TOUCH and GO A 98-year-old Sitka Spruce was found near the Arctic Circle only 11 inches high and less than an inch in diameter. ... For those who do not remember the past are condemned to'live it once more .... W.C .. Fields had over 700 bank accounts when he died because he had a recurring dream about.being alone without money in a strange town.. .. The Academy of Applied Sciences has obtained photographs of the Loch Ness Monster. ... "The bather selects the desired water temperature and soap, pushes a button and is then soaked, washed . with suds produced by ultrasonic waves, rinsed, massaged with rubber balls and finally dried with heat lamps. . . . On the transcendental meditation front, 109 inmates at California's "end of the line" institution have petitioned Gov. Edmund Brown for support of a transcendental program at Folsom prison. Elsewhere, Mike Love (formerly of the Beach Boys) has been visiting the White House to tell Susan Ford more about it.. . . On an average day, 367 acres of Californja agricultural land is destroyed by urbanization . . . . A ham on rye is merdy a ripple, or fluctuation const ucted by thought in the quantum foam of space. ... Recycling pocket lint. For description of a way to make paper from it write to Mere Benoit, Abby of Jonarre, Seine et Marne, France... . "For my own particular,biocomputer to feel good and to welcome me as its lone inhabithough approximately 7 5</. per 100. Write for details. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope. Dustbooks P.O. Box 1056 Paradise, CA 95969 For about 10 years Len Fulton and friends have kept track of the rich deluge of self-published books, small circulation magazines, basement literary and low budget publishers. Most of the work focuses on literature, poetry, arts, so should be supplemented with things like the Alternative Press Index, .RAIN, Co-Evolution Quarterly, ·etc. .. _ tant, 10 to 12 hours of sleep per night are required (John Lilly).... A small, pot-shaped object with hieroglyphics on the outside; a book of 17 thin copper sheets with 2,000 "words". engraved, fell near Scarborough, England, Nov. 21, 19 5 7. •. .. Lithium is the newest "wonder drug," hailed as the cure for "mood-swings," manic-depressions, etc. (for interesting article, see latest issue of Madness Network News) . ... An old formula for whitening linen: first soak the cloth from Saturday to Monday in a thick green mixture of soft water and sheep's i.dung, (only summer dung will do). From Monday to Wedne~day dip the cloth repeatedly in a pond or river. On Wednesday beat out and leave to soak in a pond or river until Thursday Resource books include: lnt'erndtional Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses ($5.95); Small Press Record of Books ($4.50); and, to keep on a regular basis, Small Press Review, $6/yr. individual, $10 institution. Environmental Action Foundation 724 Dupont Circle Building Washington, DC 20036 An excellent source of soundly documented information for community action on electrical energy, transportation, solid waste, and our visual environment. Publish a very informative biweekly magazine, Environmental AcRAIN Page 21 ! J-; f 'f ~' J • ( . ; i rt• ...\' J ·• afternoon, then allow to dry. Next day, put it in a tub, spread a buck sheet over it, make a thin paste of dog's mercury, mallow, kecks or wormwood, spread this over the buck sheet, then pour strong, boiling ly.e over the sheet, cover and allow to stand overnight. By Friday it is ready to be spr:~ad on the grass and watered all morning. Friday night, repeat the whole process with dog's mercury, etc., and boiling lye, and again on Saturday. On Saturday night drop the cloth into a tub' of.lye and allow it to soak until Monday morning. It is then ready to be laid out once more and· watered every day with po_nd water until white enough.... Either that, or I'm doing the right thing at the wrong time. S.J. tion ($10/yr.). Some re~ent and useful publications available: Phantom Taxes in Your Electric Bill ($1), a report on federal income tax avoidance by electrical utilities; Oregon's Bottle Bill: Two Years Later ($2.50), a rq~ rt from the Oregon Environmental Council_that examines the success of Oregon's ban on non-returnable bottles and cans; A Citizens' Guide to the Fuel Adjustment Cl;use ($1), describes utility abuses of fuel adjustment clauses and outlines strategies to challenge those practices. Write for full lis.t of publications and how to assist their program.
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