From the Spoils of Celebrity and Film Critics
A column blends gossip on Chaplin, Ponti Loren, Beatlemania, Barbra Streisand, and Truman Capote with sharp cultural takes. It notes Ponti’s costly bid to keep Loren married, Streisand’s diction shaping lyrics, and box office lessons from Liz Taylor and The Sandpiper, while recalling early theater figures and a biography’s reception.
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Charles Chaplin
Colm
N.Y
Eugenia
Sardi
Hatchick
Sophia Loren
S . Everlovin
Carla
Ponti
la Loren
Sammy Caht
Jimmy van Heusen
Cole Paxter
Broadwayfarers
U'S
Barbra Streisand
Pussycat
John Q. Boodlie
Lena Herpe
Truman Ca' Pele
New York
Chinatown Museum
Edward Albee
Teevee
Liz Taylor
Ben Hecht
Hollywood
Today In History Highlights From Sept 21 Across Years
The column notes events on September 21 across history, including J Frank Duryea driving the first US gasoline automobile in 1883 in Springfield Mass, the 1776 Lake Champlain naval battle, 1927 bridge work on the George Washington Bridge, and Roosevelt's 1939 arms embargo request. It also recalls Truman's 1945 Work War I naming and past crises in Coney Island and the Congo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
J. Frank Duryea
United States
Springfeld
Mass
Charles Duryea
Lake Champlain
Congo
Malta
State consolidates personnel agencies under new department
State officials move to combine the old Personnel Board and the former Merit System Council into a single State Personnel Department under a 1965 General Assembly act. The consolidation aims to streamline the wage, hours, and working conditions system, eliminate duplication, and simplify record keeping while preserving existing programs during a gradual transition.
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William A Raleigh
Very =ic
State of
Norths
Conslidation Lara
Merit System ‘ Council
Shires Ment
Generali Assembly
Bourlechece
Personnel Merit
State Personnel Council
Paducah land sale tied to George Rogers Clark legacy
Paducah, Ky records note a Revolutionary War reward of 100000 acres of Western Kentucky for George Rogers Clark. About 37000 acres were at the Ohio and Tennessee rivers junction where Paducah sits. Clark’s estate passed to a Louisville administrator and the 97000 acre tract was sold to his brother for five dollars.
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Paducah
Manhattan Island
Ohio River
Virginia
George Rogers Clark
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Clark
Louisville
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Samantha. Egger
Katharine Hepburn
Roger Graham
J. Lamb
Petar O'Toole
Playboy
Rca-Victor
Miesy
Lane Cane Sree
Ellington
Leadbelly
Jerry Jones
Red Skelton
Iggy
John Wayne
Kim Novak
Gabor Girls
Copacabana
Tracy Vance
Ven Cliburn
Harvey Lavan Cliburn
Gallien
Tarzan
Enid Mar‘key
Enid
Greyhound
Osmeetha Has
Limerick
Ireland
America
Cles
Capitol
Organiza Honal el
Ipaducah
Greenwood
Reed Realty Conee
Johnson Motor Lines
Thomasville
N.C
High Point
Hesith
N. Main St
Robert L. Green
Buick
Studebaker
Leiba
Chrysler
Carter By
the United Way
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