Eunuchs a legacy of old China in modern Beijing
Sun Yaoting and Ma Deqing, both 80, once eunuchs of the Qing dynasty, live in seclusion at the Bureau for Preservation of Temples and Monasteries. The pair, friends for 50 years, describe a harsh life marked by castration, poverty, and shifting fortunes as imperial power collapsed.
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Peking
West Drum Tower
China
Sun Yaoting
Ma Deqing
Forbidden City
Bureau For
Sun
Young Sun
Wan Rong
Jinghai County
Tianjin
Pu Yi
Feng Yu Hsiang
Nancy Reagan jokes she never wears a crown at Smith dinner
At the Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner in New York City Nancy Reagan dispels rumors after gifts shops sold postcards of her in a queen image. She notes her efforts against drug abuse and support for the Girl Scouts while joking about the White House china fundraiser and her husband’s deficit remark.
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New York
Nancy Reagan
Washington
Girl Scouts
China
Jimmy Stewart Named Grand Marshal of Tournament of Roses
The 73 year old film star Jimmy Stewart was chosen as grand marshal for the 93rd Tournament of Roses in Pasadena California on New Year’s Day. Tournament president Harold Coombes called Stewart affable and personable and fitting for the leading role.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jimmy Stewart
Harold Coombes
Cincinnati Band Leader Sings Ode to Frank Sinatra
Cincinnati big band musician Bill Walters a fan of Frank Sinatra wrote a song titled I Wanna and described his admiration for the iconic singer. The report notes Walters as a local bandleader and vocalist active in the city’s music scene.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Bill Walters
Ole Blue Eyes
Walters Sings Like You Know Who Salute
Walters sought to imitate Frank Sinatra but Sinatra’s lawyers advised against it. He renamed the song I Wanna Sing Like You Know Who and recorded it for Fraternity records, insisting the piece is a salute not an imitation.
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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Walters
Fraternity Records
Frank
Rooney jokes about wives on Broadway
Mickey Rooney, starring in Sugar Babies, teases reporters in New York about his eight marriages. He quips his ring finger is a thumb and jokes his license reads to whom it may concern. He says he is friends with ex-wives and jokes about a marching band with all his wives at the Rose Bowl.
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UPI
Mickey Rooney
Jan
Rose Bowl
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Allwives Marching Band
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