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1954Year bank records show $30,350 deposited in special acct to handle Costello's philanthropies, '47-79

most distributed by checks imprinted 'F Costello Charities Fund'; wife's bank accts noted; testimony shows Costello paid $18,615 for mausoleum and $4,888 for Queens, LI, burial plot, '48-49 OWN CHARITY FUND SET UP BY COSTELLO; Trial Shows $29,434 Outlay -- Reveals Also His Buying an $18,615 Mausoleum

1945Year Elizabeth, NJ, dealers plan to end morning deliveries TO CUT HOME PAPER SALES

Most Distributors in Elizabeth Will End Morning Deliveries

1938Year Poor weather cut fairly deeply into retail trade last week and the losses from a year ago were increased in most districts. The peak selling season on Summer merchandise was completed, and, while store executives were shaping plans on Fall merchandise, they anticipated a lull through August, unless both weather and industrial conditions improved. Weather Cuts Deeply Into Retail Trade

MOST DISTRICTS DIP AFTER EARLY GAINS Wholesale Trade Spotty, With Distributors Unwilling to Book Big Forward Orders PLANT SCHEDULES HIGHER Steel, Textile and Shoe Rates Edge Up-Cash Moves Into Hands of Farmers DROP HERE EXTENDED PHILADELPHIA SALES OFF NEW ENGLAND ACTIVITY UP CHICAGO SALES CUT BY RAIN OHIO SENTIMENT BETTER RICHMOND BUSINESS GOOD ST. LOUIS SHOE ORDERS UP RETAIL SALES OFF IN SOUTH NORTHWEST TRADE SPOTTY KANSAS CITY SALES OFF TEXAS TRADE BETTER WEATHER A HELP ON COAST

2002Year Maxime Bruniere, 25-year-old neo-Nazi gunman who tried to assassinate French Pres Jacques Chirac during Bastille Day celebration in Paris, is committed to psychiatric hospital pending outcome of judicial investigation to determine whether he was criminally responsible for his actions

most disturbing element of attack for many citizens is Bruniere's link to extreme-rightist and neo-Nazi groups that operate in shadows of French political life; incident has increased fears that violence is becoming part of Europe's political reality; photo (M) Gunman Who Fired at French Leader Is in Mental Hospital

2001Year Taliban vandals' mindless destruction of giant standing Buddhas of Bamiyan causes outrage around world

most disturbing question is possibility that Taliban does not even comprehend what it is doing, as movement's leaders oare mostly young sons of illiterate peasants, raised on mine-strewn battlefields and stark refugee camps, and educated in rote sectarian blinders; photo (L) Ideas & Trends; Taliban: War for War's Sake

1998Year Dutch public is stricken with shame at new disclosures on performance of Dutch peacekeepers in Eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica in July 1995, when 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men were massacred by Serb

most disturbing report is that while Dutch peacekeepers were under Serb attack, one Dutch unit fled its post in a light tank and plowed through a cluster of armed Muslims who were trying to block their flight, running over and crushing an unknown number of people (M) Bosnia Massacre Mars Do-Right Self-Image the Dutch Hold Dear

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