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  • 1935 serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial eve...
    Item #720119
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1935

    * Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts
    * Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
    * "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
    * "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"


    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "FISH ON TRIAL EVE, WOUNDS HIMSELF" with... Read full description  
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  • William Bonin execution... serial killer...
    Item #720118
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 24, 1996

    * William Bonin execution
    * American serial killer - rapist
    * Freeway Killer - So. California


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "'Freeway Killer's' Final Moments Strangely Calm" with subhead. (see) Nice to have in this Southern California publication.
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  • 1935 Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson assassination....
    Item #719868
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 9, 1935

    * Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson assassination
    * American bank robber & gangster - outlaw


    The front page has a one column heading: "Trap Snapped On 2 Gunmen" with subhead. (see images) 
    Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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  • Killer Charles Starkweather death sentence in 1958...
    Item #719702
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 24, 1958 

    * Charles Starkweather sentencing
    * Death by electric chair w/ photo
    * Girlfriend Caril Fugate
     

    The front page has a two column heading: "Seek New Trial For Killer" with lead-in: "Starkweather Sentenced To Die In Chair" and photo of Starkweather in court.... Read full description  
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  • On a California lynching by the Committee of Vigilance, wth a print...
    Item #719062
    ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Nov. 15, 1851  Pages 3 and 4 contain an article on a famous case involving the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance, headed: "Californian Lynchings". Included as well is a print captioned: "Lynching In San Francisco".
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  • Uprising in India after the hanging of Bhagat Sing and companions...
    Item #718670
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 25, 1931 

    * India independence movement 
    * Hanging of anti-colonial revolutionaries 


    The top of page 14 has a one column heading: "INDIAN EXECUTIONS STUN THE CONGRESS", with subheads: "MARTIAL ALREADY DECLARED", "Flag at Half Staff Over Meeting Place... Read full description  
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  • Wright brothers at Fort Myer for airplane tests...
    Item #718086
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 21, 1909 

    * Orville & Wilbur Wright Brothers
    * Early airplanes flights aviators
    * At Fort Myer, Virginia for tests
    * Begin assemblage of airplane 


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WRIGHTS BEGIN ASSEMBLING AEROPLANE" with subheads. (see images) Related... Read full description  
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  • 1923 Beer Hall Putsch Begins... Adolph HItler...
    Item #717524
    PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, November 10, 1923

    * Beer Hall Putsch (1st report)
    * Early Adolph Hitler coup attempt
    * General Erich Ludendorff
    * Weimar Repubic overthrow ?


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "LUDENDORFF, HITLER IGNOBLE CAPTIVES; BEER BUBBLE BURSTS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. 
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  • Death of the Kennedy Family Matriarch, Rose Kennedy...
    Item #717450
    THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, PA, Jan. 23, 1995  The front page has the banner heading: "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the family matriarch, dies", with the subheading: "SHe passed away peacefully in the presence of several family members, her son Edward M. Kennedy said. She was 104." Also included is a large... Read full description  
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  • 1986 "Stand by Me" opening day advertisement...
    Item #717423
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 12, 1986

    * "Stand by Me" film advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day movie premiere in NYC
    * Coming-of-age drama film - Rob Reiner


    Page 55 has a 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day showing of "STAND BY ME" in New York City. (see... Read full description  
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  • Dramatic issue on the execution of Bruno Hauptmann...
    Item #716998
    THE DAILY MAIL - Extra, Hagerstown, Maryland, April 3, 1936 

    * Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
    * Bruno Hauptmann execution
    * Nice headline for display - "same day" report


    A quite dramatic front page with the bold banner headline: "BRUNO DIES", and also: "Convicted Murderer Of Lindbergh Baby Goes To... Read full description  
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  • 1935 Edith Maxwell murder case...
    Item #716943
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 20, 1935

    * Edith Maxwell murder case (father)
    * Appalachia - Pound, Virginia


    The back page has a photo of Edith Maxwell with heading: "Try Girl for Slaying Her Father" and brief text. 
    The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "ROOMMATE SAYS GIRL THREATENED TO SLAY FATHER" with subhead. (see... Read full description  
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  • Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon bodyguard...
    Item #716370
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 25, 1843

    * Porter Rockwell - Utah Territory lawman
    * Bodyguard and friend of Joseph Smith arrest
    * Mormons - Mormonism - Latter Day Saints
    * Attempted murder of Governor Lilburn Boggs


