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1932Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)[†]
Lonnie Melvin Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long list of Top 10 hits. Tillis' biggest hits include "I Ain't Never", "Good Woman Blues", and "Coca-Cola Cowboy".
4th centenary of union with France celebrated; autonomists destroy statue symbolic of union, Rennes
Premier MacDonald pays visit simultaneous with efforts at Imperial Economic Conf to end dispute
Opening planned for Sept; other links being rushed
Dem leaders confident of collecting adequate campaign fund
Dedicates World War memorial at Douaumont
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Lawyers rept widow will surrender; A Holman, her father, confers with counsel; release on bail expected
Com of 10,000 urges 7c fare on all subway lines
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