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1967 Press Photo Alex Manoogian Detroit industrialist

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Caption: NEW YORK, MARCH 12--PREVENTS SALE OF CHURCH MANUSCRIPTS--Alex Manoogian is seen today after his arrival at Kennedy International Airport in New York from London. Manoogian, 65-year-old industrialist from Detroit, said today he arranged to pay a London auctioneer $140,000 to prevent sale of Armenian Church manuscripts. Manuscripts had been kept in vaults in St. James' Monastery in Jerusalem.

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