The mansion in new york. Her book will be on sale afterward. It is my pleasure to introduce margaret oppenheimer. [applause] margaret thank you very much. July 3, age 33, a distinguished new yorker wrote a note in his diary. The celebrated colonel burr was married to the celebrated mrs. Jumel. His choice of adjectives was interesting. Not distinguished, but celebrated. Celebrity had the same connotation it does today. Someone who was known to the public but not always with approval. Today, i am going to talk about how eliza jumel and aaron burr became public figures, why they married, and what happened after these two celebrities joined hands. Ladies first. Eliza jumel is on the right. She is painted here one year before her marriage to aaron burr next to a portrait of him painted after the ceremony. Eliza jumel was born betsy bowen in providence, rhode island, in 1775. About 2. 5 weeks before the battle of lexington. There was absolutely nothing in her beginnings to suggest that her n
Of cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a Nuclear Strike capability against the western hemisphere. The cuban missile crisis took place over an extremely tense 13 days in october of 1962. Only one combat fatality of this Huge International crisis. Fromwas Rudolph Anderson greenville. It began when the United States military began observing maritime shipments into cuba from the soviet union and we began flying missions in the u2 aircraft over cuba that were secret. ,hey were strategic highaltitude reconnaissance missions. We were snapping photographs of what was going on in cuba. It soon became apparent that the soviet union was developing mediumrange Ballistic Missiles and intermediate range Ballistic Missile sites in cuba. Kennedy informed the nation on a r 22 from the oval office on october 22 from
Were looking at some School Closings and delays in the mountains. Haywood county schools will open 2 hours late and Jackson County schools will be on a 2 and a half hour delay. Delay. Madison mitchell and Yancey County schools will all be closed. Well bring you updates on air via the ticker at the bottom of your screen as well as online at fox carolina dot com. 3 happening now 3 a scare at mary black hospitalm a fire inside a dumpster is under controlbut it sent flames and a lot of smoke shooting into the air at the skylin drive facility earlier this evening the fire even forced the er to evacuate patients 3 we know spartanburg city, cowpens, drayton, converse and whitney Fire Departments responded along with spartanburg ems and police. Police. Heres a look at the scene a little earlier tonight you can see the major flames and smoke on scene. Fire out in a dumpster right outside the hospital again the emergency room did have to be evacuated fortunately no reported injuries at this time
Who died in upstate accidents related to icy conditions. 3 while the family still has so many questions about what happenedthey say they know lauryn is in a better place but will miss her infectious smile 3 a young life taken too soon 3 she was intelligent you know an she had a lot going for her. Donald irby didnt even get the chance to tell his first grandaughter goodbye goodbye 3 i love her dearly and going to miss her a whole lot. Hes not the only onelauryn agnews aunt, who considered the teen as her own, says the loss is undescribable 3 3 that was my baby, i miss her. Investigators say lauryn was heading down verdae boulevard last nightduring the winter stormwhen she hit a slick spot causing her honda to cross over and hit a tow truck driver head on she died a short time later at the hospital 3 3 there was never a moment that she was just not smiling. She loved her family and her friends. And likely one of if not lauryns best friendher always remember lauryns strength strength 3 sh
Left behind. When i say a little bit here. For a window of time this morning people did have a chance to get out and have some fun. This is my second time ever seeing snow. I left class its snow. Who doesnt want to come out and play. Some couldnt wait to see the snow and take pictures. Its for my mom and family and enjoying ououelves. Home its 90 degrees. Quite a day for a college visit. I think its a sign i should come here because i always wanted to live somewhere where it snows. Ive been living in that whole life. It would be nice to get some snow. Ive never seen it fall like this and its so pretty, campus looks. Its really pretty. Blowing the snow out of the way to make sure students could get to class. Some shovelled snow off the pathways in downtown. Others picked it up for a sisterly snow ball fight. It looked pretty coming down. Spartanburg saw a coating of winter white. Its magical actually. A surprise site for many who will have the photos to remember. Last time it was all ic