Ode to Billy Joe singer Bobbie Gentry keeps her edge
Hollywood interview with Bobbie Gentry details how Ode to Billy Joe rose to No 1, the rapid fame and touring scramble including TV spots with Smothers Brothers Sullivan Hope and Como, and her focus on writing over performing while preserving artistic identity.
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Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie
Chickasaw County
America
Capitol
Smothers Brothers
Ed Sullivan
Bob Hope
Perry Como
Roger Miller
Los Angeles
Jim Nabors
Gomer Pyle
William Faulkner
Greenwood
Miss
Cashless card era prompts tighter controls and risks
Babson Park Massachusetts reports that about 200 million credit cards are outstanding as the push toward a cashless economy grows. The piece warns of high loss and theft, notes laws capping liability, and describes industry efforts to curb fraud including verification checks for large charges and rapid reporting of lost cards.
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Babson Park
Mass
Illinois
Diners’ Club
New York
American Express
Limerick Couple Run Unique Foster Farm in Maine
Rob ert M. Peterson and Priscilla H. Peterson of Limerick operate Boys Port, a year round foster farm on 50 acres off Foss Road in Biddeford Maine, aiding emotionally disturbed boys from 11 to 16. They work with state agencies to help youths from broken homes improve school marks and responsibility.
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Biddeford - Saco
Peterson
New Jersey
Northeastern Bible School
Barrington College
Rhode Island
U.S. Navy
Maine
Limerick
Port
Petersons
Nancy Tripp Joins Pembroke College Freshman Class
Nancy J. Tripp, daughter of Millard A. Tripp of Saco Maine, is among 305 freshmen in Pembroke College Brown University. The 77th class, up 52 students from last year, drew 1,751 applications with a 29 percent acceptance rate.
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R.I
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Millard A. Tripp
Flag Pond Road
Saco
Maine
District of Columbia
Pembroke College
Coordinate College
Brown University
Pembroke
Planting Spring Bulbs For Best Color And Growth
The article explains autumn planting for tulips hyacinths daffodils and jonquils at six inch spacing and six inch depth while smaller bulbs like crocus scilla and chiondoxa go three inches deep and apart. It emphasizes well drained soil sand amendments soaking and firm burial with no air pockets and notes many bulb varieties and arrangements for colorful displays with groups of 10 to 12 of a single color.
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Earl Aronson
AP News
Tristan da Cunha Builds Self Support From Crawfish
Tristan da Cunha, the remote island 1800 miles from Cape Town, was depopulated after a volcanic eruption but now pays its own way. A new harbor and freezing plant support the crawfish industry and stamp sales bring in about 42000 dollars annually.
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Tristan
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
Cape Town
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