Buddy Holly and Warner Bros questions answered in Dear Dick
The column clarifies Buddy Holly wife miscarriage after his death and his widow's remarriage. It confirms Warner Bros founders were four brothers Albert Harry Sam and Jack with Jack dying last year. The piece also addresses television show Half Pint and the baby Grace, noting the current status of the show and Dolly Parton’s recording.
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Buddy Holly
Pices
Sresenne Dunn
Wichita Falls
Buddy
Maria Elena
Hollywood
Lubbock
Tex
Warner Bros. Production Co
Tucson
Aziz
Warner Brothers
Albert
Harry
Sam
Jack
Nickelodeon
New Castle
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Elizabeth Jensen
Plainwell
Mick
Little Grace
Boar Dick
Allouds Les Delly Parton
House On the Prairie
Charles
Caroline
Francis Arnett
Joplin
Dear readers seek clues on TV plots and Dolly’s songs
Readers ask Dick about soap story continuity on a show ending in June and debate Dolly Parton song records. They inquire if a Guiding Light actress is related to Rosemary Clooney and seek details on Fantasy Island’s opening shots, noting Kauai waterfalls and stock plane footage plus Arcadia Arboretum locations.
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Diana
Guiding Light
Rosemary Clooney
Carol
Rock Hill
Lena Landen
Fantasy Island
Jean Sidebotham
Tucson
Ariz
Kauai
Hawaii
Studio
Arboretum J
Arcadia
Calif
Dole faces 1980 bid with revised tone and rivals
Senator Bob Dole outlines a positive, organized 1980 presidential bid after his 1976 vice presidential run. He recalls his tough campaign style, says he will set the tone as candidate, while noting age, peers like Connally Bush and Baker, and ongoing inflation as challenges.
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Washington
Bob Dole
Dole
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
White House
Ron
Russell
Kan
Thal
Nula
Ned Wall
John B. Connally
Connally
Fair Play in a Boardinghouse Column on Irish Curses and Baseball
Ridgefield Connecticut AP column reflects reader letters and memories on Irish curses and semi pro baseball, recalling the House of David and Lancaster Red Rose legends. Notes a Boston landlady once switched from Red Sox to Cardinal Cushing, with readers sharing jokes, regrets about hometown baseball fading, and a toast to procrastination with an Armada cocktail suggestion.
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Ridgefield
William of Orange
E. Irene Holland
New London
Conn
William
Boyne Waters
House of David
Lancaster Red Rose
Jim Russell
Boulder Creek
Calif
Pittsburgh
Ship of Imagination
Tina Mooney
Atlanta
Baltimore wine tasting shocks city with high turnout
In Baltimore, about 500 people attended a Belvedere Hotel wine tasting tied to Heublein’s Premiere National Auction of Rare Wines. Despite beer pride and no sales at the event, the crowd celebrated connoisseurship, noting Baltimore’s growing wine scene alongside city renaissance and state interest.
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Baltimore
Fells Point
Towson
Woodlawn
Middle River
Bawlamer
Belvedere Hotel
Chicago
Atlanta
John Grisanti
Memphis
Alexander
Sandy” McNally
Heublein
McNally
Prague Marne
McWally
Charm City
Patapsco
San Francisco
Dallas
Graake
Belvedere
Capital Beltway
Prince Georges County
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