Tea tag hoax left Wheel chair drive exposed
Edison New Jersey August 30 1963 a hoax unfolds as 270000 tea tags were collected by Mrs Rob ert Theander in a drive believed to fund a free wheel chair. A Tea Council spokesman confirms such hoaxes have vexed the tea industry since 1961. In Chicago a separate incident involves a plumber scam targeting an elderly visitor, Mary Wekerle.
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Robert Theander
Higan
Tea Council of the
United States of America
Chicago
Horticulturist Somers of Champaign Dies at 76
Lee A Somers a horticulturist and faculty member at the University of Illinois died Thursday in Champaign at age 76. He was known for work on vegetables and flowers. He is survived by his wife Stella.
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Champaign
Lee A. Somers
University of Ilinois
Somers
Galway
Wile
Stella
Ex-Dictator Criticizes Florida Jail Conditions
Ex-dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, confined in a luxury Florida jail cell, says he was treated like a pig and lost weight from plain food. Captain Robert Scharlau reports he spoke few times, noting the inmate has air conditioning, a TV, and can buy other comforts.
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Marcos
Perez Jimenez
Florida
Robert Scharlau
Miami
Castro Alerts Cuban Forces for Possible Exile Raids
Fidel Castro's government placed the armed forces on alert and beefed up concentrations of soldiers and militiamen in Havana amid intelligence of potential incursions by anti Castro exiles on the North Coast. The alert, raised since Monday, follows reports of planned raids larger than recent hit and run attacks, with focus on Nicaragua and other Central American refuges for exiles. Manuel Artime arrives in Nicaragua to confer with exile leaders as tensions with exiled groups rise. The Danish Faroes Islands note unrelated regional detail about Norse ancestry and population.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
New York
Hasyana
Nicaragua
San Jose
Costa Rica
Cuba
Manuel Artime
Managua
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