Warner Bros postpones filming of Stunt Man in Amarillo
Warner Bros delayed plans to film Burt Reynolds feature here this summer, pushing shooting to spring 1977. The postponement affects locations including the ASARCQ zinc smelter site, the American Zinc plant near Dumas, and Southwestern Public Service's Nichols Station. Officials expect the delay to cost the Amarillo area economy about twenty five thousand dollars daily in new activity and goods.
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Warner Bros
Burt Reynolds
Amarillo
McCardle
Ned
McCardie
Asarcq, Inc
American Zinc
Dumas
Southwestern Public Service
Amarillo Nichols Station
UN debate over Entebbe raid escalates as Uganda Israel clash
In the United Nations Security Council Uganda and Israel traded harsh charges over the Entebbe rescue mission.Uganda accused Israel of naked aggression while Israel branded Uganda’s Amin regime as pro terror and called for action against world terrorism. Key figures were Foreign Minister Juma Oris and Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog as they sparred over the raid and hostage crisis.
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United Nations, N.Y
Uganda
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Juma Oris
Chaim Herzog
Oris
Council
Idi Amin
Entebbe
United Nations
Herzog
Amin
Angolan Leader Upholds Mercenary Death Sentences
President Neto confirmed death sentences for Daniel Gearhart of Maryland and three British mercenaries, while upholding prison terms for additional Americans and Britons in Angola's civil war. Ford urged reconsideration, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and others appealed for clemency.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Agostinho Neto
Angola
Neto
Portuguese Information Ministry
Luanda
British Broadcasting Corp
People’s Revolutionary Court
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Costas Georgiou
Col. Callan
Andrew McKenzie
John Derek Barker
Washington
Ford
Act of Justice and Humanity
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Gustavo Grillo
U.S
Argentina
Jersey City
N.J
Popular Movement
Britain
Elizabeth II
Pat Nixon Spirits High Despite Serious Condition
Long Beach Calif. Pat Nixon, still in serious condition after a stroke, was visited for 90 minutes by her husband who said she would see the illness through. He praised her fighting spirit and the care from doctors as her daughters Tricia Cox and Julie Eisenhower visited.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Pat Nixon
Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Nixons
Tricia Cox
Julie Eisenhower
John Lungren
Pat
Autopsy Planned in Musician Sherry Cobb Death
The body of 29 year old Sherry Lee Cobb is to be exhumed for an autopsy after an inquest in Clarendon. District Attorney Charles W Carter said the autopsy will be performed by an Amarillo pathologist, following family concern of foul play and a drowning ruling. The hearing cited testimony from Judge WR Christal and Miss Margaret Locke about a heart attack.
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Sherry Lee Cobb
Charles W. Carter
Wellington
Newley County
M O. Weatherly
Clarendon
Carter
Lee Cobb
St. Louis
Peace Justice Weatherly
Amarillo
Miss Cobb
Greenbelt Lake
100Th Judicial District Attorney's Office
Cobb
Donley County
Christal
Justice of the Peace
Margaret Locke
Central Plains General Hospital
Plainview
Weekend Weather Update With Mild Temps
Partly cloudy through Sunday with no significant temperature changes. Highs reach the upper 80s today and Sunday, with lows around the mid 60s. Southerly winds range from 10 to 15 mph today.
Flyers Plan Lubbock Stop
Amarillo entrants in the Powder Puff Derby, Chris McClain and Ima Jean Huff, flying a Mooney M-200, will arrive in Lubbock this afternoon on their trip from Sacramento to California to Wilmington. Sponsored by the Amarillo Globe News and va's Fashions, they reported last night.
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Chris McClain
Ima Jean Huff
Amarillo
Lubbock
Andoe drilling platform sails from Rotterdam to Norway
The Andoe drilling platform, to be completed in Norway, is shown being towed by six tugs away from Rotterdam harbor on Wednesday toward its destination.
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Rotterdam
Norway
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