#January 20th 1954

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ELVIS' DEBUT ON TV — 📺 [CBS] The Dorsey Brothers 'Stage Show'

Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50, New York, March 17, 1956 [that would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show, out of 6 total.].

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By December 1955 Elvis had still not made an appearance on national television. His manager Colonel Tom Parker negotiated a deal through Steve Yates with CBS's "Stage Show" for four appearances on the show in January 1956 at $1,250 each and an option for two more at $1,500 each.

On the January 28, 1956, Elvis was broadcast for the nation for the very first time, performing "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "I Got a Woman".

[ABOVE: the January 28th 1956 FULL PERFORMANCE]

On Elvis' first appearance on American television, Bill Randle, one of the most influential disc jockeys of the time, was the man who actually presented Elvis Presley to the nation. He said:

"We'd like at this time to introduce to you a young fellow, who like many performers, Johnnie Ray among them, come up out of nowhere to be overnight very big stars. This young fellow we met for the first time while making a movie short*. We think tonight that he's going to make television history for you. We'd like you to meet him now - Elvis Presley. And here he is!" — Bill Randle, Disc Jockey, the man presenting Elvis Presley to America for the first time. January 28, 1956.

After this, things would never be the same, specially the society. Such a good beginning for a year, that special day in a January month! ♥

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🎞️THE SHORT-FILM THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY (for the general public... at least until now...)

The movie short Bill Randle referred to during his introduction to Elvis was "The Pied Piper Of Cleveland - A Day In The Life Of A Famous Disc Jockey" a short film made by Universal pictures about Bill Randle himself. Filmed on October 20th, 1955, at a concert in Brooklyn High School, Cleveland, it featured the stars Bill Haley & The Comets, The Four Lads, Pat Boone, plus the addition of a little-known Elvis Presley.

The original forty-eight-minute film was supposed to be cut down to a twenty-minute "short" for national distribution, but never made it that far. We're in 2024... 69 years went by since this shortcut was produced but the movie remains unreleased.

There is some dispute over whether or not this film actually exists, although it's said it was shown publicly, albeit only once in Cleveland, and excerpts were also aired on a Cleveland television station in 1956. Marshall Lytle, bass player for Bill Haley's Comets, corroborates the existence of the film in his memoir, "Still Rockin' Around the Clock", but he makes the unsubstantiated claim that Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, bought the film and destroyed the existing copies. According to historians, tho, DJ Bill Randle, before his death in 2004, sold the rights to the film to PolyGram (it has been reported that Universal Studios has the negatives of the film in its vaults).

Much uncertainty about this short film, but can you imagine this film being release in Elvis' birthday centenary celebration? We watched, and listened, on Elvis' 89th birthday a few days earlier this year, to them playing during his birthday celebration at Graceland the original "That's All Right" record as it was cut at Sun Records studio in 1954, so who knows? There's always rare things surfacing here and there, so... we better keep our hopes this Bill Randle's 1955 movie, with some new 'baby Elvis' footage, will be release any day now [such as we know there's 'Elvis On Tour' and 'Elvis: That's the Way It Is' never seen before footage coming our way, as confirmed by the "Elvis" 2022 biopic's film director, Baz Luhrmann — finally! We hope it will be released soon].

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But enough daydreaming... Back to Elvis' 1st television appearances.

After the premiere on America's television on January 28th, 1956, Elvis would do five more appearances on 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" for the next eight weeks. Those would take place on February 4, February 11, February 18, March 17 and March 24th, 1956.

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February 4th, 1956 | "Baby Let's Play House" and "Tutti Frutti"

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February 11th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

* This is a special arrangement for 'Heartbreak Hotel', so good! Jazzy, dramatic, really rarity. I loved this! ♥

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February 18th, 1956 | "Tutti Frutti" and "I Was The One"

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March 17th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

* This is the usual arrangement for the "Heartbreak Hotel" song. On February 11th, 1956, Elvis performed this same song onstage of 'The Dorsey Brothers Show' but it sounded something more… dramatic (I guess it matched the lyrics after all, but I love the usual arrangement better yet).

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And the last one... the 6th appearance on 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show':

March 24th, 1956 | "Money Honey" and "Heartbreak Hotel" | [FULL PERFORMANCE]

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We can see how on those first TV shows Elvis still looks quite shy. Although he moves the usual lot, he doesn't flirt with his audience as much as he would on the upcoming TV appearances (and throughout his life, actually). It's funny how he grew comfortable with being in front of the cameras so fast tho. As his photographer Wiliam Speer said, "I guess you must really like being photographed."

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Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50 in New York, on March 17, 1956. That would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show. 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' (CBS) was the place Elvis debut in his TV appearances, on January 28th 1956. He would appear on the show for 6 times total, from January to March 1956. ♥

Performing on the 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' at the CBS Studio 50, New York City, on March 24th, 1956. His 6th and final appearance on the show.

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EDIT: THE BLUE MOON BOYS

I hate it when I forget to mention such important, trivial, facts — and this shouldn't be footnote info and I feel guilty it is now but I forgot mentioning — The Blue Moon Boys. I love them so much! I watch those footage looking at them as much as I look at Elvis.

Like, I love Bill Black's energy onstage! I love him hollering, vibing to their sound, as loud as Elvis (on occasion). I love how he seem to love chewing gum (Bill is chewing gum in some of those footage), because it makes me look at the Blue Moon Boys and Elvis as a unit, real close friend who look alike, just how it should be. We know although EP for obvious reasons can't chew gum while singing, he loooooved gum and kept this - should I say "habit?" - throughout his life. It's sounding silly what I'm saying, I know, but I think this Elvis habit in fact date from back when he was rocking onstage with Bill, Scotty and DJ Fontana and it makes my heart warm how close and similar they seem to be, as friends, real friends. Bill is actually said to be the one cheering the crowds onstage when they first begun performing, when Elvis was still learning how to be the great leading man he became. When EP was still learning how to act onstage, how to manipulate the audience, creating the mad passionate reactions he learned to create whenever he wanted, Bill was the one heating things up, joking with the audience, cheering, hollering. Bill is amazing! His energy is intoxicating, and we can see it clearly on those first TV appearances performances. ♥

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I also love how hot Scotty Moore looks! I kinda laughed thinking 'Oh my goodness' ... So this thing about rock and roll bands always having hot vocalists and hot guitar players as a rule, it looks like it all started from the 50s with EP and Scotty! (really, at least the singer and guitar player in most rock bands are hot AF, am I lying? *lol*). I have a thing for Scotty... When he smiles at times on those footage, I'm like: 🤤🥹🥴🫠 And I also love how he's elegant but at the same time menacing looking holding and playing his guitar like the guitar hero he was. Really, if you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and read Scotty's book "THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ELVIS: The Untold Story of Elvis' First Guitarist and Manager, Scotty Moore", by Scotty as told to James Dickerson (1997). Scotty's life story is fascinating and as interesting as Elvis'. ♥

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And last, but never least, I love how together, calm and concentrated DJ Fontana looks. Ok, unfortunately being the drummer has it's disadvantages. We can't see DJ Fontana as much as we see the other boys onstage, but I listen to the songs until the very last minute and it's amazing how the music always has the closing, the important and dramatic ending, done by DJ's talented hands. I love that guy. ♥

Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys were the best rock and rollers! I love their energy together. As much as I adore 70s Elvis onstage, the TCB Band, the Sweets Inspirations and all, if I only had one performance of Elvis' I could attend, just one to choose, I would go for - undoubtedly - the 50s ones, when those guys, The Blue Moon Boys and Elvis, were playing together.

