Does Meucci ring a bell in Bell telephone tale
In federal court, Alexander Graham Bell is portrayed as a fraud who stole Antonio Meucci's superior telephone design and patented it for commercial gain. Two witnesses for the Italian Historical Society of America argued Bell knew of Meucci's design, which had worked a decade earlier, challenging the centennial stamp tribute.
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New York
Alexander Graham Bell
Antonio Meucci
Italian Historical Society of America
Bell Telephone
Philip Gisses
Bell
Meucci
Staten Island
Cisses
Lottery winner pledges fast spend unless time runs out
Thelma E Thomas of Brookville Indiana won the Buckeye 1000 top prize in Ohio. She will take $1,000 a month for life and a $40,000 guaranteed sum, saying she wants to spend as much as she can while she can. Other winners and numbers from multiple states follow.
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Thelma E Thomas
Brookville
Ind
Ohio Lottery
Lottery
Laura E Carpenter
Springfield
Ralph T Marilla
Warren
Samuel J DiRocco
Leetonia
Robert O Brode
Parkersburg
W Va
Otho Stevens
Margaret M Ballet
Galion
Burglary at Clarksfield Grain Elevator
The Clarksfield Grain Elevator was burglarized Wednesday with an undetermined amount of money taken. Huron County Sheriff's deputies say entry likely gained through a north side window but would not specify how. The burglary is under investigation.
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Clarksfield
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Nobel Prize for sale in Los Angeles auction hoax
A Los Angeles Times classified ad offered a genuine Nobel Prize medal for sale with a minimum bid of $15,000. The seller Clem Wojdak and sons paid $15,000 and now seek $300,000 at shows aboard the Queen Mary. The 1956 Hinshelwood medal is engraved with the laureate’s name and is marketed as a wall display target for curious buyers.
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Los Angeles Times
Clem Wojdah
Peter and
Paul
Miracle Mile Comn Center
Peter
Cyril
Norman Hinshelwood
Wojdak
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