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Washington Hilton: 45 Years of History
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 25) -- Lyndon Johnson walked in unannounced to a cocktail party of 2,000 people. The first President Bush asked for an opinion on a bill passed that day in Congress. Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio autographed a baseball. Film director Alfred Hitchcock drew his famous profile on a piece of paper. "They've all been here, believe it or not," said Charlie Ragusa, a senior banquet captain who served them. "VIPs, they're all over the place." "The place" Ragusa speaks of is the Washington Hilton, which has hosted presidents, kings, politicos, movie stars and sports legends since it ...
Where We All Walk: Chapman, Hinckley, and Unintended Consequences
By James Grady - Politics DailyJ. D. Salinger's slide into that last good night sent my mind to assassins.And suddenly, it's Dec. 8, 1980, night on a New York city sidewalk where a chunky Mark Chapman draws his Hawaiian-bought Charter Arms .38 and from spitting distance blasts four out of five hollow point bullets into ex-Beatle John Lennon's back. As Lennon bleeds out on the sidewalk and Yoko Ono screams and sirens wail closer, the assassin reaches into his pocket, pulls out and reads Salinger's most famous book, Catcher In The Rye.FADE IN: Washington D.C. March 30, 1981, a cool spring day. Boyishly good looking but a ...
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