Record $1.1 Million Chippendale Chair Tops Sotheby's Auction
A carved mahogany wing armchair from 1770 set a new American furniture auction record at Sotheby's in New York. Buyer Eddy G. Nicholson of New Hampshire also bought a 1765 carved mahogany chest for 660000 and a Century Wainscot armchair from 1675 for 528000. An anonymous bidder paid 418000 for a 1765 Chippendale highboy. The sale grossed 5002580 dollars.
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New York
Sotheby’s Auction House
Eddy G. Nicholson
New Hampshire
William Stahl
American Decorative Arts Division
Sotheby’s
Stahl
Nicholson
Waterbeds Burst When Hit By Car in Huntington Beach
Francisco Cruz 29 of Garden Grove allegedly rammed his car into Terry's Waterbeds at 2 45 a m after an bar fight with his girlfriend causing a flood of waterbeds and $3000 in damages. Cruz was booked for investigation of attempted murder.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
Francisco Cruz
Garden Grove
Terry
Luis Ochoa
Cruz
Ochoa
Donna Chamberlain
Beverly Hills Hotel Put Up For Sale By Real Estate Firm
Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard with its Polo Lounge is offered to the highest bidder with no asking price. Morgan Stanley Realty says potential buyers have flooded its New York office in a feeding frenzy, eyeing a 12 acre resort valued between 150 and 250 million dollars and considering converting it from hotel use to other purposes.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
William S. Bahrenburg Jr
New York
Bahrenburg
Morgan Stanley Realty Co
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles Area
Far East
Reagan Addresses Anti Porn Leaders at Chicago Breakfast
Reagan via satellite praised anti pornography efforts as vicious and dangerous to women and children. He supported Meese plans to break the back of pornography, in a Chicago Statement breakfast kicking off National Pornography Awareness Week.
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Chicago
Reagan
Chicago Statement
National Christian Association
Edwin Meese
Convicted killer escapes after hospital transport incident
In East Chicago Indiana David J Roberts a 42 year old prisoner serving six life sentences for murder and kidnapping escaped from guards transporting him to prison after he hijacked their weapons and fled when the two guards were forced to abandon their car. He had eluded authorities since Friday.
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Chicago
Ind
David J. Roberts
Indianapolis
Gilbert Diaz
Roberts
Vaughn Overstreet
Department of Correction
Sky diver killed after parachute fails at benefit
Verona AP reports 29 year old Walter D. Malinowski of Taberg died when his parachute failed to deploy during a 10 40 a m jump from a Cessna 182 at Kamp Airport near Syracuse. He had logged 800 jumps and participated in a ten jumper benefit for a Oneida County day care center.
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Verona
N.Y
Walter D. Malinowski
Taberg
Kamp
Syracuse
John Coyne
Malinowski
Oneida
Coyne
Bell Says He's Denied Access To Hasenfus
Former U S attorney general Griffin Bell said the Nicaraguan government blocked contact with Eugene Hasenfus the American accused of transporting arms to U S backed rebels. Hasenfus 45 of Marinette Wisconsin was captured Oct 5 after a cargo plane was shot down.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
Griffin Bell
Eugene Hasentus
Hasenfus
Bell
Marinette
Wis
Tipitapa
Atlanta
Enrique Sotelo Borgen
Sotelo Borgen
Eight Die in Minneapolis Fire as Mother Jumps with Infant
A mother hurling her four children from a second floor window of a duplex fire saved her 1-year-old son but she perished with seven others on the main floor. Abigail Patton 24, injured, described pitching the children to safety and surviving with a broken wrist and dislocated hip. The fatalities include Joyce Ruff 22 and her sons Keven 1 and Bryant 4, Judith Westfall 23, Homer Ruff 26, James Christopher Ruff 7, Sean Ruff 5, Dwane Ruff 3, in a blaze described as Minneapolis's worst in over a decade.
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Minneapolis
Abigail Patton
Hennepin County Medical Center
Ms. Patton
Mavis Hollingsworth
Joyce Ruff
Keven
Bryant
Homer Ruff
James Christopher Ruff
Sean Ruff
Dwane Ruff
Judith Westfall
Syria warns Britain will pay the price over Heathrow bombing link
Damascus radio quoted Foreign Minister Farouk al Sharaa saying Britain would pay the price for tying Syria to an aborted attempt to blow up an Israeli airliner. He called Britain the loser after severing ties, insisting Syria had no evidence of involvement and condemning terrorism.
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Damascus
Syria
Britain
Damascus Radio
Farouk al- Sharaa
London
Heathrow
Sharaa
Nezar Hindawi
el al
Sharan
Libya
British Airways
British Caledonian Airways
Geoffrey Howe
Hindawi
Howe
Bomb explodes outside Italian Embassy in Beirut
A bomb detonated in front of the Italian Embassy in Beirut late Saturday. The blast, under a car with diplomatic plates, slightly wounded one person, according to RAI television.
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Rome
Beirut
RAI Television
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
Information for readers on how to subscribe place ads and submit news ideas. Phone numbers for classifieds and ads are listed along with customer service hours and the office address in Aiken.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
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