That's Rock and Roll royalty. ✨👑 ♥

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There you go. All the videos together so you can watch of them easily. ♥

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The Paintings of Yannis Tsarouchis 

Yannis Tsarouchis is one of a group of twentieth-century Greek artists who portrayed and defined modern Greek identity. A sensual painter influenced by French Impressionism, Tsarouchis is a significant gay artist who painted images of vulnerable men and occasionally strong women.

Born in January of 1910 in Piraeus, Greece, Yannis Tsarouchis initially trained in the studio of Byzantine artist Fotis Kontoglou, an influential Greek modernist who introduced him to Byzantine iconography. He later studied at the Athens School of Fine Art, graduating in 1935, The major influence on Tsarouchis’ work, however, came from a trip to Paris, Istanbul, and Italy in the mid-1930s that exposed him to the bohemian lifestyle and both Renaissance and Impressionist art.

Tsarouchis’ work moved in two main directions: toward the orientalist and sensual, with strong influences from Matisse, and toward the ancient Greek ideal as expressed by the Renaissance and the Baroque movements. In doing so, Tsarouchis played a pivotal role, alongside his contemporaries,  in portraying and shaping modern Greek identity.

Returning to a war-torn Greece in 1936, Tsarouchis become a soldier in the Greco-Italian war in 1940. With a more political and humanist perspective after his service, he  began painting scenes of young men who were preparing to defend their homeland from the rise of Fascist Italy. Gay artist depiction of the soldiers and sailors was controversial; some of his exhibits were taken down by censors, who saw his work as unpatriotic and  degrading to the Greek male image.

Tsarouchis’ paintings of soldiers and sailors he admired captured not only a Greek identity, but also a gay awareness. Transforming Rodin’s bronze statue into an icon for Greek culture, he painted his 1936 “The Thinker”, showing a modern young Greek sitting on a cafe stool, a cigarette in hand, with a faraway look in his eye. Among Tsarouchis’ other paintings are:  the 1939 “Young Man Posing as an Olympic Statue”; “Sailor with Coffee Cup”painted in 1954; and the 1956 “Forgotten Guard”.

Yannis Tsarouchis established in 1949, along with other Greek artists including sculptor Nikos Nikolaou and seascape painter Panayiotis Tetsis, the “Armos” art group which worked to promote Greek traditional painting. In 1951 he had exhibitions in Paris and London and participated in the 1958 Venice Biennale. Gay artist moved to Paris in 1967 in a self-imposed exile to.wait out the years of military dictatorship in Greece.

During this exile, Tsarouchis designed theater sets for productions at Milan’s La Scala opera house, the Greek National Theater, the Dallas Opera, and London’s Covent Gardens, as well as the annual Avignon Art Festival in France. He also designed sets and costumes for films by Jules Dassin and Michael Cacoyannis. After his return to Greece in the middle of the 1970s, he designed an acclaimed operatic set for director Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Italian classical composer Luigi Cherubini’s comedic opera “Médée” at the ancient amphitheater at Epidauros.

Residing in northern Athens at the age of seventy nine, Yannis Tsarouchis died on July 20th of 1989. The Yannis Tsarouchis Museum, an art collection hosted in the artist’s home in Maroussi, Athens, was officially opened in 1982 in recognition of Tsarouchis’ contributions and respect for Greek culture. Upon the reading of his will and testament, it was found that Tsarouchis bequeathed all his assets to the Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation.

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Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe 1926 - 1962. (Scroll down for 1926 - 1962)💋

1926

June 1: Birth at Los Angeles General Hospital.

June 13: Taken to live with the foster family, the Bolenders.

1933💋

Fall: Mother Gladys Baker takes Norma Jeane to live with her.

1934💋

February: Gladys Baker taken to an institution.

1935💋

June 1: Grace McKee becomes legal guardian.

September 13: Norma Jeane is left at the orphanage.

1937💋

June 26: Grace McKee takes her away from the orphanage.

1938💋

November: Goes to live with 'Aunt' Ana Lower.

1942💋

June 19: Marries James E. Dougherty.

1944💋

April: Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory.

1946💋

April: First National Magazine cover, in 'Family Circle'.

June 26: Photographed by David Conover for 'Yank' magazine.

July 19: First Screen-Test, for 20th Century Fox.

July 23: First Six Months studio contract, renewed in January.

July 29: First mention in a Hollywood gossip Column (Hedda Hopper).

August 2: Norma Jeane Dougherty applies to join the 'Blue Book Modeling Agency'.

September 13: Divorce granted from James E. Dougherty.

1947💋

August 25: Fox Contract not renewed for a second time.

1948💋

February: Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schenck.

March 9: Contract with Columbia Pictures.

September 8: Dropped by Columbia.

December 31: Meets agent Johnny Hyde, who indicates himself to promote her.

1949💋

May 27: Poses for photographer Tom Kelley - the nude Calendar shots.

July 24: First interview with Earl Wilson.

August 15: Starts shooting 'A Ticket To Tomahawk'.

October: Sings contract with MGM for the breakthrough role in 'The Asphalt Jungle'.

1950💋

January 5: Starts shooting 'The Fireball'.

April: Lands small but perfectly formed part in 'All About Eve'.

December 18: Johnny Hyde dies.

1951💋

March 29: Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony.

April 18: Shooting starts on 'Love Nest'.

May 11: Latest six months contract and Fox converted to seven-year deal.

September 8: First full length national magazine feature in 'Colliers'.

1952💋

March: Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date.

March 13: Nude calendar story broken to public.

April 7: First 'Life' cover snapped by Phillipe Halsman.

June 1: On her birthday leans she is to be Lorelei Lee in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.

August 31: Live radio debut.

September 2: Grand marshal at the Miss America pageant.

1953💋

January, 21: She becomes a star when 'Niagara' is released.

January, 26: Marilyn and Jane Russell put their hand and feet prints in wet cement. At Graumann's Chinese Theater.

September, 13: TV debut at the 'Jack Benny Show'.

November, 4: Premier of 'How To Marry a Millionaire'.

December 15: Doesn't appear for shooting of 'The Girl in Pink Tights'.

1954💋

January, 4: Suspended by Fox.

January, 14: Marriage with Joe Dimaggio in San Francisco.

February, 2: They arrive at Tokyo Airport.

February, 16: Marilyn gives 10 concert's for the American soldiers in Korea.

September, 15: The shooting for the blowing skirt scene, included in the movie 'The Seven Year Itch'.

October, 5: Marilyn divorces Joe DiMaggio.

November, 6: Hollywood party in honor of Marilyn.

1955💋

January, 7: Press conference for 'Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc.'.

January, 15: Marilyn moves to the East coast, she is also suspended by Fox.

February: She met Lee Strasberg, and joins 'The Actor Studio'.

March, 31: She appears on a pink elephant on a benefit evening in 'Madison Square Garden'.

April, 8: Live in TV program of 'Person2Person' with Edward R. Murrow.

June, 1: Premier of 'The Seven Year Itch'.

1956💋

January, 4: A new contract between Fox and MM Productions.

February, 9: Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier announce that they will work together in 'The Sleeping Prince'.

June, 29: She marries Arthur Miller.

July, 14: She travels to London to begin with the shooting of 'The Prince And The Showgirl'.

August: Her first miscarriage.

October, 29: She meets Queen Elizabeth.

1957💋

June, 13: Premier of 'TPATS'.

August, 1: Another miscarriage.

1958💋

August, 4: The shooting of 'Some Like It Hot' begins, until November.

December, 17: Another miscarriage.

1959💋

March, 29: Premier of 'Some Like It Hot'.

