Pappy Brown 108 Years Old Asks Little, Big Birthday Joys
Manchester Georgia man Pappy Brown turned 108 with a simple birthday at his six room home. He lives with his son Johnny and enjoys boiled foods, saying he has a good appetite and never drank or smoked. Curtis Hamill, last survivor of Spindletop oil crew, dies at 100 in Houston recalling the famous 1901 gusher. The note adds details of others linked to the era and industry.
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Bill “Pappy
Brown
Manchester
Johnny
Curtis G. Hamill
Texas
Houston
Ile
Hamill
Beaumont
Tex
Spindletop
Coverup charged in agent death involving Reynolds Miles
Phoenix attorney John Frank alleged a planned coverup by Burt Reynolds and Sarah Miles over the death of Miss Miles' business manager David Whiting. Whiting was found Feb 11 in Miles's hotel room in a drug overdose with pills nearby. Frank noted assurances of testimony in a coroner's inquest and asked for a hearing next Tuesday on reconvening the inquest and witness duties. The inquest was interrupted after investigators reported Whiting had beaten Miss Miles at Reynolds's room.
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Burt Reynolds
Sarah Miles
Miss Miles
David A. Whiting
Phoenix
John Frank
Whiting
Newell Cambell
Superior Court
Charles L. Hardy
Frank
Utah
Hardy
Reynolds
Jane Evans
Gila Bend
Maricopa County
MGM
Iain Whiting
Brothers shot by officers in Norwalk disturbance call
Deputies responding to a disturbance at 10 34 p m at 14533 Flatlon Ave Norwalk were met by Gary Moore and Ralph W Moore carrying a shotgun Both brothers were wounded by deputies with shots to both legs and were hospitalized then moved to USC County Medical Center listed in satisfactory condition The incident involved two deputies Ronald Lawson and Herbert McDermott who fired after orders to drop the weapon were ignored and a shotgun blast occurred with no clear attribution of which brother fired first
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's
Norwalk
Gary Moore
Flatlon Ave
Ralph W.moore
Gard St
Studebaker Hospital
Usc County Medical Center
Ronald Lawson
Herbert McDermott
Fiallon Avenue
Lawson
Moore
McDermott
Nixon Hosts Gala With Meir At White House Dinner
President Nixon held a lavish steak dinner at the White House for visiting Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. He praised her roots in America, predicted she would play a major role in Middle East peace, and noted the gathering included Cabinet members, lawmakers, and prominent supporters. He quipped that some forget he is Jewish as the guest list spanned diverse figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
White House
Golda Meir
Mrs. Meir
United Jewish Appeal
Paul Zuckerman
Livonia
Mich
John Connally
Texas
Alice Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Luxembourg
George Farkas
New York City
National Security
Henry A. Kissinger
Rita Hauser
New York
Lainie Kazan
Beverly Hills
Private Gardena gambling den raided by vice officers
Eleven suspects including 52 men and 5 women were arrested at a private gambling club near Gardena after detectives posed with purple light to reveal marked decks and powder. Four gambling tables, cards and a hidden monitoring system were seized. The site had been under investigation for months and operated in an industrial-area home later transformed into a gambling venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Vice
Gardena
San Pedre St
Firestone Watch
Michael Reardon
Reardon
Coffee firm raises prices for Maxwell House brands
Maxwell House and General Foods will raise wholesale coffee prices by about 4 cents per pound for ground coffees and 1 cent per ounce for most instant and freeze dried coffees. The move follows higher green coffee costs since October and a loose control stance by the Cost of Living Council.
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New York
UPD
Maxwell House
Cost of Living Council
General Foods Corp
Yuban
Sanka
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Ronnie Graham
MR. Dirt
Sigyn Lund
West Coast
Charlotte Ford
Henry Ford II
Anthony Forstmann
Miss Ford
Forstmann
Detroit
Lo Daddy
Duck Marsh
Canada
Loo
Kristine Whitlock
Brand
Cincinnati
Kristine
Atomic
Dixy Lee Ray
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Frederick
Press-Telegram
Singh
Rogers
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
William Porter
Chs
U.S
Paris
William Sullivan
Los Angeles
Sybil Brand Institute For Women
O'Connor
UPI
Matthew M. O'Connor
State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
Coffee Firm
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
New Spring
Sumner Sue Brett
Millicent Lasky
Vassarette
Dacton
A.B.C. White
C.D. White
Lakewood
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