Studs Terkel in New York a Red-Checked Interview
Studs Terkel visits New York for a Pantheon Books event tied to the Broadway opening of a Working adaptation. He talks style, roots in Chicago, and his avoidance of New York pigeonholes while noting a heavy Manhattan rainstorm that sets a nightclub-like mood and slows the city’s pace.
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NBC
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John
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Cholly Wendorf
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McKinley High
University of Chicago Law School
Radio Division
Federal Writers Project
Garroway
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Tribune
Studs Terkel in Chicago Spotlight and New York Musical Debacle
Studs Terkel, Chicago interviewer and author, is profiled amid New York and Chicago theater scenes. The piece contrasts his radio career and editorial rigor with a flopped Broadway run and his persistent impact on public discourse, noting critiques, collaborations, and plans for a new work titled American Dreams Lost and Found.
Drought still hurting crops in Texas on many fronts
Texas farmers face ongoing drought across the state with plummeting yields for corn sorghum and soybeans and heavy livestock marketing as hay and forage remain scarce. Irrigated fields hold steady while dryland crops suffer with widespread plowing to collect disaster payments and mixed regional prospects for peaches pecans and cotton.
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Panhandle
Gray County
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Gillespie County
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