1960💋

March, 8: Golden Globe award for 'Best Actress in a Comedy', in 'Some Like It Hot'.

June, 18: The shooting of 'The Misfits' begins.

August, 26: Marilyn is admitted in the hospital, some say in was a suicide attempt.

November, 11: Marilyn announce she divorces Arthur Miller.

November, 16: Clark Gable (who worked with in 'The Misfits') died of an heart attack.

1961💋

January, 20: Divorce of Arthur Miller.

January, 31: Premier 'The Misfits'.

February, 7: She is admitted to the 'Payne Whitney Clinic' in New York.

February, 11: She is admitted to 'Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center'.

October: Meets Robert Kennedy.

November: Meets John. F. Kennedy.

1962💋

February: Moves back to Los Angeles, in Brentwood.

March, 5: She get's a Gold Globe Award for 'World Film Favorite'.

April, 23: Shooting begins for 'Something's Got To Give'.

May, 19: Sings 'Happy Birthday' to JFK in 'Madison Square Garden'.

June, 1: Last workday at Fox.

June, 7: fired by Fox.

June, 23: Rehired by Fox.

July, 20: Admitted to the 'Cedars of Lebanon Hospital'.

August, 3: She appears on the cover of 'Life'.

August, 4: The last day Marilyn Monroe was alive.

August, 5: Marilyn Monroe is found dead in bed, autopsy reveals suicide. (possible)

August, 8: Funeral in 'Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery' 🙏💐🌸⚘️💐🌸⚘️

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[Ghostbusters] Brainwaves: Mini Bios (1984) Nova's Family (Part 1/2)

Tagging @ariel-seagull-wings @spook-central and @soulman133 Let me know if you want to be tagged/untagged from Brainwaves posts. These are just bullet point bios for the main groups of characters, as in the female professors, Ghostbusters and Ghostbuster staff, the C.U.P.S students, Nova’s family and then the others™ (e.g. Dickless, Dana)

Following Characters:

Mars Teufel

Anselm Teufel

Milo Teufel

Amalia Teufel

Gilbert Teufel

Medusa Teufel

Long post so it's under the cut.

General Family:

The Teufel Family are supposedly (Read: Definitely) psychic

Most (if not all) are former Jews who converted to being Wiccan at one point or another

The surname 'Teufel' literally translates to 'Devil'

'Mad' Mars Teufel:

Face Claim / Actor: John Candy

Full Name: Mars Neon Teufel. AKA: Mad Mars

Nova's older brother, protective, sometimes overprotective

34 in 1984. Born March 3rd 1950 in Brooklyn, Lives in NY, NY

German, Male, Straight, Wiccan, Pisces, Smoker

Speaks English, German, some Spanish and some French

6'2" and 275 lbs, Brown eyes and Blond hair, no tattoos or piercings, clean-shaven / stubble, hairy

Undiagnosed but likely Autistic

Grew up with Anselm and Milo, Now lives with Nova

Journalist for a German news channel

Bachelor's degree in Journalism & English

Anselm 'Selm' Teufel:

Face Claim / Actor: John Goodman

Full Name: Anselm Saturn Teufel. AKA: Selm

Milo's older brother, cousin to Mars and Nova

30 in 1984. Born June 20th 1954 in Brooklyn. Lives in Brooklyn

German, Male, Straight, Wiccan, Gemini, Smoker

Speaks English, German, some French, and some Spanish

6'2" and 300 lbs, Blue eyes and Brown hair, no tattoos or piercings, clean shaven / stubble, hairy

Grew up with Milo and Mars, still lives with Milo

Works at the Sedgewick Hotel as a Custodian / Handyman

A mean drunk who protects his brother no matter what

Bachelor's degree in Engineering & Metallurgy

'Magnificent' Milo Teufel:

Face Claim / Actor: Bobcat Goldthwait

Full Name: Milo Pluto Teufel. AKA: Magnificent Milo

25 in 1984. Born May 26th 1959 in Brooklyn. Lives in Brooklyn

German, Male, Biromantic, Asexual, Wiccan, Gemini

Speaks English, German, some French and some Spanish

5'6" and 150 lbs, Blue eyes and Brown hair, dyes his hair black

Clean shaven / stubble, hairy, 5 tattoos, scars from misadventure

Misdiagnosed and given Anti-psychotics, possibly Autistic / ADHD / ADD

In the Police Academy

Bachelor's in Architecture

Doctor Amalia 'Ama' Teufel, PhD:

Face Claim / Actress: Geena Davis

Full Name: Amalia Pandora Teufel

Doctor / Miss. AKA: Ama, Lia, Dora

28 in 1984. Born January 21st 1956 in Brooklyn. Lives in The Bronx

German, Female, Straight, Wiccan, Aquarius

Speaks 9 Languages including English, German & Dutch

6'0" and 145 lbs, Brown eyes and hair, no tattoos, ears pierced

Member of C.U.P.S, studying Eschatology, Student Athlete

PhD in Psychology and Biochemistry, member of MENSA

(Using this gif again because this is exactly the vibe of Gil & Ira)

Doctor/Professor Gilbert 'Gil' Teufel, PhD:

Face Claim / Actor: Danny DeVito

Full Name: Gilbert Vulcan Teufel

Professor / Doctor / Mr. AKA: Gil, Bert, Bertie, Doctor Volcano

40 in 1984. Born November 17th 1944 in Brooklyn. Lives in The Bronx

German, Male, Straight, Wiccan, Scorpio, Divorced, Smoker

Speaks 12 languages, can do American Sign Language

4'10" and 143 lbs, Brown eyes and Black hair, clean shaven / stubble, hairy

Teaches Angiology, Bioecology, Criminal Psychology, Dipterology, Foetology & Herbology

Romulus' / Roman's father, Ex-Husband of Tamar Mann

Medusa 'Lin' Teufel:

Face Claim / Actress: Marilu Henner

Full Name: Medusa Linda Teufel. AKA: Lin

32 in 1984. Born April 6th 1952 in Brooklyn. Lives in Manhattan

German, Female, Straight, Wiccan, Aries, Smoker

Speaks English, German, Polish, Spanish & Chinese

5'7" and 130 lbs, Blue eyes, Brown hair dyed Ginger, 7 tattoos, ears pierced

Agriology Student, in C.U.P.S, works as a taxi driver

Older sister of Electra, Younger sister of Norman

Even with her family's connection to death, she won't believe unless she sees proof

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In the middle of the 20th century, one woman became the face of the movement for Puerto Rican self-determination. Her name was Lolita Lebrón, and in an effort to draw the world's attention to Puerto Rico's colonial subjugation by the United States, she and a handful of men opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After the United States Capitol was stormed by insurrectionists on January 6th, 2021, Amarilis Rodriguez questioned how long the domestic terrorists would serve in prison, considering that Lebrón and her fellow pro-independence activists served 25 years (after being sentenced to even more.) Will the United States legal system punish insurrection as harshly as it punishes anti-colonialism?

Although Puerto Rico remains a US territory today, the independence movement that Lebrón was a part of has never disappeared. Lolita Lebrón and her collaborators expected to die in the attack, and although five congressmen were wounded, they claimed that they had never intended to kill anyone. This is the story of the 1954 attack on the Capitol and the woman who led it.

Who was Lolita Lebrón?

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Born on November 19th, 1919, Dolores "Lolita" Lebrón Sotomayor was the fifth and final child of a financially insecure family living in Lares, Puerto Rico. Her father tragically died at the age of 42, when Lebrón was a teenager, due to an inability to access sufficient medical care, and their financial situation only worsened afterwards.

