Kenneth on a Burmese Man Getting Arrested

Kenneth on a Burmese Man Getting Arrested

In a recounting of a humorous story, Kenneth tells of a Burmese man being arrested. He was being charged with a traffic violation and defecating in public. However there was a double charge for both defecating and urinating. The man argued that it was impossible to defecate without urinating, and therefore there should only be a single charge for the incident. Upon sending these reports to Gordon Gray, the National Security advisor to President Eisenhower, the stories were immediately relayed to the President himself!

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

January 1, 1960

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Kenneth Landon (1903-1993)

3:44

Box 83: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles," CDs 76-94

Hour 83, clip 9

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical