Myths About the Oakes Murder Revealed
Harold Christie a close friend and real estate dealer was Sir Harry’s house guest the night of the murder and the last to see him alive. The Bahamas governor Duke of Windsor faced questions over the investigation and Raymond Schindler’s failed search.
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Harold Christie
Sir Harry
Duke of Windsor
The
Bahamas
Raymond Schindler
Oakes
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
de Marigny
My Father F D R by Jimmy Roosevelt
President Franklin D Roosevelt's son Jimmy recounts the day his father contracted polio at Warm Springs and his lifelong struggle. He details F D R s battle with helplessness, his love for Warm Springs, and how the leader chose politics over walking again.
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Jimmy
F.D.R
Warm Springs
Jimmy Roosevelt
Row Shapes Over Flynn Estate
Beverly Radland, 17, Flynn's protege, hires a San Francisco attorney to protect her interests in the actor’s estate. Flynn, who died of a heart attack at 50 in Vancouver, is believed to have left about one million dollars with four children and a Jamaica plantation among possible assets. A court battle appears likely between the children Sean Deidre Rory Amnelia and Miss Radland, though her attorney Melvin Belli would not confirm litigation plans.
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Hollywood
UPI
Errol Flynn
Beverly Radland
Flynn
San Francisco
Vancouver
B. C
Jamaica
Lily Damita
Deidre
Rory
Nora Eddington
Amnelia
Patrice Wymore
Miss Radland
Melvin Belli
Funeral 500 Attend Stormy Life Service at Forest Lawn
A solemn funeral was held for a stormy life figure with around 500 attendees, mostly elderly, at Forest Lawn's Church of the Recessional.
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Forest Lawn
Van Doren Returns to Class as Students Rally
Charles Van Doren, back at Columbia after a week away, is greeted by students shouting We Like Van and We’re with Charlie. He won 129000 on Twenty One and has subpoena to testify before a congressional committee about quiz show rigging.
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New York
Charlie
Columbia University
Charles van Doren
Van
van Doren
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia
Washington
United States
Jetliner Crash Kills Four in Washington Test Flight
In Everett Washington a Braniff Boeing 707 on a test flight crashed on a river sand bar after engines tore loose during a violent maneuver at 12 000 feet Four of the eight aboard were killed an unidentified body recovered as rescuers searched the swift river and wooded banks Witnesses reported one engine fell in flames as the pilot aimed for a pasture near the crash site The company cited misapplication of controls and said pilot Russell H Baum 32 Seattle took over for a controlled landing with one engine remaining The missing include J A Berke S Staley Braniff employees and other listed officials
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Everett, Wash
Here
Braniff International Airways
S. Staley
Braniff
William Huebner
Federal Aviation Agency
Dallas
Alo A Cams le al Krauge
Fred Symmank
Braniff pilots hospitalized after incident with Allsopp
Braniff and Boeing pilot William J Allsopp from Seattle were hospitalized after an incident. They were reported not seriously hurt.
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Braniff
William J Allsopp
Boeing
Seattle
Sleepless Pigeon Night Causes Bristol Lamp Request
Police officer Joseph Gilbert of Bristol asks officials to move a new street lamp outside his home citing sleeplessness caused by glare from the light. The report notes the lamp location about five miles south of his house near a campsite used by men and camping activities in the area.
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Bristol
England
UPI
Joseph Gilbert
Moncay
Cimarron, N. M
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Freddy” de Marigny
Nancy
Norman Rockwell
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New York City
Atlantic
Sheraton-McAlpin
Bath
Penn Station
Sheraton-Atlantic Hotel
Broadway
34Th St. N.Y
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Menpplover Ocouis
Eoin
Kentucky
Cant Distillery CO
Cant, KY
Detroits Proving Grounds
Sa Gasoline
Mobil
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