Tigers' longtime broadcaster Harwell dead at 92 LARRY LAGE
Associated Press Ernie Harwell, the Detroit Tigers' longtime
broadcaster honored by Hall of Fame, dead at 92 DETROIT --
Longtime Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, beloved by generations of
fans who grew up listening to his rich voice, Southern cadence and quirky
phrases on the radio, has died after a months-long battle with cancer. He
was 92. Tigers spokesman Brian Britten said the Tigers learned of Harwell's
death from his agent. Harwell, a Hall of Fame announcer who called Detroit
Tigers games for four-plus decades and was acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers
for a catcher, announced in September that he had been diagnosed with
inoperable cancer of the bile duct. Then 91, he took the news with
characteristic poise, saying he planned to continue working on a book and
other projects. Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it," Harwell told The
Associated Press on Sept. 4, 2009. I have a great faith in God and Jesus.
Shortly after Harwell's announcement, the Tigers honored him during the
third inning of a game against Kansas City, showing a video tribute and
giving him a chance to address the crowd at Comerica Park. In my almost 92
years on this Earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey,"
Harwell said at a microphone behind home plate. The blessed part of that
journey is that it's going to end here in the great state of Michigan.
Harwell died Tuesday at his home in Novi, about 30 miles northwest of
Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press. The Tigers did not have
additional details about his death. Harwell spent 42 of his 55 years in
broadcasting with the Tigers. He was their play-by-play radio voice from
1960-1991 and 1993-2002. The team and its flagship radio station, WJR,
allowed his contract to expire after the 1991 season in what became a public
relations nightmare. Then-Tigers president Bo Schembechler, the former
Michigan football coach, took the blame. WJR general manager Jim Long later
took responsibility for the unpopular move. When Mike Ilitch bought the
franchise from Tom Monaghan, he put Harwell back in the booth in 1993.
Harwell chose to retire after the 2002 season. His big break came in
unorthodox fashion. Brooklyn Dodgers radio broadcaster Red Barber fell ill
in 1948, and general manager Branch Rickey needed a replacement. After
learning the Crackers needed a catcher, Rickey sent minor league catcher
Cliff Dapper to Atlanta and Harwell joined the Dodgers. Harwell said his
most memorable game was the 1951 playoff between the Dodgers and New York
Giants for the NL pennant, which Bobby Thomson won with a walk-off home run,
but few if any people remember his recount of the "Shot Heard 'Round The
World? at the Polo Grounds that day. Russ Hodges' exclamation on radio of
"The Giants win the pennant! became one of the most famous moments in sports
broadcasting history. Harwell, meanwhile, was calling the first major
sporting event televised coast-to-coast in the United States. His work that
day has been largely forgotten. I just said, `It's gone! and then the
pictures took over," he recalled. By his own count, Harwell called more than
8,300 major league games, starting with the Dodgers and continuing with the
Giants and Baltimore Orioles before joining the Tigers. He missed two games
outside of the '92 season: one for his brother's funeral in 1968, the other
when he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Association Hall of Fame in 1989. The Georgia native's easygoing manner and
love of baseball endeared him to generations of Tigers fans, enhancing the
club's finest moments and making its struggles more bearable. Even casual
fans could tick off Harwell catchphrases: "Looooooong gone! for a home run;
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road and watched that one
go by" for a batter taking a called third strike; and "Two for the price of
one! for a double play. Foul balls into the stands were "Caught by a man
from (whatever town in the area that came to his mind). I started that after
I got to Detroit in 1961 or '62, and it just happened by accident," Harwell
explained. I said, `A guy from Grosse Pointe caught that foul ball,' then
the next ones were caught by a guy from Saginaw or a lady from Lansing. The
Baseball Hall of Fame honored Harwell in 1981 with the Ford C. Frick Award,
given annually to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball. Harwell
tempered his with modesty. I just want people to remember me as a guy who
showed up for work and tried to do a good job," Harwell told the AP weeks
before he retired in 2002. As Detroit struggled late in Harwell's career --
the Tigers had losing records in each of his final nine years in the
booth -- he became a reminder of better times. A life-sized statue of
Harwell stands at the entrance to Comerica Park and its press box is called
"The Ernie Harwell Media Center. He took pride in making rare visits to the
ballpark and for not doing much play-by-play work as a retiree. But he did
make a guest appearance for ESPN Radio during the fourth inning of the 2005
All-Star game in Detroit. He also presented the ceremonial first ball to
Tigers greats Al Kaline and Willie Horton before Game 1 of the 2006 World
Series when Detroit hosted the St. Louis Cardinals. Harwell was born Jan.