Although she may have had some nationalist ideas, during her youth she didn't keep up with politics or activism. But according to Latinas in the United States, although Lebrón didn't take "much notice of Puerto Rico's political situation" while she was growing up, after moving to New York City, she joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party chapter in the early 1940s.

However, one event that is said to have resonated with Lebrón was the Ponce Massacre of 1937, where, according to the Zinn Education Project, 19 Nationalists were massacred by the police and over 200 others were wounded. The Guardian claims that the event "radicalized" Lebrón, but she never explicitly said that herself. Lebrón even claimed that she only ended up knowing about the massacre "because someone came to our house who had lost a relative in it. I had heard about a man named Pedro Albizu Campos but I never knew him personally."

The United States and Puerto Rico

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Before the Spanish colonized Puerto Rico, the island was inhabited by the Taíno, who were a subset of the Arawak people. But after the Spanish invaded in the 15th century, they ended up subjugating the island for almost 300 years. Then in the 1800s, according to National Geographic, the people of Puerto Rico started advocating for self-determination and self-governance.

Although the Spanish ended up allowing the island relatively more autonomy, the United States invaded Puerto Rico on July 25, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. And in the subsequent peace treaty, signed December 1898, the Spanish gave the colony to the United States. According to Boricua Power, almost as soon as the United States took control of Puerto Rico, they started encouraging people from the island to emigrate to the United States, Hawaii, Cuba, and Santo Domingo. The United States government pushed the perception that Puerto Ricans were "a good source of labor," though often the jobs that Puerto Ricans traveled to pursue "didn't live up to expectations and promises." 

Puerto Rican people who'd emigrated frequently protested their unjust working conditions and the devaluation of their labor. However, even cigar makers in New York City, which was an industry that was "the highest-paid, best organized, [and] most independent," found its work rendered "obsolete, unemployed, and poor" by the tobacco employers. During this entire time, Puerto Ricans continued to demand the right to self-governance.

The Gag Law and the Smith Act

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Meanwhile, on the island itself, the United States sought to suppress any and all nationalistic and pro-independence activity. On June 11, 1948, Jesús T. Piñero, a Puerto Rican man appointed governor by the United States, signed a bill into law that would become known as the Ley de la Mordaza, or the Gag Law.

According to War Against All Puerto Ricans, Law 53, as it was known in the legislation, was entirely intended to disrupt the Puerto Rican independence movement. It made it illegal to speak in favor of independence, write in favor of independence, sing a patriotic tune, or even display the Puerto Rican flag, per Mother Jones. The penalty for breaking this law was a fine of $10,000 and/or 10 years' imprisonment. And when the Puerto Rico colonial government adopted the pro-independence flag in 1952, they changed the blue color on the flag to make it more similar to the United States flag, nullifying the flag's symbolism, "whether intended or not."

Some also referred to the Gag Law as "the Little Smith Act" since it resembled the Smith Act from the mainland United States, which had been intended to suppress communist movements. A big component of both of these Acts made it a felony to "advocate for the violent overthrow of the government" or to be associated with such an organization.

The 1950 uprisings in Puerto Rico

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Over the course of four days in 1950, there were several uprisings in Puerto Rico that were led and organized by Pedro Albizu Campos, the president of the Nationalist Party. Along with staging uprisings in eight different towns (Arecibo, Jayuya, Mayagüez, Naranjito, Peñuelas, Ponce, San Juan, and Utado), there were attempts to assassinate both Governor Luis Muñoz Marín of Puerto Rico and President Harry S. Truman of the United States.

According to Introduction to Latino Politics in the U.S., the nationalist groups carried the Puerto Rican flag around and in turn were "attacked by U.S. bomber planes from the air and by U.S. artillery on the ground." Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, who were living in the United States, made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Truman at Blair House on November 1st, 1950. In response to the uprisings, President Truman allowed Puerto Rico to hold a referendum over the creation of a new constitution. After it passed, the new constitution was implemented by July 1952.

According to the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Albizu Campos was caught and sentenced to 80 years imprisonment the following year. Although he was pardoned two years later by the governor he tried to assassinate, the pardon was revoked after Lolita Lebrón's attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954.

Lolita Lebrón moves to New York City

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In the 1940s, Lolita Lebrón moved to New York City and found it difficult to find work. Although she was able to be hired as a seamstress several times, whenever she confronted the discrimination against Puerto Ricans, she was fired. According to Lebrón herself, "After three days of looking for work, getting lost in the trains, walking in the snow, without money for lunch or shelter, I had to deny that I was Puerto Rican in order to have a job."

In response to the prejudice and racism she experienced, Lebrón joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in 1946 and started promoting both feminist and socialist values within the organization. According to Latina, she soon became incredibly influential in the organization and was promoted to top positions like executive delegate and vice president.

Albizu Campos was the party's president and Lebrón had learned everything she could about its founder. According to The Guardian, the two began to correspond as Lebrón took on more and more responsibility within the organization. And in 1954, Lebrón was asked by Albizu Campos to come up with "strategic targets" for an attack. Lebrón chose the United States Congress as their target.

Deciding to attack Washington, D.C.

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In the new constitution of Puerto Rico, the official name of the island was made Estado Libre Asociado, or Commonwealth of the United States. According to Women on the Edge: Ethnicity and Gender in Short Stories by American Women, although this allowed people in Puerto Rico to elect local political officials, the description of "commonwealth" was "an ambiguous political designation" that kept the island "situated within American politics."

According to CENTRO Journal, as with the Guyana Uprising, the attack on the United States government wasn't "so much an attempt to seize power as it was 'a supreme act of protest to attract the attention of the world to the cause of Puerto Rico's independence.'" The ultimate goal was always to throw off the colonialist yoke, but even the note found in Lolita Lebrón's purse after the attack stated that the attack was "aimed at making the Puerto Rican plea heard throughout the world, as no one seemed to pay attention to the sufferings of her people." She reiterated this statement years later from prison, stating, "Attacking the U.S. in its own heart, its own entrails, was Puerto Rico's last recourse... because the island could not arm itself... and confront the U.S. in a traditional war. We made our war the only way we're able to."

Lolita Lebrón recruited Irving Flores, Rafael Cancel Miranda, and Andres Figueroa Cordero for the mission and on March 1st, 1954, they set out for Washington, D.C.

'¡Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre!'

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On the day that Lebrón, Flores, Cancel Miranda, and Figueroa Cordero traveled from New York City to Washington, D.C. and entered the United States House of Representatives, there were two imperialist topics on the agenda. According to The Young Lords, Puerto Rico was one of the topics, and the other was the Chamizal district between Mexico and Texas, which the United States government didn't want to give back to the Mexican government.

The group waited in the visitor's gallery, and around noon, Lebrón shouted, "¡Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" and opened up the Puerto Rican nationalist flag. They all opened fire, firing both into the ceiling and the House floor. Five congressmen were wounded, although no one died in the attack. According to Latina, they had "no intentions of murdering anyone during their attack. Rather, they had prepared to die in their struggle for liberation."

When they were captured, Lolita Lebrón insisted that the men weren't responsible for the attack and that she was the sole instigator, but they were all given lengthy sentences.

And although The Guardian notes "Extraordinary as it seems today, the four Puerto Rican radicals had no difficulty in entering the visitors' gallery of the House of Representatives armed with their Lugers," it was revealed in the attempted coup of 2021 that maybe it's not actually that extraordinary.

