This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

SHOW NOTES

In addition to the usual grab bag of news, this week's episode takes a deep dive into the shadowy story of Pearl Choate's October 1966 marriage to -- and possible kidnapping of -- aged millionaire Otis Birch.  

“2000 Students Battle Police in Front of Johnson’s Hotel,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1966, 1. 

“GOP Sues on Voting Machines,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1966, 8. 

“Paramount Pictures Comes to the ‘The End’ After 50 Years,  The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1966, 38. 

“43 Die When Fire Sweeps Carrier in Gulf of Tonkin,” The Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1966.  

USS Oriskany fire

James Phelan, "The Case of the Missing Millionaire," Saturday Evening Post, December 17, 1966, 85.

Robert L. Lynn, “Pearl Choate Birch vs. Church Groups,” Oklahoma City Star, May 19, 1967, 2. 

“Probate Sought for Will Leaving Pearl All But $2,” Abilene Reporter-News, March 18, 1967, 1. 

Kermit Jaediker, “Big Pearl’s Wheels of Fortune,” New York Daily News, May 30, 1971, 179. 

Preston Walker, “Administrator Looks in Vain for Millions in Oilman’s Estate,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 22, 1970, 62.