Archive for April 1st, 2012

THE PSYCHEDELIC “LOVE LITE”!

love lite
1971

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IT’S NOT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY!

all fools day

The earliest recorded association between April 1 and practical jokes and
all sorts foolishness can be found in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1392).
  

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THE LAST GREAT BATTLE OF WORLD WAR ll

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Okinawa_map

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JANE POWELL IS 83 TODAY

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JANE POWELL MAG

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Jane Powell was born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon. She
began dance lessons at the age of two and appeared on the KGW radio
talent show Stars of Tomorrow at age five.She had attended Beaumont
Grade School and Grant High School in Portland. Powell signed with
Metro-Goldyn-Mayer while still in her teens. She was loaned out to
United Artists where she made her first film in 1944, a musical
comedy titled Song of the Open Road. Powell continues to act
and perform today.

 

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luster c ad 1954

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