Superman Killed His Acting Career
Kirk Alyn, the actor who portrayed Superman in 1948 51 serials, says the role ruined his career as he lived in California during the 50s and 60s doing commercials. Now nostalgia con crowds and colleges seek him as a speaker and he acknowledges the long delayed payback from the superhero fame.
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Teachers Over stocked and dwindling teaching jobs
Washington AP reports an oversupply of beginning teachers despite no sharp fall in enrollments this fall. Private colleges consider ceilings while strides toward early childhood and vocational education grow. NEA projects 318,200 teaching jobs for this year's grads amid widespread curriculum shifts.
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Missouri fiddler wins at Smithsonian folk fest
Walt Koken of Columbia Missouri captured first prize as best old time fiddler at the First Annual Fiddlers Convention during the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife on the Mall. He also won for the most unusual tune Fall Away Lady earning 50 extra dollars. The event drew fiddlers from across the country and featured traditional tunes like Arkansas Traveler and Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb.
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Hall the Waist-Makers of 1909 theme echoed in ILGWU event
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union marked one of the early American labor struggles with a spirited rendition of Hall the Waist-Makers of 1909. The song carried a modern punch with the refrain Women could fight and won our battle with women’s might.
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Balloon wedding planned over Indiana in hot air balloon
Victor L. Phillips a 20 year old police reporter of the Anderson Bulletin will marry his fiancee Kathy Hiday 18 Saturday in a seven story tall hot air balloon over central Indiana. The couple discussed the idea of saying I do while elevated and agreed Why not. The ceremony will take place during the ride and blends journalism and romance in a unique union.
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