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    • Jul 31, 1956
    Elvis Presley receives a speeding ticket in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
    Aug 10, 1956
    After seeing his matinee show in Jacksonville, Florida, judge Marion Gooding tells Elvis Presley if he repeats the afternoon's moves in his two evening performances, he'll be arrested for indecency. Presley does both shows wiggling only his pinky
    Sep 3, 1956
    Police in Springfield, Missouri, answer a disturbance call to find Red Foley's wife, Sally, in the front seat of their car crying. Her face and forehead are covered with marks, and she accuses her husband of hitting her, though she does not file charges
    Oct 18, 1956
    When Elvis Presley stops at a Memphis gas station, fans gather around his car while an attendant checks the engine. Station owner Edd Hopper is angered by the crowd and pops Presley in the head. Presley, in turn, gives Hopper a black eye. Hopper and an employee are fined for assault. Charges against Presley are ultimately dropped
    Nov 22, 1956
    An unemployed sheet-metal worker in Toledo, Ohio, punches Elvis Presley, claiming the singer caused the break-up of his marriage. The attacker is found guilty of assault
    Dec 5, 1956
    Merle and Bettie Travis are awarded custody of her two sons from a previous marriage by a Los Angeles judge
    Mar 22, 1957
    A teenage Marine accuses Elvis Presley of pulling a gun on him in Memphis. Unknown to the soldier, the pistol is a movie prop. Three days later, Presley sends an apologetic six-page telegram, and the incident is brushed aside
    Apr 24, 1957
    The Internal Revenue Service issues a $270,000 lien against Red Foley, charged with underpaying his income taxes from 1948-1955
    Jun 19, 1957
    David Ragsdale is accidentally shot in the back at a San Mateo, California, bar. A year later, Ragsdale files a $500,000 suit against Ray Price, reasoning that if Price hadn't been singing, he wouldn't have been at the club
    Aug 15, 1957
    A Nashville judge refuses to issue an injunction that would keep Brenda Lee from singing outside of "The Ozark Jubilee." It effectively marks the 12-year-old's transfer from Springfield, Missouri, to Nashville



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