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The Slice archive for Sept. 14, 2012
FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 2012
One way journalism has changed
Back in the day, when a reporter and a photographer wanted to silently communicate to one another that an event they were attending did not merit coverage, they had to write a note and surreptitiously show it to the colleague. Often, you couldn't really say…
Places names that could be characters
Slice reader Dave Spilker saw the column item about local place names that could have been the names of eccentric characters in old TV westerns. And he took it from there. "There are a few old towns, sidings, and 'jerkwaters' on the Milwaukee railbed right-of-way…
Do you know the local connection? 2
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An online case of mistaken identity 1
This email from a woman named Debbie arrived a couple of days ago. "Hello, Paul Turner. "I stumbled across 'The Slice', and had to write, since you mentioned growing up in Burlington, VT. "Are you the Paul Turner who camped at Papoose Pond? I think…
Ever see one of these shirts?
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In a different era
Labor groups at a few big city newspapers occasionally went on strike, sometimes shutting down the daily in question. Have you (or your family) ever been a subscriber to a paper that stopped coming because of labor strife? What did you do after the presses…
Best high school hoops team I ever saw
Belmont High of Dayton, Ohio, in 1964. I was just a little kid at the time. But my significantly older brother and sister went to a high school (Fairborn) that was one of Belmont's early victims that season. I attended many of the games, including…
If you don't care for rough language
Would it have been impossible to enjoy this remarkable HBO series from a few years ago? www.tvchannelsfree.com What if you really, really love gritty Old West stories? Maybe there aren't many people with low tolerance for swearing who get HBO.
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