Mercury

But after running up a $145,000 debt on a European tour, he took a day job with Mercury Records in 1961, becoming the first African-American vice-president of a major record label.

Another door opened when Mercury Records offered Jones a position as musical director of the company’s New York division.

Alequin told the Mercury News that her uncle had some memories of the abduction and his trip to the East Coast, but when he questioned adults in his life, they did not give him answers.

The Mercury got off to a quick 10-2 run of their own to erase the Sparks lead, and finished the quarter on a 9-4 run to push it to double digits.

They found that the orbits of Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury could veer off their original course by up to 3 feet over a decade.