Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v18#18 [344]

(May 9, 1963)

The Spell-a-3-Letter-Word Game (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Inside cover; a word game entailing a cut-out spinner.

[Captain Vitus Bering, Danish explorer...] (Table of Contents)

Vitus Bering and Golden Gama Land / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Helen L. Gillum

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

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Joe Sinnott

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Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Vitus Bering discovers Alaska, but dies en route home to Russia.

Indexer Notes

Part 2; conclusion

[When Ted unwittingly stows away...] (Table of Contents)

The Mystery of Shady Falls / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Ruth Burton

Pencils:

Reed Crandall

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Reed Crandall

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Genre:

adventure

Synopsis:

As Ted revives aboard the foreign submarine, Kohler's workman Clem reveals to Maureen and Woody that he is an FBI agent.

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Part 8

["Today I'm making a smocked purse."] (Table of Contents)

Patsy Planner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Haines

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Bill Haines

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Bill Haines

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Genre:

fact

Characters:

Patsy Planner

Synopsis:

Patsy shows how to make a purse.

[Over three million people with Spanish names...] (Table of Contents)

America: The Melting Pot / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Marian Pehowski

Pencils:

Lloyd Ostendorf

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Lloyd Ostendorf

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Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

All about Spanish-speaking Americans.

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Part 9

[Bringing the chest with the jeweled Spanish armor...] (Table of Contents)

Chuck White and His Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Max Pine

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Fran Matera

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Fran Matera

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Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck White

Synopsis:

After Grundy shoots the gun out of his hand, Chuck clings to a rock at the edge of a waterfall.

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Part 8

Still Life (Table of Contents)

Draw-Along with Frank Borth / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Frank Borth

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Frank Borth

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Frank Borth

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Genre:

fact

Characters:

Frank Borth

Synopsis:

How to draw objects.

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Lesson 8

Close Doesn't Count (Table of Contents)

Sports Spectacular / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jim Zofkie

Pencils:

Dick Giordano

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Dick Giordano

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Genre:

sports

Synopsis:

In 1947, New York Yankee Floyd "Bill" Bevens almost pitches the first World Series no-hitter--but not quite.

[As I traveled through Europe...] (Table of Contents)

Talking it over... with Father John / text article / 2 pages (report information)

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Father John

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typeset

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Genre:

religious

Synopsis:

In Northern Italy and Austria, Father John ruminates on the Virgin Mary.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ali / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Marvin Townsend

Pencils:

Marvin Townsend

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Marvin Townsend

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Characters:

Ali

Synopsis:

Ali visits the zoo.

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Inside back cover

[Thou art my Mother, O Virgin Mary...] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

religious

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A prayer granting a 300-day indulgence.