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ART WINNERS—(above) Hobson Pittrrian, visiting professor of art, discusses award-winning paint
ing of Virginia E. Fitzrnalqin, Verona, at 29th annual oil painting exhibit. Award winners, left to
right, Joseph A. Smith, State College. Kenneth T. Wilson. McVeytown. Miss Fitzmartin and Glenn
A. Ruby, York. Miss Fitzmartin and Ruby each won three prizes in oil and watercolor exihibits.
(Below) Chen Chi, New York artist who serves as visiting professor of art during the summer
sessions, gives advice to three graduate students who won awards. Left to right, Chen Chi, An
thony J. Evangelista, Hazelton: Henry R. Cassilli, Allison Park: and Robert Cronauer, Indiana.
Cassillls white marble statue "Bird" is in the foreground, Evangelista's winning watercolor "Rain
on the Mountain" is in the background.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Dateline Washington
Piggy Banks Raided
For'Valuable' Cents
• By KAY MILLS
Collegian Washington Correspondent
The power of the press recently backfired throughout
the nation on wire service bureaus, newspapers, banks, coin
dealers and the Treasury Department in Washington.
A United Press International story sparked a search for
coins worth up to 1000 times their face value. The story itself
may have caused more work than,
it was worth. Iton answered dozens of questions
The UPI item quoted a Wash -!daily about pennies during the
ington coin dealer. Ben Douglas,lheight of the race for riches, Most
on the value of "small date" 1960 1 calls were placed by people who
pennies. had evidently heard rumors about
According to Douglas, some valuable coins and knew little
of the 1960 coppers were minted !else about them.
with the date, which appears I Others asked questions about
under Abraham Lincoln's chin, !points clearly discussed in the
smaller than usual. Dealers original news item which they
were paying up to $lO each for claimed to have read.
pennies in mint condition, un- I By the end of the first week,
marred by use. I the bureau began receiving
However, in accordance with mail addressed to Douglas or
the law of supply and demand,; "A Leading Numismatist" or
the value of the pennies went' "A Washington Coin Dealer:"
down as more of the small date! Some of the letters UPI re
coins emerged from piggy banks,ceived contained "small date"
sugar bowls and change purses.' pennies, judging from the weight
Inquiries from people with of their contents. The letters
get-rich-quick schemes instantly were either forwarded to Doug
flooded switchboards of any or- las or returned to their senders.
ganizations even remotely con-; An estimated two or three mil
nected with the news stoty. Ilion coins were mis-starn»ed in
The New Orleans, La., post Philadelphia, with millions more
office had to add seven tele- !turned out in Denver. Pennies
phone operators to handle the from both mints are now being
rush. People seemed to think correctly stamped.
the post office was buying the I A Treasury Department official
coins. told a UPI reporter several days
The UPI bureau in Washing-' (Continued on page eight)
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May the cold cruel world
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you have treated us.
Best Wishes,
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