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  • Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles...
    Item #693249
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 20, 1978

    * Hillside Strangler serial killings
    * Best title to be had ? (rare as such)
    * Last victim - Cindy Lee Hudspeth


    The front page has a one column heading: "Police Discount Stangler Clue" Coverage continues on page 26. Great to have in this L.A. publication. I suspect this to be a rare item because... Read full description  
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  • 1st guilded missiles from a carrier...
    Item #693248
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 18, 1952

    * USS Boxer aircraft carrier
    * Grumman F6F Hellcats
    * Radio controlled fighters
    * Korean War


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "NAVY ROBOTS BOMB REDS" with subheads and related photo. (see)
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  • Rose Bowl in 1938...  Cal wins..
    Item #693246
    CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, January 1, 1938 

    * Rose Bowl: California Golden Bears vs. Alabama Crimson Tide 
    * Sugar Bowl: L.S.U. Tigers vs. Santa Clara Broncos
    * Pregame reporting with team photos


    The bottom of the front page of this section has a headline: "BEARS-ALABAMA IN ROSE BOWL; BRONCS... Read full description  
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  • 1928 Pineapple Primary in Chicago... gangland...
    Item #693242
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Tuesday, April 10, 1928

    * Pineapple Primary in Chicago (day of)
    * William Hale Thompson - Big Bill
    * Gangster era elections - corruption
    * Best publication to be had (very rare)

    The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "VOTE! SWANSON! EMMERSON!" with subheads. (see) More on the following... Read full description  
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  • 1904 Lynching of Paul Reed & Will Cato...
    Item #693216
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 16, 1904

    * Lynching of Paul Reed and Will Cato - Negroes
    * Statesboro & Savannah - Georgia race war


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "A RACE RIOT IS NOW IMMINENT" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... Read full description  
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  • Early Al "Scarface" Capone - Miami wants him out...
    Item #693208
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1928 

    * Early Al "Scarface" Capone report 
    * Not wanted in Miami, Florida

    The top of page 25 has one column headings: "MIAMI BEACH SEEKS TO DRIVE OUT CAPONE" "He Refuses To Leave City" These reports mentioning Capone are uncommon prior to the St. Valentine's Day... Read full description  
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  • 1925 Rose Bowl... Knute Rockne & the Four Horsemen...
    Item #693072
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 3, 1925 

    * Rose Bowl college football game
    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Stanford
    * Knute Rockne vs. Pop Warner
    * Year of the "Four Horsemen"
    * Would be declared national champions


    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "N. DAME PRAISES STANFORD; OFF FOR HOME TODAY"
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  • 1928 Harlem mobster Casper Holstein kidnapping...
    Item #693070
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1928

    * Casper Holstein kidnapping (set free)
    * Harlem Negro mobster leader


    The top of page 33 has a one column heading: "NEGRO, BACK HOME, LAUDS KIDNAPPERS" with subheads. (see)
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  • Death of "desperado" Frank James...
    Item #693067
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 19, 1915

    * Outlaw Frank James death
    * Jesse James gang fame


    Page 9 has one column headings: "Frank James Dies At 74", "Former Outlaw Was One of Last Survivors of Notorious Band" (see) First report coverage on the death of famous old West outlaw, Frank James, brother of Jesse James.
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  • Karl Malone announces retirement...
    Item #693055
    SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 12, 2005

    * Karl "The Mailman" Malone retirement announcement
    * Utah Jazz power forward - NBA basketball superstar


    The top of the front page of this section has a one column heading: "Malone Makes a Final Call" with subheads and small photo. Coverage continues on page 5... Read full description  
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  • King Tutankhamun discovery... Egyptian Pharaoh...
    Item #693050
    THE DETROIT NEWS, January 31, 1923

    * Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon
    * re. King Tutankhamun's outer tomb opening


    The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "TUTANKHAMEN CARER BARED" with subhead. (see)
    The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Detroit Has a King Who Knew of Tutankhamen".
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  • Rosa Jordan shot deasd... Montgomery bus boycott...
    Item #693048
    THE DETROIT NEWS, December 29, 1956 

    * Black pregnant woman Rosa Jordan shot dead
    * Martin Luther King Jr. becoming known
    * Montgomery, Alabama bus segregation ending


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  • 1943 London subway bomb shelter disaster...
    Item #693042
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1943

    * Bethnal Green tube station
    * London Underground bomb shelter
    * Nazi air raid panic stampede disaster
    * World War II - WWII


    The front page has a two column heading: "Woman Trips, Causing Jam, 178 Die in London Shelter" (see)
    Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in great condition.

