Word: hughed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...done very well over the past few years (Dateline NBC now airs four times a week), drawing a large and loyal viewership, mostly women in their 50s and older. And Gumbel is quick to remind naysayers that 20/20 used to air opposite Dallas. J.R. is long gone, and Hugh Downs is still here. Are you listening, Drew Carey...
...loved Hugh Sidey's article about the demise of his family's old newspaper printing press [AMERICAN SCENE, Aug. 4]. It brought back many fond memories. I was just 13 in 1944 when I got a job at the Alta Advocate in Dinuba, Calif. Every Thursday the rumble and roar of the news press came to life. She was a Country Campbell flatbed built in 1889. My usual chores were sweeping up and cleaning the job presses while Jake, the publisher, made up the front page. By 7 p.m. we lugged the forms to the bed of the press...
Sidey's story brought back a flood of pleasant memories. I was born in 1922 in Hugh's hometown of Greenfield, Iowa, and grew up there. I learned a lot about printing and photography from his father Kenneth. Many an hour I spent with Ken, learning how to develop and print my own film (in his darkroom) and hearing the rumble of that press in the background. JACK FOSTER Prescott, Ariz...
Staff members from the University's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) division investigated the site and noted that "there appeared to be no chemicals or other hazards that were in use at the time," said EHS director Hugh Joseph Griffin. The lab's ventilation and hood exhaust systems were functioning properly, he said...
Usually, celebrities go to court to defend their name. But CARROLL O'CONNOR went because songwriter Harry Perzigian claimed the actor was doing some slandering of his own. After his cocaine-addicted son Hugh shot himself, O'Connor went on a campaign against drug dealers. Perzigian, who spent a year in jail for supplying cocaine to his friend Hugh, sued O'Connor for saying such things about him on TV as "He's a partner in murder, not an accessory." But the jury sided with O'Connor. "It shows L.A. loves celebrities," said Perzigian. Or maybe the city just doesn...