Martin Luther King Honored In Kennedy Center Musical Event
The Kennedy Center staged a four hour docutainment paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr with black and white performers including Ray Charles and Joan Baez. Proceeds from ticket sales aimed to aid the King Center for Non-Violent Social Change in Atlanta, while Televancers Inc plans to distribute two hour broadcasts to TV stations next weekend.
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Chicago
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Atlanta
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Joan Baez
King
Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirate
Charlie Pride
Louis Gossett Jr
Michael Warren
Patti LaBelle
Emmanuel Lewis
Webster
Stevie Wonder
Dick Gregory
South
Congress
Communists clash over Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Communist critics in East Germany Hungary and Poland attack George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four as a symbol of Western Cold War ideology while noting underground access in Eastern Europe. Soviet bloc authorities fear a renewed Orwell interest may spill over and prompt bans and censorship.
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Literary Gazette
Soviet Writer's Union
Vitaly Korbish
United States
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Budapest
al Tucker
New Mirror
Leipziger Volkszeitung
Zdanie
Opinion
Farmington Goes TV Free For A Month In Local Campaign
Connecticut town Farmington pivots to a month without television as library sponsors push selective viewing to boost reading and family time. Promoters note kids check out more books while parents weigh program choices against football playoff fever and a Yale study on language and literacy.
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Tara Savin
Robbins
Betty Kelly
Sual
Brendan Blair
Astead
Dorothy Singer
Yale University
William Colton
Colton
Washington
GM Realigns Divisions Stirs Industry Not Yet
Detroit reports GM may realign its five divisions into two groups small and large cars. Spokesmen from Ford Chrysler and American Motors say the move won’t alter industry balance. GM board planned to meet in New York as officials declined to comment on discussions.
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New York
Clifford Merriott
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford
Government Answers Consumers Cry For Help Handbook guides rights
Government guides consumers through a maze of help options from seller complaints to federal agencies. It lists third party dispute programs, Better Business Bureaus, state licensing boards, and federal information centers as pathways to resolution, with steps to escalate from seller to court if needed.
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Ctation
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Texaco Getty Takeover Aims to Cut Oil Imports
Texaco Inc. plans to buy Getty Oil Co. for about 10 billion dollars in a friendly merger. Chairman John K. McKinley said the deal could reduce U S oil imports and noted antitrust concerns are minimal. Pennzoil protests and questions propriety of the merger while Getty stockholders face a 125 per share offer.
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Getty
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Nley
McKinley
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Goodman Returns to Portsmouth After Syrian Release
Navy airman Robert C. Goodman Jr., freed from Syrian captivity in Lebanon, returns to his hometown Portsmouth New Hampshire as guest of honor. Gov Sununu and Mayor Shaw greet him at Manchester airport with 150 reporters. he plans homecoming at Portsmouth High School and then time with relatives. He was captured December 4 and freed January 3 after Rev. Jesse Jackson's trip to Damascus.
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Navy
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Manchester
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Robert Shaw
Terry Lynn
Portsmouth High School
Lebanon
Jesse Jackson
Damascus
United States
White House
Virginia Beach
Abscam Senator Williams Begins Prison Term
Former New Jersey senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. reported to begin a three year Abscam prison sentence at Danbury Conn. after losing appeals. He claimed he was framed and vowed to continue his fight, saying he is innocent of the charges.
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Danbury, Conn
George Pratt
Williams
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Danbury
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