25, 1918, in Washington, Ga., with a speech defect that left him
tongue-tied. Through therapy and forcing himself to participate in debates
and classroom discussions, he had overcome the handicap by the time he
graduated from Emory University. Harwell was 16 when he became a
correspondent for The Sporting News, and worked from 1936-40 as a sports
writer for The Atlanta Constitution. Harwell began his broadcasting career
in 1940 as a sports commentator for WSB radio in Atlanta. He also worked The
Masters for NBC radio. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942-46,
Harwell was the minor league Atlanta Crackers' radio voice from 1946-48. His
output far exceeded the thousands of baseball games he broadcast. He wrote a
column for the Free Press after retiring from broadcasting, penned more than
50 songs, produced at least three book-length collections of essays and
anecdotes, covered the 1939 Atlanta premiere of "Gone with the Wind" for
Life magazine and broadcast golf and pro and college football. Harwell's
vigor prompted Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to sign him to a 10-year
contract as a spokesman and fitness advocate in 2003, when he was 85.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Lulu, and four children. ------
Associated Press Writer Jim Irwin contributed to this report.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
MAY1 1931
In 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City's Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building's lights. Hoover's gesture, of course, was symbolic; while the president remained in Washington, D.C., someone else flicked the switches in New York.
The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrysler of the Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors, to see who could erect the taller building. Chrysler had already begun work on the famous Chrysler Building, the gleaming 1,046-foot skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. Not to be bested, Raskob assembled a group of well-known investors, including former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith. The group chose the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates to design the building. The Art-Deco plans, said to have been based in large part on the look of a pencil, were also builder-friendly: The entire building went up in just over a year, under budget (at $40 million) and well ahead of schedule. During certain periods of building, the frame grew an astonishing four-and-a-half stories a week.
At the time of its completion, the Empire State Building, at 102 stories and 1,250 feet high (1,454 feet to the top of the lightning rod), was the world's tallest skyscraper. The Depression-era construction employed as many as 3,400 workers on any single day, most of whom received an excellent pay rate, especially given the economic conditions of the time. The new building imbued New York City with a deep sense of pride, desperately needed in the depths of the Great Depression, when many city residents were unemployed and prospects looked bleak. The grip of the Depression on New York's economy was still evident a year later, however, when only 25 percent of the Empire State's offices had been rented.
In 1972, the Empire State Building lost its title as world's tallest building to New York's World Trade Center, which itself was the tallest skyscraper for but a year. Today the honor belongs to Taiwan's Taipei 101 building, which stretches 1,670 feet into the sky.
The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrysler of the Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors, to see who could erect the taller building. Chrysler had already begun work on the famous Chrysler Building, the gleaming 1,046-foot skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. Not to be bested, Raskob assembled a group of well-known investors, including former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith. The group chose the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates to design the building. The Art-Deco plans, said to have been based in large part on the look of a pencil, were also builder-friendly: The entire building went up in just over a year, under budget (at $40 million) and well ahead of schedule. During certain periods of building, the frame grew an astonishing four-and-a-half stories a week.
At the time of its completion, the Empire State Building, at 102 stories and 1,250 feet high (1,454 feet to the top of the lightning rod), was the world's tallest skyscraper. The Depression-era construction employed as many as 3,400 workers on any single day, most of whom received an excellent pay rate, especially given the economic conditions of the time. The new building imbued New York City with a deep sense of pride, desperately needed in the depths of the Great Depression, when many city residents were unemployed and prospects looked bleak. The grip of the Depression on New York's economy was still evident a year later, however, when only 25 percent of the Empire State's offices had been rented.
In 1972, the Empire State Building lost its title as world's tallest building to New York's World Trade Center, which itself was the tallest skyscraper for but a year. Today the honor belongs to Taiwan's Taipei 101 building, which stretches 1,670 feet into the sky.
Ed Norton
Born Arthur William Matthew Carney on November 4th, 1918 in Mt. Vernon, New York, Art Carney won an Oscar in 1975 for his first starring movie role -- in 'Harry and Tonto' -- although he never had an acting lesson. Before serving in World War II, he had started off in the 1930s, as an entertainer at the local Elks Club, and performed locally as an impressionist and tap dancer. After graduating from high school he traveled for three years with Horace Heidt, who had a very popular orchestra and radio quiz show in the late 1930s. While with Heidt's group, he landed a bit part in his first movie, Pot o'Gold, which starred James Stewart and Paulette Goddard. He displayed a remarkable range of dramatic talents over the radio in the 1940s on daytime serials, mysteries, spot recordings, and children's shows, essentially in character and dialect parts. He did a serious political program called Report to the Nation, for which he impersonated the voices of prominent figures of the day, among them Churchill and Roosevelt. He also worked with Morey Amsterdam on a radio show that turned into a television show, and thereby, Art Carney entered television.
