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Which Best Picture winner of the past gets your vote?

on January 26, 2012

As the 2011 Academy Awards approach, we can’t help reminiscing about the best movies of ...

Family Life The plane sent to take author Arlene Orloske's sister, Viola, crashed after the pilot got lost on his emergency flight, landing in a town outside of New Ulm, Minnesota.

Our snowy race for life

on January 20, 2012

The winter of 1935-36 went down in history as one of the coldest and snowiest ever ...

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Young sailor led a dog’s life with mascots in the Navy

on January 20, 2012

I climbed the gangway of the USS J.R.Y. Blakely with some trepidation. The colorful decals ...

Cars and Travel "That's me and my car (above) in the winter of 1947. Actually, that's about the best it ever looked, buried in snow like that!" says Hal Prey.

My first car looked best when disguised in snow

on January 20, 2012

I remember my first car as clearly as though it were parked in my driveway ...

Uplifting Stories PROFESSOR PARSE. When Mr. C. (above) diagrammed a sentence, Robert Robeson (class portrait and No. 32 in team photo) and the rest of the class listened.

Former wrestler taught students to grapple with English

on January 20, 2012

His cauliflower ears made him look like he’d endured a series of nasty headlocks from ...

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High schooler flunked her final at Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge

on January 20, 2012

As high schoolers in the 1940s, my friends and I loved the Big Bands and ...

Feature ILLUMINATING APPEARANCE. Famous director Alfred Hitchcock gave Bill Sadler a light at a televised promtion of a new movie. Anne Baxter (second from left) takes in the gag (click on image to view larger).

Television director met his match in Alfred Hitchcock

on January 20, 2012

When I switched careers from radio to television production in 1948, everything was new and ...

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A Rink ‘n’ Roll Affair

on January 9, 2012

My husband, Edwin, and I were married on Jan. 10, 1941, a couple of weeks ...

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Our Little Secret

on January 9, 2012

In the 1940s, when I was in elementary school, we didn’t have much money. But ...

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Lunches with ‘Grandpa Bub’

on January 9, 2012

The youngest star of My Three Sons shares a behind-the-scenes memory of fellow cast member ...

Television director met his match in Alfred Hitchcock

When I switched careers from radio to television production in 1948, everything was new and untried. There were no lists of things you couldn’t do,...

Uplifting Stories PROFESSOR PARSE. When Mr. C. (above) diagrammed a sentence, Robert Robeson (class portrait and No. 32 in team photo) and the rest of the class listened.

Former wrestler taught students to grapple with English

His cauliflower ears made him look like he’d endured a series of nasty headlocks from ...

Cars and Travel "That's me and my car (above) in the winter of 1947. Actually, that's about the best it ever looked, buried in snow like that!" says Hal Prey.

My first car looked best when disguised in snow

I remember my first car as clearly as though it were parked in my driveway ...

Family Life The plane sent to take author Arlene Orloske's sister, Viola, crashed after the pilot got lost on his emergency flight, landing in a town outside of New Ulm, Minnesota.

Our snowy race for life

The winter of 1935-36 went down in history as one of the coldest and snowiest ever ...

Pop Culture KyserCrop

High schooler flunked her final at Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge

As high schoolers in the 1940s, my friends and I loved the Big Bands and ...

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Our Little Secret

In the 1940s, when I was in elementary school, we didn’t have much money. But ...

Military USSBlakeley

Young sailor led a dog’s life with mascots in the Navy

I climbed the gangway of the USS J.R.Y. Blakely with some trepidation. The colorful decals ...