[Nfbc-info] FYI Paul Harvey

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

what were the prejudices back then?
Chuck
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> Mr. Harvey only appeared at the 1988 convention. However, a commentary of 
> his was read and used as an example of prejudice against and blind in the 
> 1976 banquet speech "Of Visions and Vultures" given, incidentally, in Los 
> Angeles.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
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> From: "Michael Peterson" <its_mike at sbcglobal.net>
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> Date: Sunday, Mar 1, 2009 6:22:59
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] FYI Paul Harvey
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>>
>>
>> I just sent a speech Paul Harvey delivered in 1988 at the Chicago 
>> convention, I think he delivered a speech at an earlier convention as 
>> well because I was there, and I wish I could have found that one,  but 
>> the 1988 one was the only one I found at the braille monitor 
>> site.Scratching my head, maybe this was the one I was at but it sounds 
>> different to me somewhat.
>> Below is the article about Paul Harvey printed last night.
>> Paul Harvey, seen with his wife Lynne in this 2001 photo, died in 
>> hospital in Phoenix
>> on  Saturday at age 90.
>> Paul Harvey, seen with his wife Lynne in this 2001 photo, died in 
>> hospital in Phoenix
>> on Saturday at age 90.
>>  (Suzanne Starr/The Arizona Republic)
>> Broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey died in an Arizona hospital on Saturday 
>> at the age
>> of 90, according to ABC Radio Networks.
>> Network spokesman Louis Adams said Harvey was surrounded by family 
>> members when he
>> died in Phoenix, where he had a winter home. No cause of death was 
>> immediately available.
>> Harvey was a news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style 
>> made him
>> one of the most familiar voices in the United States. His broadcasts also 
>> aired in
>> Canada.
>> He was forced off the air in 2001 because a virus weakened a vocal cord, 
>> but he returned
>> to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday.
>> His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime 
>> producer, Lynne.
>> "My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and 
>> television
>> news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement.
>> "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today 
>> millions have
>> lost a friend," he said.
>> Paul Harvey Aurandt was born in Tulsa, Olka., the son of a police 
>> officer. He started
>> in radio in 1933 in Oklahoma and worked in broadcasting until the Second 
>> World War,
>> when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He resumed his career in Chicago 
>> after the
>> war.
>> Harvey burst onto the national media scene in 1951 when he began his 
>> coast-to-coast
>> show
>> News and Comment for ABC Radio Networks.
>> Resonant voice
>> In 1976, Harvey started another feature, The Rest of the Story,
>>  which delved into the forgotten or little known facts behind stories of 
>> famous people
>> and events.
>> With his resonant voice and trademark delivery, Harvey became an American 
>> heartland
>> icon, delivering news and commentary with a distinctive Midwestern 
>> flavour.
>> "Stand by for news!" he told his listeners. He was credited with 
>> inventing or popularizing
>> terms such as "skyjacker" and "Reaganomics."
>> "Paul Harvey was one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our 
>> nation's
>> history," ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson said in a statement. 
>> "We will
>> miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we 
>> were so
>> fortunate to have known him."
>> At the peak of his career, Harvey reached more than 24 million listeners 
>> on more
>> than 1,200 radio stations and charged $30,000 US to give a speech. His 
>> syndicated
>> column was carried by 300 newspapers.
>> With files from the Associated Press and ABC
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