Fairy photos faked Frances Griffiths admits fakes
The Times reported the Cottingley Dell fairy photographs from 1917 are fakes. Frances Griffiths, now 76 and living in Kent, confessed the images were created with cut out illustrations. Her cousin Elsie Wright, 82, aided the hoax and Conan Doyle promoted their authenticity.
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London
Times of London
Frances Griffiths
The
Times
Griffiths
Kent
England
Elsie Wright
Cottingley Dell
Bing
Ley
Yorkshire
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Marylebone Spiritualist Association
Spiritualist Association of Great Britain
Thatcher hosts Arab peace talks delegation in London
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher welcomes an Arab League delegation led by King Hussein in a state ceremony at the Foreign Office. The visit aims to review Middle East peace plans, including Reagan's proposal on self determination for West Bank Palestinians, with PLO views represented by Walid Khalidi.
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London
Arab League
PLO
Britain
King Hussein of
Jordan
Margaret Thatcher
Foreign Office
Hussein
Thatcher
Downing Street
Middle East
Reagan
West Bank
Farouk Kaddoumi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kaddoumi
Walid Khalidi
American University
Beirut
Prince Charles and Diana depart for Australia and New Zealand
Prince Charles Princess Diana and baby William begin a four week tour of Australia followed by two weeks in New Zealand. The trip, the longest yet for Diana, occurs amid talks by Australia’s new prime minister Bob Hawke about potentially ending the monarchy there. William travels with Diana, breaking royal precedent. Hawke says kings of Australia may not be a lasting idea.
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London
Prince Charles
Diana
Wiliam
Australia
Bob Hawke
New Zealand
William
Hawke
Labor Party
Malcolm Fraser
Charles
Elizabeth
British Broadcasting Corp
White House told of waste cleanup delay before vote
President Reagan's spokesman disclosed that two EPA documents on a California toxic waste dump were found in White House files. The materials were sent to a presidential assistant handling EPA liaison, signaling White House awareness before the 1982 midterm elections about delaying a federal cleanup grant for the Stringfellow Acid Pits. Six congressional committees investigate EPA for political manipulation and conflicts of interest.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Environmental Protection Agency
California
Larry Speakes
Craig Fuller
EPA
Speakes
Anne Gorsuch
Anne M. Burford
U.S. Senate
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Burford
EPA probe on official dinners with industry limited to hour
Washington AP reports an EPA inspector general inquiry into top official John A Todhunter’s dinners with chemical industry reps consisted of a single one hour interview. Harold H Griffin acknowledged questions were insufficient while Todhunter cites a 10 page report supporting the 23 meetings over seven months as proper.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Harold H. Griffin
Reagan Administration
EPA
John A. Todhunter
Inspector General
Todhunter
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