Blind Woodsman Harvests Timber
Fred Robison of Moscow Idaho is a 55 year old blind woodsman who fells 455 acres of timber with aid only from his wife. He also farms 25 acres of oats and wheat, tends 100 laying hens 200 fryers and milks 3 cows, while playing guitar at dances. The piece notes his influenza at 16 left him blind.
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NEA
Moscow
Idaho
Fred Robison
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
United States
Robison
Georgia Gibbs Signals Shifting Rock and Roll Trends
In a Londonesque music column, Georgia Gibbs notes signs of rock and roll fading or evolving as ballads rise in popularity. She cites her niece’s reaction to a slow song, a trend toward country-tinged rock and “rock a hula” hints, and mentions artists like Tony Bennett, Rusty Draper, Bonnie Alden, and Dinah Shore, plus new albums from Mathis, the Platters, and Vaughan.
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New York
Georgia Gibbs
Georgia
Nece
Miss Gibbs
Fascination
Wildwood
N. J
Tony Bennett
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Dick's
Dinah Shore
RCA
Jane Morgan
Kapp
Yuma
Frankie Laine
Columbia
Jerry Lewis
Decca
Roy Hamilton
Epic
Sarah Vaughan
Mercury
George Gershwin
Fiedler
Boston Pops
Rossini
Rimsky- Korsakoff
Tchaikovsky
Robert Casadesus
Mitropoulos
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of
de Falla
Gardens of
Spain
Munch
Boston Symphony
Judge's Verbal Order Sparks Jury Dinner Payment Remark
Attorney Selby cited a judge's remark during trial in which the bailiff was told to take the jury out and buy them 11 dinners and one bale of hay, a line described as an odd courtroom moment. The incident drew attention to the jurors' treatment in the proceedings.
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Selby
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the Record Shop
Charleston
Bonnie Alden
Broadway
Jennie
Leo G. Carroll
Arlene Francis
High Point
Carolina
Kivett Drive
Shop Penney
Penney’s
Penney's
America
Penney
Rayon
Orlon
Cannon
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