Continued from December 24, 2014, entry.
6. After the Associated Press' Edward Kennedy and other reporters witnessed the Nazis FORMAL SURRENDER on May 7. 1945, Allied censors ordered them to keep it secret for 36 hours so the Soviets could stage another ceremony. But Kennedy heard the news broadcast over German radio and decided to go ahead with the story right away, in one of the biggest scoops in history.
His reward? The AP fired him, but finally apologized 67 years later, but too late for Kennedy, who had died in an auto accident in 1963.
7. After an amphetamine-pumped JOHNNY CASH started a wildfire in Los Padres National Forest in California in 1965, the blaze devastated the endangered condor population: 49 of the region's 53 birds were killed.
At a deposition later, Cash was asked if he started the fire and responded, "No, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it." He was then asked if he felt bad about what he had caused to happen to the birds. he unapologetically said, "I don't give a damn about your yellow buzzards. Why should I care?"
Way to Go Boy named Sue. --Cooter
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