Lolita Lebrón's capture and trial

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Lolita Lebrón and her fellow nationalists were captured almost immediately, although one was able to escape briefly before being apprehended. The trial started three months later, lasted 12 days, and on June 16th, 1954, they were all found guilty. According to The New York Times, while Cancel Miranda, Figueroa Cordero, and Flores were sentenced to 25 to 75 years in prison, Lebrón was sentenced to only 16 to 50 years. Since Lebrón had fired at the ceiling rather than the House floor, she was cleared of "assault with intent to kill," which is why she had a lesser sentence.

Although the defense counsel attempted to bring up the question of the nationalist's sanity, even claiming that the "appellants' adherence to an organized minority group in Puerto Rico is said to indicate irrationality," the defendants actively refused an insanity defense. Per the Washington Post, during her trial, Lebrón insisted that she was "being crucified for the freedom of my country." In another trial, an additional six years were added to all the shooters' sentences for "seditious conspiracy."

Lebrón also lost her 12-year-old son during the trial, although no one knew until she was testifying on the stand, and she recounted "what her life had been like with her child and the meaning of his loss."

Continuing to protest in prison

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Lolita Lebrón was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution for Women in Alderson, West Virginia. According to Latinas in the United States, most of her time in prison was spent writing poetry, praying, sewing uniforms, and advocating for the rights of those imprisoned alongside her.

Helping organize a number of hunger strikes in the prison, Lebrón was furious that "women were intimidated and placed in isolation just to keep them in line." She also "refused to accept the validity of her conviction" and refused to apply for parole unless her fellow nationalists were also going to be freed. Insisting that she wouldn't leave prison for anything less than a presidential pardon, she devoted herself to her religion.

In 1978, Assata Shakur was transferred to Alderson and the two political prisoners crossed paths. They knew of the other's activism and admired one another, and at the moment they met there was an outburst of joy in a traditionally austere place. As their eyes recognized one another in the middle of prison, they called out the other's name in happiness and "hugged and kissed each other." It was an auspicious meeting, since the following year both Shakur and Lebrón left prison, one by escape and the other by pardon, respectively.

President Carter commutes Lolita Lebrón's sentence

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In 1978, President Jimmy Carter started reviewing the cases of the nationalists and pardoned Figueroa Cordero first since he had been diagnosed with cancer. The following year, President Carter also commuted the sentences of Lebrón, Flores, and Cancel Miranda after they had been imprisoned for 25 years.

Although some claim that this pardon came out of the pressure from political circles, academics, and the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico, the Washington Post claims that the pardon was "widely suspected to have been part of a prisoner swap to release CIA agents jailed in Cuba." However, according to Women of Color, in Solidarity, the governor of Puerto Rico at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, was against the pardon because he claimed that it would "encourage terrorism and undermine public safety."

Although Lolita Lebrón was initially treated as a heroine when she was released from imprisonment, some of her followers abandoned her when they became aware of "her pacifist views and her devotion to the Catholic faith." In her autobiography, Shakur also notes how "anticommunist and antisocialist" Lebrón was at the time of their meeting.

Lolita Lebrón's continued activism

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Out of prison, Lolita Lebrón continued her activism for Puerto Rico's self-determination. According to The Guardian, although she recognized the economic benefits of living under American colonial rule, Lebrón "regarded freedom from foreign interference as more important than material well being."

In 2001, Lebrón was arrested twice during the struggle to remove the U.S. Navy from the island of Vieques, which it was using as a bombing range. She was 81-years-old at the time, and although she served 60 days at one point, their protests were ultimately successful.

According to Radical Women, on March 8th, 2008, she led a protest demanding for Puerto Rico's right to self-determination, saying, "We want everyone to know that in Puerto Rico, we women are fighting for our rights as workers, we are fighting for a healthy environment, for poor and marginalized communities, for the freedom of the political prisoners, the well-being of children, for peace, for the defense of our culture and all the rights they intend to take from us."

The end of Lolita Lebrón's life and her legacy

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On August 1st, 2010, Lolita Lebrón died as a result of a respiratory disease. But according to Latina, her legacy continues to be celebrated amongst Puerto Ricans. Her portrait is illustrated in murals across Puerto Rico as well as in neighborhoods in Chicago and New York. According to Maria de Lourdes Santiago, a member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, Lebrón was "the mother of the independence movement."

Lebrón claimed that she had renounced violence due to her religious convictions, and she maintained the new pledge of nonviolence for the rest of her life. However, Lebrón stated that although she herself would not take up arms, "I acknowledge that the people have a right to use any means available to free themselves."

Although votes for independence in Puerto Rico typically garner up to 5 percent of the vote and statehood accounts for up to 50 percent of the vote, Puerto Rico remains a colony of the United States empire. And Lolita Lebrón never repented for her actions. When released, she said "We didn't do anything that we should regret. Everyone has the right to defend their right to freedom that God gave them."

[royally-obsessed]

on this day in 1954

In Christchurch

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh have informal chats as part of a visit to Christchurch Public Hospital in Christchurch, South Island during the royal couple's Commonwealth visit to New Zealand on 20th January 1954.

[abwwia]

What a treat! Ellen Thesleff’s groundbreaking art and courageous life as an e-book:

www.hamhelsinki.fi/en/ellen-thesleffin-uraauurtava-taide-ja-rohkea-elama-e-kirjana/ enjoy!

More about the Artist:

Ellen Thesleff (October 5, 1869 – January 12, 1954) was an expressionist Finnish painter, regarded as one of the leading Finnish modernist painters.

Thesleff was born in Helsinki, the eldest daughter of five siblings and her father was an amateur painter. She took private lessons and then, in 1887, studied for two years at the Finnish Art Society Drawing School (now known as the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts).

In 1891, Tesleff moved to Paris and enrolled into Académie Colarossi.

Thesleff spent all of her life in Finland, France, and Italy, visiting Italy first in 1894. In Finland, she had a family estate at Murole, Ruovesi. She never married.

Thesleff took part in many big exhibitions in the 20th century, in particular, in 1949 her paintings were on display on a big exhibition of Nordic art in Copenhagen and were praised by media.

At the beginning of her career, Thesleff worked on symbolist paintings . Later, she moved to expressionism and modernism, most notably landscapes.

Thesleff was included in the 2018 exhibit Women in Paris 1850-1900.

Photo credits: screenprints from the ebook.

#EllenThesleff #Thesleff

[kwebtv]

TV Guide -  August 31 - September 6, 1963

Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981)  Actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.

From 1954 to 1956, Boone became a familiar face in the lead role of the medical drama, Medic, receiving an Emmy nomination for Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series in 1955.

During the 1960s, Boone appeared regularly on other television programs. He was an occasional guest panelist and also a mystery guest on What’s My Line?, the Sunday Night CBS-TV quiz show. On that show, he talked with host John Charles Daly about their days working together on the TV show The Front Page. Boone also had his own television anthology, The Richard Boone Show.

In the early 1970s, Boone starred in the short-lived TV series Hec Ramsey, which was about a turn-of-the-20th-century Western-style police detective who preferred to use his brain and criminal forensic skills instead of his gun. Ramsey was frontier lawman and gunman in his younger days. Now older Ramsey is the Deputy Chief of Police of a small Oklahoma city. He is still a skilled shooter carrying a short barreled Colt Single Action Army revolver. But Ramsey had embraced the science of criminal forensics and was a skilled criminalist using science to solve crimes. (Wikipedia)

[scotianostra]

On 21st January 1970, while on service to the Danish fishing vessel Opal, the lifeboat Duchess of Kent capsized with the loss of five lives.

The Duchess of Kent was a Watson class lifeboat built by Groves and Guttridge in 1954, and stationed at Fraserburgh. 

While in service with the RNLI,  the lifeboat launched 23 times and saved 13 lives. On 27 October 1959, she launched to the assistance of two fishing boats, rescuing two men and earning RNLI Gold Medals for Gallantry for acting Coxswain Alexander John Duthie and Mechanic Frederick Alexander Kirkness.

while on service to the Danish fishing vessel Opal, the lifeboat capsized – resulting in the loss of five of her six-person crew. The five men who lost their lives were Coxswain John Stephen, Mechanic Frederick Kirkness and crew members William Hadden, James R.S. Buchan and James Buchan. Assistant Mechanic John (Jackson) Buchan was flung clear and saved by a Russian trawler. 

13,000 people attended the joint funeral of the crew members. 

Following the capsize The Duchess of Kent was broken up at Herd and McKenzie’s boatyard. It was the third loss of a Fraserburgh lifeboat in the 20th century, following Lady Rothes in 1919 and John and Charles Kennedy in 1953.

The names of the crew of The Duchess of Kent are listed on the RNLI Memorial Sculpture outside the RNLI College in Poole, Dorset.

In 2010 the memorial to all who died was unveiled, as seen in the pics.

[oscar-the-tank-engine-20]

My Life

My name is Oscar Barnett. I was born on the 27th January 2002 and I am a Scottish autistic man who is wanting to be an actor, writer, comedian and singer. I was born in Aberdeen hospital and for the first six months of my life, I lived in Monymusk before moving to Gourdon afterwards.

During school education, I went to playgroup between 2004 and 2006, afterwards I went to nursery school between 2006 and 2007, then I went to primary school between 2007 and 2014, and finally I went to secondary between 2014 and 2020. So I was in school education for 16 years.

My last day of secondary school was Friday 20th March 2020 and a couple of days later, COVID-19 struck the UK so I didn't have any further education buildings to go to. But then, on Monday 2nd November 2020, I became part of the local BFI Film Academy and we had meetings (in person and over video call) every Monday evening until Monday 22nd March 2021. We haven't had another meeting since then.

I also do volunteer work. On Tuesday 20th February 2018, I became part of the Brighter Bervie team which is a eco group set in Inverbervie and it's our job to keep the community bright and tidy. I help out on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and sometimes Saturday mornings. On Wednesday 5th February 2020, I became a volunteer at the Inspire By charity shop in Stonehaven, but had to stop the following month because of COVID-19, also because I had left school at that point and it was them who organised the whole working-at-the-shop thing for me. It took a long time going through all the things that would help me go back there, but I finally returned on Wednesday 16th March 2022 and made some new friends as well as meeting some old ones. However, on Monday 6th February 2023, I realised that I don't really enjoy working at the shop anymore due to the behaviour of some of the volunteers. On Monday 19th June in the same year, when a really annoying volunteer joined the team, I realised that I don't like my job at the shop at all.

On Sunday 29th August 2022, I joined Ury Players which is a drama group based in Stonehaven and has been on the go since 1954. I was really happy about this because group is about acting and being an actor is my dream. My first Ury Players project was their 2022 pantomime which was Sleeping Beauty. We performed five shows at the Stonehaven Town Hall for four nights between the 7th and 10th December. The extra one was performed on the 10th and 2pm.

[wikiuntamed]

Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from a year ago: Thursday, 20th April 2023

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1️⃣: Moon Bin

2️⃣: ChatGPT "ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022. Based on large language models, it enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language. Successive user prompts and replies are considered at each..."

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3️⃣: 2023 Indian Premier League "The 2023 Indian Premier League (also known as Tata IPL 2023 for sponsorship reasons and sometimes referred to as IPL 2023 or IPL 16) was the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India. It is organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.In the..."

4️⃣: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the chairman and founder of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy group, and an independent..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Gage Skidmore

5️⃣: Cleopatra "Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder..."

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[oldsalempost-blog]

The Old Salem Post

Our  Local Tamassee-Salem SC Area News each Monday except holidays              Contact: theoldsalempost@gmail.com           Distributed to local businesses, town hall, library.              Volume 7 Issue 9                              Week of February 5, 2024                https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/oldsalempost-blog                                                         Lynne Martin Publishing

EDITOR:  As you know I love to share good things.  This came from a reader:  “Unbeknownst to most people,  Keowee Key works to be part of and make a positive contribution to our community.  The following was just released:  The Keowee Key Community Partnership announced that at the close of 2023, our 23 Charity Partners have reported over $2,000,000 in cumulative donations received since our inception in late 2018! Our Mission continues to be to ‘Improve the lives of the less fortunate in Oconee County’.”     Good news to share!   LRMartin

TOWN of SALEM:  * Visit the Downtown Market every Sat 8am-12pm. *   The Town Hall will be closed the Feb. 19th  for Presidents’ Day.  We have been gifted seed funds, grant funds,  to repave theBarksdale subdivision.  Town Council meeting Feb. 20th at 5pm.  Republican primary election polls  will be Feb. 24th, 7am-7pm at the community building.    

SALEM LIBRARY:  Hours Monday 10am-6pm. Tues-Friday 9am-5pm. Closed 12-1 each day for lunch.                         Event: GENELOGY BASICS,  Feb 7th at 4pm at the Salem Community Center for ages 18 and older.  Did you know the library provides free in-house access to Ancestry Library Edition? Learn the best use Ancestry Library Edition for your research.  Register or visit oconeelibrary.org/events. Struggling with your technical device?  Each Tuesday between 2-3 PM, bring your Kindle, iPad, smartphone, laptop, or other device and we will assist you to the best of our abilities.  Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis.  (Information from the oconeelibrary.org website).

JOCASSEE VALLEY BREWING COMPANY,(JVBC) & COFFEE SHOP* 13412 N Hwy 11 Open Wed–Sat 9am-9pm and Sunday 2pm-7pm. Events this week:  Wed: BLUE GRASS JAM at 6:30pm. Thurs; Old Time Jam ( and cookies ) 6:30pm  Fri: Food: Choc’s BBQ  Music: Spalding McIntosh at 6:30pm  Mardi Gras Celebration  Sat–Food: Blue Ridge Grill  (Cajun Cuisine)  Music: Angela Easterling at  6:30pm   Sun: 12pm-7pm  Kodesh BBQ plus Cajan Cuisine   Music:  2pm Tuba Gin         *Featuring Pisgah Coffee Roasters      More info call 864-873-0048                                           

Jottings from Miz Jeannie  by Jeannie Barnwell            Drown Out the Doldrums                                                  Until March 3, when the WHITE blossoms burst out to cover the stark branches of the Bradford Pear Trees, TRY THIS!  Tune into SOUNDSCAPES (ch 745) for soothing melodies and inspiring quotations to brighten winter days   Allow me to share some favorite quotes:  Abe Lincoln: "I destroy my enemies by making them into friends."   Babe Ruth: "Never let your fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."  AND HERE's ONE FROM ME TO YOU!  "Planning revenge uses up too much time Instead make plans to perform as much JOY as possible.  My Joy derives from baking, decorating, and delivering DOLL CAKES!"                         Miz Jeannie Loves You:  Now, call up three old friends and share a memory!    

