Entertainer Steve Allen’s rough childhood revealed
In Parade magazine an interview with Jayne Meadows describes Steve Allen’s early years. He suffered pneumonia as an infant, lived with a nurse after his parents toured, and endured abandonment by his vaudeville mother. His father died around age one and he was placed in military schools and orphanages before running away at 12 or 13.
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New York
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Parade Magazine
Miss Meadows
Allen
San Francisco
Highway Patrol Returns To Tradition In Kansas
Kan sas Highway Patrol trims modern light bars replacing them with a single beacon on about 90 patrol cars. The switch cuts maintenance costs and preserves a traditional gold shield look while some troopers prefer the newer beacons for visibility and efficiency.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
KHP
Paul Alexander
Bert Cantwell
Cantwell
Ethiopian famine camp evictions prompt UN probe
U N officials said they will personally investigate reports that 56 000 famine victims were evicted from Ibnet camp near Addis Ababa and sent back to villages. Witnesses described beatings, huts burned, and a pregnant woman who miscarried amid troops. Evacuation, officials claim, aimed to prevent epidemics and aid resettlement after rains.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.N
Kurt Jansson
Ibnet
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Jansson
Javier Perez de Cuellar
International Relief Agency
Addis ‘Ababa
Jack Finnucane
Concern
Tigre
Wollo
Maj
Dawit Wolde Giorgis
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Gary Coleman
NBC
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Lee
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Leilani Jones
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Harvey Sabinson
League of American Theaters and Producers
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lionel Richie
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
Phil Collins
Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
Paul McCartney
Michael Jackson
Richie
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Washington
U.S
Edmund
Muskie
Vane
Kansas
Cpt
Walter Wiltse
Wiltse
Illinois
Tim
Davigan
Ince
American Heart ‘Association
Giorgis
Gondar
Trinet
Royal Air Force
Own & Country Supply
Pennzoil Winner
Pak
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Pennzoil
waiThiis
Ormelitie
S.A.E
Zitus
Ennzoil
Seawn & Country Supply
Ottawa
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