Transcontinental Telegraph’s Pioneering Spirit in Platte County
Francis M. Dischner recalls Edward Creighton shaping Omaha as the eastern end of the first cross country telegraph line to Sacramento. The project faced harsh frontier logistics, with poles hauled by wagon and gear carried over plains, while Congress later fixed Omaha as the Union Pacifics eastern terminus.
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Christ
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Edward Creighton
Omahe
West
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Ark
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St. Louis
Telegraph Company
West Coast
U.S. Army
Congress
Western Union
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
Missouri and Western Telegraph Company
Julesburg
Nebraska
Kearny
Oregon Trail
Fort Laramie
South Pass
Fort Bridger
Columbus
Pacific
City
Wyoming
Plains
Missouri River
Abraham Lincoln
Nebraska Territory
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri
Pacific Telegraph
Sounds Guide to hits and misses by Stan Mieses
After the holiday rush, Stan Mieses surveys prominent discs and weighs Eagles Hotel California against California rock stereotypes noting some albums lackluster filler while debuting Hotel California as a standout entry.
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Eagles
Hotel California
Roots TV event shaping Alex Haley's fame on screen
Hollywood reports the adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots for ABC, a 12 hour mini series across eight nights starting Jan. 23. Haley recalls writing fast to meet TV demands, while noting his financial rise and continued plans for a follow up book about his Tennessee hometown and life at sea. He and industry figures look to the project as a major television milestone.
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Ley
Yoces
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National Car Rental
American Express
Tennessee
Coast
Lassie Star Jan Clayton Aids Women Alcoholics
Hollywood actress Jan Clayton known for Lassie promotes sobriety and urges women to seek help for alcoholism. She serves on the Alcoholism Council of Greater Los Angeles and plans further outreach to educate children about drinking risks. Clayton also coauthored a new book with Samuel Marx and Doris Hart, drawing on her experiences in show business.
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Nancy Anderson
Copley
Hollywood
Jan Clayton
Lassie
Rodgers
Larry Hart
Samuel Marx
Rodgers and Hart
Hart
Julie
Marx
Hartwell
Clayton
Oscar Hammerstein II
Jerome Kern
MGM
Jan
Magnolia
Robert Lerner
Alcoholism Council of Greater
Germany
Mayer and Thalberg
Top 10 Albums Week of January 15
A scrambled chart lists top albums with entries such as Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life and The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers and Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive plus other titles including A New World Record by ELO and A Night on the Town by Chicago. The list shows positions and partial, garbled spellings for several artists and albums.
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Eagles
Bob Seger
Silver Bullet
Ain
Seger
Graham Parker
London
Parker
Velvet Underground
New York
Bruce
al Green
Memphis
America
Paul McCartney
Paul
Rtisans
Stanley Turrentine
Cone California
Stevie Wonder
The
Doobie Brothers
Frampton
Peter Frampton
Ike
Eve Miller
Ask Dick Kleiner TV's graveyard Sunday morning
Dear Dick answers readers on TV scheduling and economics, explaining why Sunday mornings show public service and foreign language programs. He also answers questions about Chevy Chase on NBC and the actors from Golden Earrings Dark At the Top of the Stairs The Kids From Caper and Happy Days cast details.
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Siberia
J.E.J.A
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P.E.I
U.S
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NBC
N.B
Springfield
Chase
Paulette Oe
Marlene Dietrich
Barbara
Truck
Dietrich
Sammy Golden
Sandy M
Sierra Vista
Aziz
Lee Kinsolving
Doc
Pat Thomas
Reno
Nev
John Lansing
Danny
Becky
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