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By Kathy A. Megyeri
When a teen, I never missed the Miss America pageant on TV. I was fascinated with the gowns, bathing suits and responses to questions asked...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
On November 22, 1963, entertainer Vaughn Meader got into a cab at the Milwaukee airport. He later recalled, “The cabbie said, ‘Did you hear about Kennedy in Dallas?’” “I said to him, ‘No, how...
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Not long ago, I visited the Flight 93 Memorial outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for the third time because I continue to be moved by its serenity and beauty in the...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
Beginning in 1959, Barbie dolls captured the hearts of young girls everywhere, as well as the wallets of their parents. Competing toy outfits soon sought to offer a male rival—possibly a macho soldier—but how could boys...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
As the first female governor of New York assumes her post, she, Kathy Hochul, claims to be independent, promises to speak out for what she believes, and vows to...
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By Michael B. Wright
Growing up in Middle America in the 50s, we guys had our cowboy heroes, such as The Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers, who incidentally did NOT have a taxidermist...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
It’s the 1950s. Gorgeous, blonde Barbara Eden sits in the Hollywood office of a Warner Brothers casting director. “You’re a very nice girl from San Francisco,” the...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
A leisurely drive on a country road can offer a chance to leave city stresses behind for a while and enjoy nature’s scenic wonders.
Sometimes, though, such a usually ordinary event can prove life-changing.
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
Have you ever heard of musician Billy Strange? Born William Everett Strange in 1930 in Long Beach, California, he became an in-demand session guitarist/arranger in Hollywood who recorded with...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
Imagine a world where nobody is inconvenienced by school, parents or illness. Where life involves no work schedules, no church services, no money problems. Where nobody riots for civil rights, wreaks inner-city destruction, protests an unjust war, embraces illegal drugs or murders prominent leaders.
