Gene Autry's enduring ride from rails to rhymes
The Life of Gene Autry spans dust bowl roots in Tioga Texas to fame as America's singing cowboy. Autry, now 89 turning 90, recalls Will Rogers encouragement in Oklahoma
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Gene Autry
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Tioga
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America
Oklahoma
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Fields Brothers Marvelous Medicine Show
Rogers
Sapulpa
Okla
Chelsea
Air Force
Far East
North Africa
California Angels
American League
Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Rhino
Lessons from ways of birds
An elderly clipping recounts a cardinal family near a feeder, detailing parent care and the young birds learning to feed themselves. The narrator observes shared feeding, wing fluttering, and birds’ bells like cries, noting the persistence of bird behavior over decades.
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Jenny
Mother Cardinal
New Hope From Dog Spit Breakthrough in Medicine
A humorous medical riff discusses canine licking as therapeutic, starring Dr William B Yancey and a Labrador named Refrigerator. It imagines dog doctors examining patients with sniffing and extensive licking as state of the art care, referencing hip surgery and bizarre veterinary quirks.
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William B. Yancey
M.D
Yancey
Refrigerator
Dog spit hair growth hypothesis sparks satirical column
The column mocks a scientist Dr Yancey and a self licking dog claim that dog spit might grow hair. It jokes about balding men and a franchised salon concept named La Spitte Du Chien Pour Les Hommes amid a self referential mock study and irrelevant sidebar.
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Yancey
Snakes in the classroom by Whit Gibbons
The ecologist defends bringing venomous rattlesnakes to school talks to educate students about wildlife. He acknowledges parental and teacher concerns, expresses safety measures, and argues a live rattlesnake can be an effective learning tool despite fears and liability worries.
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