Ethel Merman Recovering After Brain Tumor Surgery
Broadway star Ethel Merman remains in satisfactory and stable condition after a four hour operation to remove a brain tumor. She was moved from intensive care to a private room at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center and remains heavily sedated. The 74 year old entertainer was hospitalized April 7 and had planned to perform a musical tribute to Irving Berlin at the Oscars.
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New York
Ethel Merman
Miss Merman
Bernie Wisneski
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Wisneski
Irving Berlin
Queens
Royal couple touring Sovereign Hill amid drama and flight trouble
Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited Sovereign Hill near Ballarat as a sword-wielding trooper warned them they could be arrested without their loyal followers. The couple rode a stagecoach and then flew to Bendigo where a plane landing failed but they arrived unharmed.
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Melbourne
Australia
Prince Charles
Robert Meares
Diana
Sovereign Hill
Ballarat
Bendigo
Daniels abandons plan for calf roping arena in Wilson County
Country fiddler Charlie Daniels withdrew his zoning variance request for a 15 acre tract in Wilson County to avoid neighbor complaints. He said the arena would be for family entertainment with no concerts or night events, though he lives on a 75 acre farm near Nashville.
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Lebanon, Tenn
Charlie Daniels
Wilson County
Daniels
Nashville
Gandhi director fights South African segregation plan
Sir Richard Attenborough said he would attend a racially segregated Gandhi premiere in Johannesburg only if a multiracial showing could be arranged in an Indian township. He pledged to donate any South Africa earnings to Gandhian charities.
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London
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
Johannesburg
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
Press Association
Attenborough
South Africa
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