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  • Death of "Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig...
    Item #693024
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 3, 1941

    * Death of Lou Gehrig
    * New York Yankees


    The front page of the sport's section has a headline in bold lettering: "GEHRIG DEAD!" with subhead: "Baseball's 'Iron Horse' Felled by Spinal Disease" and photo. (see)  Also a brief article headed: "Babe Ruth recalls How Lou... Read full description  
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  • Babe Ruth fined for charging after a jeering fan...
    Item #693023
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 27, 1922 

    * Babe Ruth - New York Yankees
    * Fight with umpire & fan
    * Suspension from MLB baseball


    The front page are a one column heading: "RUTH FINED $200; LOSES CAPTAINCY" with subheads. (see) Nice to have this report in a New York newspaper.
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  • 1922 John Wanamaker death...
    Item #693020
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 13, 1922

    * John Wanamaker death
    * Department store pioneer


    The front page has a one column heading: "JOHN WANAMAKER DIES AT AGE OF 84 FROM HEART ATTACK" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of John Wanamaker, father of modern advertising continues inside with a illustration of him.
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  • 1943 Battle of Tripoli... WWII...
    Item #693006
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 23, 1943

    * Battle of Tripoli - Tripolitania - Libya
    * Field Marshall Erwin Rommel defeat
    * Afrika Korps vs. British 8th Army


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "TRIPOLI IN GRASP OF ALLIES; ROMMEL FLEES INTO TUNISIA" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Other World War II reporting.
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  • 1922 Burning of Smyrna... massacre...
    Item #693004
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 15, 1922

    * Burning of Smyrna Catastrophe (1st report)
    * Modern day Izmir, Turkey (Greek Zone)
    * Massacre of Armenians & Greeks by Turks


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MASSACRE ON; SMYRNA BURNS" with subheads. (see)
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  • Robert Ritter von Greim suicide death...
    Item #692965
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 28, 1945

    * Robert Ritter von Greim suicide
    * WWI German flying ace death
    * Commander-in-Chief of Luftwaffe


    The front page has a banner heading: "Nazi Air Chief Suicide; New Details of Hitler's Last Days" with subheads. Photo of Greim on page 3. (see)
    World War II coverage vs. Japan as well.
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  • Death of Gilligan in 2005...
    Item #692939
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 7, 2005

    * Death of Bob Denver
    * American comedic actor
    * Gilligan's Island star
    * The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis


    The bottom of the front page has a small one column photo of Bob Denver with tiny heading: "Comic Castaway"
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  • Manuel Noriega surrenders to the U.S....
    Item #692925
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 4, 1990

    * Panamanian dictator Manual Noriega
    * Surrenders to the United States military


    The front page has a banner headline: "Noriega Surrenders to U.S.; He Leaves Embassy and Is Flown to Florida for Trial" with subhead and two related photos. Nice for display. (see) More on the inside pages.
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  • 1926 Death of noted baseball star Eddie Plank...
    Item #692921
    SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., Feb. 25, 1926 

    * Eddie Plank "Gettysburg Eddie" death
    * Hall of Fame pitcher - Philadelphia Athletics


    The sport's section (page 15) has a two column heading: "Eddie Plank Is Dead After Brief Illness" with subheads. (see)
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  • 1929 World Series.... Cubs vs. A's.....
    Item #692916
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 12, 1929

    * 1929 World Series (game 3)
    * Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics
    * Major league baseball MLB
    * Best publication to be had (very rare)


    The front page has five column heading: "Bush Pitches Cubs to 3-1 Victory" with subheads and related illustration. More in the sports section. Unfortunately there... Read full description  
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  • "The Skipper" Alan Hale, Jr. death...
    Item #692883
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 3, 1990

    * "The Skipper" Alan Hale Jr. death
    * Gilligan's Island sitcom show


    The front page has a two column heading: "'Gilligan' Skipper Alan Hale Dies" with photo. (see) Nice to have from the capital of the entertainment industry and the city where he died.
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  • Davy Jones death... The Monkees teen idol...
    Item #692863
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 1, 2012

    * Musician Davy Jones death
    * The Monkees front man
    * English actor and singer
    * Teen idol celebrity - fandom


    The front page of the "Latextra" section has a three column heading: "Monkees' romantic heartthrob" with related photo. Page 5 of this section has a four column heading:... Read full description  
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  • Death of Comedian actor Joe E. Brown...
    Item #692858
    THE CLEVELAND PRESS, July 6, 1973

