Lessie Woodard a lifelong Texas fiddler and barber
Lessie Woodard, born 1941 in Pecos to Lewis and Sybil Woodard, grew up in West Texas fiddling culture. He learned from family, performed at jamborees and contests, and earned the nickname the Fiddling Barber for playing between barber shop shifts. He cites mentors like Carl Hazelwood and performances across Texas as proof of his devotion to Texas fiddling.
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Lewis and
Sybil Woodard
Pecos
Lessie
Pecos Country Music Association
C.F. Carlson
Woodards
Lewis Woodard
Randy Hargrave
Michael Lessie
Dad
CMA
Carl Hazelwood
Monahans
Carl
Texas
San Antonio
Copperas Cove
Dell City
Dick Barrett
Major Franklin
Terry Morris
Straley Allsup
Donna
Duval
Lessie Woodard
Atlanta Rhythm Section Eyes Big Break and Live Album
The Atlanta Rhythm Section, formed in Atlanta as studio backup players, seeks a national breakthrough with Polydor after three MCA albums. Members Hammound, Bailey and others note hours on stage, planned two LP live set at the Fox Theater, and hopes for a No 1 single to launch wider success while balancing life off stage.
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Atlanta
Barry Bailey
Ronnie Harrimound
MCA
Rodney Juso
Hammound
Justo
Bailey
Stave
Polydor Records
Polydor
Fox Theater
Doraville
Atlanta Rhythm Section
J. R. Cobb
Dean Daughtry
Paul Goddard
Robert Nix
Nix
Cobb
Buddy Bure
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Charlie Danels
Lynyrd Skynrd
Capricorn Records
Macon
Allman Brothers Pot
Richard Yates on Writing and New Boston Life
AP interview with novelist Richard Yates discusses his dislike of the typewriter, pen to pencil drafting, and reliance on a professional retype. He explains moving to Boston after a NYC fire that destroyed 60 manuscript pages and outlines his 15 month book plan with Delacorte Press.
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Phil Thomas
New York
Richard Yates
Yates
Boston
New York City
Delacorte Press
Seymour Lawrence
Nancy Dickerson shaped women in TV news in early days
Nancy Dickerson reflects on her rise from weather to CBS-TV first female national network correspondent in 1960. She recalls long hours and landmark access, covering four presidents and major events while noting shifts toward privacy, investigative reporting, and the era of women in broadcasting.
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Connie Grzelka
NEW York
Weather Girl
Nancy Hanschman
Wauwatosa
Wis
Cbs-Tv
Nancy Dickerson
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Elizabeth Ray
Vietnam
Barbara Walters
ABC Evening News
Family diet focus to curb children's high blood pressure
Dr. Malcolm A. Holliday urged families to monitor their children's intake away from home, noting salt in many foods and the genetic tendency of hypertension. He said weight loss may lower vascular resistance and that family eating habits help address high blood pressure, speaking at a Medical Horizons program funded by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co.
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Pittsburgh
Malcolm A. Holliday
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco
Dr. Holliday
Medical Horizons
Ciba Pharmaceutical Co
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Country Fiddler
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Kosa Odessa
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MacNeil Lehrer
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Long Branch
Laverne
Shirley
Young Ernie
Paul
Tao Kojak
Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy
Burt Lancaster
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
John Hammond
Butch — Cassidy
Il Nightwatch
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the Young and the Restless
Don Ho
Ironside
South America
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Math Factory
the Doctors
Word Shop
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Kit Ily
Mister Ropers
Bunny
Roadrunner Hour
NBC Nightly News
S Electric Company
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CBS Evening News
Dick van Dyke
CBS Morning News
Good Morning America
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Wheel of Fortune
Electric Company
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Points South
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Lewis
Tommy
ARS
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AP News
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United States
France
Britain
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Adventures of the
Wilderness Family
Brannen
Robert F Logan
Susan Damante Shawaver
Arthur R Ques
Pacific International
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