Duesenberg draws top bids at Southwest antique car auction
At the Kruse Southwest Classic Auction in the Safari Hotel bidders pushed prices high. Bruce Dodds paid 126000 for a 1936 Duesenberg once linked to Dan Topping and James Southard bought a 1936 Dual Cowl Phaeton for 182500 in a weekend filled with intense bidding and record talk. A 1915 Model T town car sold for 10600 amid market chatter. Total sales surpassed 2 million while no new records were set this year.
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Bruce Dodds
Dodds
Chicago
New York
Leo Gephart
Englewood
Ohio
Kruse
Duesenberg
James Southard
Atlanta
Edward Goodwin
Frankfort
Ind
Adolf Hitler
Forbes balloon flight aborted after balloons break apart
Malcolm Forbes and aerospace scientist Thomas Heinsheimer were aboard the Windborne in Santa Ana when four helium balloons failed, dragging the gondola about 20 feet. Forbes planned a new flight before February end and said the craft could be ready in 30 days with adequate high‑altitude weather and nylon stock for more balloons.
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Santa Ana
Calif
UPI
Malcolm Forbes
Europe
Forbes
Thomas Heinsheimer
Marine Corps
Heinshiemer
Rolling Hills
Thieves Drain Valuables in Two Weekend Burglaries
Police report two burglaries this weekend netting about 13 000 dollars in personal items. Daniel Hartgraves loses 9 209 from a storage locker at 502 N Hayden Rd as early as November and John Terziev’s home at 5048 EE Windsor suffers a white metal diamond watch plus 750 cash totaling 4 320. Entry via forced padlock and pried window.
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Daniel Hartgraves
Tempe
N. Hayden Rd
John Terziev
Windsor
Terziev
Tasman Bridge Collapse Kills Several in Tasmania Crash
In Hobart a freighter struck the Tasman Bridge causing a 250-foot span to fall into the Derwent River. Five bodies recovered with up to 14 feared dead and 32 injured as rescue teams search for missing crew and car occupants. Survivors recount narrowly escaping into the river.
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Hobart
Australia
UPI
Frank
Sylvia Manley
Sharon
Tasman
Manleys
Manley
Lake Nlawarra
Navy
Gordon Allan
Montague Bay
Richard Marsland
Lighter Side: Historic Sites for Bicentennial Register
The National Park Service readies a bicentennial update to the National Register of Historic Places with new entries. Watergate and Tidal Basin are proposed for inclusion for their cultural impact, alongside other sites tied to political intrigue and intelligence history.
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Watergate
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Independence
Hall
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Five
Fanne “Foxe
Wilbur Mills
Boston Harbor
House
Linda Lovelace
Miss Foxe
John Wayne
Mills
Spiro Agnew
George Washington
National Milk Producers Association
Central Intelligence Agency
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Edward Towe
Circle, Mont
Towe
Goodwins
Montana State Museum
Helena
Jean Harlow
Scottsdale
Brian Jackson
Charles Schmitt
St. Louis
Scottsdale Community College
Adult Corrections Systems Cooperative Education
Fime
Administration of Justice
Juvenile Justice
Natural History of
Arizona
United States
Mexico
England
Soviet Union
Volle
Stimnastics
Ition
Cooperative
Educ Physicale
College of
Maricopa County
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