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PARADE DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1941

parade mag 1964  sunday oregonian
(From the February 23, 1964 issue of The Sunday Oregonian)

PARADE is an nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine that is distributed in more than
530 newspapers in the U.S. It was founded in 1941 by Field Enterprises. PARADE
is the most widely read magazine in the country with a circulation of 32.2 million
and a readership of more than 74million people every week.The first issue of
PARADE, subtitled “The Weekly picture Newspaper”, used photos left over from
PM, an experimental New York newspaper. The magazine was soon picked up
by The Washington Post, now the oldest continuous subscriber, and added to
its Sunday package. By the end of 1942, PARADE was carried by 16 newspapers.

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October 23, 1983

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CLINT EASTWOOD IS 81 TODAY

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Following his breakthrough role on the TV series Rawhide (1959–65), Clint
Eastwood starred as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy
of spaghetti westerns in the 1960s. He also known for his portrayal of San
Francisco PD Inspector Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films during the 1970
and 1980s. Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of
the Best Picture,for his work in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar
Baby
(2004). Since 1967 Eastwood has run his own production company,
Malpaso, which has produced the vast majority of his films. He also served as  
the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988. 

 rawhide

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1966 

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go ahead......  Sudden Impact,1983

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 Gran Torino, 2008

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ACTRESS BROOK SHIELDS IS 46 TODAY

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brook shields now

BROOK ON PEOPLE MAG

brook shields ad 1969
Magazine ad, 1969

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ARCHIE RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1943

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Archie Andrews, based on the comic book series, was also a long-running radio
show that began on the NBC Blue Network on May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual
in 1944, and then continued on NBC from 1945 until September 5, 1953. The
program’s original announcer was Kenneth Banghart, later succeeded by Bob
Shepard (during the 1947-48 season, when Swift and Company sponsored the 
program) and Dick Dudley. Archie was first played by Charles Mullen, Jack
Grimes and Burt Boyar, with Bob Hastings (below) as the title character during 
the NBC years. Jughead was portrayed by Hal Stone and Cameron Andrews. For 
the NBC run, Betty was portrayed by Rosemary Rice (below), and Veronica by
Gloria Mann.

bob hastings                   rosemary_rice
Bob Hastings                                              Rosemary Rice

SWIFT ad sponsor of Archie show

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THE #1 SONG ON THIS DATE IN 1970

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EverythingIsBeautiful

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