    * Joe E. Brown death
    * Comedian actor


    The front page has a two column heading: "Top comedian Joe E. Brown dies" with small photo. (see)
    Complete with 30+ pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
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  • Babe Ruth's baseball career shorten ?...
    Item #692856
    THE DETROIT NEWS, June 13, 1929

    * Babe Ruth may die if he continues to play ?
    * Enlarged heart diagnosis by physicians
    * New York Yankees - MLB - photo


    The top of the front page has a photo showing Babe Ruth in a bath robe with heading: "He May Never Play Again" Also a one column column heading: "RUTH THROUGH, FRIENDS FEAR"... Read full description  
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  • Great Lakes Storm of 1913...
    Item #692846
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, November 10, 1913

    * Great Lakes Storm of 1913
    * "Big Blow" - "Freshwater Fury"
    * Blizzard w/ hurricane strength winds


    The front page has a banner headline: "EASTERN STATES IN GRASP OF TERRIFIC BLIZZARD" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
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  • Nevada divorce becomes legal for all...
    Item #692844
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 22, 1942 

    * Nevada divorce becomes legal (1st report)
    * Williams v. North Carolina decision
    * United States Supreme Court


     Page 3 has a one column heading: "High Court Legalizes reno Decree" with subhead. First report coverage on the decision of Williams v. North Carolina divorce case that made... Read full description  
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  • Birmingham, Alabama race riots...
    Item #692843
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 14, 1963

    * Birmingham, Alabama
    * Race riots - Negroes
    * Black neighborhood bombings


    The front page has a three column heading: "3000 U. S. Troops Moved Close to Birmingham" with subhead. (see)
    Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along the blank spine, nice condition.
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  • Red Grange & the Illinois football...
    Item #692841
    SECTION 2 (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 2, 1924

    * Red Grange - Galloping Ghost
    * Illinois Fighting Illini - College football

    The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a banner headline: "IOWA FALLS BEFORE GRANGE & CO., 36-0" with subheads and lineups. Nice for display.
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  • 1943 siege of Leningrad is broken...
    Item #692832
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 19, 1943

    * Siege of Leningrad broken (1st report)
    * German - Nazi blockade break
    * Operation Iskra - Saint Petersburg


    Under: "The European War Fronts" is a three column heading: "Russ Breaks Leningrad Siege" with small map. (see) First report coverage on the Leningrad blockade finally being... Read full description  
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  • 1900 James J. Jeffries boxing title...
    Item #692831
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, May 12, 1900

    * James J. Jeffries vs. James J. Corbett
    * Heavyweight boxing title fight (1st report)


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "JEFFRIES BY A BLOW" with subheads. (see) Very lengthy text continues on page 2. First report coverage on the James J. Jeffries vs. James J. Corbett for... Read full description  
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  • 1st hydrogen bomb tests announced...
    Item #692823
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 17, 1952

    * Operation Ivy Mike - 1st Hydrogen Bomb tests
    * First thermonuclear device - fusion
    * Elugelab Island - Enewetak Atoll


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIRST 'H' TEST SUCCESS" with lead-in: "New Bomb Kept Secret" and related map. (see) Nice for display.
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  • Floyd Collins becomes trapped in Mammoth Cave....
    Item #692819
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 18, 1925 

    * Floyd Collins rescue attempt abandoned
    * Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "COLLINS LEFT BURIED IN HIS CAVERN TOMB; SIMPLE SERVICE HELD" with subheads. (see) Coverage on cave explorer, Floyd Collins, being trapped in a narrow... Read full description  
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  • Arnold Palmer wins his 1st PGA golf tournament....
    Item #692818
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 21, 1955

    * Arnold Palmer "The King" wins
    * His very 1st victory on the PGA tour
    * American professional golfer (rookie season)


    The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading : "Palmer's 265 Tops In Canada" with subhead and small photo. (see) First... Read full description  
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  • 1900 Theodore Roosevelt campaign...
    Item #692817
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 18, 1900

    * Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt whistlestop campaign
    * Pre-1900 United States presidential (VP) election
    * Canton, Stark County, Ohio train visit


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BILLY AND TEDDY" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition... Read full description  
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  • Muhammad Ali title fight in 1966...
    Item #692809
    SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, August 7, 1966

    * Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay
    * Heavyweight boxing title match fight
    * English boxer Brian London


    The front page has a two column photo with heading: "Cassius Floors London"
    The front page of section B (sports) has a banner heading: "Clay Fogs London in Third Round" with related... Read full description  
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  • 1st airplane stowaway... Transatlantic flight...
    Item #692808
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1929

    * "Yellow Bird" transatlantic flight
    * Arthur Schreiber, 1st airplane stowaway


