New Orleans: The New Orleans Weather Bureau, in its latest advisory, says that Hurricane Inez is now moving slowly toward the west-northwest. At 6 PM (EDT), Inez was estimated to be about 210 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas. by United Press International

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Serpentine-Front Drawers--This chest of drawers with its serpentine front is the style at which Jonathan Gostelower, the 18th century cabinet-maker, excelled. Only the finest colonial artisans were capable of turning out such

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New Orleans: The New Orleans Weather Bureau, in its latest advisory, says that Hurricane Inez is now moving slowly toward the west-northwest. At 6 PM (EDT), Inez was estimated to be about 210 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas.

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