Louisiana Legislature in surreal session sparks Carroll style satire
AP Special Correspondent notes the Louisiana Legislature displays a surreal charm with witty lines and mixed logic as 106 representatives and 31 senators debate in Baton Rouge. The piece recalls Humpty Dumpty and Alice in Bayouland while lampooning budget talks and jam today versus jam tomorrow.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Baton Rouge, LA
Lewis Carroll
America
Louisiana
Bayouland
Times change for test pilots
The piece reflects on aging test pilots at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center near Atlantic City as the profession shifts from bold on site stunts to safety focus and ground simulations. It notes 14 veteran pilots with 250 000 total flight hours facing obsolescence and a future of increased lab work and pilotless aircraft.
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N.Y
Pomona
N.J
Achilles
Ted Williams
Lindbergh
America
New York
Grumman
Fairchild
Republic
Curtiss-Wright
National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center
Atlantic City
Federal Aviation Administration
Orville Wright
Clark Gable
Humphrey Bogart
United States
Richard Lamprecht
Cocaine use in Hollywood fuels fear and fame fueled by drugs
In Los Angeles a rising number of producers directors and actors reportedly depend on cocaine as a primary energy source during work. The piece cites fear paranoia and volatile behavior on sets and notes several high profile arrests tied to cocaine possession and investigations while indicating many actors have tried coke.
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N.Y
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Hal Ashby
United States
Europe
Bennies
Louise Lasser
Linda Blair
Anjelica Huston
Gail Fisher
Mackenzie Phillips
Florida
Michael Obringer
Miss Blair
Connecticut
Huston
Mr. Polanski
Miss Lasser
Miss Fisher
Miss Phillips
Henry Moore at eighty the sculptor's enduring vitality
London profile of Henry Moore aged eighty discusses his enduring creativity and public appeal in the United States and Britain. It notes major works in New York and Washington, his long stay in Hertfordshire, and his simple life with wife Trina Radetsky since 1929.
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N.Y
London
Henry Moore
Lincoln Center
Vivian Beaumont Theater
National Gallery
Washington
Dallas
Moore
America
Museum of Modern Art
Prospero
Rubens
Much Hadham
Hertfordshire
Trina Radetsky
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State Capitol
Earl Long
House
Humpty Dumpty
Alice
Baton Rouge
Idaho
Wayne L. Kidwell
Unifax
Phillips
Jim
Texas
Sally Port Inn
Roswell
Jesus
Jim Reynolds
Abilene Christian
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley
California
American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
W. McGaffey
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