ASHTON RECALLS:  by Ashton Hester        

PLANS FOR GARMENT PLANT FOR SALEM NEARING FINALIZATION - (The following story was in the January 13, 1954 Keowee Courier). . .A garment plant for Salem moved closer to reality Tuesday afternoon when a group of incorporators met to organize a corporation to be known as Salem Builders, Inc. Application will now be made to the secretary of state for a certificate of incorporation. . .Representing Salem at the meeting were five residents of the town--Oscar Wigington, Clyde Talley, R.R. Bearden, Ray Green and J.C. Nicholson. . .The plant will be for Paintset Fashions, Inc., a dress-manufacturing firm which already has two plants in Walhalla and is prepared to open a branch plant in Salem as soon as a building to house it is ready. . .Plans for the Salem plant were first discussed at a meeting last year between company officials and Salem area residents. It was pointed out then that many of the current employees of the Walhalla plants are residents of the Salem area, and when the Salem plant is opened they will be offered the opportunity to transfer there in order to be employed closer to their homes. . .When the Salem plant is in full operation it will provide several hundred jobs.              

Quotes by Rosa Parks, born Feb. 4th 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, known as the First Lady of Civil Rights, when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.  “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”   “I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”  Ms Parks  became known nationally as a leader in ending segregation.  She died at 92 years of age in October 2005.

EAGLES NEST ART CENTER

2024 UPCOMING EVENTS       Get your tickets before Saturday and save $5 on the ticket price Feb.  10, 7pm  Trial by Fire,  A Journey Tribute,   $20 advance tickets  available at the Town of Salem,         or Ticketleap.   Visit Eaglesnestartcenter.org for more 2024 events and ticket information.  Call  864-280-1258 for more information.  Tickets will be $25 day of  show.   Hope to see you there!

March 2nd, 2pm-5pm Second Annual Alumni Gathering 2pm-5pm  Call your classmates to meet up!                                                     *March 23rd, 7pm   Oconee Mountain Opry $10          * Change from the original published date*

ENAC will host the House of Raeford Farms Chicken Sale: You are encouraged to order before items sell out. But you must preorder online before Feb 29th  ( Items could sell out before the cut off date). Pick up your fresh chicken on Saturday, March 2nd between 9am and 12pm.  Type in House of Raeford Farms, Greenville, SC and scroll down to the preorder section.                                                                                                                               The Eagles Nest Treasure Store is open every Saturday morning 9am-12pm.  We are accepting donations during that time or call 864-557-2462.  Information on sponsorships, events, volunteering, donations, or rentals call 864-280-1258.      

                                             CHURCH NEWS              Bethel Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 580 Bethel Church Rd Walhalla, 29691, worship at 10:30 a.m.                 Feb. 11 Message by Mel Davis, Feb. 18 Message by George Harper, Feb. 25 Message by Mel Davis. Like us on Facebook: Bethelpresbyterianchurchwalhalla ;Listen to the service on Facebook.  

Super Bowl Sunday, February 11, after the service. Bring soup or a side dish. Your donations go to Oconee United Ministries. Please text Cathy at 757-288-3893 or Paul at 864-723-4935 to let us know if you are coming or have questions.                          

Boones Creek Baptist Church, 264 Boones Creek Road, Salem invites you to join us for regular worship service on Sunday morning with Sunday School at 10am and followed by worship at 11am.                                                        

Salem Methodist Church: 520 Church Street, Salem.  9am for breakfast, 9:30am for Sunday School, and 10:30am for Worship.  You may tune in to our live service on Facebook or view it later on our website.        

FREE TREES :  Tree Giveaway at Shaver Complex in Seneca 2/23 from 12-2. Two free trees per household. Reserve online at www.treesupstate.org/freetrees.   There will be another tree giveaway  at the World of Energy on 3/23 from 9-11.

11th Annual BELLFEST 2024:   FRIENDS OF LAKE JOCASSEE will host BellFest 2024 at Devils Fork State Park on Saturday, March 16 from 10am-3pm.  Celebrate our rare Oconee Bell, Shortia galacifolia!                                                                                                          

Talley’s Valentine Card Project 2024 supports local nursing homes and the like. If you want to help bless these residents with handmade cards, please deliver to the Salem Town Hall before Feb 9 for distribution. You may also drop off other gifts such as socks, word search books, an artificial rose, pens, pencils, a box of greeting cards or stamps, or other items you feel they would like.                                                                                                                

[jedivoodoochile]

Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe 1926 - 1962 (Scroll down from 1926 - 1962)💋

1926

June 1: Birth at Los Angeles General Hospital.

June 13: Taken to live with the foster family, the Bolenders.

1933

Fall: Mother Gladys Baker takes Norma Jeane to live with her.

1934

February: Gladys Baker taken to an institution.

1935

June 1: Grace McKee becomes legal guardian.

September 13: Norma Jeane is left at the orphanage.

1937

June 26: Grace McKee takes her away from the orphanage.

1938

November: Goes to live with 'Aunt' Ana Lower.

1942

June 19: Marries James E. Dougherty.

1944

April: Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory.

1946

April: First National Magazine cover, in 'Family Circle'.

June 26: Photographed by David Conover for 'Yank' magazine.

July 19: First Screen-Test, for 20th Century Fox.

July 23: First Six Months studio contract, renewed in January.

July 29: First mention in a Hollywood gossip Column (Hedda Hopper).

August 2: Norma Jeane Dougherty applies to join the 'Blue Book Modeling Agency'.

September 13: Divorce granted from James E. Dougherty.

1947

August 25: Fox Contract not renewed for a second time.

1948

February: Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schenck.

March 9: Contract with Columbia Pictures.

September 8: Dropped by Columbia.

December 31: Meets agent Johnny Hyde, who indicates himself to promote her.

1949

May 27: Poses for photographer Tom Kelley - the nude Calendar shots.

July 24: First interview with Earl Wilson.

August 15: Starts shooting 'A Ticket To Tomahawk'.

October: Sings contract with MGM for the breakthrough role in 'The Asphalt Jungle'.

1950

January 5: Starts shooting 'The Fireball'.

April: Lands small but perfectly formed part in 'All About Eve'.

December 18: Johnny Hyde dies.

1951

March 29: Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony.

April 18: Shooting starts on 'Love Nest'.

May 11: Latest six months contract and Fox converted to seven-year deal.

September 8: First full length national magazine feature in 'Colliers'.

1952

March: Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date.

March 13: Nude calendar story broken to public.

April 7: First 'Life' cover snapped by Phillipe Halsman.

June 1: On her birthday leans she is to be Lorelei Lee in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.

August 31: Live radio debut.

September 2: Grand marshal at the Miss America pageant.

1953

January, 21: She becomes a star when 'Niagara' is released.

January, 26: Marilyn and Jane Russell put their hand and feet prints in wet cement. At Graumann's Chinese Theater.

September, 13: TV debut at the 'Jack Benny Show'.

November, 4: Premier of 'How To Marry a Millionaire'.

December 15: Doesn't appear for shooting of 'The Girl in Pink Tights'.

1954

January, 4: Suspended by Fox.

January, 14: Marriage with Joe Dimaggio in San Francisco.

February, 2: They arrive at Tokyo Airport.

February, 16: Marilyn gives 10 concert's for the American soldiers in Korea.

September, 15: The shooting for the blowing skirt scene, included in the movie 'The Seven Year Itch'.

October, 5: Marilyn divorces Joe DiMaggio.

November, 6: Hollywood party in honor of Marilyn.

1955

January, 7: Press conference for 'Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc.'.

January, 15: Marilyn moves to the East coast, she is also suspended by Fox.

February: She met Lee Strasberg, and joins 'The Actor Studio'.

March, 31: She appears on a pink elephant on a benefit evening in 'Madison Square Garden'.

April, 8: Live in TV program of 'Person2Person' with Edward R. Murrow.

June, 1: Premier of 'The Seven Year Itch'.

1956

January, 4: A new contract between Fox and MM Productions.

February, 9: Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier announce that they will work together in 'The Sleeping Prince'.

June, 29: She marries Arthur Miller.

