Asner Riding Acting Success
Edward Asner rose from unemployment to fame on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and earned an Emmy for Rich Man Poor Man. He contemplates a new MTM project as Lou Grant while weighing live-audience appeal and family time.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1976
Page
11
Edward Asner rose from unemployment to fame on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and earned an Emmy for Rich Man Poor Man. He contemplates a new MTM project as Lou Grant while weighing live-audience appeal and family time.
Television theme songs from S W A T Welcome Back Kotter Baretta Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley surge on records. ABC TV timing and younger audiences fuel sales while producer Steve Barri credits hit shows and demand for good songs as drivers.
Los Angeles AP briefs that the Jackson family five brothers and three sisters in The Jacksons will star in a 30 minute CBS summer series. Michael Jackson 17 says they passed on an hourlong ABC offer, aiming to tease audiences and build demand for a longer run later.
In Soda Springs California Maggi Littenstein and Lorraine Wells transformed a 1929 brick hotel into a home business blending hotel dining and an ongoing antique showroom. They restore rooms while selling beds wardrobes end tables and mirrors from around the world as guests browse a working museum.
The 27th Christy Young reunion was held at Lancaster Fairgrounds with Anthony Sargenti giving the grace. Barnhill presided as president with re election of officers planned for the 1977 reunion. Traveling longest distance were Vernon Lamp Vera Laing and Neil Carstensen from Tipton Iowa.
Potter Stewart, currently a Supreme Court justice, becomes the 11th native born Ohioan to serve on the high court.
LONDON AP Kojak star Telly Savalas sues Associated Newspapers over a Daily Mail piece calling him a bit part actor and unable to cope with fame. The paper apologized for the story, admitting it was untrue but denying it harmed his reputation.
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