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...military is clearly aware of the dangers associated with DU. Those who handle the DU-tipped ammunition in transportation wear special protective suits, even though the soldiers who actually fire the weapons from their tanks, helicopters and machine guns go unprotected. In the documentary Invisible War, Gulf veteran Carole Picou describes how when Gen. Barry McCaffrey visited her unit in the desert he wore a protective suit. It was only as he was leaving that he told the officers that they were in a “contaminated area” and that the soldiers must wear their protective suits...
Louis listened to all of the Negro jazz pioneers: men like Clarinetists Alphonse Picou and Sidney Bechet, Trombonist Kid Ory, Pianist Jelly Roll Morton and Cornetist Bunk Johnson. But Cornetist Joe ("King") Oliver was his favorite: "Soon as I heard him I said 'there's mah man!'" At first, Louis just listened. He ran errands, hawked bananas, ground up old brick and sold it to prostitutes for scouring their front steps on Saturday mornings. When he was eleven, he also started a street quartet in which he sang tenor, picked up loose change by serenading through...
...Television. After winning four of the first six races at Bowie one day last week, Picou was interviewed by television direct from the track. The interviewer asked him if he thought he was having a pretty good day. Said Picou evenly: "Yes, but I'm not finished yet. I'll win the eighth race too." On the strength of this televised tip (probably the first in racing history) straight from the jockey's mouth, bookies were swamped with bets on Waterclock, the horse Picou was riding. Waterclock won by six lengths...
...young a rider, Clarence ("Ping") Picou is a remarkable judge of pace. But one of his biggest assets is getting a horse away to a fast start. It is a trick he learned down in Texas. At twelve, Ping Picou began riding Quarter horse races on Sunday, where he learned not to get left at the post. He rode about 200 races in two years, before a cattleman, Felix De Mary, gave him a chance to become a real jockey...
...question is how long can Ping Picou keep his weight down to jockey size. He is tall for his 106 lbs., already has to watch his diet. Asked what he intends to do when he stops being a jockey, Bug Boy Picou answers quickly...