaryof the English Language” in April of 1828. Although we’ve depended on Webster’s dictionary all our lives, hisfirst edition sold only 2,500 copies.When it came time to issue the second edition, Webster mortgaged his homein order to finance it, and he livedin debt the remainder of his days.

• In April of 1973, Martin Cooper stoodon the streets of New York City anddid something no one had ever done before. He placed a call from a portable cellular phone! Cooper, the generalmanagerofMotorola’sCommunicationsDivision, called his competitor at AT&Tlabs using a 30-ounce (850-g) brick-like phone. Compare this with today’sphone at about 3 ounces (85 g). Theprocess of bringing portable cell phones to the consumer market took 10years,andMotorola introducedtheir16-ounce (453-g) DynaTAC phone in1983, carrying a price tag of $3,500.

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APRILEVENTS(continued):

• Aprilhasbeenaneventfulmonthintheworldofbaseball.InAprilof1912,Detroit’sTiger Stadium and Boston’s Fenway Park both opened on the same day. Eleven yearslater,YankeeStadiumhaditsopeningdayinApril.NewYorkMets’SheaStadiumwasinauguratedinAprilof1964.Itwasanespecially memorable occasion when the world’s first domed sports stadium opened inAprilof1965.Houston’sAstrodomewasbuiltatacostof$37millionandincludeda sophisticated air conditioning system to deal with Texas’ July and August average temperaturesof97degrees.Openingnightentertainment at the Astrodome included performances by Judy Garland and The Supremes. The Astros were up against the NewYorkYankeesinanexhibitiongame,andMickeyMantlehitthefirsthomerunin the Astrodome off Houston pitcher Turk Farrell.

•The Titanic departed from the port atSouthampton,England,onApril10,1912,bound for New York City. The ship setsailwith2,227passengersonboardandlifeboats for only 1,178 of those people.In the wee hours of the morning on April 15,twoandahalfhoursafterstrikinganiceberg in theNorthAtlantic, theTitanicsank,taking1,517peopletotheirdeaths.

• You’ve probably never heard of HarrietQuimby,butshe’squitefamousinherownright. Quimby was the first woman to earn a pilot’s license in the United States and less thanayearlater,becamethefirstwomantoflyacrosstheEnglishChannel.InAprilof1912,shetookofffromDover,England,andlandedonaFrenchbeach59minuteslater.Unfortunately,heramazingfeatdidn’tgetmuchcoverageinthenewspapers,asthe tragic sinking of the Titanic had taken place the day before.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Impatience is still somewhat of a problem. But a sign of progress should soothe the anxious Aries heart. Meanwhile, invest some of that waiting time in preparing for the change ahead.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Bovines tend to excel at solving problems, not creating them. But you risk doing just that if you’re slow to respond to a timely situation. If neces-sary, seek advice from someone you trust.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The Gemini Twin might need to do more than a routine check of both a job-linked and home-based situation. Dig deeper for more data on both fronts to avoid unwanted surprises later.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Moon Children facing an important workplace decision are encouraged to use their perceptiveness to see through any attempt to win them over with a supercharge of fawning and flattery.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Good news catapults Leos and Leonas into reconsidering a deferred decision. But time has moved on, and it’s a good idea to recheck your plans and make adjustments where necessary.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The week favors relationships, both personal and professional. Take the time to look for and immediately repair any vulnerable areas caused by unresolved misunderstandings.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A friend’s problems bring out your protective instincts. Be careful to keep a balance between meeting the obligations of friendship without being overwhelmed by them.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The temptation to take an extreme position on an issue is strong, but moderation is favored both in personal and professional dealings. Move toward finding areas of agreement.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Getting another boss or teacher? Try to see the person behind the image. It will help you adjust more easily to the changes that new authority figures inevitably bring.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Much as you might dislike the idea, keep an open mind about using the assistance of a third party to help resolve problems that threaten to unravel an important agreement.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Music helps restore the Aquarian’s spiritual energies this week. Take someone you care for to a concert of your musical choice. Also, expect news about a workplace matter.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A chal-lenge that seems easy enough at first could take an unexpected turn that might test your resolve. Decide if you feel you should stay with it, or if it’s better to move in another direction.BORN THIS WEEK: You can be strong when standing up for justice, both for yourself and for others.

