Notable American Inventors and Innovations
Summary of key figures and breakthroughs: the first telephone and safety razor development, electric light and phonograph advances, the hand held camera invention, polio vaccine discovery, improved railway sleeping cars, and the cotton gin by an American inventor.
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Garris rises in Hollywood as Spielberg’s heat fuels career
Mick Garris, 33, climbs with Amazing Stories as story editor and writer. He co authors Batteries Not Included with Steven Spielberg and lands screens for Eddie Murphy and a psychic thriller Double Vision. He buys a Hollywood Hills home and greets each day with thanks to Spielberg. Jesse Owens born in Danville Alabama in 1913.
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In London Jim Henson directs Tri Star Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly as human leads amid puppets. The fairy tale follows a girl who quests to rescue her kidnapped stepbrother from Jareth who rules the labyrinth surrounding a castle. The Los Angeles Times previews the script and puppet creatures.
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