Circus auction tops $2 million in weekend sale
Guernsey's auction house reports about 2 million in sales from Circus World items including a 1920s carrousel bought by New Jersey developer Arthur Imperatore for public display in Weehawken and a prized Gargantua II stuffed gorilla purchased by New York designer John Elms. A German bidder acquired many carved models for an undisclosed Cologne museum buyer.
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New York
Circus World
Orlando
Fla
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barbara Mintz
Guernsey
Brooklyn
Coney Island
New Jersey
Arthur
Imperatore
Weehawken
Frederick Fried
Ms. Mintz
Barnum & Bailey
John Elms
Maryland safety seat use rises but many are misused
Maryland sees more children in safety seats yet about 70 percent are improperly installed or used. Law requires under three in approved seats and ages three to five in seats or seat belts. police report dozens of citations and warnings though fines are often waived with proof of seat purchase or use.
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Maryland
Mid-Maryland Emergency Medical Services Council
William Tower
Tower
Frederick County
Cambodian refugees begin mass exodus to Thai evacuation site
About 2,000 Cambodians moved from Khao Sarapee and 36,000 more from Nong Pra to a safer site at Khao Ta Ngoc as fighting nears the border. Refugees carry babies, rice, poultry and shelter plastic, ferried by Khmer Rouge and Thai guards amid mortar fire. UNBR0 coordinates relief amid large-scale displacement.
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Khao Sarapee
Thailand
Red Cross
Khao Ta Ngoc
David Morton
U.N. Border Relief Organization
Nong Pra
Khmet Rouge
Aranyaprathet
Khmer Rouge
U.N
Cambodia
Aranyaprather
Morton
White House reporters' cars burned near Santa Barbara hotel
A pre-dawn fire outside the Santa Barbara Sheraton destroyed two rented vehicles used by White House reporters covering President Reagan. Gasoline was siphoned from a truck and fed into the Reuters car and a Detroit News pickup, igniting flames that damaged about $3,000 worth of property. Arson investigators opened a probe with no suspects or motive identified.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
White House
Wea Init
Reagan
Santa Barbara Sheraton
Reuters
Detroit News
Fire Department
Pete Ramadell
Ramsdell
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Freserick
Mendey
Moscommunist
Khmer People’s National
Samrin
Phnom Peak
Potomac Heating and Air
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