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Pair reunite after 70 years to honor top jet ace in Palm Springs
- For the first time in 70 years, two women associated with the late Apple Valley ace fighter pilot Capt. Joseph McConnell, Jr. will celebrate a reunion.
Dickinson Press, N.D.Golf outing in Bismarck launched Minnesota singer to fame in 'Lawrence Welk Show'
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2 celebrate a century of Christmas Days
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Tupa: What do Lawrence Welk, Roberto Clemente teach us about dreams?
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Wunnerful, Wunnerful: Racer Tony Stewart Won't Say No to Lawrence Welk on Race Day
No heart-throbbing heavy metal, fast-paced rock-n-roll needed to get Stewart's competitive juices going.
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Judy Tenuta, Accordion-Wielding ‘Love Goddess’ Comedian, Dead at 72
Comedian Judy Tenuta, who was known to fans as “The Love Goddess” and “Aphrodite of the Accordion,” died on Thursday in her home in Studio City, Calif. She was 72. Named after Judy Garland, Tenuta attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she majored in theater. Her interest in comedy began when she took …
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At 100, she's ready to keep on dancing
Jul. 9—She's danced with Lawrence Welk, witnessed a meteorite crash and still recalls events from when she was 2 years old. Anna "Erna Rath" Charbonneau turned 100 on Tuesday and will celebrate the milestone today with family and friends. In her cozy room at Riverview Residential Care Center in Clarkston, Anna credited her strong faith and good genes for her long life. "The Lord is with me," ...
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TUPATALK: Movie hits all the inspiring themes
TUPATALK: Movie based on true sport story is inspiring tale
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Bill Kirby: Readers travel from Hawaii to Iceland, recall baseball and Lawrence Welk
Readers recall classmates from past and share travels in the present.
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Column: At school alone
My mom’s mom, Grandma Dora, was in her 70s when we moved in with her, and after having had eight children of her own, my presence as a newborn was probably the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back.
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I Grew Up Straddling My Family's Religion And The Secular World. Then I Had To Choose.
"If you saw women from my church walking down the street in their long skirts and veils, you’d whisper, 'Look, Mennonites!' But we’re not Mennonite. We’re... Mennonlite?"
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Musician Lawrence Welk 'wowed 'em' like no other in Corn Palace history
Jul. 9—EDITOR'S NOTE — This story is part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the current Corn Palace building, which opened in 1921. In the history books of the Corn Palace, the list of A-list entertainment came of age in the 1950s and 1960s. All-time names such as jazz orchestra leader Duke Ellington and The Three Stooges were on the stage. As was Andy Williams, Jack Benny and ...
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"Mobituaries": The Lawrence Welk you didn't know
Mo Rocca and Fred Armisen on the longtime bandleader and TV host known for "champagne music," and how the man who seemed like the ultimate square was anything but
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Pete Fountain, Clarinetist on ‘Lawrence Welk,’ ‘Johnny Carson’ Shows, Dies at 86
Pete Fountain, New Orleans jazz clarinetist who appeared on “The Lawrence Welk Show” and “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” has died. He was 86. Fountain died of heart failure on Saturday in New Orleans, his son-in-law and manager Benny Harrell confirmed to the AP. In his teens, Fountain started playing clarinet on Bourbon Street in... <a href="http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/pete-fountain-dead-new-orleans-clarinet-johnny-carson-dies-1201832075/" title="Read Pete Fountain, Clarinetist o
