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...cause of the revolt was a very personal matter. Romero, a scapegrace distinguished by the possession of eleven fingers (double thumb on the left hand), had been sentenced to a 16-year prison term on a charge of raping a local taxi dancer. He sought vengeance on the judge, the prosecutor, the cabaret owner and the taxi dancer. Three hours before his fatal gun battle with MPs at Calapan's airfield, he said to the parish priest: "Bless me, Father, for I will...
Welling Tears. Old (75), coal-black Dom Pedro VII had little liking for official functions. He preferred cruising around Rome in a taxi with a couple of photographers. But when the time came for him to meet the Pope, he was determined to carry it off in regal style. Said he: "I shall be the first of my family, which dates from the Pharaohs, to meet the Pope...
...though he might sit in back of a mere diplomat, Dom Pedro understood something of kingship. Before he left Rome there was one more snapshot he wanted taken. It concerned another king, temporarily defeated but never humbled. Pedro directed his taxi to the spot in Rome where Mussolini had set up the golden statue of the Lion of Judah, captured at Addis Ababa. Now the statue was safely back in Africa in Haile Selassie's keeping. The spot in Rome was empty. King Pedro turned to his photographers. "Photograph that for me," he commanded...
...made a similar arrest some time in September 1943 at Guadalcanal, while a sentry aboard ship. A sailor was celebrating the discovery of some torpedo juice (190 proof) and using an LCV for a taxi...
...party henchmen were spotted emerging from a West 56th Street residence. They had been visiting apartment 5-A, Woltman said. They drove off in a black Oldsmobile (New York license 7-Y-804). At 3:55 p.m., Bridges came out, wearing a tan windbreaker, and ducked into a taxi. A World-Telly reporter stopped him long enough to ask Bridges whether he had enjoyed his conference with Communist Foster. Bridges looked surprised, snapped "You're crazy...