Opinion
John Wayne said some horribly racist things that were common beliefs in his day. We shouldn’t rename the Orange County airport.
July 4, 2020
Top of the Ticket
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June 28, 2011
California
The grave--high on a hilltop overlooking Newport Harbor--remains unmarked.
June 9, 1985
County to argue to FAA that local control over noise, flights is absolute-- and that such authority should also extend to a new airport at El Toro.
Jan. 30, 2000
Business
Hollywood loves to recount how John Wayne tried to storm the stage to attack Sacheen Littlefeather. It didn’t happen.
Aug. 23, 2022
Aviation: Supervisors vote to reevaluate limits. Newport officials fear the airport could grow unfettered if one isn’t built at El Toro.
May 9, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
It is only fitting that Patrick and Ethan Wayne, the sons of John Wayne, are making their West Coast stage debuts in Orange County.
Jan. 16, 1985
Culture Monster Blog
Oct. 15, 2011
Obituaries
John Wayne, the biggest box office attraction in motion picture history and a man whose unique style — both on screen and off — transformed him into one of America’s few living institutions, is dead.
June 12, 1979
Movies
America’s consummate screen cowboy, who rode the Chisholm Trail in “Red River” and guarded the frontier in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” feared snakes, loathed horses and had to remind himself to say “ain’t.”
March 2, 1997