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By Louis Windbourne
Published: October 24, 1990
Anyone who thinks the blues ain't nothin' but a doggone heart disease needs a stiff dose of Little Charlie and the Nightcats. This Sacramento-based band substitutes comedy for so...
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News
DAIRY TALE THEATREFAIRGOERS FLOCK TO IOWA HOUSEWIFE'S MOO-ABLE FEAST
By Dewey Webb
Published: October 24, 1990
As she puts the finishing touches on a life-size replica of a Holstein sculpted from over 400 pounds of dairy spread, Norma "Duffy" Lyon knows exactly which side her breed i...
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Columns
THE HARD LOT OF HEROES
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: October 24, 1990
If it's Thursday, this must be Oakland. It's three in the afternoon. I'm standing on the playing field of the Oakland Coliseum watching the Cincinnati Reds take batting...
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Columns
SOB RULE
By Michael Burkett
Published: October 24, 1990
What to Do When Your Baby Won't Stop Crying Excerpted from the troubleshooting section of Dr. Dad's Baby Owner's Manual ($24.95; Salami Press). 1. Pick up the baby. Maybe he/sh...
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Feature
STADIUM
By Anna Dooling
Published: October 17, 1990
The nadir came in 1966, when the first baseball game was played on an artificial surface, in a dome, in Houston. Gone were rainouts, outfielders' claims to have lost the ball in th...
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Suntracks
WOLF GANG'S PLUCK
By Louis Windbourne
Published: October 17, 1990
In its heyday, Chicago produced some of the best bluesmen ever. Legendary names like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Otis Spann called Chi-Town home. But behin...
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Cafe
WOK ON BY
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: October 17, 1990
Here's a mystery for you culinary detectives. Why is Thai food in Los Angeles so superior to what we have here in the Valley? Why, oh why? On a relative scale, we're not that much ...
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News
FEAR HAS A FACE THE COPS SAY HER HUSBAND PLOTTED TO KILL HER. IT'S ON
TAPE. THEN A JUDGE RELEASES HIM??DELETE FROM JAIL FROM JAIL. YOU'D BE SCARED, TOO.
By Terry Greene
Published: October 17, 1990
When Margo Raczo-Miles walks out the front door in the morning, she wonders if she will be gunned down by someone hiding across the street. She checks her car for bombs and ...
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News
WHAT A DOME IDEA
THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO BUILD AN UGLY BALLPARK. PHOENIX IS CONSIDERING ALL OF THEM.
By Anna Dooling
Published: October 17, 1990
John Meunier still remembers the first time he walked into a baseball park. It was at the Polo Grounds in 1957. He was an undergraduate fresh from his native England, studyi...
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News
NIGHT OF THE LIVING ED
By Dewey Webb
Published: October 17, 1990
This weekend Nick at Nite's TV Land Tour rolls into Chris-Town. And given the opportunity, the cable network would probably like to tout the traveling museum as "more fun th...
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News
NICK AT NITEMAREDENNIS WAS MENACED, AND OTHER TALES OF TV TERROR!
By Dewey Webb
Published: October 17, 1990
Jeff Stone smoking a cigarette?! During his eight seasons on The Donna Reed Show, he'd have had plenty to answer for. But two weeks ago, waiting to make a persona...
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News
A MOM WRITES ABOUT HER SON
DEBBIE MILKE ON HER BOY CHRIS: "THIS IS NO LIFE FOR HIM TO CONSTANTLY TRY AND UNDERSTAND."
By Ward Harkavy
Published: October 17, 1990
Chris Milke lived life on the edge, but he had no choice. During the child's first two years, his alcoholic and drug-abusing father, Mark, weaved in and out of jail. H...
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Columns
OIL? WHAT A LOVELY WAR?
By Michael Lacey
Published: October 17, 1990
I saw my son's still-damp footprint upon the bathroom tile . . . Later, in the twilight, he slept in my arms as I watched the evening news. The broadcaster described the blo...
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Columns
TOURING THE TERRIBLE BEAUTY
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: October 17, 1990
We were driving south from Shannon Airport, heading for tiny Kenmare, in County Kerry, not far from Ireland's fabled southwest coast, the land of the Ring of Kerry, Bantry B...
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Cafe
WHERE SNOWBIRDS DARE
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: October 10, 1990
The first day of fall has come and gone. As leaves pile up in other parts of the country, license plates in Arizona change color as well. Drawn like moths to a flame, visito...
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News
DARK
TEACHINGS FROM GRANDMA CENSOR
By J. W. Casserly
Published: October 10, 1990
"I am not a racist," Nancy Burnett pleads over the phone. She doesn't see what the big deal is or why other Cottonwood residents are up in arms over her statements. But Nanc...
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Suntracks
HE'S A POET AND HE KNOWS IT
MICHAEL FRANKS PROVES HIMSELF WELL VERSED IN POP-JAZZ BY DAVE
By Dave McElfresh
Published: October 10, 1990
Three years have slipped by since the last Michael Franks release--a risky lapse for an artist who continues to rely on radio airplay for exposure. But Franks is accustomed to temp...
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News
THE LOST BOYJIMMY MILLER NEVER HAD MUCH, UNTIL HE MET THE SKINHEADS
By Terry Greene
Published: October 10, 1990
Except for the pimple-faced neo-Nazis putting together Molotov cocktails, the alley was empty. It was too dark that February evening in east Phoenix to see the shaved head of the...
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News
A HOUSE DIVIDED
By Michael Burkett
Published: October 10, 1990
I recently came across the results of a government study which concluded, after years of exhaustive research, that husbands do less housework and family cooking than wives. Obvious...
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News
THE PRICE OF THE JOBTHREE WOMEN CHARGE THEIR BOSS DEMANDED SEX
By Kathleen Stanton
Published: October 10, 1990
A key architect of the Victims' Rights Initiative has been accused of sexually abusing at least three female employees. Allen Heinze, who resigned unexpectedly Friday ...
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