     The back page has a small report: "Mormons" noting: "Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon,... Read full description  
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  • A racist newspaper on the trial of the Lincoln conspirators...
    Item #716347
    NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, June 17, 1865  

    * Lincoln assassins trial
    * Rare pro-white title
    * Reconstruction era


    A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few years after. As such their reporting on war events provide a contrasting perspective beyond most other... Read full description  
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  • By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
    Item #716285
    THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 23, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most... Read full description  
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  • By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
    Item #716284
    THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 16, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most... Read full description  
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  • 1945 Irma Grese Jewish holocaust trial...
    Item #716218
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1945

    * German Woman guard Irma Grese 
    * Nazi concentration camps leader 
    * Bergen-Belsen trials - Jewish holocaust
    * "Beast of Belsen" "Hyena of Auschwitz"


    Page 6 has a one column heading: "BELSEN WOMAN GUARD WEEPS, DENIES GUILT" (see images)
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  • 1945 Irma Grese and Josef Kramer trial begins...
    Item #716215
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 24, 1945

    * Josef Kramer & Irma Grese amongst others
    * Bergen-Belsen trial begins - World War II
    * Concentration camp leaders - war crimes 
    * Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities
    * Gas chamber survivor Sophie Litwinska 


    The top of page 12 has a one column heading: "OSWIECIM... Read full description  
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  • Molly Maguires murder trial at Mauch Chunk...
    Item #716132
    NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 19, 1876  The top of page 3 has small one-column headings: "The Molly Maguires" "The Jones Murder--The Voluntary Confession of Kerrigan--Probable Breaking Up Of The Organization".
    Ten pages, very nice condition.

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  • Trial and conviction of a spy...
    Item #716129
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 30, 1812  Page 2 has an interesting report, taking about half a column, beginning: "...proceedings at Buffaloe, of a Court Martial appointed to try Elijah Clark as a Spy. The facts which appeared at the trial are that the said Clark was born in New Jersey...he removed to Canada...must have become naturalized... Read full description  

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  • Irma Grese and Josef Kramer death sentence.........
    Item #715995
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1945

    * Josef Kramer & Irma Grese death sentences
    * Bergen-Belsen concentration camp leaders
    * Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Kramer and Irma Grese Will Die With 9 Others for Reich Murders" (see images)
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  • Jewish concentration camp atrocities....
    Item #715989
    THE DETROIT NEWS, November 17, 1945

    * Josef Kramer, Irma Grese & others found guilty
    * Belsen, Oswiecim & Dachau concentration camps
    * Nazis - German atrocities - Jewish Holocaust


    The front page has a one column heading: "Belsen Beast and 8 to Die"" with subhead. See image for brief text here. Irma Grese is not... Read full description  
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  • Irma Grese admits guilt in Jewish Holocaust murders...
    Item #715894
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 6, 1945

    * Nazi female camp guard Irma Grese
    * "Beast of Belsen" "Hyena of Auschwitz"
    * Jewish holocaust Atrocities & murders
    * Bergen-Belsen & Auschwitz concentration camps


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "BELSEN GIRL GUARD BLAMES ALL OF SS" with subhead.... Read full description  
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  • Jewish physician identifies Holocaust leaders...
    Item #715303
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1945 

    * Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    * Nazi death factory horrors revealed
    * Jewish woman gets revenge


    Page 5 contains a very compelling article on identifying Nazis leaders involved in the holocaust atrocities on the Jews, with the one column heading: "Belsen Survivor Picks Out Nazis"... Read full description  
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  • John Dillinger's toy gun escape told....
    Item #714956
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1934 

    * Bank robber John Dillinger
    * Crown Point, Indiana Jail
    * Famous wooden gun escape told


    The back page has an article headed: "Dillinger's Escape Described At Trial" "Warden Testifies About 'Toy Gun' as Deputy Is Accused of Aiding Outlaw". (see) This was one of the most... Read full description  
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  • Thomas Edison & Al 'Scarface' Capone...
    Item #714955
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 17, 1931

    * Al 'Scarface' Capone's tax evasion trial
    * Would be found guilty on this day


    The front page has a two column heading: "Capone Fate Is Due to Reach Jury Today" with subheads. (see) Edison would die on the following day. Coverage on the day he would be found guilty of tax evasion.
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  • Huey Long's succession dispute & Al Capone's trial....
    Item #714795
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 14, 1931

