Phantom Philanthropist Mystifying Texans Near Stephenville
In Stephenville Texas locals report a bearded young man driving a silver green Pontiac who gives away $100 bills. The Phantom Philanthropist mystifies residents including Dr Robert Fain Tarleton State College and others who received the gifts while strangers say go ask the Indian for answers.
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Stephenville, Texas
John Tackett
Stephenville
Fort Worth
Larry Newlin
de Leon
Newlin
Robert Fain
Tarleton State College
Mickey Rooney Injured In Kansas City Auto Crash
Actor Mickey Rooney suffered a possible neck ligament injury after a car collision with a utility pole near a motel in Kansas City. Rooneys variety show at Municipal Auditorium was canceled, and he returned to Los Angeles. The manager, Alexander O. Curtis, 40, was driving the rented car and was uninjured.
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Dallas
Kansas City
Mickey Rooney
Municipal Auditorium
Los Angeles
Rooney
Alexander O. Curtis
Curtis
Jump Off Golden Gate Bridge Survivor Shares Reflections
Thomas C. Baker II, who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, describes the plunge as eternity and flying like an angel. He survived the 230 foot fall, was rescued by a fishing boat, and lies in San Francisco General Hospital with a ruptured spleen and fractured arm. Baker, a Chicago native also known as Anna Jester, recalls the moment foot over rails as the hardest, surviving as easy, and says he now plans to enjoy life and restart his play.
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San Francisco
UPI
Thomas C. Baker II
Golden Gate Bridge
Baker
San Francisco General Hospital
Chicago
Anna Jester
Lady Bird highway beautification faces funding squeeze
Washington report says the 1965 beautification law runs short of funds to remove billboards. Senate Public Works urges a $15 million pilot program to cheaply clear clutter, noting Utah alone has about 10,000 signs. If successful, demolition could take five years, nine years after the bill’s passage.
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Washington
UPI
Lady Bird Johnson
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Lady Bird
Senate Public Works Committee
Vietnam
House
Utah
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