Texan wins bid for first printing of Declaration of Independence
Ira G. Corn Jr. of Dallas bought a 1776 Dunlap broadside of the Declaration at a Philadelphia auction for $404,000, the highest price for a printed or manuscript book or document. Hans P. Kraus of New York pressed to $403,000 before losing. The copy, one of 16 known, was printed July 4 and 5, 1776 and is now in good condition with near full margins.
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New York
Philadelphia
Samuel T. Freeman & Co
Ira G. Corn Jr
Dallas
Hans P. Kraus
Liechtenstein
Kraus
Hans
John Dunlap
Congress
Car
William H. Scheide
Princeton University Library
Corn
Journal of Congress
National Archives
Library of Congress
Lilly Library of Indiana University
Harvard University
New York Public Library
New York Historical Society
American Philosophical Society
Com
Freeman
Leary's
Leary
John M. Freeman
House of E Diefs
Mississippi
Fifty Cars Jump Tracks In Canaan NY Derailment
A Penn Central freight train derailed near the Massachusetts line in Canaan New York sending 50 cars off 700 feet of roadbed. Four tank cars possibly carrying vinyl chloride were empty upon inspection. No injuries. 22 cars loaded with freight including high voltage transformers were involved. cleanup continued with cranes and bulldozers as residents were not evacuated.
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Canaan
Penn Central
Selkirk
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts State Line
Columbia County
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Richmond
State Line
West Stockbridge
Flathook
Rt. 22
Howard Rooney
Schodack
William H. Silliman
Chatham
Joseph Mahar
Rensselaer
W. A. Waterbury
Albany
Duane Hulick
Massachusetts
Viet Cong Proposes 10 Point Peace Coalition Plan
The Viet Cong at the 16th Vietnam peace talks unveiled a 10 point plan for a provisional coalition government and international supervision of troop withdrawal. It calls for total U.S. and allied force withdrawal, liquidation of bases, and a plan for a constituent assembly to determine future governance. Ambassador Lodge countered that North Vietnam and Viet Cong plans show escalation, not peace.
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Paris
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
United States
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Kiem
Constituent Assembly
U.S
South Vietnam
Water rate hike proposed for 1969 capital plan total
The Capital Outlay Committee and Mayor Butler approved 1969 capital projects totaling 2,681,500 dollars, boosting the city tax rate by about 11 cents. Major items include 2.12 million for the library, 34,500 1968 bond payments, land acquisitions, a new Dalton Avenue fire station, classroom additions plans, Windsor land for the reserve system, and a 100,000 expansion of the water main to GE with a planned five to six year funding stretch. The water rate increase is intended to support the water system improvements and GE service.
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Butler
Dalton Avenue
Morningside
Anne
Wojtkowski
Windsor
East Street
General Electric
West Housatonic Street
Nixon Declares End of Beginning in War Crime Inflation Drive
President Nixon told a $1,000 a plate GOP dinner that his administration has reached the end of the beginning in tackling war crime and inflation. He said progress will be visible to the American people and emphasized not promising what cannot be produced. Ford hailed the event as the largest and most successful GOP fundraiser in history.
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Nixon
Lodge
Gop
Washington
Winston Churchill
Lean
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Army to sink outdated gas bombs off Atlantic coast
In a congressional clash over an Army plan to haul 27 000 tons of obsolete nerve, mustard and tear gas by rail to Earle New Jersey then load onto derelict ships to be sunk 7 200 feet deep offshore the fishing and population centers are cited as risk factors. Rep Cornehuse Gallagher chairing a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee meeting to probe safety. Army says plan safe. critics warn of pollution and unknown sea life effects.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Congress
Pentagon
CorneHuse
Gallagher
D-M
House Foreign Affairs
Army
Wendell Coates
Naval Ammunition Depot
Earle
Asbury Park
New York City
Continental
Rocky Mountain
City Teachers Assn Hears Plea For Updating Archaic Education
Dr. Dwight W. Allen of the University of Massachusetts urged a wholesale reform of schooling at the Pittsfield Teachers Association meeting. He warned that without internal change the educational establishment could become extinct, calling for restructuring in staffing, curricula, calendars, and teacher education. He proposed replacing the big four subjects with human relations, communications, aesthetics and technology and noted UMass has eliminated many courses and programs. He highlighted emerging programs like Head Start and storefront schools as indicators of shifting approaches.
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Dwight W. Allen
University of Massachusetts
Stanley Club
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Allen
Umass
Stanford University
Vietnam Truce Declared For Buddha Day Holiday
Saigon announces a 24 hour cease fire for Buddha’s birthday observance from 6 am May 30 to 6 am May 31 local time. Viet Cong terrorism reported in Saigon with five attacks, five Vietnamese killed and 43 Vietnamese and six Americans wounded. Police seize documents linking a campaign May 7 to May 19. Hue shelled. 6 casualties in the city. U.S. command says 4,000 troops sweep Garrier Island. weekly casualty tally shows 265 Americans killed and 3,414 enemy killed last week.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
USS
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh
Hue
Sgarrier
da Nang
U.S. Command
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Ira G. Corn
Sanka Knox
New York Times News Service
Namese
Ite
Henry Cabot Lodge
P.C
By Jay Davis
Panger
City Teachers Assn
By Richard K. Weil
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