Broadway Songwriter Harry Ruby Praised By Grandson at Colby Graduation
Voice of Broadway recalls Harry Ruby’s sunny mood during a Hollywood to Broadway visit. He celebrates grandson Lee Ostreicher’s Colby College honors and admission to London School of Economics, while detailing Ruby’s career from Teddy era tunes to Marx Bros. films and his quirky hobbies.
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Baseball Draft of Fame Dream Recalled in Song
A nostalgic note on a picture reads To Harry Ruby the greatest second baseman outside of base ball. The tale recalls how his life could have shifted if he had pursued major league play, and how his songwriting wealth shaped his legacy.
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Parish Planning Ban Repeal Likely On Parish Meeting Agenda
Ouachita Parish police juror President T. W. Humphries indicated a probable inter governmental planning issue appears set for the regular meeting today with a possible third vote on the fireworks ban. Arlan Rawls will seek repeal, backed by a State Attorney General opinion alleging overreach by the jury. Curtis Joiner may call for delay to seek longer legal review. Humphries notes ongoing talks with jurors and a potential long range planning item. Also on the agenda are a Stock Law Committee report on carcass disposal and bids for a water well system at the Green Oaks Detention Home, with a water line issue affecting Monroe's supply.
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GOP leader push for direct dairy payments to curb milk prices
Rep. Odin Langen, a House GOP farm leader from Minnesota, planned to introduce a bill to provide direct payments of at least 25 cents per hundred pounds to dairy producers of manufactured milk, arguing this would prevent higher consumer milk prices.
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One-Car Accident Kills One Man Injures Three
Sicily Island La. Sept. 21 A Jackson Mississippi man 21 faces negligent homicide charges after a one car wreck at La Hwy 15 and 8 near Sicily Island left Joe W Patterson 21 of Jackson dead and three others injured Danny A Holder 21 driver of the vehicle failed to negotiate the turn and the car overturned into a ditch Holder and two passengers Wayne Fields 21 and Bruce Johns 21 were hospitalized at Concordia Parish Hospital Ferriday and later Fields was moved to a Jackson hospital with non serious injuries
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Methodist students urge end to Viet Nam war in critique
The national conference of the Methodist student movement sharply criticized the Saigon government of Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky and called on U.S. students to press for an end to the Vietnam War.
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