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10 hours ago · Magee founded the Dual Parking Meter Company – “Dual” because the meters served two purposes, controlling parking and generating revenue. Oklahoma City purchased 150 of the mechanical marvels at $23 each, installing them downtown under the cover of darkness on July 16, 1935. The meters charged a nickel an hour.
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10 hours ago · Jazz and rock shared the same DNA, but as modern jazz developed into a more cerebral listening music, the blues and gospel legacy of stomping, hand-clapping, pleasure-centered music and dance fell to Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Etta James, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and other artists in the R&B (rhythm-and-blues) and ...
10 hours ago · Raymond Gordon Turner was born November 1, 1934, in Russell Springs, KY, to the late Robert and Lilly Rooks Turner. He married Bobbie J. Bohannon Turner on March 10, 1956, and she survives. He is ...
10 hours ago · Website. zoranealehurston .com. Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 [1] : 17 [2] : 5 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. [3]
10 hours ago · Be there tomorrow at 6pm (or write in before 2pm) to call for better industrial safety and health rules for Benicia From Terry Mollica, Chair of Benicia’s Industrial Safety and Health Ordinan…
10 hours ago · Manticore. Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " Architect of Rock and Roll ", Richard's most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when ...
