Mystery of Flying Saucers Tied to Paratrooper Legg Legend
The piece links saucer hype to the vanished paratrooper Pvt. G. Legg who disappeared near Ft. Bragg on August 2, 1943. It notes Legg’s fame among soldiers as a ghostly legend and questions the saucer chatter amid Apollo coverage.
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Pvt. G
Diamond Legg
Legg
Barney Halloran
Pvt. G. Legg
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Bragg
U.S
Kilroy
Cardboard Litterature By DERECK WILLIAMSON
A humorous critique of mass mailed inserts in magazines and books. The piece laments endless cardboard ads that pop up with every turn of a page and even invade hardcover books, predicting a future dominated by built in litter and reduced readability.
Mystery Today in History Highlights Global Events
On this day January 28 1973 the calendar notes historic milestones from 1871 Paris surrender to German forces 1821 Peru independence proclaimed 1878 first commercial telephone switchboard in New Haven 1915 US Coast Guard established 1932 Shanghai battle event 1945 Burma Road reopening 1964 Rhodesia riots 1958 UK entry talks in EEC 1969 Korea armistice raids 1973 Nixon office on drug enforcement created. Also birthdays Arthur Rubinstein Claes Oldenburg and a wisdom quote by King Solomon.
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France
U.S
Korea
Nixon
Justice Department
Arthur Rubinstein
Claes Oldenburg
Solomon
Inventors Hall of Fame Established in New Jersey
West Orange, N J AP Thomas Edison famed inventor with a library and laboratory National Historic Site becomes first inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame Ceremonies attended by Madeleine Edison Sloane 84 widow daughter Edison died 1931 in Essex County with 1093 patents Phonograph incandescent light Edison would have disliked computers and jet travel due to too much paperwork
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West Orange
Thomas Alva Edison
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Council of Patent Law Associations
Madeleine Edison Sloane
Edison
Essex County
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H. Allen Smith
Saucer
Florida
Twen
G. Diamond Legg
Cardboard ‘Litterature
Dereck Williamson
Esco Stribut
Breiel Boulevard
First National Bank
Associated Press
Paris
Peru
Spain
New Haven
Conn
Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Coast Guard
Shanghai
India
Burma
China
South Rhodesia
Salisbury
Inventors Hall of Fame
Ata
Coats
Middletown
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