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BIBLE SIGNED BY PIRATES FOUND!

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(Fox News) – A California book repairer reportedly knew something was unusual
when she opened up an old Bible found last week amid thousands of materials
donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library.

The Bible was signed by 30 players and manager Fred Haney from the 1953
Pittsburgh Pirates and was given to general manager Rickey, who was best
known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie
Robinson six years earlier when he ran the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The restored Bible could fetch as much as $800 according to collectors of
baseball memorabilia.

 

 

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PORTLAND’S NEWEST DEPARTMENT STORE!

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From The Oregonian, September 29, 1970

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THE ATARI 2600 ~

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Atari’s most famous product is the 2600 computer system. The video game console was released in October 1977.

playing the atari 2600

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CAR HASN’T BEEN SHOWN FOR 64 YEARS!

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The only remaining 1949 Cadillac Coupe de Ville prototype, of four made, will make
automotive history this year with its first public re-appearance in nearly two-thirds of
a century at the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance to be held on the grounds of The Golf Club of Amelia Island, March 8-10.

The car was given as a gift by General Motors to former CEO Charlie Wilson upon
his departure from GM to serve as President Eisenhower’s Secretary of Defense
in 1953. Wilson drove the automobile during his four-years in office.

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Charlie Wilson

1949 coupe deville ad

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INAUGURATION OF THE 34th PRESIDENT

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