It's been Thanksgiving in the USA, and we talk to US Consul General Kathleen Lively about the first news story she remembers - the mystery surrounding the disappearance of two local girls from her hometown, Washington DC, as well as the profound impact of the Watergate revelations.
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Archival sources
Lyon sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpMob738cvI&t=1s&ab_channel=OurTown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIWaqwcFI6U&ab_channel=JohnKelm
https://archive.org/details/mccmd-Chief_Manger_Announces_Retirement
https://archive.org/details/425bowden
https://archive.org/details/WBAL_1090_AM_20170913_000000?start=123&q=Lyons-sisters+1975&scope=_escalate_
‘Dogs used to track Patty Hearst try to again pick up Lyon girls’ scent’ - article by Ruth W. Johnson, Montgomery Bureau Chief, published in The News (Frederick, Maryland), 2 April 1975, page 32
‘Lyon girls search is intensified’ - article published in The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 23 May 1975, page 27
‘Parents’ nightmare continues over missing daughters’ - article by Marlene Cimons, The Times Post Service, published in Longview Daily News (Longview, Washington), 21 August 1975, page 11
Watergate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxCASPRMZb8&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour
https://americanarchive.org/exhibits/watergate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEVzr7qSRk&ab_channel=RichardNixonPresidentialLibrary
Further reading
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/04/01/feature/the-lyon-sisters-had-vanished-40-years-earlier-but-this-cold-case-team-didnt-give-up-on-them/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/horrifying-confession-40-years-after-lyon-sisters-raped-and-burned/SF4Q4YLRMGPP6T2DKXQX5VLQEI/