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Money Pants and More Tales From the City
A Pasadena toddler roams a downtown bank with no clothes, prompting a police capture and a laughing mother. In Monrovia, Ramon Gonzales, 13, and his dog Boots await immigration action after crossing from Mexico with little money. Hopalong Cassidy speaks with a dying Denver boy, while a Chicago dentist fixes Ronnie Milligan’s teeth. A Los Angeles duck story ends in a street brawl as Hajj and Stewart clash amid temper and turmoil. A puppy’s death in Huntington and license woes in Saratoga Springs add to a panorama of odd local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Fischer
Pasadena
Francois
Neil Church
Monrovia
Ramon Gonzales
Boots
Ramon
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexicali
Indio
Senor
Immigration Department
Paul Haley
Denver
Eisenhower
Hopalong Cassidy
Paul
William Boyd
Ike
Ducky Sue
Los Angeles
Ducky
Joseph Halj
Jack Stewart
Stewart
Hajj
Muntington
W. Va
Willliam E. Jones
C. Harold Kitchen
Jones
Brights
William A. McMullen
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Stanley L. Wanrensselaer
New York State
Philadelphia
Donnell Culpepper