The Lemon Drop Kid con man Swifty Morgen profile
A dense profile of con man Swifty Morgen known as The Lemon Drop Kid. It chronicles his bold schemes from selling a gold watch to J Edgar Hoover to cufflink swindles and stage fame, while detailing his aging decline in a Beverly Hills convalescent home and his Russian origins. The piece notes Morgen’s charm, notoriety, and lifelong audacity.
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LS Angeles
NEA
Hoover
Swifty
Jimmy
Swifty Morgen
Ps Morgen
Marks
Hon Rognoscenti
Gara Runyon
Bob Hope
Bunyan
Dave Siegel
Low Wolfson
Sulit
Runyon
Barus
P. Grigeshy
Tate
Sinatra
Strappling
Sunatea
Beverly Wilshire
Writers test car mileage on Indy course in 1976 Mercury Bobcat
Automobile writers in a Union 76 Fuel Economy test drove a 7.5 mile Indy track lap at speeds between 55 and 66 mph to measure real world fuel economy. Results ranged from 29.4 mpg to 26 mpg with 27.4 mpg suburban and 20.6 mpg city figures noted for an American build car. Ford officials highlighted that weather, loads, tires, transmission and air conditioning affect mpg.
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Indianapolis
P.g. Moat
Rivera
P.g. Barler
William P. Benton
Ford Motor Co
Benton
Benton Bay
Lutheran School Opens August 25 With Short Lunch
Leigh The Zinn Lutheran School will open August 25 with a half day of school. No lunch will be served on the first day. The regular class schedule will be followed Tuesday. Uphold Box is principal and teacher for grades five through eight. Margaret Kugel will teach grades one through four. Mrs Box will continue as music teacher. Thirty pupils are expected to enroll.
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Leigh
Zinn Lutheran
Uphold Box G
Margaret Kugel
Mra. Box
Hong Kong Archaeology Faces Questions of Ancient Ties
Hong Kong's ancient past prompts debate over Chinese versus Southeast Asian influences. Archaeology officials and scholars weigh patterns like the Double-E pattern and artifacts from Lamma Island and outlying islands, noting carbon dating limits and the need for government support.
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Betty LO
Hong Kong
IPL
Verant Tsang
Museum of History
Daniel Finn
Quarry Lamm
Can
Teang
North China
Couples return from Europe after Neb. teachers tour
Mr. and Mrs. Karolld Mohnosen and Mrs. Peter H. Claussen led 254 Nebraska Sister Teachers Association members on a Switzerland tour August 6 to 14 with stops in Zurich Lichtenstein Austria and Germany. They were greeted home August 15 by their children in Omaha and the Espositos in Brooklyn and Rosalind Mohrisen in LeMars. The group were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. Claussen Saturday.
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Leigh
Karolld Mohnosen
Peter H. Claussen
Nebraska Siste Teachers Association
Switzerland
Zurich
Lichtenstein
Austria
Germany
Mohnsen
Louis Esposito
Brooklyn
N.Y
Rosalind Mohrisen
LeMars
Iowa
Omaha
Rosalind
Esposito’s
Mrs. Claussen
Dorcus Society Gathering in Creston Park
A large Dorcus Society meeting took place Thursday night in Creston park with guests including Sandra Scheffler of Sepulveda California and visiting David Dassenbrock from Omaha. The event honored summer intern Dale Wo on his birthday and featured swimming ballgames and socializing after supper.
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Creston
Dorcus Society
Creston Park
Sandra Scheffler
Sepulveda
Calif
Dale Wo
the Baptist Church
Lu Ann
Don Meiasner
Rodney Paul
Columbus
David Dassenbrock
Omaha
John Scheffler
Nuclear war fears rise as Middle East truce progress noted
A study by Robert J. Pranger and Dale R. Tahtinen warns the United States and Soviet Union to curb Middle East tensions to avoid nuclear war. It cites Israeli and Arab reactor capabilities, including Dimona and Nahal Soreq, and warns that a survival syndrome could trigger a first strike if no settlement is reached.
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Middle East
Robert J. Pranger
Dale R. Tahtinen
American En- Institute For Public Policy Research
United States
Russia
Pranger and
Tahtinen
Flag
Midéast
Oulear
Taree
Nahal Soreq
Tel Aviv
Dimona
Negev Desert
Nahal
Israel
Atoms For Peace
Iriq
Egypt
Baghdad
Inshass
Pranger
Tabtinen
Prangee
Feyot
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Swifty" Morgen
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Lutheran
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Tsang
Cambodia
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Phars
Sicily
Toolet
Dorcus
Columbus, Nebraska
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