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...Chilling Story. For the better part of two days, Special State Prosecutor Jeff Wayne and Defense Attorney Jim Hudson argued about the admissibility of an eight-page, handwritten confession given to the FBI, and later repudiated, by Lackey. Finally, white-haired Judge William Carey Skelton ruled: "I'll admit it." Wayne, a tall, rangy Gainesville lawyer, cleared his throat and began to read Lackey's chilling story...
Everybody else was writing the Internal Revenue Service, too, but the U.S.'s top female folk singer sent the revenooers a slightly offbeat message. She started chummily enough. "Dear Friends," said the handwritten letter, "What I have to say is this: I do not believe in war. I do not believe in the weapons of war. I am not going to volunteer the 60% of my year's income tax that goes to armaments. I am no longer supporting my portion of the arms race. Sincerely yours-Joan C. Baez...
...symbols they see on the page. In essence, the child confronts a decoding problem. Unhappily, the code is crazy. The 40-odd phonemes (distinct sound units) of English are spelled in 2,000 different ways, and the letters vary bafflingly in their capital, lower case, printed and handwritten forms...
...were merely to me the sum spent on an evening party, as you put it-if that were true, I would give what I could to enable you to start a new life." Last year, still anxious for some profit, Ronald Munro sold the handwritten, four-page letter to a professional dealer. When it is sold in New York City this week, it is expected to bring at least $1,000, more than any letter from a living woman has ever previously fetched at auction...
...conscientious student, Lady Bird rattles off facts and figures. In the Lincoln bedroom, she points out Lincoln's handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address, one of five in existence. She leads her guests through the Rose Room, noting that Queens Wilhelmina and Juliana of The Netherlands, Elizabeth II of England and Frederika of Greece all slept there during their U.S. visits. In the Treaty Room, she shows the ladies an immense chandelier that Jackie Kennedy retrieved from Capitol Hill; Teddy Roosevelt, Lady Bird said, had sent it to the Hill because its noisy tinkling bothered him, and he figured...