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 Saturday, March 20, 2010
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Preserve Newspaper Clippings

"Fame" made its debut on television this day in 1982. It featured a group of young student actors at New York's High School of the Performing Arts. All of them saved every newspaper article and review about themselves -- good or bad. Got newspaper articles you'd like to save? And you want to keep them from getting brittle, yellow and fading? Here's how to whip up a special brew that'll keep them looking good as new. Whereas there are a number of products made for this purpose, experts say one of the best preservatives is made by adding one tablet or capful of milk of magnesia to a one-liter bottle of club soda. Allow it to sit overnight; the next day, pour it into a shallow glass dish. Before soaking and treating your clippings, make photocopies, and try a few test pieces first. Then, soak your clippings for a few minutes. This process neutralizes the paper's destructive acids. Carefully dry them on white paper towels. The Library of Congress effectively uses this technique.

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