    * Huey 'The Kingfish" Long & Paul N. Cyr
    * Louisiana governor succession dispute
    * Al 'Scarface' Capone's tax evasion trial nears end


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "2 GOVERNORS, 2 AIDES 'RULE' IN LOUISIANA" with subhead... Read full description  
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  • Fritz von Opel...  Rocket airplane trial...
    Item #714738
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929

    * Fritz von Opel RAK.1 aircraft
    * Early rocket airplane flight


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID" with subheads. (see images) Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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  • The historic Clawson polygamy case...
    Item #714475
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 16, 1884  

    * Rudger Clawson polygamy trial
    * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
    * Mormons - Mormonism


    Page 2 has: "A Polygamist on Trial" being a report from Salt Lake, Utah Territory,  on the rather famous case of Rudger Clawson.
    Clawson was the first practicing polygamist to be convicted and serve... Read full description  
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  • 1931 Clara Bow theft trial... Daisy DeVoe...
    Item #714472
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 15, 1931

    * Actress Clara Bow's secretary
    * Daisy DeVoe theft accusations

    The front page has a one column heading: "Home Life of an 'It' Girl Told in Court" Five related photos on the back page. (see images)
    Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding... Read full description  
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  • President Arthur on the polygamy issue in Utah...   The bandit Frank James...
    Item #714454
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCAT, Dec. 5, 1883 

    * Mormons and polygamy
    * President Chester A. Arthur
    * Outlaw Frank James trial


    Over half of the front page and page of pg. 2 are taken up with: "The President's Message" being the annual state-of-the-union address of Chester  A. Arthur. Near the... Read full description  
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  • 1935 beheading of Horst Wessel's assassins...
    Item #714125
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 10, 1935

    * re. Storm Trooper Horst Wessel assassination
    * Propaganda symbol of Nazi Germany - Nazis
    * Martyr for the Nazi Party by Joseph Goebbels
    * Two assassins executed by beheading (1st report)


    The front page ha sa one column heading: "Nazis Behead 2 Men; Killed Horst Wessel" (see images)
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  • From the beginning years of the computer era...
    Item #714059
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 8, 1954 

    * Early IBM computer invention trials
    * International Business Machines Corp.


    The front page has a one column heading:  "Electronic Brain Now A Linguist" with lead-in: "Translates" (see images) An interesting article hearkening to the very beginning of the computer... Read full description  
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  • "Mr. Lincoln...is rising in prominence" says it all...
    Item #713891
    NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 15, 1860  

    * Abraham Lincoln gaining recognition 
    * At the Chicago Republican Convention 


    This issue is one of those so desired by collectors, when innocent reports--often inconspicuous amongst the jumble of lengthier articles--wold only find relevance in the passing of years.
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  • 1935 SS Mohawk shipwreck... Lindbergh kidnapping...
    Item #713519
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 25, 1935.
     
    * SS Mohawk shipwreck
    * Ward Line ocean liner
    * New Jersey coast collision
    * Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
    * Bruno Hauptmann takes the stand


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "190 Are Saved as Ward Liner Sinks in Crash" with subhead and photo. (see... Read full description  
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  • The infamous bloody glove fiasco: turning point in the Simpson trial...
    Item #713152
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 16, 1995 

    * O. J. Simpson murder case
    * The 'Bloody Glove" fiasco


    The top of the ftpg. has a color photo captioned: "O.J. Simpson, wearing protective latex gloves, tries on one of the leather gloves found after the murders." beneath which is a one column heading:... Read full description  
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  • The very beginning of the O.J. Simpson media circus...
    Item #712918
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 17, 1994 

    * Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman funeral
    * Football great O. J. Simpson a main suspect
    * Same day of the infamous white Bronco chase


    The front has two photos showing scenes at the funeral and burial. Also a heading: "Simpson's Ex-Wife and Her Friend Are Buried" (see... Read full description  
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  • John Dillinger's lawyer accused of harboring a fugitive...
    Item #712825
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 15, 1935

    * Bank robber John Dillinger
    * American lawyer Louis Piquett
    * Charged w/ harboring a fugitive (not guilty)
    * re. Crown Point, Indiana jail escape


    The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "U.S. JURY SETS PIQUETT FREE" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues... Read full description  
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  • 1929 "Freak Plane" photo...
    Item #712817
    THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, April 9, 1929