July, 14: She travels to London to begin with the shooting of 'The Prince And The Showgirl'.

August: Her first miscarriage.

October, 29: She meets Queen Elizabeth.

1957

June, 13: Premier of 'TPATS'.

August, 1: Another miscarriage.

1958

August, 4: The shooting of 'Some Like It Hot' begins, until November.

December, 17: Another miscarriage.

1959

March, 29: Premier of 'Some Like It Hot'.

1960

March, 8: Golden Globe award for 'Best Actress in a Comedy', in 'Some Like It Hot'.

June, 18: The shooting of 'The Misfits' begins.

August, 26: Marilyn is admitted in the hospital, some say in was a suicide attempt.

November, 11: Marilyn announce she divorces Arthur Miller.

November, 16: Clark Gable (who worked with in 'The Misfits') died of an heart attack.

1961

January, 20: Divorce of Arthur Miller.

January, 31: Premier 'The Misfits'.

February, 7: She is admitted to the 'Payne Whitney Clinic' in New York.

February, 11: She is admitted to 'Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center'.

October: Meets Robert Kennedy.

November: Meets John. F. Kennedy.

1962

February: Moves back to Los Angeles, in Brentwood.

March, 5: She get's a Gold Globe Award for 'World Film Favorite'.

April, 23: Shooting begins for 'Something's Got To Give'.

May, 19: Sings 'Happy Birthday' to JFK in 'Madison Square Garden'.

June, 1: Last workday at Fox.

June, 7: fired by Fox.

June, 23: Rehired by Fox.

July, 20: Admitted to the 'Cedars of Lebanon Hospital'.

August, 3: She appears on the cover of 'Life'.

August, 4: The last day Marilyn Monroe was alive.

August, 5: Marilyn Monroe is found dead in bed, autopsy reveals suicide. (possible)

August, 8: Funeral in 'Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery'

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Teufel Family (1984)

Transcript:

Teufel Family

Mars Teufel, Dr Nova Teufel

Mars, 34, Blond w Brown eyes, Journalist

Nova, 31, Blonde w Blue eyes, Professor

Both went to Columbia University

German American, Immigrant Parents, Deceased Parents

Full Names: Mars Neon Teufel, Nova Eris Teufel

'Mad Mars' and 'Novocaine'

Raised Jewish, Both now Wiccan

Separated when Nova was 5 until she was 18

Live together so Mars can protect Nova

Mars born 3rd March 1950, Nova born 2nd January 1953

Psychic abilities but they don't talk about it

Both smoke, undiagnosed but autistic

Mars was raised by their uncle Bram alongside Anselm & Milo

Nova was raised by a slew of psych wards until 18

Both have a sweet-tooth and are susceptible to possession

Anselm Teufel, Milo Teufel

Anselm, 30, Brown hair & blue eyes, custodian

Milo, 25, Brown hair & blue eyes, student

Anselm has a bachelor's in Engineering & metallurgy

Full Names: Anselm Saturn Teufel, Milo Pluto Teufel

'Selm' and 'Magnificent Milo'

Raised Jewish, Both now Wiccan

Anselm born 20th June 1954, Milo born 26th May 1959

Milo has a quite strong connection to the psychic

Electra, Medusa, Amalia, Norman, Otmar, Thomas, Remus, Romulus, Gilbert

Ages: 30, 32, 28, 44, 34, 30, 32, 20, 40

Ellie is Manny & Medusa's sister

Medusa goes by Lin

Otto teaches art

Otto is Tom & Remus' Brother

Remus teaches Eschatology & Religious Studies

Romulus is Gilbert's son

Gilbert is divorced

Gil is the head of criminal psychology

Gil teaches angiology, bioecology, criminal psychology, dipterology, foetology & herbology

Amalia is Gil's sister

Use their tagged name on my blog to find their bio page⬇️

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John Banner (28 January 1910 – 28 January 1973), born Johann Banner, was born on this date 114 years ago and died 51 years ago today at the age of 63. He is best known for his role as Master Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encountering evidence that the inmates of his stalag were planning mayhem, frequently feigned ignorance with the catchphrase, "I know nothing! I see nothing! I hear nothing!" (or, more commonly as the series went on, "I see nothing, nothing!").

In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, underwent basic training in Atlantic City and became a supply sergeant. He even posed for a recruiting poster. He served until 1945. According to fellow Hogan's Heroes actor Robert Clary, "John lost a lot of his family" to the Holocaust.

Banner appeared in over 40 feature films. His first credited role was a German captain in Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942), starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. He played a Gestapo agent in 20th Century Fox's Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943). His typecasting did not please him – he would later learn that his family members who had remained in Vienna all perished in Nazi concentration camps – but it was the only work he was offered. Banner himself was held briefly in a prewar-concentration camp.

Banner made more than 70 television appearances between 1950 and 1970, including the Lone Ranger (episode "Damsels In Distress", 1950), Sky King (premiere episode "Operation Urgent", 1952), The Adventures of Superman (4/5/57, The Man Who Made Dreams Come True.)Mister Ed, Thriller (episode "Portrait Without a Face", 1961), The Untouchables (episode "Takeover", 1962), My Sister Eileen, The Lucy Show, Perry Mason, The Partridge Family, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (episode "Hot Line", 1964), Alias Smith and Jones, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (episode "The Neptune Affair", 1964), and Hazel (episode "The Investor", 1965).

In the late 1950s, a still slim Banner portrayed Peter Tchaikovsky's supervisor on a Disneyland anthology series about the composer's life. This followed a scene with fellow Hogan's Heroes actor Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) as Nikolai Rubinstein. In 1953, he had a bit part in the Kirk Douglas movie The Juggler as a witness of an attack on an Israeli policeman by a disturbed concentration camp survivor.

In 1954, he had a regular role as Bavarro in the children's series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Two years later, he played a train conductor in the episode "Safe Conduct" of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, appearing with future co-star Werner Klemperer, who played a spy. He played Nazi villains in several later films: the German town mayor in The Young Lions {1958}; Rudolf Höss in Operation Eichmann (1961); and Gregor Strasser in Hitler (1962). The year before the premiere of Hogan's Heroes, Banner portrayed a soldier in the World War II German "home guard" in 36 Hours (1964). Although it was a non-comedic role in a war drama, Banner still displayed some of the affable nature that would become the defining trait of the character he would create for television the following year. By coincidence, during the final moments of 36 Hours, John Banner's character meets up with a border guard played by Sig Ruman, who had portrayed another prisoner-of-war camp chief guard named Sergeant Schulz, in the 1953 film Stalag 17, starring William Holden. In 1968, Banner co-starred with Werner Klemperer, Leon Askin and Bob Crane in The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz.

According to Banner in a newspaper interview, before he met and married his French wife Christine, he weighed 178 pounds (81 kg); he claimed her good cooking was responsible for his weight gain to 260 pounds (120 kg), as of 1965. This helped gain him the part of the kindly, inept German prisoner-of-war camp guard in Hogan's Heroes. Banner was loved not only by the viewers, but also by the cast, as recalled by cast members on the Hogan's Heroes DVD commentary. The Jewish Banner defended his character, telling TV Guide in 1967, "Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation."

After Hogan's Heroes was cancelled in 1971, Banner starred as the inept gangster Uncle Latzi in a short-lived television situation comedy, The Chicago Teddy Bears. His last acting appearance was in the March 17, 1972, episode of The Partridge Family. He then retired to France with his Paris-born second wife.

Less than one year after moving back to Europe, while visiting friends in Vienna, John Banner died from an abdominal hemorrhage on his 63rd birthday. He was survived by his wife Christine; they had 8 children

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