Upside Down 24-Cent Airmail Stamps Bring Record $170000
A block of four 1918 24-cent airmail stamps sold at H. R. Harmer galleries in Manhattan for 170000 dollars. One of only four known, the item set a new U.S. stamp price record. Princeton University will use the proceeds to fund exhibition facilities for stamp collections in Firestone Library vaults.
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New York
United States Airmail
U.S
H.R. Harmer
Manhattan
Raymond H. Weill Co
New Orleans
Princeton University
Princeton
Firestone
Top judge blasts drug laws as barbaric in 15 to life case
The New York Court of Appeals upheld Winnie Jones's 15 years to life sentence for drug offenses but Chief Judge Charles Breitel dissented calling mandatory life terms unconscionable and barbaric. The court also upheld other rulings including Amaro's reduced damages and Edney's conviction in a 1968 kidnapping slaying.
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Albany
UPI
Court of Appeals
Charles Breitel
High Court
Schoharie County
John Goldiner
Herbert D. Edney
Garden City
Winnie Jones
Bronx
Breitel
Ms. Jones
Trial Court
District Attorney
Appellate Division
Gued
Goldswer
Warren County
Sol Wachtler
Wachtler
Amaro
Domenick Gabrielli
Gabrielli
Matthew Jason
Edney
Jacob Fuchsberg
Anti-war veterans seize statue in protest at Liberty Island
A court order forced a handful of Vietnam Veterans Against the War to abandon the Statue of Liberty after they barricaded themselves inside to protest expired GI Bill education benefits. About 15 veterans refused to leave as the statue closed, with 10 staff ordered out, no hostages taken, and NPS manager Luis Garcia calling the occupation peaceful.
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New York
Luis Garcia
National Park Service
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Metroparks Zoo
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SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and DO
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Cotven Street
Peters Iga
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Seagram’s
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Paul Seymour Ltd
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