Judge keeps suit over Fantasy Island profits alive
Los Angeles A P reports judge refused to dismiss Ricardo Montalban's lawsuit against Columbia Pictures seeking 5 percent of net profits from Fantasy Island. Montalban, 75, requests January trial instead of April due to age and health. judge did not rule on that request. He starred 1978 1984 as Mr Rourke with Tattoo the sidekick announcing arrivals.
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Columbia Los Angeles
Ricardo Montalban
Columbia Pictures
Montalban
Island
Mr. Rourke
Tattoo
Julie Andrews Hints at Break With Liza Minnelli Stage Swap
Julie Andrews plans a vacation from Victor Victoria with Liza Minnelli stepping into the lead role from January 7 to February 2. Andrews, age 61, says she is tired, especially during matinees, after her first Broadway show in three decades.
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Julie Andrews
Liza Minelli
New York
Liza Minnelli
Minnelli
Andrews
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Postal Details
Aiken Standard lists HOME DELIVERY rates 8.95 monthly 26.85 for 3 months 53.70 for 6 months 107.40 yearly and COUNTY MAIL 11.20 monthly 33.60 6 67.20 134.40 yearly, OTHER MAIL 17.45 52.95 104.75 209.40. Advance payments may be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. The paper established in 1867 is published weekday afternoons and weekends by Aiken Communications Inc with address and postmaster notices in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard - Pbm
Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Senate approves parks bill affecting 41 states in unanimous vote
The Senate passed a broad parks package after hours, clearing the measure for the White House. It authorizes land swaps and boundary changes, creates heritage areas and scenic rivers in 41 states, and preserves San Francisco's Presidio via a nonprofit trust. The bill also funds preservation of Kansas tallgrass prairie and enables New York and New Jersey to buy 17,500 acres of the Sterling Forest.
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House
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Alaska
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San Francisco
US Park Service
Kansas
New York
New Jersey
Seven year old recounts kidnapping and police shooting
Roseburg Oregon seven year old Kristina Jacobson described the dramatic incident after police killed her kidnapper following a 100 mile chase. The gunman Lance Sterling Alexander twenty five abducted her from a day care as police faced gunfire and a high speed pursuit ending when his car struck spikes and flipped. A police sharpshooter then fatally shot him after more than an hour of negotiations.
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Ore
Kristina Jacobson
Kristina
Oregon
Associated Press
Lance Sterling
Alexander
Christians rally for Netanyah a Jerusalem tunnel opens
In Jerusalem a crowd of Christian Zionists from 102 countries gathered at the Hasmonean Tunnel site amid clashes that have killed 76 Arabs and Israelis. Netanyahu faced protests as 1,000 supporters joined a tour of the new entrance during Sukkot.
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Jerusalem
Convention Center
Holy Land
Benjamin Netanyahu
Fuhrman spectre haunts Simpson civil trial
On the one year anniversary of O J Simpson's acquittal jurors in the wrongful death suit faced questions about former detective Mark Fuhrman. Some potential jurors voiced distrust or skepticism while others defended him as credible. The proceedings tied to the June 12 1994 slayings and Fuhrman’s key testimony at the prior trial.
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Simpson
Santa Monica
Calif
Mark Fuhrman
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
U S extends mission in Bosnia to March
Defense leaders outlined three options to extend the Bosnia mission as the Army dispatches a 5000 member covering force while 15000 troops gradually withdraw. By February 1 the force will be 7500 with 10000 in country as of December 20. Allies proposed one to two more years on the ground.
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U.S
Bosnia
Defense
William Perry
Pentagon
Perry
John Shalikashvili
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ber
Clinton
Shalikashvili
Colorado Debates Taxing Churches and Charities
In Denver and Colorado Springs, church leaders warn a proposed constitutional amendment taxing nonprofit properties could force closures. Father Jim Brennan estimates St. Rose of Lima could lose about 35000 dollars in property taxes, threatening church and school. Proponents argue taxing tax-exempt groups is needed. opponents frame it as harming vulnerable communities and religious missions.
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St. Rose of Lima
Denver
Jim Brennan
St. Rose's
Colorado
John Patrick Murphy
Colorado Springs
Ig Nobel honors toast and inflatable doll studies
Cambridge honors a quirky science night as Aston University’s Robert Matthews wins the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for Tumbling Toast Murphy's Law and the Fundamental Constants. The Sixth First Annual ceremony at Harvard highlighted playful research that cannot or should not be reproduced, with other winners from the University of Bergen studying how ale garlic and sour cream affect leech appetite.
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Mass
Robert Matthews
Aston University
England
Matthews
Harvard University
Ig Nobels
Anders Boerheim
Hogne Sandvik
University of Bergen
Norway
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