    The top of the front page has a five column headline: "FRENCH AIRMEN, FUEL EXHAUSTED, LAND IN SPAIN AFTER BATTLE WITH STORMS; STOWAWAY ON BOARD; PLANE AND CREW READY TO FLY ON TO PARIS TODAY" with subheads,... Read full description  
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  • Mussolini is killed...
    Item #692803
    DAILY NEWS, New York, April 30, 1945

    * Benito Mussolini assassinated (1st report)
    * National Fascist Party - Duce of Fascism
    * World War II Italy


    The banner headline announces: "ALLIES TAKE VENICE, MILAN AND MUNICH; Italians Execute Mussolini, Dump Body in City Square" The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "Musso Killed; Kicked in Mud By... Read full description  
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  • Death of movie director Frank Capra...
    Item #692786
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 4, 1991

    * Film director Frank Capra death
    * Italian American producer & writer
    * "It's A Wonderful Life" movie fame
    * Award winning movies of the 1930's & 40's


    The front page has a three column photo showing Capra and James Stewart with one column heading: "Frank Capra Dies; Directed... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Luzon begins in 1945...
    Item #692781
    THE DETROIT FREED PRESS, January 10, 1945 

    * Battle of Luzon begins
    * Gen. Douglas MacArthur
    * Pacific Theater of Operations
    * Lingayen Gulf


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "YANKS LAND ON LUZON; 4 Lingayen Beachheads Won; Loss Light" with subheads and two related maps. Nice for display.
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  • 1940 German invasion of the Netherlands...
    Item #692779
    HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 4th War Extra, May 15, 1940

    * Nazi Germany Invasion of the Netherlands
    * Maginot Line - France & Belgium


    The front page has a great banner headline above the masthead: "MAGINOT LINE AT SEDAN DRIVES BACK NAZI HORDES; Allied Armies in 'Backs to Wall' Battle in Belgium; 100,000 Men Killed in 5-Day... Read full description  
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  • Babe Ruth Photo 3 Home Runs in 1933...
    Item #692776
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 29, 1933

    * Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs
    * New York Yankees baseball

    * Late in his career

    The sport's section (page 11) has a two column heading: "Ruth Cracks three Homers as Yankees Win Twin Bill" with subhead and box scores. (see)
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  • Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak unveiled...
    Item #692774
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 6, 1947

    * Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak airplane unveiling
    * United States Navy turbojet research aircraft


    The top of page 13 has a three column photo with heading: "The New Trans-Sonic Plane Is Displayed By The Navy" and a two column heading: "First Jet Plane to Test Trans-Sonic Speeds Is Unveiled by Navy and... Read full description  
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  • 1962 Mercury-Atlas 8 space flight....
    Item #692767
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 4, 1962

    * Mercury-Atlas 8 space mission
    * Walter M. Schirra, Jr.


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "SCHIRRA HITS PACIFIC BULL'S-EYE AFTER CIRCLING GLOBE SIX TIMES" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see) Nice for display. First report coverage on the Mercury-Atlas 8 manned space... Read full description  
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  •  James Dean... one of the best to be had on the iconic teen actor...
    Item #692762
    MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Sept. 29, 1955 

    * James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" advertisement
    * Perhaps the best to be had on the iconic teen actor
    * One month prior to it's premiere debut in America


    James Dean remains a cultural icon of the troubled & struggling teen from the 1950's, and... Read full description  
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  • Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles...
    Item #692757
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 5, 1977

    * Hillside Strangler serial killings
    * Best title to be had ? (rare as such)


    The front page has a one column heading: "Police Comb Crime Files for Strangler Clues" (see) Great to have in this L.A. publication.
    Complete 1st section only with all 30 pages, nice condition
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  • Serial killer nurse Charles Cullen gets life...
    Item #692754
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 3, 2006

    * Serial Killer Charles Cullen
    * New Jersey nurse gets life
    * Murderer sentenced to prison
    * The movie "Good Nurse" fame


    Page 16 has a two column heading: "Killer Nurse Gets Life Term; Victims' Families Sound Off" (see)
    Complete with 80+ pages, nice condition.
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  • Uncle Fester death... Jackie Coogan...
    Item #692753
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 2, 1984

    * Jackie Coogan death (1st report)
    * American actor - sitcoms & movies
    * Uncle Fester - The Addams Family
    * Charlie Chaplin film "The Kid"


    Page 3 has a three column heading: "'The Kid,' Jackie Coogan, 69, Dies" with lead-in: "Roles Spanned Ragamuffin to Uncle Fester" and 2... Read full description  
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