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Along the Watchtower, page 3: Paradise Lost? The Ft. Lauderdale Spring Break Riots of 1967.
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Thursday, May 29, 2008. The Ft. Lauderdale Spring Break Riots of 1967. If teens in the Eisenhower-era didn't have an official Spring Break destination, the 1960 beach-blanket flick. Where the Boys Are. Each year thereafter, spring breakers arrived in ever-increasing numbers, pumping millions into Ft. Lauderdale's economy. It was win-win. When police arrived in an attempt to rest...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: Four days before Dallas, JFK's last visit to Florida
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Four days before Dallas, JFK's last visit to Florida. We know the scene all too well. It's November 1963, and John F. Kennedy, 46, America's handsome, charismatic president, rides in an open limousine, waving to crowds as his motorcade winds through the city's downtown streets. This time, however, no shots would ring out. After lunch at the Officer's Club ...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: The Making of PT 109...How Hollywood helped spin the Kennedy legend
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The Making of PT 109.How Hollywood helped spin the Kennedy legend. He was our nation's first cult president, an impossible combination of leading-man looks, political savvy, and boundless personal charm. Not surprisingly, he was the first living President of the United States to be the subject of a major motion picture. Joe persuaded Pulitzer-winning autho...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: INTERVIEW: David Whorf, PT 109 cast member...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. INTERVIEW: David Whorf, PT 109 cast member. David Whorf was a 28-year-old up-and-coming actor when he won the role of Seaman First-class Raymond Albert in. Whorf is the son of Richard Whorf, whose Hollywood directorial credits include. Til the Clouds Roll By. A musical bio of Jerome Kern starring Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra (1946), and. We were out on t...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: Tampa's Plant Field, April 4, 1919: The spring training home run that changed baseball history...forever!
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Thursday, May 29, 2008. Tampa's Plant Field, April 4, 1919: The spring training home run that changed baseball history.forever! With one swing of the bat on an April afternoon in 1919 in Tampa, George Herman "Babe" Ruth changed the course of American sports history. But Babe loved to hit and wanted to play every day. Team owner Harry Frazee disagreed. At 4:15pm Friday, Billy Sun...
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: Hugh Hefner's first flick: The Naked Ape...Hollywood's legendary lost movie
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Hugh Hefner's first flick: The Naked Ape.Hollywood's legendary lost movie. There she sat, on a stool not six feet from me, in the University of Florida infirmary: The delicious Victoria Principal, a 22-year-old vision from heaven- from Hollywood, actually- in a white, tight-clinging see-through blouse and mini-skirt. Did I mention I was in my underwear?
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Along the Watchtower, page 3: The Shocking Spring Break Scandal of 1929
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Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The Shocking Spring Break Scandal of 1929. This time- in the opinion of the Panama City newspaper - our visiting Spring Breakers had gone too, too far. Absolutely the most disgusting (display) we have ever seen," was one description from the editorial page. "Exceeds all bounds of good taste," was another. "Rotten and distasteful," was yet another. And that...