    * "Freak Plane" makes 1st appearance photo
    * Bizarre airplane invented by Earl E. McClary


    The top of the front page has a three column photo headed: "Prepare Unique Plane For First Trial Flights" and brief text. (see images)
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  • Washington Huskies rowing crew wins 1936 national title....
    Item #712777
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, June 23, 1936

    * University of Washington Huskies crew
    * Wins national championship in rowing
    * Eventual "Miracle 9" Nazi Germany Olympic winners


    The top of page 3 of the sport's section has a nice banner heading: "WASHINGTON HUSKIES ENTER TWO CREWS IN OLYMPIC TRIALS" with... Read full description  
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  • 1970 verdict of the "Chicago Seven" trial...
    Item #712774
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Feb. 19, 1970

    * "Chicago Seven" trial verdict w/ convictions
    * Conspiracy to incite Anti-Vietnam War riots


    The front page has a four column headline: "'Chicago Seven' Lawyer Raps 'Compromise Verdict'" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 2 with... Read full description  
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  • Frank James, El Paso, Yellowstone, burglars...
    Item #712624
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Aug. 20, 1883  The front page has: "Criminal Calendar - Additional Particulars of the Tragedy at Estancia Ranchm NB.M. - Frank James Trial--A Gang of Burglars Broken Up--Free Fight at a Picnic--The Daily Record".
    Inside includes: "El Paso's Ways - The Peculiarities of a  Now... Read full description  
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  • Results of the Nurenberg war crimes trial, in a newspaper from a Nurenburg suburb...
    Item #712206
    THE JET GAZETTE, Furth, Bavaria, Germany, October 1, 1946 

    * Nazis sentenced to death for war crimes
    * Hermann Goering & Rudolph Hess


     Published by the Army Air Force Station of Furth, this is the volume 1, number er 14 issue which  began publication after the end of the war in... Read full description  
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  • Dr. Sam Sheppard murder trial...
    Item #711329
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Oct. 21, 1954

    * Dr. Sam & Marilyn Reese Sheppard case
    * Murder trial beginning - Richard Eberling ?


    The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "NEW SHEPPARD DEFENSE" with lead-in: "Family Friend Called Slayer" and photo of Sheppard's attorney.
    Complete with all 76 pages, small binding... Read full description  
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  • Trial of Lincoln's conspirators...   Interesting on the capture of Jeff. Davis...
    Item #710617
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1865  The entire front page and over half of the back page are taken up with very detailed and verbatim accounts of those called to give testimony in the trial of the Lincoln assassins.
    The front page first column heads include: "TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS" "Full Report of the... Read full description  

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  • Soldiers are going home...   Negro suffrage...
    Item #710605
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1865  Among the front page column heads on the ending events of the Civil War are: "THE HOMEWARD MARCH" "The Second & Fifth Corps Arrive Near Alexandria" "They Meet with the Kindest Treatment on the Way from Richmond" "Sherman's Veterans Will Begin to Arrive About Sunday" and more.
    Page 4 has: "The Trial of the... Read full description  

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  • The slave ship Amistad...  The birth of photography...
    Item #710527
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1839  

    * Verdict of the Amistad Slave Ship Case

    Inside has a lengthy & historic two page article headed: "The Slaves Of The Amistad" being a detailed account of their trial in Hartford, including subheads "Affidavit of Bahoo" with his "X" signature mark; "Afternoon" and:... Read full description  

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  • The Christian Front arrests in 1940...
    Item #710232
    THE BOSTON POST, Jan. 17, 1940

    * Christian Front (United States) arrests
    * Plot to overthrow the U.S. government


    The front page has a one column heading: "PLOTTERS SING SONG TO 'GLORY'" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, very nice condition.

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  • The very beginning of the O.J. Simpson media circus...
    Item #710215
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 15, 1994 

    * Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman
    * Football great O. J. Simpson looking like a suspect ?
    * Second day report from the city where it happened


    The front has a photo showing the media gathering outside of Simpsons home. Also a smaller photo of Nicole Simpson. A two column... Read full description  
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  • 1st automated subway runs in 1962 NYC...
    Item #710212
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan 5, 1962

    * First automated subway train begins service
    * 42nd Street Shuttle (unmanned) transportation
    * Times Square - Grand Central Station route


    The top of the front page has a four column heading: "First Automated Subway Train starts Run" with subhead and photo (see images) First report coverage continues... Read full description  
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