Former Meter Reader Transforms Into Met Opera Singer
Bert Linsey Jr a Black former Los Angeles meter reader and custodian wins a role with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He left a $175 weekly meter job for singing, facing long separations from his wife Sandra and their three children as he pursues a national company career.
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Dom Thomas Los Jeles
Metropolitan Opera Company
Bert Linsey Jr
Music Center
Department of Water and Power
Lindsey
New York
Canada
United States
Louisiana
Los Angeles National Company
Grech Theater
Sandra
Moyers Speech Highlights Government Information Duty
Moyers told a reception of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism alumni that government must share information. He urged transparency and accountability as essential for a healthy democracy.
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Moyers
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
What’s in a nickname Dear Abby column explores “old lady” term
A reader defends or objects to the term old lady for a wife while others share differing views. Several letters recount personal use of the phrase and its reception, noting affection or disrespect, with differing cultural attitudes and humor in responses.
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Abby
Seymour
Caroline
Sision
Cuba Praises Young Sugar Cane Cutter Hero of Cuba
Miami AP reports Cuba hails 15 year old Marcial Casteneds as a national hero for cutting about 2500 pounds of sugar cane daily. Havana radio cites his night school attendance after work and notes sugar is Cuba's top dollar producer.
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Miami
Fla
Marcial Casteneds
Cuba
Havana
Marcial
C. S
Rt. 4
Lubbock
Sanders Chapel
Goren On Bridge Four Hearts Triumph in Practical Campaign
South leverages a sound opening and a bold three over two raise to reach four hearts. West counters with strategic defense including a spade lead and careful ruffs, but declarer threads a precise sequence to establish nine tricks and secure the game.
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South
West
North
East
Declarer
U S Doctors to Attend Havana International Medical Conference
Five thousand foreign and Cuban physicians are slated to attend a major medical conference in Havana. Three U S doctors have been authorized by the State Department to participate. The event runs from Tuesday through February 2 according to Cuban radio monitored in Miami.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Havana
Miami
Washington
State Department
Wayne's Wife Gives Birth To Daughter In Los Angeles
John Wayne and wife Pilar welcomed their third child a daughter born at West Valley Hospital weighing 6 pounds 1% ounces. The infant was born on their son John Ethan's fourth birthday and has not been named. The couple's other child is Ailsa 10. Wayne is 58 and a longtime film star.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Pilar
West Valley Hospital
John Ethan
Ailsa
Wayne
Movie Box Office Figure With Four Grown Children
A fragment notes at the movie box office mentions a man with four grown children from a previous marriage. It states he has been married three times. The text also discusses using a small jar of jet black caviar with mashed hard cooked eggs as a topping for toast.
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Egat
Jdraw
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ROKET
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Slaton
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