Ted Knight Embraces Mary Tyler Moore Show Fame on Ted Baxter
Hollywood UPI The actor behind Ted Baxter rejects the idea of a TV dummy but credits coaching and audience affection for the character. Knight, real name Tadeusz Konopka, enjoys laughs from the bumbling anchor while noting his dynamic with Lou Grant and Ed Asner sustains the show.
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Rich Burton to star in Everybody Knows Reed Lawrence
Angel Tompkins cast as the female lead in Little Cigars. The pairing highlights a two play lineup with Burton taking the title role and Tompkins in a key supporting part.
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Reed Lawrence
Angel Tompkins
ABC Expands Afterschools and Adds New Weekend Series
ABC to broaden its afterschool lineup with Afterschools expanding from eight to twelve episodes and Scholastic Rock expanding to include Grammar Rock. The Make a Wish children’s news program returns for a third season as part of a new season plan for kids programming on the network.
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Lulu and Maurice Gibb Separate After Four Years
British pop singer Lulu announces separation from husband Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees after four years of marriage. Lulu was to appear on TV shows as Gibb returns from a five week U S tour.
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Promises Promises at Jefferson High Theatre
Saturday listings show Community Theater at Jefferson High with Promises Promises at 2:20 and Paramount screening of The Harder They Come at 4:10 and 6 7:50 9:40. Also Walking Tall at 1:30 3:35 5:40 7:45 9:50 and Wonder Women shorts and Country Cuzzins shorts.
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Bank bandits seize 150 million lire in Turin cash heist
Three armed masked men drove a car into a head on crash with a vehicle carrying three bank messengers in Turin on Friday. They grabbed 150 million lire about 245000 dollars and fled in a waiting car.
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Turin
Italy
Fog Causes Major Crash On Italian Highway Near Milan
Thick fog on Italy's coastal superhighway near Milan causes a multi vehicle pileup with fatal and injurious results. Early reports indicate six dead as cars and trucks collide in the fog.
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Italy
UPI
FCC Levies First Fine Against Topless Radio
The FCC voted 5-1 to fine Sonderling Broadcasting Corp 2000 for Femme Forum on WGLD FM Oak Park Illinois. The agency seeks a court test to define obscenity limits while arguing against censoring broadcasts.
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Federal Communications Commission
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Oak Park
Ill
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New York
Femme Forum
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The Harder They Come at the Paramount
A Jamaica made film starring Jimmy Cliff shows Kingston poverty and crime with a reggae scored soundtrack. The film portrays a poor youth who turns to crime after failed music dreams and a police manhunt after he kills a cop.
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Kerr Arrested On Drug Charge In Linn County
David Kerr 24 of 1507 Second Avenue SE was stopped on the 700 block of Shaver Road NE and held in Linn County jail in lieu of a 2500 dollar bond on a violation of the controlled substances act. Police said he threw a quantity of a substance believed to be marijuana.
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Shaver Road
Naval time signals note mutiny history in British ships
United Press International reports that naval custom marks five bells at 1830 hours but British ships use one bell due to the historical mutiny signal tied to five bells in 1797.
Sigourney Rites Set For Homer C Mackey
Homer C Mackey 64 of Sigourney died Saturday after a ten week illness at Keokuk county hospital. Born August 22 1908 northwest of Sigourney he graduated Sigourney high in 1926. He worked 22 years as Sigourney city public works superintendent retiring January 1. He married Mildred Bryant in 1932. she died in 1962. On February 6 1965 he wed Myrna Lindaman who survives with two sisters Ann Mackey and Lucille Miller both of Sigourney a stepson James Lindaman Council Bluffs and two grandchildren. Services Tuesday 1 30 p m at United Methodist church burial Pleasant Grove cemetery a memorial has been established. Reynolds.
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Keokuk County Hospital
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Myrna Lindaman
Ann L. Mackey
Lucille Miller
James Lindaman
Council Bluffs
United Methodist Church
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Reynolds
Storage space wanted? Sell your unused items now.
Compact notice invites readers to place a want ad for excess storage space or unused items. Encourages quick placement to reach local buyers seeking extra room and storage solutions. Includes period newspaper tone and concise call to action.
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