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I didn't have a chance': Elderly victim reveals horrifying kidnapping

2 A tragic loss to the profession'

3 Man claims Highway 61 gang link

in Mona Blades case

4 Here are the secrets to happy

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5 When Mt Tarawera blew it was

night of terror

Quiz

1 Which movie featured the song

Hakuna Matata?

2 Featured in Lady and the Tramp, which female vocalist sang He’s a Tramp?

3 And which singing “superstar” sings the theme for The Emperor’s New Groove?

4 Which 1946 film featured Zip-adee

Doo-Dah?

5 Which 1997 film features the songs

Zero To Hero and A Star is Born?

Joke of the day

Q How do you make milk shake? A Give it a good scare.

Bible quote

“He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” (Proverbs 13:20 AKJV)

History

1787: The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begins to debate the articles in a draft of the United States Constitution.

1926: Warner Brothers Studios premieres the first movie with sound in New York; Gertrude Ederle of New York becomes the first American woman to swim the English Channel.

1945: The first atomic bomb used in a war is dropped by US plane, Enola Gay, on Hiroshima, Japan.

1990: Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto is ousted by the military after 20 months as prime minister;

2001: The Irish Republican Army agrees on gradually getting rid of its weapons, but offers no timetable on when it will start.

Birthdays

● Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (1809-1892)

● Lucille Ball, US actress (1911-1989)

● Robert Mitchum, US actor (1917-1997)

● Abbey Lincoln, jazz singer/actress (1930-)

● Peggy and Patsy Lynn, US country singers(1964-)

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Quiz Answers

1 The Lion King 2 Peggy Lee 3 Tom Jones 4 Song of the South 5 Hercules

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