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Ohio Headlines: Grammy Award Winner, A Rare Autograph, Moon Landing Souvenirs

A CLEVELAND NATIVE BRINGS HOME A HIGH HONOR... WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR AND NOW CLEVELAND MUSICIAN AND TEACHER JASON VIEAUX IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER.
VIEAUX WON THE GRAMMY FOR BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO FOR HIS NEW CD 'PLAY'.

A TEACHER AT THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC, VIEAUX WAS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE HONOR AMONG 400 ENTRIES.

A RARE SIGNATURE COULD GO FOR BIG BUCKS... EXPERTS BELIEVE LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED AUTOGRAPHS EXIST OF SHOELESS JOE JACKSON. A CLEVELAND WOMAN WHO FOUND AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO COULD SELL THE MEMO FOR OVER 100,000 DOLLARS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST VERIFIED SIGNED PHOTO OF THE BALLPLAYER IN EXISTENCE....

SHOELESS JOE JACKSON GOT HIS NICKNAME AFTER HE BATTED BAREFOOT DUE TO BLISTERS CAUSED BY ILL FITTING CLEATS. HE RARELY SIGNED ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIS PAYCHECKS, MAKING HIS AUTOGRAPH ONE OF THE RAREST IN SPORTS.

MORE THAN FOUR DECADES AFTER THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING, A CLOTH BAG FULL OF SOUVENIRS BROUGHT BACK BY ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG HAS COME TO LIGHT. THE BAG WAS FOUND BY ARMSTRONG'S WIDOW, WHO WAS CLEANING A CLOSET IN HER CINCINNATI HOME. SHE REALIZED THE FIND MIGHT BE IMPORTANT -- SO SHE CONTACTED THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON.

HISTORIANS RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE OBJECTS -- AND THE BAG ITSELF -- AS ITEMS ARMSTRONG TOOK WITH HIM ON APOLLO 11.

PERHAPS THE MOST EXCITING FIND - A MOVIE CAMERA FROM INSIDE THE LUNAR MODULE THAT FILMED ITS DESCENT TO THE MOON AND ARMSTRONG'S FIRST STEPS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE IN 1969.

THE ITEMS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.

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