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Grits are a common breakfast plate in the Southern United States where they are usually eaten with salt or cheese and ** never, ** ** sugar ** unless you want a firm talking-to from the locals or, an accusation that you don’t appreciate or understand the wonders of grits.

Grits are basically coarsely ground corn that makes a sort of maize porridge. They are prepared simply by boiling the grits into porridge or until enough water evaporates to leave them semi-solid, depending on your preference. They are traditionally served at breakfast.

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====Southern Belle were pictured as beautiful, pampered young girl on her way to a fancy ball wearing an elegant gown. young girls in the South were generally well educated in the areas of reading, writing, arithmetic, music, art, and the French language. Learning to sew and do needlework were also an important part of her education since the clothes were hand sewn back then. The purpose of her education was to prepare her for an advantageous marriage.====

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.A., 4 November 1916. Attended University of Texas, 1933-35. Married: Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, 1940; three children. Walter Cronkite is the former CBS Evening News anchorman, whose commentary defined issues and events in America for almost two decades. Cronkite, once named the "most trusted figure" in American public life. His nightly newscasts offered politicians, intellectuals, and fellow journalists for clues to the thinking of mainstream America. In contrast, Cronkite viewed himself as a working journalist, epitomized by his title of "managing editor," of the //CBS Evening News.// His trademark exit line was, "And that's the way it is." Cronkite joined CBS in 1950. Cronkite paid his dues to the entertainment side of television, serving as host of the early CBS historical recreation series, “//You Are There//.” Cronkite had impressed many observers when he anchored CBS's coverage of the l952 presidential nominating conventions. In April l962, Cronkite took over the anchorman's position from Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News. It was also ironic that Cronkite's first thirty minute newscast included an exclusive interview with President John F.Kennedy. Barely two months later Cronkite was first on the air reporting Kennedy's assassination. Cronkite also, anchored the flight of Apollo 11. Cronkite was on the air for 27 of the 30 hours that Apollo 11 took to complete its mission. In addition, many felt that Cronkite's demand for center stage which was an average of six minutes out of the 22 minutes on an evening newscast focused on him. Some referred to this time in the spotlight as "the magic." In l981, in agreement with CBS policy, Cronkite retired. In l993 he signed a contract with, “the Discovery and Learning Channel” to do 36 documentaries in three years. In addition, he was a well known broadcaster around the world. Cronkite died in New York on July 17, 2009. He was 92. http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=cronkitewal
 * Walter Cronkite**
 * U.S.** **Broadcast Journalist**

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 * Ranger 7** was the first [|US] [|space probe] to successfully transmit close images of the [|lunar surface] back to Earth. It was also the first completely successful flight of the [|Ranger program]. Launched on 28 July 1964, Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact.

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U.S. Legal Drama/Mystery //Perry Mason// is the longest running lawyer show in American television history. Its original run lasted nine years and its success in both syndication and made-for-television movies confirm its impressive stamina. Mason's fans include lawyers and judges who were influenced by this series to enter their profession. The Mason character was created by mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner and delivered his first brief in the novel //The Case of the Velvet Claws// (1933). From 1934 to 1937 Warners produced six films featuring Mason. A radio series also based on Mason ran every weekday afternoon on CBS radio from 1944 to 1955 as a detective/soap opera. When the CBS television series was developed as an evening drama, the radio series was changed from //Perry Mason to The Edge of Night// and the cast renamed so as not to compete against the television series. The title character is a lawyer working out of Los Angeles. Mason, played by Raymond Burr, is teamed with two talented and ever faithful assistants: trusty and beautiful secretary Della Street, played by Barbara Hale, and the suave but boyish private detective Paul Drake, played by William Hopper. In each episode this trio worked to clear their innocent client of the charge of murder against the formidable district attorney Hamilton Burger, played by William Talman.

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Gulf Of Tonkin A clash between naval forces of the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) in August 1964 marked a significant turning point in the Cold War struggle for Southeast Asia. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, grew concerned in early 1964 that the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), America's ally, was losing its fight against Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. The American leaders decided to put military pressure on Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnamese government in Hanoi, which directed and provided military support for the Communists in the South. Johnson, McNamara, and their advisors believed that naval forces could be used to help compel Ho Chi Minh to cease his support for the Viet Cong. The U.S. Navy armed the Republic of Vietnam Navy with Norwegian-built fast patrol boats (PTF), trained their Vietnamese crews, and maintained the vessels at Danang in northern South Vietnam. In covert operation 34A, which was designed and directed by American officials in Washington and Saigon, the PTFs bombarded radar stations on the coast of North Vietnam and landed South Vietnamese commandoes to destroy bridges and other military targets. Many of the missions, however, failed for lack of good intelligence about the enemy's key military installations, defensive forces, and operating methods. In response to the actual attack of 2 August and the suspected attack of 4 August, the President ordered Seventh Fleet carrier forces to launch retaliatory strikes against North Vietnam. On 5 August, aircraft from carriers //Ticonderoga// and USS //Constellation// (CVA 64) destroyed an oil storage facility at Vinh and damaged or sank about 30 enemy naval vessels in port or along the coast. Of greater significance, on 7 August the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly passed the so-called Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which enabled Johnson to employ military force as he saw fit against the Vietnamese Communists. In the first months of 1965, the President ordered the deployment to South Vietnam of major U.S. ground, air, and naval forces. Thus began a new phase in America's long, costly Vietnam War. []

American Bandstand
“Once Clark took over the helm of //Bandstand// in 1956, he insisted on racially integrating the show, since much of the music was performed by black recording artists. When the show moved to the network schedule, it maintained its racially mixed image, thus providing American television broadcasting with its most visible ongoing image of ethnic diversity until the 1970s,” (http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=americanband, Buxton).

“The foundation of //American Bandstand//'s success rested with its ability to adapt to shifting musical trends while maintaining the basic format developed in the 1950s. As a result, Dick Clark helmed the longest running broadcast program aimed at mainstream youth to air on American network broadcast television. After thirty years of broadcasting, ABC finally dropped the show from its network schedule in 1987. In its later years, //American Bandstand// was often preempted by various sporting events. Given the commercial profits generated from sports presentations, apparently it was only a matter of time before the network replaced the dance party entirely. Additionally, the rise of MTV and other music video channels in the 1980s also helped to seal //American Bandstand//'s fate. The show began to look like an anachronism when compared to the slick production values of expensively produced music videos. Nevertheless, the music video channels owe a debt of gratitude to //American Bandstand//, the network prototype that shaped the format which they have exploited so well,” (Buxton).



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