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On this day in history, June 9, 1891, celebrated composer Cole Porter is born in Indiana
Iconic and celebrated American composer Cole Porter was born on this day in history, June 9, 1891, into a prestigious family in Peru, Indiana.
His mother, Kate Cole Porter, was the daughter of wealthy businessman J.O. Cole — and due to his upbringing, young Cole Porter enjoyed a privileged childhood, according to the Indiana Historical Society.
At the age of 6, Porter started playing both the violin and piano — and became quite good at both instruments, says the same source.
By age 10, the young prodigy was already composing songs.
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In 1902, at age 11, Porter composed a piece called “The Bobolink Waltz,” says the Indiana Historical Society.
At age 13, Porter left his home to attend Worcester Academy, an elite boarding school in Massachusetts. Upon graduating from high school, he entered Yale University in Connecticut, says the same source.
Shown at the piano in October 1933, Cole Porter (1891-1964), American composer. He was born on this day in history, June 8, 1891, in Indiana. (Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
While attending Yale, Porter composed music for several of the university’s plays and productions. During his years at Yale, he wrote a total of 300 songs, according to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
After Yale, he enrolled in Harvard Law School in an attempt to please his grandfather — but eventually followed his heart and changed his major to music during his second year of studies, notes the Indiana Historical Society.
“It is said that his mother hid this fact from his grandfather,” says the same source.
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With his musical degree from Harvard, Porter ventured to New York City in search of work.
Porter’s noteworthy success arrived in 1928, when he wrote the score for a musical comedy, “Paris” — one of the musical’s songs, “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love,” became a huge hit.
Porter’s first musical, “See America First,” made an unsuccessful appearance on Broadway in 1916 — and Porter went to France the next year, Biography.com notes.
There are reports that during World War I, Porter sent home untrue notices that he had joined the French Foreign Legion — in reality, he was participating in an active Parisian social life, the same source indicates.
In 1919, Porter married a divorced socialite named Linda Lee Thomas in 1919.
Cole Porter (1891-1964), American songwriter and composer of musicals. (Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Almost a decade later, Porter’s noteworthy success arrived in 1928, when he wrote the score for a musical comedy, “Paris.”
One of the musical’s songs, “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love,” became a huge hit, notes Biography.com.
This success was the springboard for other achievements.
Some of Porter’s most famous musicals and songs include “Fifty Million Frenchmen,” “Wake Up and Dream,” “Anything Goes,” and “Jubilee,” the same source recounts.
In 1936, the movie musical “Born to Dance” featured “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and Jimmy Stewart singing “Easy To Love.”
In 1936, Porter had another Broadway musical, “Red, Hot and Blue!” starring Ethel Merman, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante; it included “It’s D’Lovely,” says the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Also in 1936, the movie musical “Born to Dance” featured “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and Jimmy Stewart singing “Easy To Love.”
And a 1937 film, “Rosalie,” introduced “In The Still Of The Night,” notes the same source.
The cast of “Kiss Me, Kate” performs during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, 2019, in New York City. Cole Porter wrote the music and lyrics. The original Broadway production opened in Dec. 1948. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
In the summer of 1937, when he was just 46 years old, Porter was thrown from a horse.
The animal fell on top of him, crushing his legs. He was paralyzed for the remainder of his life, according to the Indiana Historical Society.
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Yet still he continued to compose.
Cole Porter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
In the late 1940s and 1950s, his Broadway musicals “Kiss Me Kate,” “Can-Can” and “Silk Stockings” were very successful — with “Kiss Me, Kate” winning the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949, says the Indiana Historical Society.
During the 1950s, he remained an American music icon.
“He wrote the music and lyrics for “High Society,” the 1956 MGM film version of “The Philadelphia Story” — which starred a young Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and the alluring Grace Kelly, PBS points out.
Porter died at age 73 in 1964 of kidney failure in Santa Monica, California.
In May 2007, Porter posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as the Associated Press reported at the time — and in Dec. 2010, his portrait was added to the Hoosier Heritage Gallery in the Office of the Governor of Indiana.
