Archive for January, 2013

PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1914

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A view of Morrison Street, East from 6th Street

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ALAN ALDA IS 77 TODAY

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Actor Alan Alda (Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo) is a six-time
Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, best known
for his role as
Hawkeye Pierce in the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H
(1972-1983).

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News conference following the wrapping of the series in 1983

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NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY!

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CHALLENGER ANNIVERSARY
                
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger, from left, Ellison Onizuka, Mike 
Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judy
Resnick. (NASA photo)

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Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial in Arlington Cemetery

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FIRST HEARD ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series
that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. It was one
of the last attempts by CBS to regain some of the listeners that had been lost
to television in the post-World War Two era.

The premiere broadcast was a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley‘s Brave New
World
, introduced and narrated by Huxley. Music for the series was composed by
Jerry Goldsmith, Ray Noble and others.

 

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Writer Aldous L. Huxley 

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JAMES CROMWELL TURNED 73 TODAY

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High School yearbook, 1958

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James Oliver Cromwell made his acting debut on the NBC-
TV show, ‘The Rockford Files’ in 1974. His notable films
include Babe (1995), for which he was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First
Contact
(1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), and The Green
Mile
(1999).

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