1. MOVIES: Duncan Jones, director of “Source Code,” is the son of what famous rock musician?2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a dirk?3. TELEVISION: What TV show propelled the career of comedian Robin Williams?4. GEOGRAPHY: Rabat is the capital of what African nation?5. HISTORY: What Nazi war criminal was captured in Argentina 15 years after World War II ended?6. MYTHOLOGY: In what legend does the Sheriff of Nottingham play a major role?7. INVENTIONS: Daimler was an early de-signer of what kind of machine?8. MEASUREMENTS: Which month of the year is named for Mars, the Roman god of war?9. LITERATURE: What literary form did Thespis invent?10. ANATOMY: Where is the appendix in the human body?

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Q: My great aunt operated a catering business in Mobile, Ala., during the 1920s and early ‘30s. She had several cookbooks that she especially liked, including at least three I think might be valuable: The Home Queen Cook Book, published in 1893; the White House Cookbook, the Frances Folsom Cleveland edition of 1894; and The Boston Cook Book by Mary J. Lincoln, the 1910 edition. -- Nao-mi, Glendale, Ariz.A: I found all three of your cook books in the Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide by Patricia Edwards and Peter Peckham (Krause, $21.99). The values are $102 to $181 for The Home Queen Cook Book, $105 to $188 for the Cleveland edition of The White House Cookbook, and $45 to $81 for The Boston Cookbook. Check out the au-thors’ excellent website at www.oldcookbooks.com.***Q: I have a bowl that has been identified as be-ing made by the Diamond Cut Glass Works. Can

you tell me anything about this company? -- Susan, Shreveport, La.A: Whenever I get a question about glass, I grab my copy of “Glass A to Z” by David J. Shotwell (Krause, $24.95). It is one of my favorite reference books in this field of collecting. According to Shotwell, the company was founded by Abraham Diamond in New York City in 1900. It was first listed as the Diamond Cut Glass Works in 1910, and purchased in 1915 by Lawrence I. and Minnie Cohn.***Q: My dad gave me his Hamilton Victor II Electric wristwatch, which he received when he graduated from Tulane in 1963. I have been told that it is quite valuable. -- Sam, Daytona Beach, Fla.A: I contacted several vintage watch experts, and they seem to agree that your Hamilton watch is worth in the $300 to $700 range depending, of course, on con-dition and if it has its original presentation box.***Q: I have a pair of sterling silver cuff links made in Sweden. Where can I find out more about them? -- Dee, Sun City West, Ariz.A: Eugene Klompus is an expert. His contact infor-mation is P.O. Box 3970, Vernon Hills, IL 60061; and www.cufflinksrus.com

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APRILEVENTS(continued):• April has been a bigmonth for spaceadventures. InApril of 1961, SovietYuriGagarin became the first human to travel into space aboardVostok I, edging outAmerican Alan Shepard by a mere 23days. Apollo 13 blasted off onApril 11,1970,commandedbyJamesA.LovellJr.and scheduled as the third space mission tolandonthemoon.Twodayslater,anoxygentankaboardthecraftexploded,placing the crew in grave danger. They returned safely on April 17. Apollo 16madeanApril1972flighttothemoon,under the command of John Young. The firstlaunchofthespaceshuttleColumbiaalso occurred in April, in 1981, and in1990,theshuttleDiscoveryheadedintospace carrying the $1.5 billion HubbleTelescope.

• EarthDaywas first observed inApril of1970,with20millionparticipants.Itwasthe brainstorm of U.S. Senator Gaylord NelsonofWisconsin,whocameupwiththe idea after touring a disastrous oil spill in the Santa Barbara, California, area. Inhiswords,“Ithadbeentroublingmethatthe state of our environment was simply anon-issueinthepoliticsofthecountry.”

• Thepress dubbed it“TheWedding theCentury”whenactressGraceKellymarriedPrince Rainier III of Monaco in April of1956.Thirty-sixseamstressesworkedonthe26-year-oldKelly’sweddingdressforsix weeks in preparation for the nuptials. She had met the prince the previous April while doing a photo shoot in connection withtheCannesFilmFestival.Aftereightmonths of correspondence, RainiertraveledtoAmerica,mettheKellyfamily,and three days later, he proposed. Herfamilywasrequiredtoprovideadowryof$2milliontohimbeforemarriageplanswere to proceed. Six hundred guests attended the wedding, and the royalcoupledepartedthateveningforaseven-weekMediterraneanhoneymooncruiseaboard the prince’s yacht.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We’re visiting a breeder soon who is offering a new litter of puppies for sale. She says we should visit a few times to find the right puppy for our family. How do we choose the best of the litter? -- Kay S., Bowden, Ala.

