Night Before Christmas Manuscript Sells At Auction
A handwritten 1860 manuscript of Clement Clarke Moore s Twas the Night Before Christmas sold for 211500 at Christies in New York. Manhattan dealers Maddalena and Kaller sold the piece titled A Visit from St Nicholas and it was displayed at Kallers American Gallery in Macy s Herald Square. Also sold was a Civil War condolence letter from Abraham Lincoln to the daughter of a fallen soldier.
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Clement Clark Moore
Christie's
Manhattan
Joseph Maddalena
Seth Kaller
Pousti
St. Nicholas
Kaller
American Gallery
Macy's Herald Square
Abraham Lincoln
Clinton case judge rejects amicus brief filing
Eight lawyers from Wichita and Kansas City sought to file an amicus curiae brief in Paula Jones's sexual harassment suit against President Clinton. Judge Susan Webber Wright denied the request, clarifying the term and ruling against the aid viewed as a court friend rather than a party ally.
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Clinton
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City
Paula Corbin Jones
Amicus Curiae
U.S
Susan Webber Wright
Robber convicted after mute testimony in North Carolina
Kalvin Smith, 26, was found guilty in Winston-Salem of assault with intent to kill and robbery after a store clerk who was left unable to speak slowly raised her twitching arm to identify him in court. He received a 22 to 29 year prison term. The testimony followed Jill Marker’s wheelchair-assisted courtroom identification with help from her father.
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Winston-Salem
Kalvin Smith
Jill ‘Marker
Smith
McVeigh recruits focus of Nichols lawyers in trial
In Denver AP report five months before the Oklahoma City bombing Timothy McVeigh left a note atop a Arizona utility tower seeking recruits for his anti-government campaign His attorneys argue McVeigh and Nichols split in 1995 as Nichols pursued a gun show business and a home for his family The defense also contends others were involved in the April 19 1995 attack while witnesses recount debris and near misses and a survivor describes men near a getaway car asking how many were killed
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Denver
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Arizona
Terry Nichols
McVeigh
Nichols
Donald Pipins
Kingman
Ariz
Federal Building
U.S
Richard Matsch
Poll backs lower blood alcohol limit to 0.08 percent
A holiday season AP poll sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving shows 69 percent of Americans favor lowering the legal blood alcohol content to 0.08 percent. Fifty three percent name drunken driving as the top highway safety problem, with speeding second at 19 percent.
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Washington
Allstate Insurance Co
House
Senate
Katherine Prescott
District of Columbia
Kansas
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New York City
Arkansas
North Carolina
Germaine Johnston
Federal Housing and Urban Development Agency
Ms. Johnston
Pie Lawrence Civic
Chelp
Rob Reid
Jan Bays
John Rutter
Gloria
Kansas Brass Quintet
First
United Methodist
Vermont
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Home Music, Inc
Jane Bateman
Lawrence Journal-World Stondach
Sunflower Cablevision
Jayhawk Spirit & Spirit Sportswear
Pnet RO UK
Emers
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Tate
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