I Love Lucy origin tale of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Lucille Ball died at 77 and became a TV legend after I Love Lucy. The piece recalls how Ball and Arnaz met in May 1940 at a Hollywood studio lunch during Arnaz’s West Coast move for Too Many Girls. They faced studio resistance to marriage as their romance began.
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Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Hollywood
RKO Pictures
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West Coast
George Abbott
Shea Stadium Roots in Billy Graham Sermon Night
Billy Graham recalled that crowds came primarily to hear George Beverly Shea, not his preaching, during a second-night event at the Dome now known as Shea Stadium. Graham noted the public enthusiasm for Bev Shea overshadowed his own sermons as Brent Center drew 19,071 attendees.
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Birthday tribute fills Carrier Dome for Shea’s 80th
Thousands in the Carrier Dome opened their hearts and sang Happy Birthday to You in a tribute marking Shea’s 80th birthday. Shea, born Feb 1, was honored in a town linked closely to his life, as excerpts from a sermon and from Saundra Smokes reflected on its meaning.
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Shea
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Page
Nurse disciplined after lethal dose case at hospital
Rebecca Anne Wright, a nurse at Ast. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, was placed on two years probation and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service after admitting to administering an adult potassium dose to a child on April 14, 1987. The child, Alexander Patrick Young of Smith's Trailer Park, died April 15 at University Hospital following cardiac arrest. The hospital did not release the names of the physicians involved who remain under investigation.
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Rebecca Anne Wright
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Lawmakers May Pick One Dump Site or Start Over
Onondaga County lawmakers face a Friday committee vote to choose a site for a new county landfill with support split among at least four of six locations. A growing sentiment favors discarding all sites and restarting the selection process, or washing hands of the issue entirely as a back up measure.
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Onondaga County
Weather forecast highlights mixed sun and showers
The forecast calls for sunny to partly cloudy tonight with a low around 40. Friday should reach near 60 with the potential for evening showers.
Emotional abortion case moves into quiet chambers
The Supreme Court prepares for a closed-door conference to decide if it should revisit its 1973 ruling on a woman's constitutional right to abortion. Chief Justice Rehnquist may cast an initial vote, with a final decision possibly in late June or July as nationwide demonstrations continue.
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Supreme Court
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Missouri
William H. Rehnquist
St. Louis
Lottery Jackpot Triumph Leaves Pennsylvanians In Awe
A nationwide lottery frenzy centers on a national record 100 million plus jackpot. If your ticket matches the 11 drawn numbers from Wednesday and passes verification tests, you may have won some or all of the prize. No winner has claimed yet.
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