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Gill, Douglas E.
1964
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to see if they had Condor; they did but I couldn't get at them because it
was too late. I drove back, finally parked the car in a good spot, then ate
over at the Colonial House. When I got back I discussed the tickets with
Larry and decided to put the registration on the visor. We then started
around 1930. I put up a young Sooty in just over two hours. I then started
an adult Sooty. Around 11:00 four nymphettes of the hotel who had been
eyeing us suspiciously came over and wanted to watch what we were doing.
Amid the squealing and nose holding we finally convinced them it was sensible
work and there was no need to feel queasy. They finally left and I felt good
about our public relations success. Larry finished his fairly soon and hit
the sack before midnight. I finally finished mine at 1:30 and it came out
real well except for the blood of the gunshot wound. From 10 to 12 we
listened to Stravinsky, which is no way to convince Larry of the real value
of serious music. Around 2:00 I finally hit the sack.
19 August 1964: Got up around 9:30 and got going. I gave Budget Car
Rental a call to tell them about the ticket for the registration not in view.
I used the name Warren Bicknell without thinking about it, because that was
the name on the top of the car receipt. I told her I would pay the ticket
and bring the receipt for reimbursement. Larry was real upset because I
hadn't used the name Warren King. Then he pointed out that the address under
Warren Bicknell was unknown that that name must be the name of the guy who
had given us the car. It looked like I had really screwed up because we were
illegal to have the car. As we drove out to the Traffic Bureau we "discussed"
what we were going to do. While paying the fine I took out the car receipt