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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...locations, all in the name of Raquel's favorite tipple, Coca-Cola. ··· With no training beyond two years of high school, he was successful as a surgeon, a psychology professor, a deputy prison warden and a zoologist. Little has been heard from Ferdinand Waldo Demara since Tony Curtis portrayed him in the 1961 film The Great Impostor. Now he has turned up as the pastor of a small Baptist Church on an island in Puget Sound, near Seattle. His flock of 30 has heard rumors about the Rev. Dr. Fred Demara, as he styles himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 19, 1970 | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

...Demara, now 47, has had previous, if less official roles as Trappist monk and Skid Row evangelist. ··· Country music's Woodward Maurice ("Tex") Ritter (Hillbilly Heaven, Boll Weevil) threw a ten-gallon hat into the ring and announced his designs on the U.S. Senate seat held by Tennessee Democrat Albert Gore. The old cowboy would be no Capitol Hillbilly: he has a degree in political science from the University of Texas and once studied law at Northwestern. As for the campaign, Tex says firmly: "I'll discuss the issues. Of course, I'll always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 19, 1970 | 1/19/1970 | See Source »

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