Not a career woman Mildred Alexander's music life
Organist Mildred Alexander, first woman to complete a year as Radio City Music Hall organist, describes her path from Durham radio background music to teaching, directing, and touring clinics while prioritizing family and timing over a formal career. She speaks of rhythm, teaching methods, and how exposure from infancy fostered her children's musical abilities.
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Beth Mohr
Copley News Service
Mildred Alexander
Radio City Music Hall
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Portugal
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North Carolina
Sierra Club elects Denny Shaffer as president
A North Carolina businessman from Fayetteville Denny Shaffer was elected president of the Sierra Club replacing Joe Fontaine of Tehachapi. Shaffer, a five year club director and former membership chair, says the grassroots strength will spur political action as the organization grows from 180000 members in 1980 to 300000 today.
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San Francisco
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Denny Shaffer
Fayetteville
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Joe Fontaine
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Plastic whale deflated at City Hall protest
Three Greenpeace members were arrested after attempting to inflate a 28 foot blue and white plastic whale named Flo atop City Hall in Chicago. Flo, shipped from Boston for a Saturday walkathon, was seized as evidence and the trio faces disorderly conduct charges with a May 24 court date.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Save the Whale
Giesan Ior
Greenpeace Inc
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City Hall
Greenpeace
Diane McQuillen
David Kozlowski
Anne Drennan
Boston
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