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Ava G. and Newport News

I’ve often visited Newport News and have always enjoyed myself. In this story, though, there is, to put ...

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That time I spent New Year’s in jail

Here’s a story about Frank “Jailbird” Roberts and his teen sweetie, based on a recently found picture of ...

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A warm place to work in Alaska

In the mid to late 1940s, the Army decided I was badly needed to — I mean, someone ...

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Why can’t we live in Bacon, Ind.?

Today’s collection of mostly unrelated thoughts starts at the breakfast table.

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Hertford writer takes a look at Haiti

"The body travels with us for only a short journey, while the soul travels for eternity." Chris Kohler.

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Hollywood’s real war heroes

John Wayne and Ray Milland co-starred in "Reap the Wild Wind." They didn't get along, with Wayne putting ...

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An Armistice Day memory from Dad

I found a letter my father wrote to me in 1959, in which he shared some memories of ...

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A stalwart anti-war voice

Jeanette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, was the only representative to vote against ...

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The day I met the Father of the Blues

It would have been in the mid-‘40s when I met the man who “invented” the blues.

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Lots of luck — you’ll need it

Many years ago, when I was a reporter, an editor asked me to accompany some senior citizens (my ...

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