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Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut

17 Mar 1967

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Bridgeport Telegram

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Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1967

Page

21

Shamrock Grower Miles Murphy Backs Irish Export Theme

Fort Steilacoom Washington resident Miles Murphy, aged 71, nurtured a unique shamrock strain named the John F. Kennedy memorial shamrock. He cultivated over 1,000 plants with his wife and children, exporting some shamrock bulbs to Ireland while building a field near Fort Steilacoom for his green-thumb venture.

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Murphy Ireland JFK Fort Steilacoom Margaret Mary Ellen Patrick NEW York Veteran Encyclopedae Kheel Khee Vincent D. McDonnell State Mediation Board Miami John V. Lindsay City Hall
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Shamrock Tale Returns to Ireland Through Murphys Plants

An Irish tale centers on Miles Murphy who sent shamrock specimens from bulbs of oxalis back to Ireland. Letters arrived about the shamrocks and the plants quickly captivated his Auld Country cousins. The story notes Irish pride and a demand for superior specimens as the shamrock journeyed across the sea.

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Eldon Barrett Fort Steilacoom Wash UPI Ireland County Pierce Washington Miles Murphy Murphy Taylor Cyclopedia of Gardening Devell
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Priest of Satan Faces Court Over Roaring Lion

In San Francisco Anton Lavey known as priest of Satan pleads innocent to disturbing the peace after neighbors complain Togare the 400 pound lion roars. A writ of attachment is issued to seize the lion as security for an alleged debt while Lavey plans to use the animal as evidence to claim the roar is a purr.

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San Francisco UPI Anton Lavey Togare Lavey Matthew Carberry Togar
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