Have you ever gone downtown to the Dallas Public Library to do some research, sought out a critical article in the Oct. ’75 issue of Scientific American, only to have the back issues clerk come out and say, “Nope, that one’s not here. Musta gotten ripped off.”?
Well, it’s happened to us and it’s happened to a lot of others. Because, according to Library Chief Ralph Edwards, at least $25,000 worth of books and periodicals are stolen from the downtown library each year (plus $23,000 worth of materials checked out but not returned). We decided to raise a public outcry, but the library beat us to the punch. They’ve just ordered an electronic detection system. So in a few months, little magnetic strips hidden in all books and magazines will nail the book crooks at the door.
In the meantime, if you can’t find the new issue of Esquire because somebody filched it, you’ll be glad to know that the library subscribes to some 4,000 other magazines for your reading pleasure. We did a little browsing and thought you might want to go down and take a look at some of these:
Nursing Homes features a moving story on “The Full Fiber Diet: Do We Have It Rough Enough?”
Potato Chipper has a terrific wrap-up of “Chipspo ’76 – Reflections/New Directions.”
Tropical Fish Hobbyist tells a gritty tale called “Rare and Well Done.”
The Manufacturing Confectioner raises some tough questions in “Choice Confections: Divinity or Sea Foam?” plus some super candy pix.
Peanut Journal and Nut World sports the controversial headline “Azar Nut Appoints Richard Jennings.”
Paper Board Packaging tells a chilling survival saga in “Wisconsin Plant Heated Entirely Throughout Winter With Own Trash.”
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science has an amusing little piece on “Mechanisms for Interface-Controlled Transport of Cholesterol in Micellar Sodium Cholate-Lecithin and Mi-cellar Sodium Cholate-Lecithin-Sodium Oleate Systems.”
Mental Health for Industry offers a strange story entitled “A Cucumber From Roberta.”
Gleanings in Bee Culture warns that “When Bees Talk, You’d Better Listen,” plus, of course, the “Monthly Honey Report.”
Unfortunately, somebody has already ripped off all the copies of Poultry Meat.
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