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TIMOTHY B. BENFORD is a best-selling author, award-winning novelist, and prolific magazine writer. His feature articles have appeared in more than a hundred publications worldwide. To contact him directly email: TimothyBenford@aol.com

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Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History World War II: Integration: 1 of 2
FIRST FULLY-INTEGRATED SHIP IN THE U.S. NAVY SY Sea Cloud, the once privately owned luxury four-masted barque, made military history of a very special kind during its service as IX-99 during World War II: she was the first experimental vessel for racial integration in the U.S. Navy. In the Second World War the U.S. Navy took... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Biography: John Emil List: 1 of 1
THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF JOHN EMIL LIST Inmate #226472 doesn't exchange Happy Anniversary cards with his wife. He doesn't receive Father's Day cards from his three children, nor does he send Mother's Day cards to the woman who gave him life. He celebrates none of these joyous occasions with his family because on the warm I... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) WWII Emergency currency: 1 of 1
FEAR OF INVASION PROMPTED U.S. EMERGENCY CURRENCY IN WWII With more than six decades since the end of World War II, there is a surprisingly strong interest for the special "wartime emergency currency." The two most frequently mentioned are: 1) the HAWAII imprinted silver certificates and Federal Reserve notes, issued in July... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History Recollections of the day that Diana, Princess of Wales, died: 1 of 1
THE DAY DIANA DIED. The musical chairs fiasco over who will preside over the inquest into the death of Princess Diana borders on being a sick comedy. The fond memories we have of Diana in life are kindred to the happy memories, those of us who are old enough, have of the Kennedy-Camelot years in The White House. My personal ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Coin collecting: The many faces of 'Miss Liberty': 1 of 1
WILL THE REAL MISS LIBERTY STAND, WALK, OR SIT, PLEASE? THE MOST FREQUENTLY PORTRAYED CENTRAL DEVICE ON U.S. COINS SINCE 1792, LIBERTY HAS BEEN DEPICTED IN VARIOUS FORMS AND PROFILES "Beauty," the poet said, "is in the eyes of the beholder!" Perhaps that's why at least 16 coin designers throughout this republic's history hav... More..
Autos > Antique Cars Automotive history: Famous and notorius automobiles: 1 of 1
THE KENNEDY DEATH CAR The first government-owned car for use by a President of the United States was a white Stanley Steamer that Theodore Roosevelt delighted in taking the wheel of himself. It was open, had no armor, no bulletproof glass, or other safety amenities, and was truly a 'stock' car. It didn't even have a Secret S... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Coin collecting: The 1917 Variety 2 Liberty Standing quarter.: 1 of 1
If we are to believe the seemingly endless reports, comments, and observations in the media, Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Halftime stunt was so shocking it has no equal in offending the morals of American public. But do you recall that Attorney General John Ashcroft cost our government $8,000 in recent memory to cover the "pol... More..
Arts & Humanities > US History (Other) New Jersey's three forgotten mints: 1 of 1
NEW JERSEY'S THREE FORGOTTEN COLONIAL MINTS Living in one of the 13 original American colonies, as I do, one can not travel very far before passing a roadside marker, monument, or town with a historic revolutionary war name. And in New Jersey, where most of the Revolutionary War was fought, and a goodly number of movers and ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Investing in collectible currency: 1 of 1
Value of the Rare 1963-B Federal Reserve $1 Barr' Notes Did Not Increase as Expected Paper money collectors in the late 1960s thought they had been given a wonderful windfall when Joseph W. Barr assumed duties as the 59th Secretary of the Treasury on December 21, 1968, the same day that Apollo VIII astronauts Frank Borman, J... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) History of the world's coins: 1 of 1
CANADIAN SPY COINS MAY BE BOGUS, BUT ONCE THERE WAS A U.S. NICKEL . . . A condensed version of this, under a different headline, appears on page 102 of the May 28, 2007 issue of Coin World. A popular axiom tells us "money talks." Well, that glib remark would be especially true if the money is a coin containing a transmitter ... More..