Although he was particularly well known from the early 1950s on as Ed Norton, he was also much in demand as a serious actor, appearing on Suspense, Studio One, Kraft Theatre, Playhouse 90, Climax!, and Best of Broadway. By the 1960s, he was appearing only infrequently on television. He mostly performed on Broadway ('The Odd Couple', 'The Rope Dancers', 'The Prisoners of Second Avenue', 'Take Her, She's Mine') and the movies ('A Guide for the Married Man', 'W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings', 'Harry and Tonto', 'The Late Show') which brought new facets of Art Carney to the public.
Carney first became interested in The Honeymooners at the suggestion of writers Arne Rosen and Coleman Jacoby, who were then writing for Jackie Gleason on DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars. He joined the show in 1950 and continued with it until it left New York. He rejoined The Honeymooners for guest spots on 'The American Scene Magazine' in 1962, for several seasons beginning in 1966, and for three ABC specials in 1976, 1977, and 1978.
Carney has earned seven Emmy Awards, five of them for his memorable role as the lovable Ed Norton on The Honeymooners. His role in the 1984 telefilm Terrible Joe Moran won him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special.. His first lead role in a feature film (which was in Harry and Tonto), won him an Oscar. In October 2003, only a few weeks before he passed away, he was inducted in to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame.
Art Carney passed away on November 9th, 2003 at the age of 85.
Although he was particularly well known from the early 1950s on as Ed Norton, he was also much in demand as a serious actor, appearing on Suspense, Studio One, Kraft Theatre, Playhouse 90, Climax!, and Best of Broadway. By the 1960s, he was appearing only infrequently on television. He mostly performed on Broadway ('The Odd Couple', 'The Rope Dancers', 'The Prisoners of Second Avenue', 'Take Her, She's Mine') and the movies ('A Guide for the Married Man', 'W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings', 'Harry and Tonto', 'The Late Show') which brought new facets of Art Carney to the public.
Carney first became interested in The Honeymooners at the suggestion of writers Arne Rosen and Coleman Jacoby, who were then writing for Jackie Gleason on DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars. He joined the show in 1950 and continued with it until it left New York. He rejoined The Honeymooners for guest spots on 'The American Scene Magazine' in 1962, for several seasons beginning in 1966, and for three ABC specials in 1976, 1977, and 1978.
Carney has earned seven Emmy Awards, five of them for his memorable role as the lovable Ed Norton on The Honeymooners. His role in the 1984 telefilm Terrible Joe Moran won him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special.. His first lead role in a feature film (which was in Harry and Tonto), won him an Oscar. In October 2003, only a few weeks before he passed away, he was inducted in to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame.
Art Carney passed away on November 9th, 2003 at the age of 85.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
MAY2 1933 : Loch Ness Monster sighted
Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland's Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness Courier related an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen "an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface." The story of the "monster" (a moniker chosen by the Courier editor) became a media phenomenon, with London newspapers sending correspondents to Scotland and a circus offering a 20,000 pound sterling reward for capture of the beast.
Loch Ness, located in the Scottish Highlands, has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain; the body of water reaches a depth of nearly 800 feet and a length of about 23 miles. Scholars of the Loch Ness Monster find a dozen references to "Nessie" in Scottish history, dating back to around A.D. 500, when local Picts carved a strange aquatic creature into standing stones near Loch Ness. The earliest written reference to a monster in Loch Ness is a 7th-century biography of Saint Columba, the Irish missionary who introduced Christianity to Scotland. In 565, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit the king of the northern Picts near Inverness when he stopped at Loch Ness to confront a beast that had been killing people in the lake. Seeing a large beast about to attack another man, Columba intervened, invoking the name of God and commanding the creature to "go back with all speed." The monster retreated and never killed another man.
