Edith Piaf’s passing noted as pivotal in music history
UPI reports Edith Piaf’s death ends an era with her signature La Vie en Rose and a storied career. The piece highlights a recent live recording Piaf and Teho Sarapo at the Bobino and notes other European flavored LPs and classic singles from midcentury pop, including Magnante’s Roman Accordion and The Norman Labor Choir Grand Tour.
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Piaf
Sarapo
Capitol ST
Teho Sarapo
Met
Charles Magnante
Magnante
Classmen
Limelight
The
Covells
Parkway
Willis Sisters
Abc-Paramount
Dion DiMuci
Columbia
Cogi Grant
C-R-C
Doctors in Los Angeles Develop Coronary Flow Index
Four UCLA physicians report a new Coronary Flow Index, an X ray based test predicting heart disease. In a study of 31 patients 25 with occlusive disease showed lower CFI than normals. The method uses a single IV injection, serial X rays in 30 seconds, and a computer readout for results.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Radiology and Medicine
University of California School of Medicine
Radiology
Harry A. Bishop
Alber A. Kattus
Leslie R. Bennett
Ismael Mena
California tops nation in farm variety and food supply
California accounts for three percent of U S farms yet yields twenty five percent of the nation's table food. The state leads in crop variety, growing more than two hundred crops for commercial use.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Lion attacks hunter as horse bolts in Namibia
Farmer Daantjie Harmse of Grootfontein District in northern South West Africa rode with three friends when a lion leaped from tall grass and landed on the horse. Harmse escaped as the horse bolted with the lion on its back, and Harmse’s brother in the hunting party killed the animal with a single shot.
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Windhoek
South-West Africa
UPI
Daantjie Harmse
Grootfontein
Harmse
California Farm Leaders Hit Record 1962 Output
California farmers produced a record 3.34 billion dollars in farm goods in 1962, per the Council of California Growers. The value surpasses all gold mined in the state since the 1849 Gold Rush.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Council of California Growers
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