Ben Vereen Comin at Ya opens NBC summer show
Television critic hails Ben Vereen in NBC four week comedy musical variety. co stars Lola Falana and Liz Torres with Arte Johnson and the Smothers Brothers as guests. Vereen performs Bert Williams number Nobody and Love Will Keep Us Together. NBC should place it in fall lineup due to artistry. Jim Stafford ABC summer debuts faring better in ratings.
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Liz Torres
Arte Johnson
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Miss Torres
Miss Falana
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Teste
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Doctors
Sesame Street
Waltons
Ben Veerwens
Son Fron
Javie
CBS
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Arbors
Eyewitness News
Hollywood
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Igeny Setoned
Villa Ioe
Young, Restless
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Restless
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Dax
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Country
Heat stroke dangers rise with sun and humidity
In New York heat advisories warn that heat stroke starts when body temperatures climb about eight degrees above normal as intense sun and high humidity hinder sweating. The UPI report notes the risk increases during hot days and urges precautions.
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New York
UPI
Television Listings for Chicago Area Stations
Radio and TV listings showing channel assignments for several stations including 9 KORGAV 6 WOC TV 2 WAETV 8 WKET 10 KWWL TV 3 KROC TV 12 KIVO 4 KIH TV 13 WHBF TV 32 KRIN TV Waterloo Ottumwa Gedar Rapids Rock Island Des Moines Ione City
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Codor Rapids
Woc-Tv
Davenport
WAETV
Gedar Rapids
WKET
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Kwwltv
Waterloo
Kroc-Tv
Rochester
KIVO
Ottumwa
Kih-Tv
Ione City
Whbf-Tv
Rock Island
WHO TV
Des Moines
Krin-Tv
Cedar Rapids council approves multiple resolutions and gavel taps
At Wednesday's Cedar Rapids meeting, all non Mayor Canney council members were present. Unanimous approvals covered purchases, public property fees, sewer connections, water plant bids, tank painting, street list installation, and various traffic and parking rules. Several resignations, sound and balloon permits, zoning changes, and first readings for taxicab driver qualifications were also acted upon.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Roger A. Welty
William JH. Stark
Maintenance Associates Corp
Mt. Vernon Road
Second Avenue
Twenty-seventh
Twenty Eighth
Det
Lawrence
Ketchen
Police Department
Alliance Church
WMT
Marion Road
Ami
Twentieth Street
B Avenue
Broadmore Road
First Avenue W
Cherry Hill Park
Twelfth Avenue
Seventh Street
Eighth Street
Glenwood Drive
Woodland Court
First Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Twentyninth Street
Cedar Rapids Roofing Co
Ilen and Taege
Ladco, Inc
Petitions and Protests on Local Public Works and Services
Citizens and groups file petitions and protests on a 7-Eleven plan at Bever avenue and Memorial drive SE, a parade permit, paving of Clive drive SW, driveway damage from a sewer extension, on street parking for a Thirteenth street extension, ambulance service staffing and reimbursements, a street light installation, and a longevity pay plan objection by city employees. Notable signers include B J and Carol Prunskumas, Mr and Mrs W J Pudzuvelis, Jaycees, Paul L Charipar, C R Scholl, Jim Hutchinson, Bernard M Grahek, K Steinert, and 23 city employees.
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Carol Prunskumas
W.J. Pudzuvelis
Bever Avenue
Memorial Drive
Jaycees
Paul L. Charipar
Clive Drive
Twelfth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
C.R. Scholl
Cottage Grove Avenue
Jim Hutchinson
Bernard M. Grahek
Dodge
Fire Department
Area Ambulance Service
K. Steinert
D Avenne
Elder Lane
Bells Provoke Nuisance Claim in Inkster Suburb
In Inkster Michigan a new $8,000 500 watt carillon in the First Missionary Baptist Church rings hourly from 9 am to 8 pm with noon and evening chimes. Neighbors complain of noise while Pastor Aaron Butler defends the instrument as beneficial to the community and vows to fight any attempt to curb it. Police ticketed Butler for nuisance conduct amid canvassing to gauge public opinion.
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Inkster
Mich
UPS
First Missionary Baptist Church
Detroit
Hank Jason
Butler
Supreme Court of the Land
Elis
Cow leads to discovery of large marijuana farm in Washington
In Rochester, a farmer hunting for a lost cow uncovered what sheriffs call the state’s largest marijuana operation. About 5,000 plants spread across a plot likely in operation for some time, with potential harvests of 14 tons and a street value near $500,000. A 5-year-old boy is being held. The sheriff noted the farmer only recently learned what a marijuana plant looks like after seeing a county display at the fair.
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Rochester
Wash
Don Redmond
Redmond
Sheriff's Department
Athlete’s Foot Germ How To Kill It In One Hour
Quick digest ad claims to banish athlete’s foot germ in one hour with a 58 cent bark at drug counters Then promises infected shin will shed skin in 35 days and a healthy shin will appear It advertises availability at all DHL stores.
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Strang
DHL
Naval shun ordered by Hardwick committee in 1776
Two hundred years ago the naval committee in Hardwick Massachusetts ordered the town to shun six men who did not support the Colonists against Britain.
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Naval Committee
Hardwick
Mass
Britain
Poll shows farmers worry prices fall on grain surplus
Wallaces Farmer poll of 238 farmers finds 43 percent strongly concerned and 39 percent mildly concerned about prices dropping. Young farmers 82 percent worried, with many predicting at least 32 for corn and 4 for soybeans despite expectations.
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PES Moines
UPI
Wallaces
Oast
Clayton County
Harrison County
7-Foot Gator Moves Through Houston Jogging Path
A seven foot alligator was sighted along a jogging path near Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston. Police called Hernan Park Zoo handlers who captured the reptile near a high rise hotel. Zoo officials noted frequent wild alligator reports in the bayou and plan to return the animal to an undeveloped reservoir area outside the city.
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Houston
UPT
Buffalo Bayou
Hernan Park
Northwest Strike Ends After Three-Year Contract Signed
The Air Line Pilots Association ended its three day strike against Northwest Airlines with a new three year contract. A Northwest official predicted limited flight resumes may occur the same day. Northwest, the seventh largest U.S. carrier, operates major routes in the North and to Japan. The strike followed a dispute over contract language after work stoppages began Monday. The pilots had been without a contract since July 1974. On this date in 1782, George Washington founded the Order of the Purple Heart.
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Minneapolis
Air Line Filets Assn
Northwest Airlines
W. J. Usery
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Northwest
U.S
Japan
280000 Grant for Tomato Peeling Food Study
Washington officials announce a two year commercial feasibility study with 280000 dollars from federal funds to test turning discarded tomato peels into human food. The Agriculture Department and EPA fund 80000 and 200000 respectively with California supplying most tomatoes and 130000 tons of peels produced yearly. Disposal costs are about 1 million annually and half of peel material could yield about 3 million in annual value.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Environmental Protection Agency
California
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