Tennessee Music Heritage From Blues To Country
A wrapped editorial on Tennessee’s rich musical legacy tracing roots from the Mississippi Delta to the Appalachians. It highlights Beale Street in Memphis and 16th Avenue South in Nashville as pivotal, recalls Beale Street venues like Pee Wee’s, and notes urban renewal and plans for a blue light district amid concerns about preserving culture. The piece references figures such as W. C. Handy, Huddie Ledbetter, Furry Lewis, Mississippi John Hurt, and Blind Lemon Jefferson, and reflects onrace, poverty, and the evolution of the city’s music scene.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Beale Street
Memphis
16Th Avenue South
City
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
W. C. Handy
Handy
W. C
Furry Lewis
James ‘Rabbit’ Brown
John’ Estes
William Johnson
Henry Thomas
Huddie
Leadbelly' Ledbetter
Mississippi John Hurt
Blind Lemon Jefferson
PeeWee's
The
Monarch
Panama
Handy Park
Keep Your Cuticles Neat Inexpensively
Practical home care ad describing a cuticle treatment recipe using trisodium phosphate and glycerin to form a soak paste. It promotes personal grooming, notes safety cautions, and advertises The Formula Book available by mail order for $5.95 with address.
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P. O. Box
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Wall Street Woes Push Malaise Onto Politics
New York AP reports Wall Street sees a market malaise driven by uncertainty about the economy and political outcomes. Analysts warn Carter’s rise could heighten uncertainty, while deficits and inflation feed investor caution amid Fed policy debates.
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New York
Wall
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Soviets Order Additional Grain Under Long Term Pact
The Soviet Union ordered another one million metric tons of U S wheat and corn under a five year agreement, with Continental Grain selling 409 000 tons of wheat and Bunge 300 000 tons of wheat plus 100 000 tons of corn. The purchase raises total grain bought under the pact to 3.8 million tons. Russia also bought 1.4 million tons of U S soybeans for 1976 77, not covered by the long term deal.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Continental Grain Co
Bunge Corp
Agriculture Department
Gulf Ports
Russia
A Good Cigar Celebrates 100th Birthday
Modesto California reports Joseph Jefferson Floyd, who turns 100 on September 14, is a regular cigar smoker. Asked if he has smoked cigars all his life, he replied with a touch of annoyance that he is not through yet.
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Modesto
Calif
Joseph Jefferson Floyd
Trade Winds Market Bulls Forecast Topping 1200 Dow Mark
Bulls foresee the Dow industrial average surpassing 1200 after a 1051.70 high on January 11, 1973, citing strong earnings at 858 firms but warning that uncertainty from oil costs, policy, inflation, and rates could cap gains. Banks adjust portfolios with some selling, while investors push for higher valuations.
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Dow
Bank of International Prestige
Post Office Reopens Probe Into AMA Mailing Privileges
The U S Postal Service resumes inquiry into possiblecriminal violations by the American Medical Association and its entitlement to lower cost mailing privileges. Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor cites newly acquired documents from an unidentified man claiming to be a doctor and former AMA employee as a trigger for renewed scrutiny.
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AMA
Washington Post
Lee M. Mitchell
Washington
Chicago
Sidley & Austin
Postal Service
Asst
James H. Byrne
Mitchell
Woman Pulled From Auto After Crash In Charlotte
Mrs. Gil Stamper a 67 year old Charlotte radio and TV personality was pulled from a burning car by passerby Joe Morris a 33 year old real estate agent after it struck a tree Thursday Morris used a hammer to break a window and turn off the car engine She was bleeding and alone The incident followed broader notes on AMA mailing privilege and a postal law probe that later stalled then revived with potential penalties for false circulation statements by the AMA
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Charlotte
Gil Stamper
Joe Morris
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A Musicians
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Kosman
Hosman
McCall
Dtmvst
Sohep and
Depen- Gale
Rosman
Clurch
Sadie May
Lune
Lou Schneider
Alliance New York
NANA
Wall Street Bulls
Bulls
Fed
U.S. Post Office
ABA
Rhone
Dale Soda
Main ST
Tinda and
Wylie Moore
Towne Theatre
Raquel Buy Welch
COMBY
le Chateau
South Main Street
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