People: People, May 15, 1950

Comings & Goings

Montana's Democratic Governor John Woodrow Bonner, 47, on his way to Biloxi, Miss, to make a speech, ran into a spot of trouble in New Orleans' French Quarter. New Orleans Cab Driver Philip Bellinger tried to piece together the story for reporters: "This guy came up to me on Canal Street. He was kinda stinkin', I guess. He told me he was the governor of Montana. We got a lot of tourists get to thinking they're governor sometime or other. I didn't believe this guy, but I told him I'd help...

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