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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bunting also quoted a remark by the late Elsa Mellon Bruce who donated more than $5 melon in honor of her daughter. She had commented before her death, Bunting said: "How fortunate it was we hadn't known that men would be admitted until now and that the building was planned for women. Otherwise some of the best civilizing features might never have been considered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Officials Dedicate Currier House | 11/19/1970 | See Source »

...more memorable moments from noncommercial TV's Sesame Street. Taken from Columbia's "original cast" LP, the song is sung by a puppet named Ernie who, it will be recalled, sounds like Bullwinkle J. Moose and looks-from the neck up-like a flattened casaba melon. After more than a month of heavy sales promotion, the song has already sold 700,000 copies, and has a firm web-hold on Top 40 radio audiences from coast to coast. In Detroit, for example, WXYZ's Dick Purtan plays it regularly during "tubby time" for kids and adults alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bath Time for Ernie | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

...donkey named Hodey, and another donkey (German) named Shane, a rabbit named Transit, a horse named Greeley, a sparrow called Agnew, an asp named Pidistra, an aardvark called A-million-miles-for-one-of-your-smiles. Also, reversing the order, a rat named Frank Lloyd, a collie named Melon, a pair of egrets called Miss Otis. Any more of that from the Caen guru, and his readers will all be like a raven named Stark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Punny Farm | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

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