Dad's matchmaking ad for son gets 12 prospects

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- The father of a Salt Lake City businessman who placed a newspaper ad seeking women interested in marrying his 48-year-old son has received about a dozen inquiries. Baron Brooks had called the $900 ad in the Coeur d'Alene Press "embarrassing" but said he'd let his 78-year-old father, Arthur, go forward with it. He said about 12 women from around the U.S. expressed interest. Arthur Brooks will interview them in the coming weeks.

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