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...circus band,” Golson said, chuckling. Luckily for him, Bull Moose Jackson, an already successful jazz musician at the time, came to Philadelphia, auditioned Golson, and launched his professional career.While playing in Jackson’s rhythm and blues band, Golson met famous pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron. “He was an open book, and he let me pick his brain,” Golson said. With advice from Dameron, Golson began composing music, which would become his primary lifelong passion.“I wrote the song ‘Stablemates’ while...
Some of the better Harvard wrestlers will be facing stiff matches. Howie Henjyoji wrestles Charlie Dameron of Springfield at 123, and Paul Padlak meets the Maroons' John Doss at 160. Chris Wickens and Jeff Grant, at 167 and 177 for the Crimson, take on Fred Peraino and Joe Cerra. Padlak scored the only pin against Columbia on Saturday...
...Charles Dameron protested. Replied the league's executive secretary, Elizabeth O'Malley: "Dori is a very bright child who is going to make great demands on the Damerons in every way, financially and otherwise. It would not be fair to deprive her. We wouldn't put a below-average child in the same home, and if we had another very bright child, we would place it in a home we considered had superior advantages...
...Dameron, who describes himself as "a thrifty man," the league's reasoning seemed to hold that an exceptional child could get proper emotional and intellectual nourishment only from moneyed, more highly educated parents. (Dameron has acquired a year and a half of college credits going to school part-time.) Other local adoption agencies disputed Social Worker O'Malley's financial point (Dori would obviously win a full scholarship), but they agreed that there are always problems arising from differences in the intelligence of children in the same family. Retorted Dameron: "If a couple had a very bright...
...week's end Charles Dameron, blocked from further action by the absence of legal appeal, turned to Dori, a perky little girl who can reel off her ABCs and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, as well as the contents of all 30 of her children's books. Said Dameron sadly: "Dori, the lady looked all around and couldn't find a baby brother...