Post by Doc on May 12, 2006 3:02:48 GMT -5
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rather interesting, especially these points:
31 The Beatles were very business-like backstage, Crump said, in contrast to their silliness during the press conference. "It reminded me of [pro] wrestlers being different on camera and off," he said.
32 After the concert, while excited fans surrounded a limo waiting outside the stadium, the Fab Four sneaked into a Falconers' laundry truck, where they sat on folding chairs during the ride to the old Leamington Motor Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. (A parking ramp now occupies the site, near the convention center on 3rd Av. S.)
33 Security at the hotel was apparently understaffed, and the Beatles were hounded all night by fans, musicians and even hotel employees. Minneapolis Police Inspector Donald Dwyer told the Minneapolis Star: "Those people are the worst I have ever seen visit this city." He threatened members of the Beatles entourage for having "lured" underage girls into their fifth-floor rooms. Dwyer threatened to take McCartney to jail unless a young woman left the room within two minutes. The blonde emerged, showing identification that she was 21 and from Cleveland.
34 The next day, en route to Portland, Ore., the Beatles' Electra aircraft experienced a near-disaster. The airplane was on automatic pilot, with one of its engines on fire while the pilots chatted up John and Paul in the galley. The plane limped into Portland, and was replaced by a Constellation aircraft for the remainder of the tour. That Electra later crashed in the Oklahoma hills in 1966.
37 An ad agency paid Crump $800 for the sheets and pillowcases on which the Beatles lounged in the Twins locker room. They were cut into scraps and given away in drawings at Dayton's stores.
38 George's new Rickenbacker disappeared after the end of the Fab Four's final U.S. tour on Aug. 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It has not been found.
39 Met Stadium was demolished in 1985 to make way for the Mall of America, which opened there in 1992.
40 B-Sharp Music burned to the ground in May 2005, along with autographed photos of the Beatles on the wall.
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rather interesting, especially these points:
31 The Beatles were very business-like backstage, Crump said, in contrast to their silliness during the press conference. "It reminded me of [pro] wrestlers being different on camera and off," he said.
32 After the concert, while excited fans surrounded a limo waiting outside the stadium, the Fab Four sneaked into a Falconers' laundry truck, where they sat on folding chairs during the ride to the old Leamington Motor Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. (A parking ramp now occupies the site, near the convention center on 3rd Av. S.)
33 Security at the hotel was apparently understaffed, and the Beatles were hounded all night by fans, musicians and even hotel employees. Minneapolis Police Inspector Donald Dwyer told the Minneapolis Star: "Those people are the worst I have ever seen visit this city." He threatened members of the Beatles entourage for having "lured" underage girls into their fifth-floor rooms. Dwyer threatened to take McCartney to jail unless a young woman left the room within two minutes. The blonde emerged, showing identification that she was 21 and from Cleveland.
34 The next day, en route to Portland, Ore., the Beatles' Electra aircraft experienced a near-disaster. The airplane was on automatic pilot, with one of its engines on fire while the pilots chatted up John and Paul in the galley. The plane limped into Portland, and was replaced by a Constellation aircraft for the remainder of the tour. That Electra later crashed in the Oklahoma hills in 1966.
37 An ad agency paid Crump $800 for the sheets and pillowcases on which the Beatles lounged in the Twins locker room. They were cut into scraps and given away in drawings at Dayton's stores.
38 George's new Rickenbacker disappeared after the end of the Fab Four's final U.S. tour on Aug. 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It has not been found.
39 Met Stadium was demolished in 1985 to make way for the Mall of America, which opened there in 1992.
40 B-Sharp Music burned to the ground in May 2005, along with autographed photos of the Beatles on the wall.
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