Forty years in music business flashback by Joe Delaney
Joe Delaney recounts decades around entertainment from Woodrow Wilson High ’39 through postwar Decca sales in Manhattan. He recalls Naida of Whitehall Music,Landowska favorites, Mary Martin’s Oklahoma and Carousel promotions, and early NYC window displays that boosted Manhattan Towers and other cast albums. He notes lessons from Harry Kruse and upcoming events for Thursday.
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Woodrow Wilson
Phonograph
Air Force
Decca Records
New York
Midtown Manhattan
57Th Street
Battery
Macy's
Gimbel’s
Liberty Music
Doubleday
Gramaphone Shop
Haynes Griffin
Robson
Julius Malich
Lower East Side
Whitehall Music
Whitehall
Naida
Westminster Records
His Majesty’s Voice
Snellac
Wanda Landowska
Landowska
Harry Kruse
Decca
Oklahoma
Gordon Jenkins
Mary Martin
Manhattan Towers
New York City
Jackson 5
Bobby Sargent
MGM
Glen Goss
Sahara Space Center
Nuclear Boss Says Plutonium Shipments Safe For Now
NRC chairman William Anders announced at a Denver conference that shipments of radioactive plutonium to and from Kennedy Airport will not be halted until an environmental study on container safety is completed. New York sued earlier to ban the shipments, arguing potential toxicity in a leak.
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Denver
UPS
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
New York
Kennedy
New York State
NRC
William Anders
Edison Electric Institute
Anders
Atomic Energy Commission
Ford
Cannon to file report on Las Vegas fundraiser receipts
Senator Howard Cannon will file a report detailing more than 200000 dollars raised at a Las Vegas dinner last year. His top aide Chet Lobsey confirmed the fundraiser raised over 200000 dollars and said the Howard Cannon Dinner Committee would submit federally required reports.
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Washington
UPD
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Las Vegas
Cannon
Chet Lobsey
Ford proposes split of Highway Trust Fund to prioritize interstates
President Ford asked Congress to redirect federal highway funds toward finishing major interstate links and give states more control over local transportation decisions. One cent per gallon would fund states, while two cents would go to the general Treasury. Urban and rural projects would rely on general funds and three broad grant programs.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
General Federal Treasury
Two Toddlers Drown In Overloaded Boat Capsize
In St. Charles Illinois a family outing ended in tragedy when a johnboat meant for one person and seven children capsized on the Fox River near Scout Island. Lilly Rodriguez two died and another child remains missing. A man Louis Mercado thirty eight was hospitalized after inhaling water. Four children survived.
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ST. Charles, Jr
UPI
Fox River
Scout Island
Lilly Rodriguez
Louis Mercado
Delnor Hospital
Track Union Fraud Denied In California Case
Peter Walter Dowling 37 pleaded not guilty to embezzling 268000 from the Pari Mutuel Clerks Union. Judge A An drew Hauk ordered a new court date and Dowling is held on 200000 bond. Dowling was secretary treasurer of the Pari Mutuel Employer Guild of California Local 280 and formerly resided in Thousand Oaks.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Peter Walter Dowling
Pari-Mutuel Clerks Union
U.S
A. Andrew Hauk
Dowling
Pari- Mutuel
Fed Court Asked To Hear Claims Case
Las Vegas woman Marie Echols seeks removal to the U.S. District Court from Clark County for a suit against Anacon Auto Transport Inc and Royal Globe Insurance. She alleges the company failed to transport her car from New York to Las Vegas in 1973, resulting in a missing vehicle and requested damages totaling $2,700 plus additional losses and daily $50 penalties since June 1973.
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U.S. District Court
Las Vegas
Marie Echols
Anacon Auto Transport, Inc
Royal Globe Insurance Companies
Clark County
Anacon
New York
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Joe Delaney
Ms. Martin
Daddy
Miss Martin
Daddy” Lady
Flood
Thalia Dondero
Nevada
Loretta Bowman
Clark
National Association of County Recorders
Honolulu
Hawaii
NACRC
Central Telephone Company
Juanita Thomas
Coin Telephone
Moapa Christian Church
Moapa Indian Reservation
Jesus
George Samuel Dodge
LDS
George
William L. Dodge
Eldorado High School
Ronal Leavitt
Order of the Arrow
National Brotherhood of Scouting
Les Veges
John H. Koot Om
LA Plaza
Center
Maryland
Pkwy
Ford Hyper
AMO PE
Monte Carlo
Monza
Fletcher
Chevrolet
Decatur
West
Caprice Classic
ER MO
Fed
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