Television Today Reflects Movie Stars Embracing Video
Hollywood figures upend old ideas that film stars avoid television as aging careers wane. Stars like George C. Scott Charlton Heston and others blend video roles with film work, while networks test homegrown hits and crossovers such as CBSs Six Ring River View pairing Carroll Burnett and Alan Alda, signaling a shift in star economics and audience draw.
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Chicago Official Defies Light Ban
Alderman dtoman Fucinski declares he will string Christmas lights around his home and challenge arrest over President Nixon energy chief William Simon's outdoor decoration ban. He calls Simon a Grinch and says Christmas spirit is needed after a difficult year nationwide.
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GM Hikes in Auto Prices Average 133 Dollars
GM says it raised prices on cars trucks and other vehicles after price controls ended. The average increase across the line was about 133 dollars with larger adds for trucks and the Corvette shown rising 267 dollars. GM reported nine month earnings of 1.80 billion, down from 1.5 billion the year before.
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Governors Split Over Uniform Vehicle Speed Limits
A group of eighteen governors met with President Nixon at the White House to press for a single national pace limit for cars and trucks. Washington Governor Darrel Evans urged a uniform speed to ease the energy crisis, while arguing a 46 mph limit for cars and higher limits for trucks would be unworkable and unacceptable to the public. The governors praised new energy chief William Simon, saying he could provide the single federal voice the states need.
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Good Roads Assn To Back Bonding In Iowa
DES MOINES AP The Good Roads Association reversed long opposition to highway funding and will back a bond issue between 51 million and 4200 million in the upcoming Iowa legislature session. Executive VP C W Sloan said support hinges on a gasoline tax hike of about three cents per gallon to retire the bonds. The group has not bonded for highway construction since the 1820s while seeking more storage space.
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Audit Finds Firms Violated State Fair Contracts
DES MOINES AP Ten companies apparently violated choir exhibitor contracts by selling goods at the 17H Iowa State Fair. State Auditor Lloyd Smith noted the firms should renew licenses and adjust merchandise sales. Auditors listed Allis Chalmers Corp Des Moines Register & Tribune Farm Wire News Milwau kee International Harvester Co Town Park Producers Association J E Patterson Supply Co Collins Massey Ferguson lic Travel Most Inc and Victors House of Music Des Moines. The state fair board has improved its record keeping since a 1972 audit and a 1974 plan set up Dec 7 requiring licenses and insurance to protect the fair and exhibitors from liability.
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WAUKON bids led by AuTLiner Gas Sites Des Moines awarded a three 48 60 and one 46 passenger school bus bodied chassis package for Allamakee Community School District. Quast Martin Word Waukon placed low bid. Prices to be announced in January with review ongoing.
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Senate Unit OKs Saxbe Nomination Amid Watergate Focus
Washington February 1969 Senate committee approved Nixon's nomination of William Saxbe for attorney general by a 16 to 1 vote. Saxbe argues constitutionality of his appointment, as a single dissenter urged written assurances from the president amid Watergate concerns. Prosecutor Leona suggests...
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Springville Man 56 Dies. services set in Marion area
A rural Springville resident died Wednesday in a Wisconsin Rapids area hospital. Mourned is 56 year old Bruce Tharp who served in World War I and was a shop foreman at Colling Radio. Services are planned Monday at Murdoch chapel in Marion with burial at Oak Shade Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Ruth and two daughters Aviene and Sheryl, a grandson, a brother, and two sisters.
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