Reagan Guards Pulverize Present of Pepper Pot
A pepper shaker sent to former President Ronald Reagan as an 80th birthday present was blown up by his Secret Service guards because they feared it might be a bomb, police said Wednesday.
“It wasn’t a bomb--it was one large pepper pot,” a police spokesman said. “And it wasn’t ticking.” The pepper pot was sent to Reagan’s home in the exclusive Bel-Air district of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the spokesman said.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Vice President Dan Quayle were among 600 people who attended a giant birthday party for Reagan at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Wednesday night.
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