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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Richard L. Burke, president of Seattle-based New England Airlines, won custody of his four-year-old son Michael James Burke in Allegheny County court, Pittsburgh, after his first wife's death in 1947.
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PITTSBURGH, (AP)-A thrice-wed former air force major who heads a Seattle, Wash., airline today won custody of his son by his first wife.
He is Richard L. Burke, president of the New England Airlines at Seattle. He asked the Allegheny County court for custody of Michael James Burke, four. The boy had been living with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Birch, in Pittsburgh.
Burke's first wife, Jeanne, died in 1947. Burke later remarried.
Judge Michael A. Musmanno called Burke "a gay Lothario of the skies" who has "come down to earth." Mrs. Birch had charged Burke's "misbehavior forfeited his right to the child."
(New England Airlines is a non-scheduled operator. Most of its flights are to Alaska from Seattle).
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
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Today
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richard l. burke won custody of his son michael james burke, who had been living with his maternal grandmother mrs. ellen birch.
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Richard L. Burke, a thrice-wed former air force major and president of New England Airlines in Seattle, sought and obtained custody of his four-year-old son Michael James Burke from the Allegheny County court. The boy's mother Jeanne died in 1947. Judge Michael A. Musmanno granted custody despite charges from Mrs. Ellen Birch of Burke's misbehavior.