Washington Wanted Latest in Dress
A portrait of George Washington in a Houdon statue reveals a clash between modern dress and antique garb. Jefferson approved modern attire for the statue, which was sculpted after Houdon’s measurements in Europe. The piece, placed in Virginia’s capitol rotunda, has sparked amused notes about missing buttons and duel-caused chips, with Virginia declining foreign offers.
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Richmond
Associated Press
George Washington
Houdon
Old
Capitol
Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Paris
Jean Antoine Houdon
Jefferson
Humphreys
West
Houdan
London
Herones
Marius
Europe
America
France
Senate
House
Jean Houdon
Virginia State Capitol
Statehouse
Sumerian Queen's Tomb Unearthed With Rich Gold Goods
Philadelphia based press report on a joint University of Pennsylvania and British Museum dig at Ur reveals the tomb of Queen Shub-Ad intact. Rich gold jewelry cloaks, lapis regalia, silver regalia, and numerous bronze and stone vessels accompany the queen, while a king's tomb nearby shows looting and a brick arch construction. The find includes a rare bronze copper helmeted guards, chariots, and a tow boat model, underscoring early architec ture and funerary practice in the Third Millennium BC.
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Philadelphia
Clased Press
University of Pennsylvania
British Museums
University
shub-Ad
Leonard Woolley
Neppur
Beth
Lapis
Euphrates
Road job bands may cut Stamford school funds
Stamford faces a funding squeeze as the new high school project, already budgeted at about 11.2 million, risks stalling without a 6.07 agreement. An unexpended 245,000 remains and a 200,000 road improvement bond is proposed, needing city board approval. Officials seek a town city conference to resolve the impasse.
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Stamford
Connecticut
City Board of Finance
WIRE TAPPING BY DRY AGENTS AT SUPREME COURT
The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule that wire tapping by prohibition agents to obtain private telephone conversations is permitted under search and seizure provisions. The case focuses on whether intercepted conversations can be used as evidence against Roy L Olmstead and others and if such evidence violates the Fourth and Fifth Amendments in federal courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roy L Olmstead
Beatie
Man Risks Life to Save Torahs in Synagogue Fire
William Lieff rushed into a burning synagogue at Madison Avenue and Caape Street to save five Torah scrolls stored in the Ark. An overturned furnace in the cellar caused the blaze, limiting the damage to rolls. Lieff, a longtime president, said he would rather die than see the Torahs harmed.
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Reatiesa
Trus
Ase. M. Smith
Everett Diass
Landay
Fin the
Eran
MAIN
Hartford
Main St
New Maven
Chapel St
Sanday Bros
Bridgeport
South America
Opor
Tone, Landay
Ausicianes Headquarters
Jooklee
Rudy
Holton Wiedoeft
Main Street
New Haven
Chapel Bt
Hamal
Waewe
Iddels
New England
Jewelers
Optometrists
Schick Repeating
Razor
American Hardware
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
Adie
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