Notable 1925 Chaplin shoe sale ties to licorice anecdote
An oddly cited 1925 tale recalls Charlie Chaplin paying $225 for a shoe made of licorice by Clancy Kretchmer, now retired owner of American Licorice Co. in San Francisco. The reminiscence mingles with society chatter about Georgiana Russell, Prince Charles, and various unrelated tragedies and police reports from the era.
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Clancy Kretchmer
Kretelmer
Georgiana Rhussell
Prince Charles
Georgiana
Charles
Madrid
John,Russell
Alki
Brazil
Britain
Vogue
Chikkas
Windsor
Aberdeen
Scotland
Balmoral
Norfolk
Buckingham
Palace
Laborites resign in mart rift over Common Market stance
Lord Chalfont quits Labor leadership along with Roy Jenkins Harold Lever and George Thomson in protest of Harold Wilson's European Community policy. Shirley Williams warns she will quit if party fails to adopt a constructive stance toward Britain's Common Market membership.
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London
Lord Chalfont
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Chalfont
House of Lords
Labor
Britain
Europe
Roy Jenkins
Wilson
Jenkins
George Poyipidow
France
Quake ban on schools rejected by court
A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner refused to issue a preliminary injunction forcing the Los Angeles Board of Education to stop using 61 schools deemed high earthquake risk. The suit, backed by the Western Center on Law and Poverty and the ACLU, claimed up to 20 percent of students could be killed in a quake.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Board of Education
Woul H Todda
Western Center On Law and Poverty
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Fred Dkrand
Rodda Sai
Sacramento approves bingo bill and constitutional amendment
The Assembly committee advanced a charity bingo bill and a constitutional amendment allowing non profit groups to run bingo. Opponents from law enforcement groups warned of risks. Assemblyman Leroy Greene pushed both measures amid party lines and a lone no vote from W. Don MacGillivray.
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Sacramento
Assembly Committee
Quake Strikes Southern Iran Killing Thousands
Relief workers struggle across southern Iran after a powerful quake centered 560 miles south of Tehran. Officials estimate tolls near 5000 with whole towns wiped out and 4000 more dead in 44 villages. Helicopters and planes drop food blankets and medical supplies as doctors arrive. Public blood donor appeals issued amid a wartime relief scene.
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Mohammed. Fazel
Pars
Qeer
Geophysics Institute
Shiraz
Tehran
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Oakland
Paige
Waldo
Prince
Washington
Bethesda
William
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D-Wis
Associated Press
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Press-Telegram
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San Diego Bay
Gene
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LeBas
District Attorneys Association
California Peace Officers Association
Sheriffs Association
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Charles E. Brown
State Health’ Care Commission
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Iran
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