Band Leader Ray Pearl Quits After 31 Years in Music
Ray Pearl announces retirement from the band business after 31 years in Memphis. He laments the decline of traveling bands, high cabaret and union taxes, and compares the industry’s decline to past stars while noting limited access to his own broadcast tapes and mounting costs for musicians. He mentions peers like Ted Weems and Buddy Moreno and cites changes in radio and recording trends.
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X Ray Solves Baby Mix Up In Chicago
A radiologist traced a nursery baby mix up after two infants named Baby D shared similar traits and mothers. An enlarged thymus on X rays revealed the error and the correct infant was returned to its rightful parents. the report notes a hospital without routine footprinting. The piece also cites Treasury receipts from grazing and timber leases in national forests.
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