DEAR KAY: I don’t think there’s always a “best” puppy in a litter. However, there is the right “fit” for your family. For example, outgoing pups may do best with a family, while shy dogs work better with individuals.The breeder is offering to let you visit sever-al times to find the best fit, which is a great selection method (and one mark of a good breeder). Often, such visits are spaced over several weeks, from a couple weeks after the puppies’ birth to the time they are ready to

leave (eight or more weeks).Because you will be spending quite a bit of money on a new dog, be observant dur-ing visits and ask questions. Make sure the puppies’ living area is clean and that they all look healthy, happy and relaxed. Hold and play with puppies that interest you and watch their behavior around your children. As the weeks pass, observe their growth and the maturation of motor skills and awareness.The breeder will be observing you dur-ing this time as well. After all, she doesn’t want to send well-bred puppies to owners who won’t care for them. It’s not unusual for professional breeders to refuse to sell a puppy to someone they have doubts about. Remember, the deal isn’t done until both sides agree that the dog you pick is the best fit for you, and the papers are signed.

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¥ Keep a kitchen timer near your phone so that you can limit the length of long-distance calls. They can add up quickly if you don’t watch it!

¥ “Here’s a great way to get a longer life out of a bar of soap: Press the plastic top of a pop bottle into the side of a wet bar of soap. When you set the bar down in your soap dish, put it plastic side down. This way, the bar doesn’t sit in any residual water and turn into a goopy mush. The plastic top comes out easily if you need to remove it.” -- Y.P. in Illinois

¥ “Nylon stocking strips are great and work really well in the garden. If you have a pair that has a run-ner, chop them up into pieces. You can use them to tie up staked plants, as they are strong yet gentle enough to not cause any harm.” -- E.S. in Wisconsin

¥ “Reduce your energy costs of drying clothes by hanging heavy items (think towels, throw blankets, jeans, sweats) for a few hours to air dry before pop-ping them in the dryer. You can cut the drying time by as much as two-thirds and still get that tumbled-dry softness.” -- M.N. in Missouri

¥ Rub hands with lemon slices to get rid of onion or fish smells. Afterward, you can put the lemon slices down your garbage disposal unit with a few ice cubes to get rid of smells there, too.

¥ Renew your paintbrushes with this trick: Heat vinegar to boiling. Pour into a tall, narrow container that won’t melt. Add hardened brushes, bristle side down. Stick a pencil through the hole in the paint-brush handle and balance it across the top of the container. It keeps the bristles from bending in the bottom of the container. Let brushes soak until vin-egar has cooled. Use a wire brush to clean.

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Patents on some expensive brand-name drugs are set to expire this year, with an even larger number in 2012. That means the drug companies won’t have a lock on the market. Less-expensive generics are sure to follow as competition rises.Drugs set to expire this year and next include: Lipitor (expired in November 2010, generic due this year), Seroquel, Avandia, Lunesta and Singulair.Just before a patent expires, drug compa-nies will renew their efforts to get doctors to prescribe their product. When your doctor prescribes something for you, ask if it’s one of the drugs that has come off patent, in which case an inexpensive generic might be available. Drug companies, however, do have exclusive rights to a generic version of their drug for six

MoreGenericsMeanLower Drug Prices

months after a patent expires. But after that, any company can create a generic, and the prices will fall.This can be very important for seniors who are approaching the doughnut hole, where Medicare won’t pay for coverage.Keep in mind that some of these companies are going to court and will be tied up in litigation. Still, from now on, when you get a prescrip-tion filled, ask the pharmacist if there is a less-expensive generic to be had. Another trick to keep patients on the brand-name drug is that the cost of the generic version sometimes can go up for a little while. Beware, and ask questions.A good way to keep track of the expiration of patents on drugs you take is to go online and do a search for the name of your drug and the words “patent expire.”

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directions thanks to the efforts of Rand McNally.InAprilof1924,thecompanypublished its first roadatlas, althoughthey had been publishing maps and geography textbooks for years. The company was founded by William RandandAndrewMcNallyin1868andbecame the first major mapmaker to use a system of numbered highways.

