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THE FAMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE LITTLE GIRL NAMED JUDY

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By Bill Cherry

It hasn’t been that long ago, really, since a major portion of physicians, dentists and attorneys had their offices in their city’s downtown. The prestigious ones were in big bank and major office buildings; the lessers sprinkled i...

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CONSIDER THIS ABOUT PLAYBOY

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Everyone knows the story about the founding of “Playboy Magazine” in the early 1950s by Hugh Hefner, who in his 30s and was working for Esquire Magazine.

You'll recall that his epiphany and Esquire's refusal to give him a small raise came at the ...

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GALVESTON -- BUT MAYBE ABOUT YOUR TOWN, TOO

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I Contend Galveston Itself Is On Welfare

By Bill Cherry

For as long as I can remember, Galvestonians have moaned and groaned about the physical denigration of the island.

And that’s a long time when you realize I opened my eyes for the first t...

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What Happened to Evelyn Hughey?

posted over 2 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 1 comment
In the late 1950s while I was a student at Tulane in New Orleans, I hosted the iconic evening radio program called, "American Airlines Music 'til Dawn" on WWL-AM.

My studio was in a furniture store's show window on Royal Street. About four blocks...

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EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS I MISS MY FRIEND MEL TORME

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I’m never sure exactly when it’s going to happen, but every year at sometime during the Christmas season I realize how much I really miss my friend, jazz singer Mel Torme.

Mel knew more about the mixing of cord harmonies than anyone did before ...

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JAZZ MAN LEON BREEDEN GETS HONORARY DOCTORATE

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LEON BREEDEN RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE OF HUMANE LETTERS

World famous jazz educator, Leon Breeden, who brought his University of North Texas Lab Bands to international fame, playing for presidents, heads of state and in many foreign countries, ...

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He Says He's a Nut Case

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Letter to the Editor - Galveston County Daily News - 8-16-09

No matter which side you're on, you can't help but enjoy this fellow's letter to the editor.

DANGEROUS REPUBLICAN RIPE FOR INSTANT ARREST

There’s at least one radical, right-wing “nut...

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He Says He

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Dangerous Republican Ripe For Instant Arrest

There’s at least one radical, right-wing “nut job” in Galveston — me! I should be a prime suspect in all anti-President Barack Obama propaganda.

Look at my record: I served my country in uniform for 1...

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LEON BREEDEN -- JAZZ PROF GETS HONORARY DOCTRATE

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Leon Breeden received honorary doctorate at UNT

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Leon Breeden, who was director of the University of North Texas Jazz Studies Program and the One O'Clock Lab Band from 1959 to 1981, was awarded an honorary doctorate at UNT'...

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MANY OF THE ELDERLY CAN''T OPERATE THEIR TV

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<<==Alfred Looking Out For Elderly

WHO'S REALLY LOOKING AFTER THE ELDERLY, ANYWAY?

On purpose I remain close to many friends, a good portion dating back as far as elementary school days. And since I started kindergarten in September 1945...

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