Word: silver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...buyer was up-and-coming Stamp Dealer Raymond H. Weill, who seems intent on making New Orleans the new stamp capital of the U.S.; three months ago, he set a record by paying $78,400 for a two-stamp 1847 Mauritius cover. The Ward collection, now stashed in the silver vault of New Orleans' Whitney National Bank in 93 wooden boxes the size of whisky cases, will be broken up and sold piecemeal. Weill hopes to sell it for well over...
...American male has ever won an Olympic medal in alpine skiing - gold, silver or bronze - and if France's Robert Faure has anything to say about it, U.S. skiers may never win one. Faure has a lot to say about it. An official of the Federation Internationale de Ski, he has authority over seedings in all international ski meets, including the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria...
RABBI SAMUEL M. SILVER Stamford, Conn...
...visitor flew in with a flourish. His pink face and silver hair gleamed above polished cowboy boots and a grand, fur-collared overcoat. San Francisco Lawyer Melvin Mouron Belli had come to Dallas to defend Jack Ruby, the only man ever to commit a murder while the whole nation watched. Now, whether or not Judge Joe Brantley Brown decides to let live TV turn the trial into a flamboyant show, a flamboyant courtroom drama is already a certainty. "We will plead him not guilty by reason of insanity," announced Belli after a two-hour interview with his newest client...
...effective powers in European banking. Today, the legend is very much alive-and being added to. Demonstrating the remarkable resiliency and power of survival that have enabled them to survive on their own family talent for two centuries, the Rothschilds are striking out in many new directions behind a silver curtain of discretion...