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...first chapter of an intricate crime story that might be entitled Murph the Surf, His Yeggs and All That Unfenceable Swag, a band of thieves slipped into New York City's American Museum of Natural History and footpadded out with 24 gems, including the priceless Star of India sapphire and the $140,000, 100.32-carat DeLong ruby. Chapter II: the cops picked up Jack ("Murph the Surf") Murphy and two Miami beachboy buddies-but not the jewels. Through contacts, the police began shadowy negotiations with the underworld, eventually regained nine of the stones, among them the Star of India...
...this is priceless ammunition for the opposition Conservatives-and obscures the fact that Pearson's government is doing a good job of managing Canada's thriving economy, has improved federal-provincial relations, and tried to ease the dangerous split between English-and French-speaking Canadians. Favreau's resignation could well impair these relations by creating doubt about Quebec's Liberal leadership among provincial voters. The Conservatives would love to topple Pearson's government and force new elections. But the party is in the midst of an intramural fight over the leadership of former Prime Minister...
Died. Gertrude Clarke Whittall, 97, Washington patron of the arts who, after the death of her husband, wealthy Rug Manufacturer Matthew Whittall, in 1922, began the first of many endowments by presenting five priceless Stradivari instruments and Tourte bows to the Library of Congress, at the same time establishing a $1,225,000 Whittall Foundation to sponsor concerts (admission price: 25?) at which they would be played, and in later years a $644,000 Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund for readings and lectures; of complications following a hip injury; in Washington...
...These priceless oils were buried under layers of ignorance, neglect and anonymity," explains Neumann. Tintoretto's Flagellation, with all the master's mannerist mystery of depth, stage lighting and evanescent flesh tones, had been attributed to a copyist. Titian's Toilet was supposedly by his son Orazio, although the supple shoulder line and illusory intermingling of the young woman's ripply tresses with her fluid sleeve reveals the artist's lustrous trademark...
Wagner was presented with the king's priceless signet ring and a promise of a lavish première of Tristan in Munich. In addition, the king promised Wagner all the money he needed, a new theater, a new music school and a new home. Ludwig also bombarded the 51-year-old composer with tender letters vowing eternal devotion. Wagner, a short, haggard-faced man, was careful not to alienate his doting benefactor, but he had other irons in the fire. Immediately on his arrival in Munich he asked that his close friend, Conductor Hans...