Hollywood marks 50 years of talkies with retro celebration
The event celebrates the birth of synchronized sound in film starting with The Jazz Singer in 1927. Attendees include Ernest Borgnine and May McAvoy, with postmaster general Benjamin Bailor issuing a commemorative stamp. The gathering recalls early sound challenges from noisy cameras to improvised microphone placement and repeated takes.
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al Jolson
Sunset Boulevard
Gene Autry
Los Angeles
Germany
Jolson
Carter Defends Panama Canal Treaty Amid Doubts
President Carter told the Democratic National Committee that Senate ratification of the Panama Canal treaty is in doubt but will serve U S interests. He said the pact grants the right to defend the canal and keep it open to all shipping and emphasized ongoing U S support for Israel.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
United States
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Yas States
Panama
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Catal
Woolly bear forecast warns of cold Lancaster winter
In Pennsylvania, 3-year veteran reporter Herb Krone notes woolly bear caterpillars are very dark this season signaling a harsher winter ahead. He says to keep snow shovels ready though this winter may not match last year’s record cold.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Herb Krone
W: Bears
Ars
Krone
Sald Krone
Free exotic fertilizer from Ringling Bros circus animals
Denver area gardeners can get free fertilizer from Ringling Bros animals. A circus spokesman touts elephants as top producers, while also noting leopards, panthers, camels, horses, camels, chimps and others contribute. The animals are said to outperform farm animals fed on grass or hay.
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Denver
Denver-area
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ten Exciting Men Named National Secretaries Association
The National Secretaries Association lists four entertainers three government figures two athletes and one businessman among its top ten most exciting men in the country. Names include James Schlesinger Mel Brooks Tom Jones Tom Bradley Henry Kissinger Mike Douglas Steve McQueen Joe Namath Lou Brock and Edward Horrigan. Kitty Kallen wins 500000 in a Manhattan jury verdict linking birth control pills to a dangerous blood clot.
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National Secretaries Association
James Schlesinger
Mel Brooks
Tom Jones
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Henry Kissinger
Mike Douglas
Steve McQueen
Los Angeles Rams
Joe Namath
St. Louis Cardinals
Lou Brock
Cutty Sark Board
Edward Horrigan
Kitty Kitty Kallen
Manhattan
GOP roasts Ford in Grand Rapids fundraiser event
The Michigan GOP hosted a roast for former president Gerald Ford drawing more than 2,000 attendees and about $100,000. Participants included Sen Robert Dole and Sen Robert Griffin with clips from Chevy Chase and jokes about a future book co authored by Ford and Alf Landon.
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Gerald Ford
Michigan Republican Party
GOP
Grand Rapids
Ford
Robert Dole
Kansas
Ron Nelsen
Robert Gritfin
Michigan
Chevy Chase
NBC
White House
Oval Office
Dole
Alf Landon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whitehouse
Nessen
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Ruby Keeler
William Demarest
Ooh
Hollywood
Hollywood Palladium
Anita Page
Coronado
Grice
Daman Creations
Miss Kallen
Alfred Julien
Norman Qréntreich
Ayers Laboratories
Newark, NY
Mery Griffin
Monaco
Jack Paar
Charleson Heston
Carl Reiner
Dina Merrill
Cliff Robert Son
Fred Stolle
Roy Emerson
Spokane
Tom T. Hall
Terrific Truckers’ Association
Hall
Memphis
L.A
Griffin
Bullock’s Lakewood
Sun
Bullock's
Lakewood
Clark Avenue
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