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CHICAGO — A state board unanimously voted Thursday to approve a 204-page report detailing its investigations into misconduct by on-duty federal immigration agents amid Operation Midway Blitz.
It is also sending letters to local law enforcement agencies for potential prosecution of the agents. The letters are not determinations of guilt, but requests for further investigation by the relevant agencies.
“Where that record establishes reasonable cause to believe that misconduct may have occurred, we implore those responsible to ensure that this information is reviewed and that it is handled in an appropriate fashion,” said Patricia Brown Holmes, vice chair of the body.
The Illinois Accountability Commission, created by Gov. JB Pritzker through executive order last October, was tasked with forming a public record to document the impact of the federal immigration campaign on Chicago communities, but also to produce recommendations for harm reduction and prevention of future abuses.
To inform its report, the commission conducted 16 investigations for which it interviewed over 60 people, reviewed nearly 100 hours of body camera footage from 250 videos, and reviewed hundreds of hours more of footage from security cameras, personal devices and social media, according to commission officials.
It also held seven private neighborhood listening sessions and five public hearings, featuring testimony from law enforcement experts, community advocates and everyday Chicagoans.
“Documenting this was easy,” Commission Chair Rubén Castillo said. “The record is overwhelming; the video tapes are overwhelming. They’re devastating. They’re shameful. They’re brutal.”
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Prosecution referrals
One of the referrals letters names Border Patrol agents Benito Nuñez, Carlos Chavira and Jesus Guillen, who the commission said used an intentional, high-speed car ramming maneuver in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood after being repeatedly instructed to stop by supervisors.
Body camera footage released by the commission shows the agents proceeded to use teargas on a street of onlookers in the Far Southeast Side neighborhood, including more than a dozen Chicago police officers who had explicitly asked agents not to deploy the gas.
Others name Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago teacher’s aide Marimar Martinez five times last October and then bragged about it over text, and Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who made headlines for aggressive conduct in Evanston last Halloween.
In some cases, the commission was unable to identify specific agents involved. For example, a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment building references approximately 300 agents who may have broken agency policy or criminal law.
The commission says that’s due to its limited powers, which do not include the authority to issue subpoenas. That’s why it says law enforcement agencies should carry forward the cases, including the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
“The issuance of this report is not the end, it is the beginning,” Castillo said. “We need a reckoning to occur.”
Commissioners said they hoped other states would follow Illinois’s lead, calling it an example for the nation.
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The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement, “This is nothing more than a political stunt by Illinois sanctuary politicians. Federal officers acting in the course of their duties can only be investigated by other Federal agencies. The states do not have the authority to run such an investigation.
“Governor Pritzker continues to refuse to do his job to protect his citizens from illegal alien crime and instead chooses to smear our law enforcement. Where is the investigation into his own policies that allowed Sheridan Gorman’s killer to be released from jail to go on and commit her heinous murder?”
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GARY, Ind. – A Gary, Ind. man was arrested after opening fire on U.S. Marshals who were attempting to serve an arrest warrant, prompting a SWAT response, according to the Lake County Sheriff.
Around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, U.S. Marshals Service police officers tried to serve an arrest warrant to a 46-year-old man at a home in the 700 block of Matthews Street in Gary, Ind. When they approached the residence, the suspect opened fire on the officers, according to police.
After multiple requests to surrender, the Lake County SWAT team used an armored car to breach the home, pushing through a door and removing the windows. Eventually, officers say the man approached a window with his hands up and was taken into custody.
No one was injured, according to police.
The Source: Details for this story were provided by the Lake County Sheriff.
SHELBY COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – A 19-year-old man has died after his motorcycle crashed with a farm sprayer vehicle.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash happened around 7:25 p.m. Wednesday on County Road M16 in Shelby.
Both vehicles were traveling north, with the motorcycle behind the sprayer. The sprayer began to turn left into a driveway, when the motorcycle rear-ended the farm vehicle.
The motorcycle landed in the west ditch of the road.
The driver, Jacob Buman, from Harlan, died at the scene.
The sprayer driver was uninjured.
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