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Into the Market. With more money than ever before to buy art, even small museums are dipping into the market. The Springfield (Mo.) Art Museum recently picked up an Albrecht Dürer print, a Ben Shahn painting, Mother and Child, and a 10th century Persian bowl. The big, endowed museums are taking a back seat to no one, e.g., the St. Louis City Art Museum's purchase this month of a Frans Hals portrait for $150,000. Kansas City's collection, which goes back 4,000 years to a Sumerian statue, also goes forward to a recent...
...moonshiners have flooded New England, he said, mentioning discovery of a $250,000 still last year by federal "revenuers" in Walpole, 20 miles from Boston, and of others in this and the Springfield area. "I hope they don't get any over in Cambridge," he added...
...Very Progressive." In nearby North Springfield, Va., the businesslike Russians inspected a big new tract of mass-built, medium-priced ($14,000-$18,000) houses. On the way, they commented on the lack of flowers along the roads, later expressed amazement that so many trees had been cut down at the building site. "In Russia," one of them said, "anyone who cuts down a tree without permission is heavily fined...
Also, if Walsh were to profit financially from the games, the A.A.U.'s actions could be explained. But actually all profits from the tour will go toward the building of a Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield...
...said his college was looking forward to the visit by the Russians, since proceeds from the game are scheduled to go to the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The money would be used for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, scheduled for construction on the Springfield campus in a few years...