In 1933, a new road was completed along Loch Ness' shore, affording drivers a clear view of the loch. After an April 1933 sighting was reported in the local paper on May 2, interest steadily grew, especially after another couple claimed to have seen the beast on land, crossing the shore road. Several British newspapers sent reporters to Scotland, including London's Daily Mail, which hired big-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell to capture the beast. After a few days searching the loch, Wetherell reported finding footprints of a large four-legged animal. In response, the Daily Mail carried the dramatic headline: "MONSTER OF LOCH NESS IS NOT LEGEND BUT A FACT." Scores of tourists descended on Loch Ness and sat in boats or decks chairs waiting for an appearance by the beast. Plaster casts of the footprints were sent to the British Natural History Museum, which reported that the tracks were that of a hippopotamus, specifically one hippopotamus foot, probably stuffed. The hoax temporarily deflated Loch Ness Monster mania, but stories of sightings continued.
A famous 1934 photograph seemed to show a dinosaur-like creature with a long neck emerging out of the murky waters, leading some to speculate that "Nessie" was a solitary survivor of the long-extinct plesiosaurs. The aquatic plesiosaurs were thought to have died off with the rest of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Loch Ness was frozen solid during the recent ice ages, however, so this creature would have had to have made its way up the River Ness from the sea in the past 10,000 years. And the plesiosaurs, believed to be cold-blooded, would not long survive in the frigid waters of Loch Ness. More likely, others suggested, it was an archeocyte, a primitive whale with a serpentine neck that is thought to have been extinct for 18 million years. Skeptics argued that what people were seeing in Loch Ness were "seiches"--oscillations in the water surface caused by the inflow of cold river water into the slightly warmer loch.
Amateur investigators kept an almost constant vigil, and in the 1960s several British universities launched expeditions to Loch Ness, using sonar to search the deep. Nothing conclusive was found, but in each expedition the sonar operators detected large, moving underwater objects they could not explain. In 1975, Boston's Academy of Applied Science combined sonar and underwater photography in an expedition to Loch Ness. A photo resulted that, after enhancement, appeared to show the giant flipper of a plesiosaur-like creature. Further sonar expeditions in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in more tantalizing, if inconclusive, readings. Revelations in 1994 that the famous 1934 photo was a hoax hardly dampened the enthusiasm of tourists and professional and amateur investigators to the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.
Loch Ness, located in the Scottish Highlands, has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain; the body of water reaches a depth of nearly 800 feet and a length of about 23 miles. Scholars of the Loch Ness Monster find a dozen references to "Nessie" in Scottish history, dating back to around A.D. 500, when local Picts carved a strange aquatic creature into standing stones near Loch Ness. The earliest written reference to a monster in Loch Ness is a 7th-century biography of Saint Columba, the Irish missionary who introduced Christianity to Scotland. In 565, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit the king of the northern Picts near Inverness when he stopped at Loch Ness to confront a beast that had been killing people in the lake. Seeing a large beast about to attack another man, Columba intervened, invoking the name of God and commanding the creature to "go back with all speed." The monster retreated and never killed another man.
In 1933, a new road was completed along Loch Ness' shore, affording drivers a clear view of the loch. After an April 1933 sighting was reported in the local paper on May 2, interest steadily grew, especially after another couple claimed to have seen the beast on land, crossing the shore road. Several British newspapers sent reporters to Scotland, including London's Daily Mail, which hired big-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell to capture the beast. After a few days searching the loch, Wetherell reported finding footprints of a large four-legged animal. In response, the Daily Mail carried the dramatic headline: "MONSTER OF LOCH NESS IS NOT LEGEND BUT A FACT." Scores of tourists descended on Loch Ness and sat in boats or decks chairs waiting for an appearance by the beast. Plaster casts of the footprints were sent to the British Natural History Museum, which reported that the tracks were that of a hippopotamus, specifically one hippopotamus foot, probably stuffed. The hoax temporarily deflated Loch Ness Monster mania, but stories of sightings continued.
A famous 1934 photograph seemed to show a dinosaur-like creature with a long neck emerging out of the murky waters, leading some to speculate that "Nessie" was a solitary survivor of the long-extinct plesiosaurs. The aquatic plesiosaurs were thought to have died off with the rest of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Loch Ness was frozen solid during the recent ice ages, however, so this creature would have had to have made its way up the River Ness from the sea in the past 10,000 years. And the plesiosaurs, believed to be cold-blooded, would not long survive in the frigid waters of Loch Ness. More likely, others suggested, it was an archeocyte, a primitive whale with a serpentine neck that is thought to have been extinct for 18 million years. Skeptics argued that what people were seeing in Loch Ness were "seiches"--oscillations in the water surface caused by the inflow of cold river water into the slightly warmer loch.