•Aprilhashaditsshareoftragedies.In1995,theAlfredP.MurrahFederalBuildinginOklahomaCitywasbombedbyTimothyMcVeigh.In1999,Colorado’sColumbineHigh School shootings occurred. It was also the month of the assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln and MartinLutherKingJr.Thedevastatingnuclear accident at the Soviet Union’s ChernobylplantalsotookplaceinApril.

• Twenty-seven-year-old James CashPenney headed out to Wyoming in 1902,andonApril13ofthatyearinthecommunity of Kemmerer, he openedhis first dry goods and clothing store called The Golden Rule. He chose the name because it was his philosophy to treat others the way he would like tobetreated. Inhis freetime,Penneyworked as a lumberjack felling trees. Tenyears later,hischainofstoreshadgrownto34stores,andheincorporatedthemall as the J.C.PenneyCompany.By1924,hewasgeneratinganincomeupwardsof $1.5milliona year.Today,the company operates over 1,100stores with 150,000 employees andsalesapproaching$18billionannually.And that little store in Kemmerer? Still there, operating on a daily basis.

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It’s tough enough to become an Olympic champion under the best of circumstances, but figure skaterScott Hamilton has had more than his fair share of hardships. Let’s see what makes Hamilton a true victor.

• At the age of two, Ohio-born ScottHamilton contracted an illness that caused him to inexplicably stop growing. Extensivetestsfollowed,asdidwrongdiagnoses. One physician diagnosed cystic fibrosis and gave the toddler six months to live. A trip to the Boston Children’sHospitalresultedinaspecialdietandexerciseplan,andmiraculously,the disorder corrected itself. However,the end result was that Hamilton’s statureremainedsmallatjustover5feet,2inches(1.6m)and108pounds(49kg).

•Afterwatchinghisoldersisteratanicerink, Hamilton became interested inskating. At age 13, he began trainingfor national competition with former FrenchOlympicchampionPierreBrunet,winner of three Olympic medals. In order to meet the expenses of Hamilton’s training, his mother, a second gradeteacher,returnedtoschooltobecomea college professor. Another obstacle hit theHamilton family’spathwhenMrs.Hamilton was diagnosed with breast cancer.When she was forced to quitwork,themoneyforHamilton’strainingstopped, and as a high school senior,hefacedhavingtoquitskating.Whenanonymous benefactors stepped forward with the offer to finance his training, he was able to continue.

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1. When was the last time before Detroit’s Justin Verlander in 2009 that an A.L. pitcher had at least 269 strikeouts in a season?2. How many times did the Montreal Expos have a hit-ter lead the N.L. in batting

average for a season?3. Who holds the record for most rushing yards in a season at the University of Alabama?4. When was the last time before 2009 that the Denver Nuggets were in the Western Conference Finals?5. Name the last time the New York Islanders won an NHL playoff series.6. When was the last time before 2010 that New Zealand’s men’s soccer team made the World Cup field? 7. According to The American Racing Manual, in only one year between 1983 and 1997 was D. Wayne Lukas not the money leader among horse-racing trainers. Who was?

SCOTTHAMILTON(continued):• Cancer claimed the life of Hamilton’smother in 1977 when he was 19, andhe vowed to make her proud. When he earned third place in the 1980 U.S.Figure Skating Championships, heearned a spot on the Olympic team. At the Olympics in Lake Placid that year,he proudly carried the American flag in the opening ceremony and went on to finish in fifth place. The next year he took the gold in the World Figure Skating Championships,afeatherepeatedforthefollowingthreeyears.In1984,hewasthegoldmedalistattheOlympicsinSarajevo,after which he turned professional.

• Aftera stintwith IceCapades,Hamiltonco-foundedStarson Iceandperformedregularly until 2001.He has also servedas a skating commentator for various networks. In a national sports survey,Hamilton ranked in the top eight most popular American athletes,ahead of Michael Jordan, Troy Aikman,Wayne Gretzky and Joe Montana.

• In 1997, another obstacle appeared inHamilton’s path when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. After treatment he returned to skating, only to have abenignbrain tumordiscovered in2004.WhenthetumorreturnedinJuneof2010,Hamilton underwent surgery, duringwhich an artery was nicked. This caused a brain aneurysm, which was removedsuccessfully,butitresultedinthelossoftwo-thirdsof the vision inhis right eye.

• Yet Hamilton refuses to give up. InNovember, five months after brainsurgery, he raised $1.1 million for hisorganization CARES (Cancer Alliance forResearch, Education and Survivorship),devoted to finding a cure for cancer. He is frequently sought as a motivationalspeaker, and his 2009 book“The GreatEight” shares his secrets to happiness and howhehasmetlife’schallengeshead-on.

