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...found his modest kitchen-equipment supply company digging itself out from orders coming from Tokyo to Manitoba, Liberia to Panama, from stores such as Macy's and Neiman-Marcus, from soldiers in Viet Nam, as well as newlyweds in Nebraska. Nearly 8,000 pans have now been sold, and three months later, orders are still coming in at six times the average of a year ago. And the busy Mr. Bridge is still marveling at the power of a footnote...
...hope to celebrate other days that are relevant-Nat Turner Day or Marcus Garvey...
...initial harvest. In less than two hours of bidding, Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel, who revived the trade as a state-owned enterprise, presided over the sale of 826 skins. The record-breaking top price: $2,300 per skin, paid by George Liebes of Dallas' Neiman-Marcus for four male pelts, each more than 5 ft. long and 30 in. wide...
Liebes had come with carte blanche from Stanley Marcus to buy the finest four skins to be made into "the most extravagant lady's sport coat in the world, price no object." What might the coat cost? "Oh, maybe $20,000," said Liebes. Adds Alexander Ehrlich of Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman, who was commissioned by Alaska to produce a sample, full-length cape to stimulate interest, went on to buy 30 pelts: "With all the couturiers looking for something new, this is the ideal time to introduce this fur. Now it's up to the women...
...charges against the "Boston Five" --which also includes writer Mitchell Goodman of New York, and Marcus Raskin, co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington--stated that they "unlawfully, willfuly, and knowingly conspired against the United States...