Sinatra bars newsmen from Harrah's Tahoe show
Frank Sinatra bans Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal reporters from his Harrah's at Lake Tahoe after a critical story. Publicist says the ban remains. Sinatra reacts to ongoing press scrutiny of his past and gaming authority battles.
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Dress Rehearsal Funeral for 100th Birthday Stuns Burlington
Retired farmer Jim Gernhart who turns 100 in November staged another alive funeral in Burlington Colorado. A 2 000 strong crowd watched as the Model T beer truck carried his copper casket through town followed by mourners in black. Gernhart first held a funeral in 1951 to learn what happens after death and says the real funeral will be his final one. His copper casket was brought from Goodland Kansas and will be stored until his death while he remains in a nursing home.
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Turned Down Proposal
Rosalynn Smith rejected Jimmy Carter when he first proposed in Plains Georgia. The story in Good Housekeeping details how she grew from a childhood friend to a crush after he returned home on leave in June 1945, while he was an Annapolis midshipman.
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Norwalk hit run leaves car, parts along streets
A car slammed into a tree in Norwalk Saturday night at 10:42 p.m. and fled, leaving chrome strips, fiberglass fragments and a headlight along Prospect Street to Franklin Street and the League School lot. Police traced the vehicle to Cecil D. Boyd but contact failed. A separate hit-skip on Breezewood Drive involved a car hitting a telephone pole. no witnesses.
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Miss America 1977 Dorothy Benham Emphasizes Old Virtues
Dorothy Benham of Minnesota, Miss America 1977, rejects smoking, gambling, drugs, abortion and premarital sex and remains unsure on ERA. The St Paul native, described as tall and stylish, is praised by her stepfather for embodying traditional values while her reign follows Tawny Godin who supported abortion and marijuana use.
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Fire damages car in Norwalk stop at station
A smoldering cigarette ignited the front seat of Fred Osterland's 1967 Ford Falcon as he drove through Norwalk Saturday afternoon. He pulled into the Fire Department for quick extinguishing of the blaze.
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Richard Wells Promoted to Sergeant at Ohio Patrol
State Highway Patrol Trooper Richard P. Wells was promoted to sergeant at the Academy and reassigned to the Granville Post as assistant commander. A Shelby County resident since 1970 he earned the Blue Max Award in 1972 for auto larceny enforcement. He is from North Fairfield and has two children with wife Janet.
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