Odds and ends: Court rules on ownership of unique Elvis memorabilia

By The Associated Press

DOVER, Del. – A legal battle over an odd collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia – including a glass device reportedly used to irrigate the King’s sinuses before the took the stage – could be nearing an end.

The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling granting California businessman Richard Long ownership of the collection of items once owned by Presley’s physician, Dr. George Nichopolous.

The collection includes a black doctor’s bag used by Nichopolous containing prescription bottles bearing Presley’s name, as well as jewelry, guns and a laryngeal scope used to examine Presley’s throat.

According to the lawsuit, Nichopolous agreed last year to sell it for $1 million to Long and his business partners, Robert Gallagher and Betty Franklin of Nevada. Long put up the money, and Gallagher and Franklin, who claimed to have a “half interest” in the collection, agreed to assign all their rights to a company Long controlled.

Urn with remains of woman found in back seat of car

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The back seat of a Buick wasn’t intended to be Izetta Dickerson’s final resting place, but that’s where an urn containing her cremated remains was found.

“The owner said he doesn’t know how it got there,” said Demond McElveen, whose car repair shop bought the car after it was towed there. “She’s in there, it’s got the number on the bag.”

Dickerson was from North Charleston and the widow of Franklin Dickerson. She died March 5, 2003, according to a newspaper obituary.

McElveen called Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten, whose office is deciding which family member should be responsible for the remains.

“What’s unusual in this case is that urns don’t usually turn up at random,” Wooten said.

From Associated Press reports