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News paper and magazine clippings from my mother's old scrapbooks. Dates ranging from the 1920's to the 1990's. Many interesting, odd and nostalgic glimpses into the past.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
This tree was a champ! (~1980)
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I was unable to find any current information on this tree. It may have been destroyed or harvested since the original clipping.
Friday, December 17, 2010
New President Honors Fallen One. (1963)
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President Johnson places flowers at the casket of the assassinated President John Kennedy as his body lies in state at the rotunda of the Capital.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Biggest Twins Arrested (~1965)
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According to Wikipedia:
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 - July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 - March 26, 2001), known together as the McGuire twins, were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Heaviest Twins" (328 kilograms (720 lb) and 338 kilograms (750 lb), correspondingly). A Guinness photo depicts the twins riding their Honda motorcycles.
Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, the twins began using the stage name McGuire and gained popularity as tag-team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows.
Billy McCrary died on
In an episode of The Simpsons, during a scene involving a trial, Attorney Lionel Hutz (voiced by Phil Hartman) called in several surprise witnesses to the trial. The last two people to come through the door were two large men on motorcycles who were implied to be the McGuire twins. They also appeared on the "Blind Ambition" episode of Family Guy and were referred to as "the world's fattest twins." A parody version of the twins can also be found in the Speed Demon segment of the Moonwalker film by Michael Jackson.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Paid Taxes in Pennies (~ 1966)
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There's no limit. A merchant is entitled to restrict payment methods---apartments often don't accept cash in payment of rent, and fast-food joints won't take bills larger than $20---but as far as I can tell, your way to legendary status as a pain in the IRS's neck is clear.
The Internal Revenue Manual
Part 21 - Customer Account Services
Chapter 3 - Taxpayer Contacts
Section 4 - Field Assistance
says:
"21.3.4.7.2 (04-01-2007 )
"Cash Payments
"1. The IRS must accept cash payments from taxpayers who do not have a check or money order, are unable to obtain one, or insist on paying in cash."
This is followed by
"21.3.4.7.2
"Procedures For Accepting Cash Payments
"1. General procedures for accepting cash payments are:
"A.Ensure that the taxpayer has the exact amount of the payment. DO NOT MAKE CHANGE.
"B. Count the cash carefully in the taxpayer's presence..."
The Internal Revenue Manual
Part 21 - Customer Account Services
Chapter 3 - Taxpayer Contacts
Section 4 - Field Assistance
says:
"21.3.4.7.2 (
"Cash Payments
"1. The IRS must accept cash payments from taxpayers who do not have a check or money order, are unable to obtain one, or insist on paying in cash."
This is followed by
"21.3.4.7.2
"Procedures For Accepting Cash Payments
"1. General procedures for accepting cash payments are:
"A.Ensure that the taxpayer has the exact amount of the payment. DO NOT MAKE CHANGE.
"B. Count the cash carefully in the taxpayer's presence..."
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Jayne Mansfield (1966)
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In 1967, Jayne's life was still moving at full speed. "I will never be satisfied," she said in an interview. "Life is one constant search for betterment for me." Her time was split between a Southern nightclub tour and the production of "Single Room, Furnished," a drama that would become her last film. "Furnished" was directed by Matt Cimber, who Jayne met on the set of "Bus Stop" and later married. On June 29, Jayne was riding in front with Ronnie Harrison and lawyer Sam Brody on the way from a Mississippi nightclub engagement. Her children, Mickey Jr., Zoltan and Mariska sat in the back. As they rounded a curve on a dark stretch of road, the car slammed into a slowed semi. Though the children survived with minor injuries, everyone sitting in the front was killed instantly.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Famed Siamese Twins Die (1968)
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The girls were born in Brighton, England (East Sussex) on 5 February 1908. Their mother was a single barmaid named Kate Skinner. The sisters were born joined by their hips and buttocks; they shared blood circulation and were fused at the pelvis but shared no major organs. Skinner's boss Mary Hilton, who helped in childbirth, apparently saw commercial prospects in them, and thus effectively bought them from their mother and took them under her care. The girls first stayed above the Queens Head in Brighton, but later moved to the Evening Star.
According to the sisters' autobiography, Mary Hilton with her husband and daughter kept the twins in strict control with physical abuse; they had to call her "Auntie Lou" and her current husband "Sir". They trained the girls in singing and dancing.
A medical account of the birth and a description of the twins was provided for the British Medical Journal by Dr James Augustus Rooth,the physician in charge at the time of their birth. He reported that subsequently the Sussex Medico-Chiurgical Society considered separation, but unanimously decided against it as it was believed that the operation would certainly lead to the death of at least one of the twins. He notes that these twins were the first to be born in the United Kingdom conjoined and to survive for more than a few weeks.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Gorgeous George the Wrestler Dies (1963)
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According to Wikipedia:
At 5’9” and 215 pounds, Wagner was not particularly physically imposing by professional wrestling standards, nor was he an exceptionally gifted athlete. Nevertheless, he soon developed a reputation as a solid in-ring worker. In the late 1930s, he met Betty Hanson, whom he would eventually marry in an in-ring ceremony. When the wedding proved a good drawing card, the couple re-enacted it in arenas across the country (which thus enlightened Wagner to the potential entertainment value that was left untapped within the industry). Around this same time, Vanity magazine published a feature article about a pro wrestler named Lord Patrick Lansdowne, who entered the ring accompanied by two valets while wearing a velvet robe and doublet. Wagner was impressed with the bravado of such a character, but he believed that he could take it to a much greater extreme. What he needed was a new professional persona. In Portland , Oregon Elizabeth “Betty” née Hanson, George’s wife, told Dean Higinbotham, the nephew of Betty's sister, Evangeline “Eva,” how George got the name Gorgeous George. In the early 1940s George had a wrestling match at the Portland Oregon Armory. As he walked down the aisle to the ring, there were two mature women on his right, two rows back from the ring. One of the women loudly exclaimed: “Oh, isn’t he gorgeous.” That word “gorgeous” struck George and he immediately felt he had found his new professional persona. He would be “Gorgeous George.” Elsie Hanson, Betty’s mother, was a skilled seamstress. George asked Elsie to make him some resplendent capes that would accentuate his new persona. George wore those capes in all his future matches.
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