Disney tied to FBI informant role in Hollywood
AP reports Walt Disney allegedly served as an FBI informant for nearly three decades, sharing scripts with J. Edgar Hoover and altering minor film details to avoid negative portrayals of the bureau. The claim comes from Marc Eliot’s unauthorized biography Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. In a separate note, Powell and Koonsm, the Los Angeles police officers faced with a new trial motion in the Rodney King beating case, contend prosecutors used false testimony from a co-defendant acquitted previously.
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New York
Walt Disney
FBI
Hollywood
Disney
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Marc Eliot
Los Angeles
Rodney King
Shovels Collection Captures Industrial History at Stonehill
Stonehill College in Easton Massachusetts houses a unique shovel collection totaling 811 items. The earliest dating to 1764 and the latest to the 1950s trace American industry and the Ames family legacy from Capt. John Ames to Ames Lawn and Garden Tools, with ties to politics, horticulture, and early railroad work. Some students view it as degraded basement clutter, while others urge broader display.
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Easton
Mass
Stonehill College
Boston
Stonehill
O. Ames Co
Ames
John Ames
Louise Kenneally
College
America
California
Ames Lawn and Garden Tools
England
Massachusetts
George Plimpton
Controller sleeps as jet lands without guidance at Palm Beach
Miami AP report says lone air traffic controller Rodney Tatum fell asleep in the Palm Beach Airport tower while cleaning a pistol. Delta flight from Sacramento circled and landed under unsafe conditions after towers were unreachable. Deputies entered the tower about 1 40 am to find him shoeless, gun and ammo on the table. FAA says weapons are prohibited in towers.
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Miami
Palm Beach
Delta Air Lines
Sacramento
Calif
Sheriffs
Rodney Tatum
Bruce Barkdoll
Barkdoll
Tatum
Federal Aviation Administration
Anne Eldridge
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Laurence Powell
Stacey Koon
King
FTD
Lorain County
Botamer
East River & Clark
Kaplan’s Furniture
Elyria
Parkersburg
W.va
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Lisa Tennessen
Providence
Steve Kimball
Sanford
Maine
Atria
Jet
Lane Cedar Chests
Curio
Aan Nas
SOO
Ridgeway
Wdarity
Ohio Edison
Te Bia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!