Amateur investigators kept an almost constant vigil, and in the 1960s several British universities launched expeditions to Loch Ness, using sonar to search the deep. Nothing conclusive was found, but in each expedition the sonar operators detected large, moving underwater objects they could not explain. In 1975, Boston's Academy of Applied Science combined sonar and underwater photography in an expedition to Loch Ness. A photo resulted that, after enhancement, appeared to show the giant flipper of a plesiosaur-like creature. Further sonar expeditions in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in more tantalizing, if inconclusive, readings. Revelations in 1994 that the famous 1934 photo was a hoax hardly dampened the enthusiasm of tourists and professional and amateur investigators to the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.
Friday, April 30, 2010
APRIL30 This Day in History
Adolf Hitler commits suicide, 1945
American Revolution
Samuel Adams writes of hope for more battles, 1776
Automotive
Original Land Rover debuts at auto show, 1948
Civil War
Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas, 1864
Cold War
Organization of American States established, 1948
Crime
The first federal prison for women opens, 1927
Disaster
Orange-sized hail reported in India, 1888
General Interest
The first presidential inauguration, 1789
Louisiana Purchase concluded, 1803
New York World's Fair opens, 1939
Hollywood
“Coming out” episode of Ellen, 1997
Literary
Annie Dillard is born, 1945
Music
Willie Nelson is born, 1933
Old West
Arizona Ranger Burton Mossman is born, 1867
Presidential
George Washington gives first presidential inaugural address, 1789
Sports
Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed, 1993
Vietnam War
South Vietnam surrenders, 1975
World War I
Battle of the Boot, 1917
American Revolution
Samuel Adams writes of hope for more battles, 1776
Automotive
Original Land Rover debuts at auto show, 1948
Civil War
Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas, 1864
Cold War
Organization of American States established, 1948
Crime
The first federal prison for women opens, 1927
Disaster
Orange-sized hail reported in India, 1888
General Interest
The first presidential inauguration, 1789
Louisiana Purchase concluded, 1803
New York World's Fair opens, 1939
Hollywood
“Coming out” episode of Ellen, 1997
Literary
Annie Dillard is born, 1945
Music
Willie Nelson is born, 1933
Old West
Arizona Ranger Burton Mossman is born, 1867
Presidential
George Washington gives first presidential inaugural address, 1789
Sports
Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed, 1993
Vietnam War
South Vietnam surrenders, 1975
World War I
Battle of the Boot, 1917
Thursday, April 29, 2010
This Day in History
World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C., 2004
American Revolution
Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island, 1776
Automotive
The end of the road for Oldsmobile, 2004
Civil War
Union captures New Orleans, 1862
Cold War
American statesmen deny Lattimore's influence, 1950
Crime
Rodney King trial verdict announced, 1992
Disaster
Cyclone kills 135,000 in Bangladesh, 1991
General Interest
Joan of Arc relieves Orleans, 1429
First African-American college chartered, 1854
Dachau liberated, 1945
Riots erupt in Los Angeles, 1992
Hollywood
Daniel Day-Lewis born, 1957
Literary
Henry James' Transatlantic Sketches is published, 1875
Music
Hair premieres on Broadway, 1968
Old West
William Randolph Hearst is born, 1863
Presidential
Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes, 1974
Sports
Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game, 1986
Vietnam War
U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian "incursion", 1970
New casualty figures released., 1971
Operation Frequent Wind begins, 1975
World War I
British forces surrender at Kut, Mesopotamia, 1916
World War II
Adolf and Eva marry, 1945
International Military Tribunal indicts Hideki, 1946
American Revolution
Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island, 1776
Automotive
The end of the road for Oldsmobile, 2004
Civil War
Union captures New Orleans, 1862
Cold War
American statesmen deny Lattimore's influence, 1950
Crime
Rodney King trial verdict announced, 1992
Disaster
Cyclone kills 135,000 in Bangladesh, 1991
General Interest
Joan of Arc relieves Orleans, 1429
First African-American college chartered, 1854
Dachau liberated, 1945
Riots erupt in Los Angeles, 1992
Hollywood
Daniel Day-Lewis born, 1957
Literary
Henry James' Transatlantic Sketches is published, 1875
Music
Hair premieres on Broadway, 1968
Old West
William Randolph Hearst is born, 1863
Presidential
Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes, 1974
Sports
Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game, 1986
Vietnam War
U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian "incursion", 1970
New casualty figures released., 1971
Operation Frequent Wind begins, 1975
World War I
British forces surrender at Kut, Mesopotamia, 1916
World War II
Adolf and Eva marry, 1945
International Military Tribunal indicts Hideki, 1946
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Dying Art of Proofing
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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