Summer of ’65, Episode 28
Sonny Barger Has the Floor – The 99 Percenters Unite By Bill Kelly When Conway Twitty took a two-week hiatus from his gig at Tony Mart’s when the Hawks came in, he flew to California to do a couple of college concerts he had previously booked, and while there he...Summer of ’65, Episode 27
The Kelly Family Olympics By Bill Kelly On the Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend, 1965, Mrs. Kelly read the newspaper that included a small, one-column, three-paragraph story with the headline: “Ocean City Beach Riot Injures 12; 15 Arrests,” but the news report...Tito Mambo performs a riot: Summer of ’65, Episode 26
Tito Mambo performs a riot By Bill Kelly It was early Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend when the girls – Lynda, the nurses and the mayor’s daughters – set up their blankets and beach chairs on the Ninth Street Beach next to the jetty. It was their usual spot,...Princess Grace returns to her Ocean City roots: Summer of ’65, Episode 25
Princess Grace returns to her Ocean City roots By Bill Kelly The arrival in Ocean City of Princess Grace of Monaco was met with no fanfare as she routinely returned to her childhood stomping grounds every Labor Day weekend since she married Prince Rainier in 1956. As...The Ocean City noise ordinance kicks in: Summer of ’65, Episode 24
The Ocean City noise ordinance kicks in By Bill Kellys Ocean City High School teacher Bill Hamilton held the last Classic Philosophy class of the summer school session under Shriver’s Pavilion, with the hippies playing guitars and singing above them, being hassled by...
