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0»t-<rf*»-fciMl dim froai Careen CHy Mint . sails for $550,000 CARSON CITY (Am — A dim. that • Ctnoo Oty Mini wwin may have filched more than a century ago baa mid for t&M.OOO in a New York auction, Tha 1873 dim. ia tba only on. known to *ai*t Tba 12,398 alb art mintad that ywar war. malted down whan I ho government dacidad lo incraut (he atlv.r conlanl of coin* "Nobody know* exactly how It got out." aaid Keith Zanar, trend* editor for Coin World in Sidney, Ohio ''Somebody prob ably Mole MU’* If ao. rio-uiin««|i« t>»» at lb. Bower* and Marana Inc auction laal weak in New York were thankful ha tha oaaa of 19th am tury pilfering Waldo Bolen. • coliactcir (ran Monrt*, til, bought the dim with hi* iSSO.QOO bid. Th* dim* ha* bnm in th* coll<x.tkwt of l.out* £ KUimWx Sr., * fiiumcmr who had •t laaal on* of rv*ry known AowricM coin (ktlna were minted in th* Car mm Dry Mini b*tw**n 18T0 and 1*9.1. Today th* old mini houa «• th* Nevada State Mumnud and th* nklbiti tm hide th* old coin Boh Nyl*n. numia curator, uid >173 was a mtlaatnn* year in monetary hiatory. That y*ar Gongraaa (MA**d a law that mad* fold th* monetary •taodatd. <au» ing a wida decline in ailvar ■Mi A 726-9176 2047 ’96 Grails „ This is your chance to write tor the ODE' Tell us your best college memory in a letter ^ oft 50 words or less. ^ Be sure that • Youf name is on th« tetter • AH events reported ire verifiable • The letter « addressed to Nicote Krueoer • We receive the tetter by 4 p m May 31 Several submissions will be selected for print All letters will be edited for grammar and style Potentially libelous letters will not be printed um. aoo. imu • no act sis# tv** on traca • imdm-mi t Hbuk W'omrn of Achunrmrat, (hr Wtmm of Alpha Kappa Alpha & (hr Mrn of Kappa Alpha hn prnmi (hr NCAAi Part#,,. SPRING f£ST '•96 June 1st. 1996 University ot Orefion EMU Fountain Court 9:30 until... $4 before 10:30 p.m. $6 after S3 great 8 creeks w/lerter Last dance Srnntot* danced and drank. t> Fne Finger* o< Funk provided entertainment tor a graduation party booled by 9m Atom* Aaaocw&on m the EMU Baaroom on Wednesday evening NEWS BRIEFING A t 00* AT IMIS MORNING S HEADLINES Blackwell convicted ef fear deaths In courthouse shootings NOBTH WIST EVERETT. Wa.fa (AP) — Timothy Black wall «nu convict «! WadnatKiav of killtns hi* wifo. two of hat (Honda, end hi* wtb>‘* unborn child in « t mirthouse hallway last mt A Snohomish County Sup*rl or Court jury deliberated aboul (our hour* Wednesday before reac hing it* verdict It convicted Black well. 4$. an throe count* of aggravated first degree murder in the killing* of Susans Kernel ala Blackwell. 25. who wa* pregnant; Phoebe Dixon. 46. and Veronica taurw ta John ion 42. all immigrant* from tha Philippine* He alto wa* convicted of first degree man *iatighter in the death of the fetus Blackwell remained silent a* the verdict* were read Prosecu* tart Mid either they would seek the death penalty If he wa* con victed Tha women were gunned down a* they were titling on a beach in the King County (our 'house on March 2, 19*5. wait* In* lor a hearing to resume in tha Blackwell'* divorce case. The trial wa* moved to Sno homish County after a fudge ruled It would be improper to try Blackwell at the scene of the crime. In dewing argument* Tuesday. Deputy King County Prosecutor Lisa Manbote told jurors that Blackwell committed a “planned, purposeful, public execution." and was well swam of what he wa* doing when he calmly fired 11 shots at tha three women Blackwell and hi* wife were In the midst of a bitter divorce, and ibe staving* occurred short ly before a hearing in the divorce proceedings was to resume Blackwell had teemed a day earlier that his wife was pregnant by another man FBI orders media away from hill over Freeman compound MATIONAl IORDAN, Moat (AP) — The FBI ordered reporter* and ctmanown to leave their hill* side vantage point overlooking the Frwm*n compound Wednes day, but aaid it mu nut a prelude to a move against the anti-gov* eminent extremist* "We're trying to do everything we am to peacefully resolve the situation and we wiil continue those efforts." Attorney (ianmi fane* Reno said in Washington Official* said they decided to evict the media after a Fa* Tele vision new* a*w went to a few* around the compound Tuesday night and negotiated for inter view* with the f reemen without telling the government before hand The negotiators have their own strategy for contacting the Freeman and don't want this kind of disruption." said a senior fed end official in Washington, speak ing on condition of anonymity But Fos chairman Roger Alias claimed th# journalists were being used as scapegoats, adding in a statement that the FBI had planned to remove the media well before his staff made contact with the Freemen The FBI luu isolated the rural area around the Freemen's farm complex since March 25, but had previously made no attempt to prevent journalist* from watch mg from a country road on a hill side about a mile from the Freeman's mein house Liter Wednesday, the Freemen put out two hatches of news release* defending the journalists and urging them to stand up for the right to remain tin the mad. "If you cannot occupy the county road near Justus Town ship. Montana state. United Stales of America, you cannot go anywhere without the permission of your masters." a news release said Peres has slim lead over Netanyahu in early exit poll results WOH ID TEL AVIV. ! Israel (AP) <■— As | Israel held it* ! breath, Prime | Minister Shimon Pern maintained the slimmest of leads Wednes* day over right-wing challenger Beniamin Netanyahu in a vote that set* the course of Middle East peacemaking. Despite fears of a terrorist bombing by Islamic militants, it was a remarkably peaceful day of voting in a nation sharply divided over the central issue of how far Israel should go to ensure its peace and security With Jews evenly split, or per haps tilting ever so slightly toward Netanyahu. Peres got a boost from a strong turnout of Israeli Arab voters who backed him overwhelmingly White the nation and a host of foreign countries anxiously awaited definitive returns. Peres* supporters tried to claim victory on the basis of exit polls that gave him a tiny edge but •howmi the race too clone to call. "Bibi is going home." they | chanted, using Netanyahu's I nickname, as they waved flags. danced and hugged each other | “her one TV exit poll gave Pens* Sl.l percent to Netanyahu’s 48.® j percent. With 20 percent of the vats counted. Peres lied U jssuent fo ; Netanyahu’s 47 percent, accord j log to Israel radio. With the rasa so close, it j could take until sometime this j morning to finish the unofficial j count Final results may not be | known until late Friday, after an | estimated 1 $0,000 to 200.000 j absentee ballots are counted Netanyahu, his (ace tight with tension, told the faithful at | f-fknd Party headquarters that j the race hadn't been decided I yet.
