Rock impresario Bill Graham quits rock scene
New York AP report. Bill Graham, 41, announces withdrawal from rock after leading Fillmore West in San Francisco since 1965 and Fillmore East in New York since 1968. He cites money culture, festival inflation, and personal burnout as the reasons. He says Fillmore East will close June 27 and West likely at summer’s end, with a motel planned on the site.
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Fillmore West
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Fillmore East
Fillmore
Madison Square Garden
Fillmores
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Woodstock
Retta Howe Class Plans Items Sale
NELSONVILLE The Retta Howe Class of First United Methodist Church will sponsor a rummage sale on May 14 at the American Legion building on W Columbus Street. Anyone may donate articles by calling Mrs. Pearl Williams for pickup or bring items to the Legion the evening before. Sale begins at 8 a.m.
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Nelsonville
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First United Methodist Church
American Legion
W. Columbus Street
Pearl Williams
Legion
Grass Fire at Buchtel High School Area Sparks No Damage
Firefighters responded to a grass fire at the old Buchtel High School gym and auto shop area at 3 44 p m Wednesday. The blaze started by unknown means but caused no damage.
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Nelsonville
Buchtel High School
Burr Oak Kream Kone Opens in Bishopville
Mrs. Kate Walburn of Athens opens Burr Oak Kream Kone at the road to Dock No 1. The shop offers soft cream sandwiches and drinks, open seven days a week 9 30 a m to 10 p m during vacation season. Walburn previously ran a Burr Oak Route 13 restaurant but stopped due to highway relocation.
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Bishopville
Kate Walburn
Athens
Dock No. 1
Walburn
Route 13
Burr Oak
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Athens, Ohio
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