Signatures on 1880 quilt found in Seattle thrift store
Workers sorting through castoffs uncovered a silk and velvet patchwork quilt dated 1880 signed by Rutherford B. Hayes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and 47 other luminaries. Bids on the quilt at eBay through month end raise 10 000 to 15 000 dollars with profits benefiting Seattle Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
eBay.com
Seattle Chuldren’s Hospital
Women Ford sex suit settlement grows to 59 million
Chicago women who sued Ford Motor Co for sexual harassment will receive 9 million dollars in a settlement approved by US District Judge Elaine Bucklo. The increase from the 1998 figure makes the case the second largest sex discrimination payout in Illinois history.
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Ford Motor Co
Elaine Buckle
Illinois
Private University Presidents See Rising Pay in 1998-99
A survey of 479 private institutions shows median compensation for research universities at $393,288 in 1998-99, a 3 percent rise, while doctoral institutions report $218,703 median pay, up 9 percent. The academic community remains divided on whether increases suffice to attract top talent.
Gas blast destroys S. Dakota school in Plankinton
Plankinton suffered a devastating gas explosion that destroyed its public school. The town’s only school faced total loss. the administrator and a custodian died, a firefighter was hospitalized, and investigators blamed a propane leak ignited by an unknown cause under a joint state and federal inquiry. Students, about 190, from a 250 square mile rural area, were to remain in town with makeshift classrooms as recovery and rebuilding began.
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Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rich Guys Fund Global Philanthropy And Space Tech
The article contrasts Bill Gates and Paul Allen as their fortunes fund vast philanthropy. Gates backs global vaccination efforts, the Gates Millennium Scholars program, and Seattle projects. Allen funds REM Koolhaas architecture, the Experience Music Project, SETI telescope arrays, and medical research through his foundations.
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Dwight Burlingame
Center On Philanthropy
Indiana University
Forbes Magazine
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Paul G. Allen
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Gates Foundation
Microsoft
Paul Allen
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