Private Elvis Presley funeral draws vast crowds for viewing
Memphis AP reports Elvis Presley was laid to rest in private funeral with family and close friends in his mansion, followed by public viewings that drew an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 mourners over 32 hours, many collapsing in the heat as gates closed late. Beloved fans from New York to California endured long lines and shouted requests as the family curtailed access and mourners recalled the star.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Dick Grob
Presley
Vernon Presley
Elvis
Grob
Gene Barksdale
Margaret McCasland
Memphis
Ms. McCasland
New York
Donna Gaffin
Switzerland
Baltimore
California
Barksdale
Miss Hambrick
Women Killed As Car Hits Presley Crowd
In Memphis two women died and a teenager was critically injured when a speeding car driven by 18 year old Treatise Wheeler III, with a .16 breath test, struck pedestrians crossing Elvis Presley Boulevard near Graceland during an all night vigil. Wheeler faced multiple charges including two counts of murder and DUI.
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Memphis
Sam Martz
Police
Treatise Wheeler III
Tennessee
Martz
Wheeler
Methodist Hospital
Tammy J. Baker
St. Clair
St. Louis
Elvis Presley
Dave Tenenbaum
Associated Press
Humphrey Undergoes Colostomy Surgery
In Minneapolis Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, 66, undergoes colostomy to assess an obstruction in his large intestine after cancerous bladder removal last year. Doctors cannot confirm cancer recurrence until surgery concludes. well wishes pour in from Carter, Vance, Califano, Mondale visits follow.
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Minneapolis
Hubert H. Humphrey
University of Minnesota Hospitals
John Najarian
Humphrey
Najarian
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Health, Education, and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Every Journey Sentimental For Old Champion Of Rails
A nostalgic profile of the Atlantic Coast Line Champion train now Amtrak era. Crew and passengers describe nightly light signals from a mysterious old man, the romance of rail travel, and how the venerable route from New York to St Petersburg endures amid changing economics.
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Rails
Champion
Virginia
Erwin Smith
Baltimore
Philadelphia
The
Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
St. Petersburg
Fla
America
Atlantic Coastline Railroad
Amtrak
Brothers charged with prison killing in Missouri
Jerome Handley 23 and Danny Handley 21, already inmates serving life and 55 years, were arraigned in Cole County on felony murder for the stabbing death of James Falkner 26 at the state penitentiary. Falkner, who testified in a bank robbery and officer murder case, died after being stabbed 15 times with a screwdriver as he moved into general population. Preliminary hearing set for Sept. 1. if convicted, life imprisonment possible.
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Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Cole County Magistrate Court
Jerome Handley
Danny
James Falkner
Falkner
Kansas City
Cole County
Randall Waltz
Handley Brothers
Clay County
Glennon McFarland
William Brandom
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