The Sounds of History Harold Schneider, one of NBC’s first technicians, recorded history from FDR’s Fireside Chats to the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. His daughter, Cooperstown’s Diane Koffer, has memorabilia aplenty from his groundbreaking life … and hers. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN One Christmas Eve, Diane Koffer remembers her mother Gertrude getting a call from her husband, Harold Schneider. “He said that Bob Hope’s plane couldn’t take off because of fog, so he was…
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A Front Porch Perspective What A Woman! What A Country! Maybe it’s a part of “old-timers’ disease,” as the pun has it.I mean repeating myself. My poor wife puts up with a lot of it – and it’s partially the fault of my columns. In them I’ve recorded lots of my life’s last 25 years, most of them spent in Anne’s great company. And further, I’ve also drawn into them life recollections from 20, 40 and 60 years ago. I’ve…
COLUMN • Money Matters Punishing Present For The Past By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Join me in a grand political correctness crusade! Together we can punish the present for the past. This crusade has already racked up several victories. Many more lie ahead. Our most recent victory: We beheaded Kate Smith. The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers destroyed her recordings of “God Bless America” they used to play. The Flyers hauled her statue from its stadium. They…