Grand Ole Opry Defies Odds With Timeless Appeal in Nashville
In Nashville the Grand Ole Opry remains a living radio vaudeville, drawing 600000 mile itinerant fans to the 3000 seat Opryhouse weekly. The show, its 48-year run and 2500 consecutive performances, keeps audience devotion through stars like Tex Ritter and Minnie Pearl, amid a growing country music industry worth billions.
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SMU historian seeks federal funds for national oral history archive
Dr. Ron Davis of Southern Methodist University plans a national depository for American popular culture oral histories. He seeks $75,000 in federal funding to record entertainers from vaudeville to radio in cities like New York and Los Angeles. The project would cover performers and crew above 65, with interviews controlled by subjects and transcriptions stored for research.
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League of Women Voters backs single member districts plan
The League of Women Voters of Illinois reaffirms support for reducing the Illinois House to 118 single member districts. It cites abolishing cumulative voting and the two month reevaluation of a 1970 position, with a petition drive to place the amendment on the November 1974 ballot.
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UAW ratifies GM contract in landslide vote
About 420000 GM auto workers approve a three year labor pact by over 90 percent, earning an average extra 600 per hour week before Christmas with 150 back pay. The deal covers U S and Canadian plants as Ford and GM local bargaining nears completion. The union plans no strike deadlines until after Christmas.
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Plymouth dog and cat home to feast on Christmas
More than 100 residents of the Plymouth Dog and Cat Home will be served a lavish Christmas dinner funded by donors who contributed 500 dollars for 25 turkeys. Supplementing the charity, Doris Angwin questions directing funds away from people in need while Ken Taylor defends the animal-focused gift. In a separate note, GM labor votes show broad ratification with nuanced division among skilled trades.
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Halloween Candy Defies Time in Basement Light
A reflective piece by Phil Pastoret ponders why some Halloween candy survives ages and why basement stair lights fail in the deepest night. The meditation contrasts fragile sweets with stubborn darkness, weaving memories and small mysteries.
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