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¥ On April 25, 1719, Daniel Defoe’s fictional work “The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off the coast of South America in the early 1700s.

¥ On April 29, 1854, the Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for black stu-dents, is officially chartered in southeastern Pennsylvania. Renamed Lincoln University after the Civil War, its graduates include poet Langston Hughes and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

¥ On April 27, 1865, an explosion on a Mis-sissippi River steamboat kills an estimated 1,547 people, mostly Union soldiers return-ing home after the Civil War. The Sultana was built to hold 376 passengers, but reports say that there were as many as 2,700 people on board.

¥ On May 1, 1931, New York City’s Empire State Building is dedicated. The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrys-ler of the Chrysler Corp. and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors to see who could erect the taller building.

¥ On April 30, 1948, the Land Rover, a Brit-ish-made all-terrain vehicle, debuts at an auto show in Amsterdam. The Land Rover had a boxy, utilitarian design, four-wheel drive and a canvas roof. Seat cushions, doors, a heater and spare tire were considered extras.

¥ On April 28, 1965, Barbra Streisand’s debut television special, “My Name is Barbra,” is aired. One sequence was shot on location in the fur department of Bergdorf Goodman, where Streisand vamped in exotic fur coats to a medley of poverty songs, including “Broth-er Can You Spare a Dime.”

¥ On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident to date occurs at the Cher-nobyl nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine. An estimated 4,000 clean-up workers died from radiation poisoning, as many as 70,000 people suffered severe poisoning and a large area of land might not be livable for as many as 150 years.

WORLDTRADECENTERThe World Trade Center was officiallydedicated on April 4, 1973, after nearlyseven years of construction. This week,Tidbits takes a look at these structures,destroyed on September 11, 2001.

• Groundbreaking for the complex ofseven buildings took place in August of 1966. Built at a cost of about $1.5billion, the complex contained 13.4million square feet of office space.

• The address of 1 World Trade Centerbelonged to the North Tower, whichwas completed in December of 1970.For two years, the North Tower rankedas the world’s tallest building, edgingout the Empire State Building, whichhadheldthetitlefor40years.TheNorthTower was 1,368 feet (417 m) tall at itscompletion, but a telecommunicationsantenna was added eight years later,increasing itsheightby360feet (110m).Chicago’sSearsTowersurpassedtheToweras the world’s tallest building in 1974.

•TheTwinTowerswerenotidenticaltwins.Althoughtheybothcontained110stories,2WorldTrade Center (the SouthTower),completedin1973,wasactuallysixfeet(1.8m)shorterthantheNorthTower.In1976,theWindows on the World restaurant opened on the North Tower’s 106th and 107thfloorsatacostofmorethan$17million.

• InadditiontotheTwinTowers, fiveotherbuildings occupied the 16-acre plot,including a 22-floor Marriott hotel andthe U.S. Customs Service. Underneaththe complex was an underground shopping mall. The development was large enough tomerit its own zip code.About 50,000 employees worked in theTwin Towers on an average workday. Another 200,000 people passedthrough the buildings on a daily basis.

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WORLDTRADECENTER(continued):• TheTowersseemedtoattracttheirshareofdaredevils.In1974,Frenchhigh-wireartistPhilippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Towers. Three years later, a Brooklyntoymaker named George Willig climbed to thetopoftheSouthTowerin3.5hours.Atthetop,hewaspulledinthroughawindowhatch where he was promptly arrested. New YorkCity’smayorlaterfinedWillig$1.10,apenny foreachof theTower’s110 floors.His feat did earn him a job as a stuntman ontelevision’s“TheSixMillionDollarMan.”

• The first attack on the World TradeCenter came in 1993. A Ryder truckloaded with 1,500 pounds (680 kg) ofexplosives blew up in the underground garage of the North Tower, resultingin a 100-foot (30-m) hole through fivesublevels of the structure and six fatalities.

•On September 11, 2001, an AmericanAirlines jet crashed into the North Tower at 8:46a.m.betweenthe93rdand99thfloors.At9:03a.m.,aUnitedAirlinesjethittheSouthTowerbetweenthe77thand85thfloors.BecausetheSouthTowerhitwasoff-center,one stairwell remained intact, allowingthe escape of a number of occupants.

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