New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah! Wasn't the destroyer USS "Eldritch" ?  Whoa !

  Oh. "Eldridge."

  Sorry.

  JL

Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
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I promise that I didn't make this up.

Both Fred Shapiro and I are having trouble reproducing my find on
NewspaperArchive. Perhaps they just added this in the last few hours and
the search engine will be wonky for a bit.

Or, it could be part of the Philadelphia Experiment. Or....

Sam Clements

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Subject: New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)


NewspaperArchive has added some Pacific Stars & Stripes.

13 Nov 1967 _Pacific Stars and Stripes_ pg 11?

"Spec. 4 Robert G. Helton, 64th Quartermaster Bin.--"Ann Margaret---all the
way. She's got everything going for her. She dances, sings, acts---the
whole nine yards."

Is this now the second oldest cite? What month was "Doom Pussy" released?

Sam Clements

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