Frade page highlights Yeager and other notable figures
The Frade page recalls Chuck Yeager at his 80th birthday celebration noting his 1947 sound barrier record and early Air Force days. It also reports Mister Rogers asteroid honor, Fred Rogers family notes, and a plan etarium show. Diana Krall and Elvis Costello engagement rumors surface alongside Sen. Robert Byrd earning UC degree amid family health issues.
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Prano
Texas
Chuck Yeager
Air Force
Yeager
Oak Ridge Boys
Pittsburgh
Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers
Public Television
Rogers
Henry Buhl Jr
Carnegie Science Center
Mars
Jupiter
E.F. Helin
Palomar Observatory
California
History Highlights From May 3 1978 To Thatcher’s Rise
On May 3 1978 Sun Day activists held solar energy events nationwide while Washington DC marked its incorporation as a city in 1802. West Virginia enacted the first state sales tax in 1921 and in 1979 Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister. In 1971 antiwar protests began four days of demonstrations in Washington DC to shut down the capital.
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Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Ers
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Birthdays and Kansas Lottery Numbers Featured
James Brown turns 70 and Pete Seeger 84 while Engelbert Humperdinck is 67 Greg Gumbel is 57 and Christopher Cross is 52 The column also notes a Kansas Pick 3 draw for Friday and Super Kansas Cash results for Wednesday with numbers 25 18 28 30 and 17 leading payouts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brown
Pete Seeger
Engelbert Humperdinck
Greg Gumbel
Christopher Cross
Da Vinci Notebooks Go Digital At Louvre Exhibition
The Louvre in Paris digitalizes 12 of Leonardo da Vinci notebooks to let visitors flip through them online. The pages reveal sketches of flying machines, bird flight studies, city plans, and notes on light and shadow, with 1,080 pages photographed in six weeks.
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Paris
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci
Louvre Museum
Louvre
Bank of France
Forcione
Schola
Carmen Bambach
Giacomo
Madelin
Florence
Italy
Best Bets Concerts and Shows in Kansas City Night Scene
A dense slate of music events across Kansas City venues. Powerman 5000, Stone Sour, RA and others perform at Uptown Theatre and nearby sites. Weekday and weekend gigs include The Granada, The Bottleneck, The Pool Room, and El Torreon with bands like The Hefners, Schwag, The Autumn State, and Zebrahead among many others.
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Stone Sour
Uptown Theatre
Broadway
Kansas City
McCollum Hall
Mark Lyda
Grayscale
Kansas University
the Hefners
Conner
Patrick Clendenin
Iowa
N.H. Selout
Jazzhaus
Lucy and Lucy The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone on TV Sunday
Television sets up a weekend of midcentury nostalgia with Lucille Ball in a live show wrap and a bold Tennessee Williams adaptation The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone starring Helen Mirren. The schedule also features Gladiator Silent Warnings SNL and The Gin Game plus Asia and Dark Roots specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Gleason
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Lucy
CBS
Lucille Ball
Rachel York
Desi Arnaz
Danny Pino
Madeline Zima
Bette Davis
Priscilla Bonnet
Arnaz
York
Olivier Martinez
Diane Lane
Tennessee Williams
Mrs. Stone
Showtime
Helen Mirren
Stone
Contessa
Anne Bancroft
Mr. Stone
Brian Dennehy
Russell Crowe
ABC
Stephen Baldwin
Ashton Kutcher
NBC
50 Cent
the Kinks
Third Eye Blind
Jersey Shore
Dick van Dyke
Mary Tyler Moore
D.L. Coburn
PBS
Sydney
Mom
Anna Nicole
Texas
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Toronto
Diana Krall
Elvis Costello
Toronto Star
Diana
Jim Krall
Krall
Costello
New York
Charleston
W.va
Morris Harvey College
Robert C. Byrd
University of Charleston
Byrd
Erma
Ed Welch
Krall, Costello
2Day’s History Journal
Sday
Kansas
Digital Masterpiece
Ness
Varena Forcione
Francesco Melzi
France
Essex Green
Mass
Core Project
Bottleneck
N.H
Cousin Gabriel
America
Paolo
Martinez
Hollywood
Kevin McDonough
Bikram
Journal-World
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