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PASSINGS: Jerald terHorst
Jerald terHorst
He quit post over pardon of Nixon
Jerald terHorst, 87, a press secretary to President Ford who resigned over the pardon of Nixon, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at a retirement community in Asheville, N.C.
A longtime Detroit...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Ford Motor Co., Social Issues, Gerald Ford, Journalism
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Charlie Wedemeyer dies at 64; high school football coach inspired many in battle with Lou Gehrig's disease
Charlie Wedemeyer, the inspirational high school football coach who battled Lou Gehrig's disease for more than 30 years, has died. He was 64.
Wedemeyer died early Thursday in a San Jose hospital of pneumonia and was surrounded by family and friends, said...Tags: Death, Buffalo Bills, Colleges and Universities, Football, Lou Gehrig
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Monster Mash: Gustavo Dudamel thrills Hollywood Bowl; Tony Roberts falls ill; Annie Leibovitz's prize
Culture Monster-- Big welcome: Gustavo Dudamel made his debut Saturday as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's new music director to a packed Hollywood Bowl crowd. -- Brain trust: LACMA's Michael Govan has joined an advisory panel for the long-planned Eli and Edythe...... -
Monster Mash: Broad's Michigan museum plans; Fresno museum on death watch; Hirshhorn's balloon
Culture Monster-- Inching forward: Michigan State University has set a March start date for the construction Eli Broad's long-planned art museum. (The Chicago Tribune) -- End is near: The Fresno Metropolitan Museum appears to be on verge of shutting down as...... -
Michigan recruiters search for a few good students at San Diego Marine base
L.A. NOWRecruiters from 10 Michigan universities are in San Diego looking for a few good students. The recruiters are at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to meet with Marines who are close to leaving active duty and are interested in continuing...... -
Stephen E. Toulmin dies at 87; USC philosopher developed a model for building an effective argument
Stephen E. Toulmin, a British-born philosopher and retired USC professor who created a model for evaluating the practical arguments that arise from daily life during a six-decade career that brought him prominence in several fields, has died. He was 87....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Cambridge (England), Social Issues, Philosophy, Health
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Leigh Gilmore dies at 50; advocate for the disabled
Leigh Gilmore, whose dramatic escape from a New York hotel during the 9/11 attacks was told in a September television documentary, leading to a poignant reunion with her rescuers, died Dec. 19 at a Chicago hospital of complications from multiple...Tags: Social Issues, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Health, Documentary (genre), Multiple Sclerosis
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Robin Roberts dies at 83; Hall of Fame pitcher
Robin Roberts, the Hall of Fame pitcher who led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1950 National League pennant as part of the famed "Whiz Kids," has died. He was 83.
Roberts died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., the Phillies...Tags: Football, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore Orioles, National League, All Stars
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DC Comics starts a new film era with Green Lantern, Geoff Johns and Diane Nelson
The Hero ComplexLos Angeles Times business writer Ben Fritz and I wrote a cover story that ran Wednesday in the paper's Calendar section and this is a much longer verison of that article. The premiere for Marvel Studios' "Iron Man 2" shut...... -
Goji taunts North American farmers
Can it be that goji, the supposed legendary miracle fruit of ancient Tibet, is being grown in Dinuba? Nothing is surprising when it comes to this tiny orange berry. Virtually unknown in the United States five years ago, it is now seemingly everywhere,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Farms, Immune System, Family, Home and Garden Products
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'A Bomb in Every Issue' by Peter Richardson
Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. That's the stuff of myth, but Ramparts pulled it off.
Published for just 13 years, the San Francisco magazine not only blew the cover off the biggest stories of its era, it also helped set the...Tags: Periodicals, Eldridge Cleaver, Central Intelligence Agency, Public Employees, Jim Garrison
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Monster Mash: NEA's new grant money; Broads donate $2 million more to MSU museum; arts attendance falls
Culture Monster-- New money: The National Endowment for the Arts said it would grant cities as much as $250,000 apiece for urban design projects that promote the arts. (Bloomberg) -- If you build it: Eli and Edythe Broad donate an additional......
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