Today is Friday, May 9, the 130th day of 2008. There are 236 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 9, 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.”
Today’s Birthdays: CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 90. Actress Geraldine McEwan is 76. Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 74. Rock musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 73. Actor Albert Finney is 72. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 72. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 71. Producer-director James L. Actress Wendy Crewson is 52.
10 years ago in the C-P: Members of Cadette Troop No. 41 in Hannibal attended Becky’s Olympics in Shelbina.
Thought for Today: “We cannot put off living until we are ready.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (1883-1955).
In Days Gone By
May 9
Photos
Carmen Mazzei, plant manager for Pet Inc. at Hannibal unveils a model of the new $9 million addition to be built at Pet’s plant here in 1994. With Mazzei are warehouse staff members and Lee Viorel, left, who represented U.S. Rep. Harold Volkmer at the ceremonies.
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