Army Buddy Recalls Son of Sam Jokes Ties
Madison Wisconsin UPI reports Terry Peterson 24 farm hand from McFarland recalls joking with David Berkowitz in Korea five years ago. He and Berkowitz called each other sons of Sam a tag he now sees linked to the killer’s name as police speculate the title relates to neighbor Sam Carr. Peterson says the joke meant soldier for Uncle Sam obliged to serve his country not a pawn in a larger game.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Sam
Terry Peterson
David Berkowitz
New York
Peterson
McFarland
Korea
Sam Carr
Berkowitz
Carr
Soviet Double Agent Likely Killed by CIA Says Lit Gazetta
Litera turnaya Gazetta in Moscow claims former Capt. Nikolai Artamonov alias Nicholas Shadrin, age 49, disappeared 19 months ago and was probably killed by the CIA to avoid another scandal. The piece notes Shadrin’s wife Blanka presses both U.S. and Soviet authorities for answers, while U.S. sources question if he was a Soviet agent who chose to return.
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Moscow
CIA
Literaturnaya Gazetta
Nikolai Artamonov
Nicholas Shadrin
U.S
Austria
Soviet Union
KGB
Ford Administration
Washington
Shadrin
Vienna
Igor Orlov
FBI
Garbo Says She Made a Mess of Her Life
Greta Garbo at 72 tells journalist Frederick Sands she has made a mess of her life and that it is too late to change. The interview, published in Bunte Illustrierte, marks her first talk with a reporter in 30 years.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Greta Garbo
Variety Magazine of
New York
Garbo
Frederick Sands
Sands
Bunte Illustrierte
Crosby Returns to Stage in Pasadena After Five Months
The 73 year old Bing Crosby appeared on stage for the first time in five months following a fall in Pasadena. He opened with I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas and spoke of feeling part of the scene as he addressed the audience.
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Concord
Calif
Bing Crosby
Pasadena
Crosby
Chicago
UPI
Rick Saucedo
Elvis Presley
Saucedo
Ford Secures GOP Nomination On First Ballot In Kansas City
On this date in 1976 President Gerald Ford won the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Kansas City convention.
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Gerald Ford
Kansas City
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