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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1972
Page
12
A two day sale of Armand Champa’s famous coin collection drew fierce bidding and set new price records for several rare United States coins. A dramatic finale featured a standout moment as the hammer fell on the final lot.
Mort Reed reports the 1879 coiled hair $4 gold Stella pattern piece draws fierce bidding from $23,000 to $29,000, signaling a new market peak for gold collectibles. A Carson City 20 cent piece once owned by Jerome Kern also commands $24,000.
In San Diego doctors at University hospital plan to use a computer ten miles away at UC San Diego to monitor brain wave readings during surgery. Dr. Reginald G. Bickford says the system will provide more accurate control of a patient’s condition by linking wires and a telephone network to the remote computer for rapid reports.
SAN JOSE Calif AP 150 to 300 California brown pelicans feared endangered by DDT have been sighted nesting off the Ventura coast. Dr J Gordon Edwards of San Jose State University said he observed them by sea and air on Santa Cruz island and noted abundant birds on South Coronado island south of San Diego. He disputes DDT as the main cause of shell thinning, attributing it to mercury and lead from the 1968 spill and to disruption during cleanup.
Rome hosts a rising Soviet exile community estimated at about 200 families in six months. Alexander Yesenin-Volpin and other signers of a London letter of March 9 are in Rome, while painter Yuri Titov and Uri Stein pursue exile amid doubts of staying in Italy.
The first commercial hydrofoil in sub-Sahara Africa began operating on Lake Kariba Rhodesia for tourist travel. The service marks a milestone in regional transport and maritime recreation, offering fast trips across the lake to visitors.
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