Naked Came the Stranger hoax book shocks readers and publishers
A 1966 hoax by Long Island columnist Mike McGrady and four others produced Naked Came the Stranger under Penelope Ashe. The novel sold nearly 2000 copies at 5.95, with paperback rights and film interests. Billie Young posed as Ashe to lure a publisher, Lyle Stuart, Inc., which agreed to publish.
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Long Island
The
Penelope Ashe
Mike McGrady
Newsday
Harold Robbins
Jacqueline Susann
Gene Goltz
Houston Post
Detroit Free Press
McGrady
Gillian Blake
Billy & Gilly
America
King’s Neck
Manhattan
Gillian
Vietnam
Harvey Aronson
Billie Young
Billie
Lyle Stuart
Lyle Stuart, Inc
Penelope
Aronson
Mike
Inquest Set On Kennedy Chappaquiddick Crash
Dist Atty Edmund Dinis will meet Judge James Boyle to set rules for an inquest into the Chappaquiddick accident involving Sen Edward Kennedy. Dinis may call up to 24 witnesses, possible autopsy exhumation of Mary Jo Kopechne, and Kennedy has pledged cooperation. The Kopechne family seeks answers amid public scrutiny.
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New Bedford
Mass
Edmund A. Dinis
James A. Boyle
Edgartown District Court
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington, D.C
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Miss Kopechne
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Viet Cong Attacks Hit Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon School
Saigon AP dispatch reports two Viet Cong assaults on U.S. bases killing eight Vietnamese and three soldiers, wounding 57 Americans and 62 others. At Cam Ranh Bay a 60 pound bomb and rifle fire damaged more than a dozen buildings including wards and the hospital chapel. at Saigon a bomb outside a language school destroyed 30 percent of the building, injuring 62 people.
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Saigon
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S. Air Force
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Vietnam
U.S. Command
IPC Appeal to Peruvian Government Turned Down
The Peruvian government rejected IPCs administrative appeal seeking 690.5 million dollars, while allowing IPC to take the case to court. Talks are to begin in Lima on Peru expropriation of IPC property as Washington and Lima plan a third round of discussions. The move aims to ease tensions and extend the dispute over IPCs expropriation and compensation.
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Lima
Peru
International Petroleum Company
U.S
IPC
Washington
Juan Velasco
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Ministry of Mines
Velasco
Fernando Belaunde
State Oil Agency
Nixon
Space Team Selected To Command Moon Trip
Space agency names Apollo 18 commander Navy Captain James Lovell, veteran of the most space hours, alongside Apollo 14 led by Navy Captain Alan Shepard. Crews include Mattingly and Haise for Apollo 13, Roosa and Mitchell with Shepard for Apollo 14, Apollo 12 already named. Destinations: Fra Mauro highlands for Lovell, Des classified sites for others, with timing targets in 1969 1970.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
Thomas P. Mattingly
Fred W. Haise Jr
Lovell
Shepard
Air Force
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Charles Conrad
Omars
Richard L. Gordon
Alan L
Bean
Lunar
Fra Mauro
Moon
Center
Censorianus
Space
Sails To Protest Peace Sail Off Long Beach
Floyd B. Nelson sails an 18 foot sloop the Teak Lady along the Southern California coast to protest Vietnam War fighting on Hiroshima anniversary with floral wreaths and peace symbol sails. Peace Action Council members accompany him and supply food via rowboat.
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Long Beach
Calif
Floyd B. Nelson
Vietnam
Peace Action Council
Hiroshima
Nelson
California
Boulder City votes to allow liquor sales for first time
Boulder City Nevada set September 8 as the start date for liquor sales in bars and stores following a May 6 election won by 638 votes. Mayor James French said the move aims to attract a first class restaurant to the city near Hoover Dam, boosting tourism.
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Boulder City
Nev
James French
Hoover Dam
Republican Senators Push For Bill Action
Republican senators press the administration to oppose a House rider limiting desegregation relief. The amendment would curb federal aid for districts resisting desegregation and legalize parental freedom-of-choice plans. Mitchell reportedly directed a hands-off stance while Finch prepared a strong HEW line, then opposed public release.
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Capitol Hill
John N. Mitchell
House
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Congress
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Whitten
Mitchell
Justice Department
HEW
Finch
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