Book revisits Will Rogers life and humorist legend
Newark AP reports on Will Rogers lasting fame, the Rogers biography by Ben Yagoda, and why the cowboy philosopher captivated America. The biographer draws a complex portrait from Rogers early Oklahoma days, rope tricks, vaudeville, film, radio, and influence on air travel, while noting the era’s shift and Rogers enduring but fading memory.
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Newark
Hns
Will Rogers
Nation
Amos
Rogers
University of Delaware
Ben Yagoda
Wil Rogers
Joan Segal
Alfred A Knopf
Yagoda
Philadelphia Daily News
Mr Yagoda
South Africa
Charles Lindbergh
Alaska
Senate
Joe Robinson
Wall Rogers
Citien
New York Times
Oklahoma
Pinky Tomlin
You
Husband in severed penis case goes on trial
In Manassas Virginia John Wayne Bobbitt 26 goes to trial on a marital sexual assault charge after his wife Lorena 24 faces later this month for mutilation The court set aside its largest room for juror selection expected to take three days with up to 150 seats The case drew international attention and potential jurors with open minds are sought The alleged abuse over a four year marriage preceded the incident that led to the severing of his penis and reattachment in a nine hour operation Both face up to 20 years if convicted and Virginia law limits charges of marital rape to separated couples or injured victims
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Manassas
John Wayne Bobbitt
Lorena
Babbitt
Gregory Murphy
Trigia
Mx Bobbitt
Murphy
Paul Bobert
Bobbitt
Bobbitts
Virginia
Four charged in drug arrests at Frederick County stop
Acting on an anonymous tip, the Frederick County Narcotics Task Force with Maryland State Police arrested four people Sunday morning at the 1 70 Truck Stop parking lot. About three pounds of marijuana valued at $10,000 was seized along with a 1992 Geo Storm and a 1992 Plymouth Laser. Charged with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute plus conspiracy are Christopher Haynes 42 Jennifer Sawyer 20 Robert Bunch 23 and Jason Bunch 20 all of Wilmington NC.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Jerry Barnes
Barnes
South Market Street
Christopher Haynes
Jennifer Sawyer
Robert Bunch
Jason Bunch
Wilmington
Obituary notes for Beck Conover Havens Rice and others in Frederick area
Obituaries list Mrs Cassandra Day Beck 45 of Frederick who died Nov 6 after illness, and Mrs Geneda Elizabeth Fogle Conover 69 of Taneytown who died Nov 5 with services planned. Also listed are John J. Mark Havens Jr 30 of Frederick, Bertha Ann Toot Grushon Rice 88 of Mountaindale, and other relatives. Funeral details, callers times, and memorials to Calvary Assembly of God and local churches are provided. Additional obituaries include Carl Wesley Thomas Sr, 60, of Las Vegas in the Oregon crash, and Ely A Landau, 74, Los Angeles producer, with brief career notes.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology Radioactive Group
Gaithersburg
Calvary Assembly of God of
Walkersville
Maggie Helen Beck
Stacey Marie Beck
Frederick
Patricia Lepp
Westminster
Katy
Bill Jarvis
Delaware
Michael L Day
Williamsport
Ronald Beck
Mount Airy
Betty L Day
Florida
Peggy Day
Lorraine Swann
Wilbert Weller
Charles G Kmil
Woodbine
Pritts Mineral
David Stanton
Calvary Assembly of God
Woodsboro Pike
Geneda Conover
Geneda Elizabeth Fogle Conover
Taneytown
Sterling
Charles Elmer Conover
Frederick County
Samuel Edward
Ethel Augusta Cranmer Fogle
Conover
Trinity Lutheran Church
Keysville
John J
Mark” Havens Jr
Cied
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Montgomery County
Betty Ann Linton Havens
Thurmont
John L Havens
Havens
Janet Jenkins
Joseph Havens
Reno Linton
Romney
Wva
Julanna Havens
Jason Jenkins
Tamme Williams
Bertha Ann
Toot" Grushon Rice
Putman Road
Mountaindale
Charles Lamar
John” Rice
James Franklin
Maggie Clune Grushon
Rice
Virginia Rice Moser
Lester
Edward E Rice
Barbara
Sharon
Wayne
Greg
Pamela
Ang Wally Lewes
Los Angeles
Ely A Landau
Katharine Hepburn
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Faith House
Frederiks
Frederick Union Rescue Mission PO
Mid
Kathy
Kim
uUutostion
Elbert Harden of
Jefferson Hairplane
Crystal City
Weil
Fisk
Elbert Harden
S. Jefferson St. Frederick
Cassandra Beck
Cassandra Day Beck
Frederick Memorial
Hanover
Pashe
Mary C Kaili Das
H Leroy Day
John Havens Jr
Oka L Molesworth
Ridge Road
Damascus
Resthasen Memorial Gardens
Mrs
Bertha Rice
David C Stanton
Lewistown
Las Vegas
Carl Wesley Thomas Sr
Nevada
Cosinos
Oregon
Mebhamhes and
Phemac Wad
Frenchglen
Ore
FBI
Joe Agosto
Tropicana
Kansas City
Attention Keds
Keds
J Joseph Curran, Jr
States
District of Columbia
Keds Corporation
Oxford
Negies
Keds Settlement
Mevander & MacGregor, Inc
K Street
Washington, D.C
Charles S Haight Jr
Coun
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