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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1981
Page
4
U S Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin says he felt unwell and acted in haste after shoving Dave Smith of Channel 39 into a planter and wall in the Kona Kai Hotel lobby during a San Diego visit. Smith describes a forceful incident sparked by Gavin rushing to the bathroom.
Lynn Redgrave and husband John Clark dispute Universal TV over her firing from House Calls. The Redgraves say management fired her for nursing 3 week old Annabel Lucy Clark on set while Universal claims they offered pay raises and discussion, and the actress quit when the studio refused to back their production company. Clark adds the baby accompanied his wife due to long shooting hours.
A New York grand jury continues to investigate John C. White former DNC chair over a claimed $1 million campaign contribution offer in exchange for political favors. White denies any such promise while facing perjury questions and ongoing Libyan affair scrutiny. He notes Texas consulting work and possible future politics remain undecided.
Pulitzer winner Robert A. Caro's in progress Lyndon Johnson study will be serialized by Atlantic Monthly starting in October 1982 with five installments. Editor William Whitworth says the work reveals a Johnson far from his public image as Brando is set to narrate or appear, with T.A.T. and Adriane Malone Productions producing.
Former boxing champion Jake LaMotta is sued for 50 000 dollars in New York by author Joseph Carter who wrote the source book for Raging Bull. Carter claims LaMotta agreed to 5 percent of film profits but paid nothing.
Country star George Jones, after two months in hiding, plans to move his career to Fort Worth Texas. He signed a management option with Billy Bob Barnett of Billy Bob’s Texas and will continue recording with Tammy Wynette. He admits a strong drinking reputation but cites life problems as the cause.
Marlon Brando has signed to work in a television series about the American Indian, per a spokeswoman for Norman Lear's T A T Communications. It was not yet known whether he would appear in the project.
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