Steinbeck at 90 recalls a life of social conscience
Calder Pickett remembers John Steinbeck on his would-be 90th birthday. The piece traces Steinbeck’s key works from Of Mice and Men to Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, notes Nobel prize recognition, and highlights how his novels awakened awareness of the Okies, laborers, and land in America.
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John Steinbeck
Salinas
Calif
Kenneth Roberts
Tarzan
America
Monterey
Steinbeck
John. Steinbeck
East of
Eden
California
Walker Evans
Long Valley
Henry Morgan
George
Lenny
Tom
Ma Joad
Preacher Casy
Thomas Hart Benton
Norway
Mexico
Rodgers and Hammerstein
New York Times
East of Eden
Law professor joins Kansas Human Rights Commission
Gov. Joan Finney appointed Phillip DeLaTorre, a Kansas University law professor, to the Kansas Human Rights Commission in December. The panel enforces the Kansas Act Against Discrimination and the Kansas Age Discrimination and Employment Act, investigates complaints, and can impose penalties such as lost wages. DeLaTorre, 38, succeeds Andy Ramirez and will serve until July 1994. He is a native of Chanute and a KU alumnus with a Harvard law degree.
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Joan Finney
Phillip DeLaTorre
Governor's Office
DeLaTorre
Kansas University
Kansas Human Rights Commission
Finney
Kansas
Andy Ramirez
Lawrence
DeLaTorre joins Kansas Human Rights Commission
KU professor DeLaTorre, a property and oil and gas law teacher, will serve on the Kansas Human Rights Commission. He cites public service as a motivation and notes expected rise in age and employment discrimination cases, plus greater media and academic attention.
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California
Colorado
Iowa
Texas
London
DeLaTorre
Lawrence Housing Authority
Patrice
Edward
Danny
Green Hall
Human Rights Commission
DeLa Torre
Topeka
Finney
Clint Eastwood inducted into Lionel Hampton Jazz Hall of Fame
Clint Eastwood was inducted into the Lionel Hampton- Chevron Jazz Festival Hall of Fame in Moscow Idaho before about 5000 fans. He praised the swinging era and noted his Bird film about Charlie Parker earned him a Golden Globe for best director. Bruce Willis performed harmonica and blues at a Sun Valley benefit raising 15000 dollars for a theater lighting system as part of his ties to the Idaho resort town. Willis and Demi Moore have lived part time in Sun Valley for the last five years, about 85 miles east of Boise.
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Clint Eastwood
Bird
Charlie Parker
Eastwood
Moscow
Idaho
Dirty Harry
Tough Guy
Bruce Willis
Sun Valley
Sun Valley Repertory Company
Willis
Actress Demi Moore
Boise
Streisand Surprises on SNL During Madonna Arnold Skit
NBC spokeswoman Rosemary Keenan says Streisand made a surprise walk on during Madonna and Roseanne Arnold's Coffee Talk parody on Saturday Night Live. The moment ranked as one of the show's best in 17 years, according to Keenan, with Streisand joining the spoof in New York. The piece also notes Placido Domingo will perform Parsifal at Bayreuth in Germany this summer, marking his first festival appearance there.
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Madonna
Roseanne Arnold
Barbra Streisand
Rosemary Keenan
NBC
New York
Arnold
Placido Domingo
Bayreuth
Germany
Domingo
Nuremberg
Wagner
Leipzig
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Tim Carpenter
Chanute
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Commission
Streisand
B.B. King
Houston
B.B
King
Wheatley High School
Vermont
Howard Dean
New Hampshire
Judd Gregg
New England
Vermont Ski Areas Association
Boston
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