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Alfred E. Neuman
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« on: July 28, 2010, 07:48:07 AM »
.....interesting story......

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/sports/25thorpe.html?src=me



......the wife drove Jim Thorpe's body out of town in the middle of the night...she had a hearse and a police escort.......
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2010, 12:53:49 PM »
I have read about this several times. Wonder if very many people even know who Jim Thorpe was?
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2010, 04:19:58 PM »
....and he went to school in Carlisle, Pa......which is 100 miles away from where Jim Thorpe, PA is......
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