50 years ago, a Minneapolis Tribune intern got into the Beatles' hotel room by dressing up as a waitress

A Minneapolis Tribune summer intern shared John Lennon's potato chips in a Minneapolis hotel in August 1965 -- 50 years ago -- after posing as a hotel waitress, and got a front-page story out of it.

August 20, 2015 at 9:17PM
The Beatles were a worldwide sensation by 1965, when this photo was taken.
The Beatles were a worldwide sensation by 1965, when this photo was taken. (Colleen Kelly — Apple Corp./The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A Minneapolis Tribune summer intern shared John Lennon's potato chips in a Minneapolis hotel in 1965.

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