Antique and Curio Values Guessed by Experts
Readers ask about values for items from fans made in Occupied Japan to a 1800 Ulster County Gazette newspaper. Experts note price depends on demand and condition, advise dealers or appraisers, and point to specialty magazines and shops for current trends.
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Q. I
Japan
R. E
Ulster County Gazette
Kingston
Ulster County
Samuel Freer
Antique Trader Weekly
Dubuque
Iowa
Collector News
Grundy Center
Earl Caton
China Grove
N.C
S. Moss
South 18Th St
Philadelphia
Paul Smith
E. Rosemary St
Chapel Hill
Public Library
Glenn
E. Green
Ulster
Hijacker Posing as Passenger Hijacks Easter Air Lines Plane
A former New York City policeman using fake explosives seized control of an Easter Airlines jet. He was overpowered by Easter Airlines vice president and chief pilot John O'Neill after receiving a counterfeit $500,000 ransom package. The hijacker, nicknamed Passive Guy, was subdued following the attempt.
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Miami, Fla
New York City
Easter Airlines
EAL
John O'Neill
O'Neill
James Bennett
Nassau International
Bahamas
Bennett
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Nassau
Jack Shields
O’neill
New York
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Average Family Gains in 1970 Census Highlights
Census Bureau data show American families in 1970 are older wealthier and more educated than in 1950. The typical family remains a husband wife and two children but teens predominate. Median income rose to 9870 with higher real purchasing power, homes average 17000 value, and schooling averages increased to 12 years. Prices up but buying power doubled in real terms.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Rocket Launch Delayed for Mariner 9 at Cape Kennedy
The Mariner 9 Mars mission launch was postponed 24 hours due to ground support equipment issues with the Atlas Centaur rocket. Ground trouble delayed countdown at 72 minutes. new launch is set for Sunday at 6 17 p.m. EDT. Russia's Mars 2 and Mars 3 race toward Mars as Mariner 9 aims for orbit on Nov 14.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Mars
Red
Russia
U.S
Revenue Sharing Drive is Reached
Treasury Secretary Connally argues against alternative plans to aid state and local governments. He warns that tax credits or federal grants would delay relief and fail to target aid, while federal welfare costs would jeopardize the president’s reform aims. The testimony precedes House Ways and Means Committee hearings.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Connally
Congress
Associated Press
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means
Missile Firing Red Sub Sighted In Cuba Waters
The Pentagon identified a Soviet Echo Class II missile submarine powered by nuclear engines sighted off Cuba. It carries eight Shaddock missiles with about 200 mile range and is designed against surface ships. Tass said a submarine tender and sub would visit Cuban ports as Russians push naval presence.
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Cuba
Washington
Cuban
Pentagon
Tass
Defense
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
Nixon
Mass murder toll rises to 23 in Yuba City orchard
Sheriff officials said two more bodies were found in a Feather River area orchard near Yuba City raising the death toll to 23. Prosecutor Roy Van Den Heuvel announced Juan Corona would plead innocent as investigators continued digging for additional graves and more victims.
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Yuba City
Calif
Sheriff's
Chard
Feather River
Roy van den Heuvel
Sutter County
Juan Corona
Peach Orchard
Roy Whiteaker
Whiteaker
Corona
Inside Reading Editorial Page Overview
A compact guide to the newspaper's editorial pages as presented in the issue, listing page sections 1 C 1 D 4 A and 2 D. Highlights focus on opinion commentary, columnists, and editorial features across the Reading publication.
Pace Is Quickening Desegregation in Southern Schools
Federal figures show 18.4 percent of 3.2 million Black schoolchildren in the South remain in all black schools with urban areas lagging due to residential segregation. The year marks a turning point with busing allowed by a Supreme Court ruling, prompting new suits and renewed efforts to ensure integrated education nationwide.
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Atlanta
South
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Supreme Court
Charlotte
N.C
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Georgia
Paul Gaston
Southern Regional Council
Bogalusa
Hancock County
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Anon
Colonel Lindbergh
T.W
J.D. Craven
B.F
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Charles Dickens
Peter Collier Publishing Co
M.A.S
Germany
Mr. A. D.C
van den Heuvel
Editorial
HPC
Southern
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