July
July 17--Disneyland celebrates it's 9th birthday
A Fantasy That Paid Off
Dateline: 6/27/1964
Status: Archive
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The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into
Mark Maples Stands Up And Knocked From Ride
Death
Date: May 01, 1964
Early in the day during an otherwise sedate ride on the Skyway, 15 year old Mark Maples of Long Beach argued with a girl over going steady. His friends had to restrain him from flinging himself to the ground 50 feet
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