Misprinted UN stamps bring $10,400 in bold sale
A Bronx college student sold 50 misprinted United Nations housing stamps for $10,400 after buying them for $2 each on issue day February 28 1962. Dealer Julius Stolow bought them at 208 each and predicts dealer resale near 275 to collectors around 390 each.
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Associated Press New York
United Nations
Bronx
Julius Stolow
U.N
H. Alexander Fraenkel
Journal For
U.S. Post Office Department
Harrison and Sons of London
Stolew
U.S
Hammarskjold
TV Reveals Ordeal of Grooming For Miss America Pageant
NBC aired Jeanne Richey Amacker’s year long training from winning Miss Texas to the Miss America stage. The process included contract limits, hair and makeup coaching, strict wardrobe control, and criticism from show biz figures. Jeannie reached the final ten but was not chosen, ending with a strained, haunted moment before the audience.
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New York
NBC
Jeanne Richey Amacker
Jeanne
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Atlantic City
No Miracles Seen In Alliance For Progress
A panel told AP editors that help for Latin American nations cannot yield overnight miracles. Peru's Pedro Beltran warned progress takes generations, citing England's universal suffrage after WWI. The APME elected Sam Ragan as president with George Beebe as vice president and set Chicago 1967 as the next convention site.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Alliance For Progress
United States
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Pedro Beltran
la Prensa
Lima
Peru
England
Latin America
Sam Ragan
Raleigh
N.C
News & Observer and Times
APME
George Beebe
The
Miami Herald
William B. Dickinson
Philadelphia
Bulletin
Howard Cleavinger
Spokane
Wash
Chronicle
Band of Directors
I. William Hill
Washington Star
David Schutz
Redwood City
Calif
Tribune
Th Apme
Chicago
Phoenix
Ariz
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Development Unit Suffers Setback in Rate Fight
A Richmond development corporation fails to force Loudoun County Sanitation Authority to lower rates. The State Corporation Commission says it lacks authority to compel a rate reduction sought by Sterling Park Development Corp. for a 1,800 acre Loudoun project housing about 30,000 residents.
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Richmond
Loudoun County Sanitation Authority
State Corporation Commission
Sterling Park Development Corp
Loudoun County
Ohio conservation districts expand watershed planning
The Agriculture Department reports Ohio is the first state where all 87 districts, many formed in the 1940s for erosion control, have updated programs to plan entire watersheds. The nationwide effort covers about 600 districts to reduce damage and protect resources amid rising populations.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Disastrous Virginia weekend toll tops 14 deaths
A brutal weekend on Virginia roads left 14 people dead and the toll rising to 858 for the year. The victims include Roy Virgil Six Jr., 15, in Bland. David Lee Patterson, 49, Rocky Mount. Walter Clay Green, 28, Boones Hill. Edward Hugh Rhodes Jr., 19, Martinsville. and others across Wise, Montgomery, Halifax, Greensville, Norfolk, and Danville areas in single and two vehicle crashes.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Roy Virgil Six Jr
Bland
Boland
David Lee Patterson
Rocky Mount
Walter Clay Green
Boones Hill
Edward Hugh Rhodes Jr
Martinsville
Bassett
William Moses McCoy
Bobby Lee Meade
Coeburn
Wise County
Essie Moore
Christiansburg
Montgomery County
Memorial services mark Tyrones Power fifth anniversary
About 100 people including film personalities and fans attended memorial services Friday for Tyrone Power on the fifth anniversary of his 1958 death from a heart attack at age 45.
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Hollywood
Tyrone Power
Power
Rice Ring Molds Make Attractive Seafood Plates
If you have small ring molds you can pack them with hot cooked rice and invert them to form rings. Fill the rice rings with creamed seafood or chicken a la king for a curved decorative presentation.
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New Civic Center
Sam Hurst
Senior Citizens Club
Roy Hockman
TAC
Cynthia Lowry
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Bette Davis
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John J. C. MacDonaugh
Stephens City, Va
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Gretna
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Halifax County
Minnie Phrenice Collins
Jonesville
Harold Emil Herrmann
Norfolk
Chespate
Joseph Jacob Lee III
Norman Cain
Emporia
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Lee Stanley Leach
Vinton
Roanoke
George Roland Davis
Danville
Pittsylvania County
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