21 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Hammond Sunday Star
Location
Hammond, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1977
Page
1
Los Angeles AP report notes Groucho Marx, famed irreverent comedian known for cigar and duck walk, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 7 25 p m PDT. The announcement followed a delayed release as family prepared details amid a guardianship dispute.
The famed comedian who thrilled audiences with one line wisecracks and a chaotic brand of slapstick died after a long illness. He rose from vaudeville with the Marx Brothers and later became a TV and radio staple on You Bet Your Life. He died at Cedars Sinai with family at his side.
Mrs Dunn promotes edible wild plants from vacant lots and streams. She cites safe foraging with lead-free gas, washing plants, and books by Gibbons and Sturtevant. Her family weaves cookery from poke purslane and wild greens with cautions on poisonous roots and proper preparation.
Mrs. Merle L. Bush Fluker died at Hood Memorial Hospital Amite at 7 a.m. Friday aged 78. Religious services are set for 2 p.m. today at McEneely Funeral Home Amite with burial in Amite Cemetery. Visitation was 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. She was a native of Independence and resident of Fluker. She is survived by an Austin Texas sister Inez Jaquet and cousins Edna Helms Bell City and Louise O Bryan Lake Charles.
Volunteers of America opens a thrift store at 106 N. Cate in Hammond as part of its Baton Rouge outreach. The store operates like Goodwill, selling donated goods with some items directed to disaster victims. Pence says donations will be collected at the store until pickup starts.
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