Armys private army sold at auction in London auction
Douglas Fairbanks Jr 67 sold 3000 lead soldiers from his private army raising 16212 dollars in London. Alvin Whitehead of Chicago bought a set of 21 Royal Marines band figures for 1400 dollars and added a Marine squad. Toys cost about 10 cents in 1938 and investors see strong returns per Phillips PR manager Peter Johnson. In other news divorce appeal moves to state Court of Civil Appeals as Wallace seeks impartial hearing. Judy Carter urges work for ERA in Redbook interview.
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Fairbanks
London
Alvin Whitehead
Chicago
Royal Marines Light Infantry
Peter Johnson
Phillips
Guy George Wallace
Cornelia
State Court of Civil Appeals
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Dancer Sally Rand to Return After Lung Ailment
Sally Rand, 73, plans to resume performances at a Detroit Lincoln Park nightclub tonight through Get. 8 after a three week convalescence for a lung ailment. She spent two weeks treated for a respiratory infection. Edith Beale, cousin of Jacqueline Onassis, seeks to become a singer after an auction of her mother Edith Bouvier Beale’s rings and pins raised 4150. She and her mother were subjects of Gray Gardens and are selling memorabilia to pay taxes on their Easthampton home. Larry Flynt says he found a discussant for sexuality with Ruth Stapleton, Carter’s evangelist sister, regarding a Hustler article on child abuse. Flynt appeals a pandering obscenity and organized crime conviction for selling the magazine in Cincinnati.
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Redbook Magazine
Carter
Jack
ERA
Sally Rand
Lincoln Park
Detroit
Get
Miss Rand
Edith Beale
Jacqueline Onassis
Edith Bouvier Beale
Miss Beale
Easthampton
N.Y
Gray Gardens
Longstand
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
President Carter
Ruth Stapleton
Flynt
Stewardess awarded hero decoration for Tenerife rescue
Dorothy Kelly, a Pan Am flight attendant, received a heroism award from the Flight Safety Foundation for pulling injured passengers from the Tenerife crash wreckage last March. John Carroll cited a pilot’s life saved, while Kelly praised Spanish airport and hospital workers and continued assisting survivors despite a broken arm.
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Dorothy Kelly
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Flight Safety Foundation
Kelly
Daleville
Ala
John Carroll
Pan Am
Carroll
Victor Grubbs
Grubbs
Mes. Kelly
Tenerife Hospital
Back to Georgia Lances will miss the azaleas bloom
Washington AP. LaBelle Lance and her husband will return to Georgia after Lance’s resignation over financial controversy. Mrs. Lance defended him, spoke of faith, pride in America, and hopes he can find another job. She recalled their 27 years of marriage and described family banking roots in Calhoun.
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LaBelle Lance
Georgia
Georgetown
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Carter
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Georgia’ Mountains
Calhoun Bank
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