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Nation
Couple celebrates
80 years of love
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For
George and GayneJ Couron, love at
first sight has lasted nearly 81 years.
The couple, who celebrate their
81st anniversary April 10, has the na
tion’s longest-lasting marriage, accord
ing tb Worldwide Marriage Encounter,
a group offering programs to improve
communication between spouses.
“That was the girl for me. I’ve had
her for 80 years, soon to be 81," said
Couron, who is 100. “I got the
woman I wanted.”
“I got the man I wanted,” his 97-
year-old wife added.
Fourteen children, 43 grandchil
dren, 75 great-grandchildren and at
least 30 great-great-grandchildren lat
er, Couron is surprised as anyone at
his long life and his marriage.
“I could say we behaved our
selves, but that just wouldn’t go down
very well with some people," he said.
The couple lived independently un
til a few months ago. Although they
are in relatively good health, Mrs.
Couron suffered a mild stroke in De
cember and one of their daughters
stays at their home.
Nodding toward his hand,
wrapped gently around his wife’s,
Couron said: “We’ve loved each oth
er and, as you can see, this has been
for 80 years.”
► This day in history
Today is Monday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 1997. There
are 324 days left in the year.
In 1763, France ceded Canada to England under the
Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.
In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert
of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
In 1846, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter-day Saints, the Mormons, began an exodus to the west
from Illinois.
In 1863, showman FT. Barnum staged the wedding of
General Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren — both
midgets — in New York City.
In 1893, comedian Jimmy Durante was born in New
York City.
In 1933, the first singing telegram was introduced by the
Postal Telegram Company in New York.
In 1942, the former French liner Normandie capsized in
New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refit-
Designated driver
ignites passenger
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman up
set over having to drive her drunken
roommate home sprayed her friend
with gasoline from a convenience store
pump Sunday, then killed her by light
ing the gas stream on fire, police said.
Nicole Dickens, 22, died after
suffering third-degree burns over 98
percent of her body, said Joe Di-
Laura, a spokesman for Wishard
Memorial Hospital.
Her roommate, Sherrell Russell,
26, was arrested and held on suspi
cion of murder, Marion County Sher
iff’s Col. Scott Minier said.
Russell was angry because her
roommate was intoxicated and had re
fused to drive her own car, Minier said.
“The suspect is generally the pas
senger and she was upset that she
was asked to drive,” he said. “Her
roommate apparently had had too
much to drink.”
About 4 a.m., Russell asked a store
clerk to call a cab for Dickens because
she did not want to drive her back to
their apartment, Minier said.
But minutes later, as Russell
filled up the car’s gas tank, she
aimed the pump at her roommate
and ignited the stream of gas with
a lighter, Minier said.
“It was basically like a flame
thrower, just a stream of fire,” he said.
Russell was treated for burns on
her hands.
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In 1949, Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman”
opened at Broadway’s Morosco Theater.
In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a
Soviet spy held by the United States.
Ten years ago: Surgeon General C. Everett Koop told a
House panel he favored network television advertisements
for condoms because of the health threat posed by AIDS.
► Today's birthdays
Opera singer Leontyne Price is 70. Actor Robert Wagner
is 67. Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice is 63. Singer Roberta
Rack is 58. Singer Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon and the
Teenagers) is 57. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz
is 47. Actress Kathleen Beller is 42. Former presidential ad
viser George Stephanopoulos is 36.
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