The long history of biographies built on hoaxes
A survey of famous literary and biographical hoaxes shows repeated false memoirs and forged letters from figures like Captain Carleton, Defoe, Lincoln, Mussolini, and Khrushchev Remembers, exposing the persistent need for skepticism about source authenticity. The piece ends by wondering if Howard Hughes himself exists.
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New York
Carleton
Samuel Johnson
Walter Scott
Honolulu
William Francis Mannix
China
Atlantic Monthly
Abraham Lincoln
Anne Rutledge
Lincoln
North American Review
Stephen Douglas
Frank Maloy Anderson
University of Minnesota
Quentin Reynolds
Nikita Khrushchev
Howard Hughes
Khrushchev
Adolf Hitler
Father Coughlin
Henry Ford
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Apollo 16 crew says lunar rocks aid future exploration
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly argue manned moon landings yield richer science than Luna unmanned missions. They cite station experiments and rocks tens of pounds as key to understanding moon geology and solar system origins, beyond grams from orbiting probes.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
Russia
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Earth
Duke
Sampso Young
Apollo
Young
Mattingly
Solar System
Lunar
Revolutionaries Claim Control of Zanzibar After Karume Killing
In Zanzibar the revolutionary council pledges to retain Karume era leftist rule after Sheik Abeid Karume was assassinated. Aboud Jumbe, Karume’s protege and minister of state, appears to lead the council with two attackers killed and a fifth arrested in a nearby gun battle. Zanzibar, part of Tanzania, maintains autonomy under a Chinese-backed socialist framework.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Julius Nyerere
Port Zanzibar
Nyerere
Karume
Sheik Abeid Karume
Aboud Jumbe
Revolutionary Council
Zanzibar
Bumbwini
Preparation H Offers Relief From Hemorrhoidal Inflammation
Doctors tested Preparation H ointment and suppositories for infected and inflamed hemorrhoidal tissue. The product provides relief from pain and itching for hours and does not require a prescription.
Beltone free hearing aid offered to Chicago readers
A Beltone Electronics Corp advertisement offers a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone hearing aid to anyone who answers. The unit weighs under a fraction of an ounce, sits at the ear level with no body wires, and carries no cost or obligation. Write to Dept. 5484, Beltone Electronics Corp., 4201 W. Victoria, IL 60646.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
W. Victoria
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Jonathan Swift
Daniel Defoe
Defoe
London
Island
Great Britain
Li Hung Chang
John W. Foster
Sam Ward
America
Julia Ward Howe
McGraw-Hill
Life
London Times
Benito Mussolini
Benjamin of
Tudela
Jerusalem
Ezekiel
Sir John Mandeville
Herman Melville
George Borrow
Edward Trelwany
Trader Horn
Joan Lowell
T. E. Shaw
Desert
Random House
Reader’s Digest
George Dupre
France
Hughes
Khrushcnev
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
al Worden
Spice Island
Eastern
Africa
Numa F. Reid Lodge
Bruce Simmons
E. G. Updegrove
Davis
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Vernon M. Frank
Woodrow W. Robbins
SUN
E. Eugene Poston
FBI
Thru Sun
Gardner Webb College
ALCOA
Uffman
N. Main ST
Mask Dryckener
Cafe
Mats Rycen
Drychener
OUR
Dutch Cleaners
S. Main ST
High Point Laundry
N. Hamilton ST
Sanitone
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