Natalie Cole creates a rising rhythm and blues career
Natalie Cole details her journey from aspiring brain surgeon to renowned singer. She recalls early pressure to imitate her father Nat King Cole, choosing her own bluesy gospel infused style, discovering faith as a Baptist, and gaining confidence through club gigs and a pivotal jam with a Connecticut band.
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Los Angeles
Natalie Cole
Miss Cole
Nat King’’ Cole
Atalie
Natalie
University of Massachusetts
Strep
Connecticut
Gospel of the Baptist Church
Oklahoma badman becomes mummy
The mummy of outlaw Elmer McCurdy, killed by an Oklahoma sheriff in 1911, surfaced in a Long Beach fun house during a Six Million Dollar Man shoot. Identified through carnival sales, the body adorned in glow paint hung as a sideshow prop, later examined after a fallen arm revealed a human bone.
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Los Angeles
Elmer McCurdy
Long Beach
Calif
McCurdy
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Okesa
Osage County
Ohla
Big Caney River
Pretty Boy Leads Philly Graffiti Club at 16
A 16 year old graffiti artist nicknamed Pretty Boy dominates Philadelphia walls as part of the Hip City Swingers. He describes starting in third grade and now coordinates with about 90 members to map targets and lines up supply thefts. City officials warn of rising costs and crime while the artist seeks work and aims to be top vandal in two years.
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Philadelphia
Subway
Pretty Boy
Hip City Swingers
Joseph Zazcyzny
City Hall
Worksoven
30Th Street
Zazyczny
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Sonney
Grampy
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Hawn
Duchess
Mre
Dirfwater Fox
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TL Tfox
MTC
Kami Ay
Elks Club
W. Broadway
Robby Benson
Arthur Hill
Prairie View Auditorium
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Cream Junction
N. Main
Imo
Newton Kansan P.O
Newton
Santa Claus
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Elbing
Goessel
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Hesston
Moundridge
Sedgwick
Walton
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