Dear Abby column on overcoming adversity and famed figures
A reader sends Abby a two part Woonsocket Rhode Island column from January 26 27 1981 about winning against the odds. The letters praise Abby across the years citing James West Walter Annenberg and others who triumphed despite disability poverty prejudice and danger.
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Woonsocket
R.I
Boy Scouts of America
Irving
Texas
James E. West
Leo T. Roberts
Herman Endler
Abby
Valley Forge
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Disraeli
U.S
Great Britain
Walter Annenberg
Jesus Christ
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Glenn Cunningham
Booker T. Washington
Harriet Tubman
Marian Anderson
George Washington Carver
Martin Luther King Jr
Enrico Caruso
Itzhak Perlman
Albert Einstein
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
Michael Jackson Burns Hair During TV Commercial Filming
On this date in 1983 the singer Michael Jackson sustained scalp burns when a special‑effects flare exploded during a TV commercial shoot, causing his hair to catch fire.
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Michael Jackson
Daytime soap star Josh Taylor to wed Sandahl Bergman
HOLLYWOOD Josh Taylor who plays Chris Kositchek on Days of Our Lives is planning marriage to long time girlfriend Sandahl Bergman. They will wed on March 22 barring career conflicts. Taylor will continue his Days role while taping Valerie with Valerie Harper.
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Hollywood
Josh Taylor
Chris Kositchek
Taylor
Sandahl Bergman
Conan the Barbarian
Riker
Valerie Harper
Valerie
United Feature Syndicate
Musical from 1939 with If I Only Had a Brain
The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz features the songs If I Only Had a Brain and Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead, identifying the musical as The Wizard of Oz.
Theater listings tease weekend showtimes and venues
The schedule displays multiple venues: Theater Times Plaza featuring The Color Purple PG 13 and Stage 1 to 4 with titles My Chauffeur Out of Africa The Iron Eagle Rocky IV. Eastown I 101 Dalmatians. Eastown II Transylvania 6 5000. Westdale Mall Cinema I Runaway Train Troll. Cinema II The Jewel of the Nile. Cinema III Spies Like Us. Cinema IV White Nights. Garden Marion Back to the Future. Odeum Mount Vernon Silver Bullet.
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Eastown II
Westdale Mall
Garden
Marion
ODEUM
Mount Vernon
John Williams to Score SpaceCamp Music
Academy Award winning composer John Williams has been signed to score the music for SpaceCamp. The film follows a group of teenagers at a summer camp for future astronauts whose trip turns into a perilous flight aboard a real space shuttle. Release is scheduled for June.
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John Williams
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