Updike novel wins national critics circle award
New York AP John Updike's Rabbit is Rich receives the National Book Critics Circle prize as the year's most distinguished fiction. The award to Stephen Jay Gould, A R Ammons, and Virgil Thomson follows in other categories. Hollywood AP Norman Lear earns recognition for TV work.
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Lear and Perenchio buy Avco Embassy Pictures
Lear and Jerry Perenchio announce a deal to purchase Avco Embassy Pictures from Avco Corp for about 25 to 26 million dollars. The pair, in TAT Communications, acquire a motion picture production and distribution company in the recent Monday disclosure.
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Television producer Joe Hamilton suffers moderate heart attack
Los Angeles AP report notes Joe Hamilton husband of Carol Burnett had a moderate heart attack at his son’s wedding last week. Publicist Rick Ingersoll said he was out of intensive care at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and the prognosis is good. The attack occurred Thursday during the Loyola Marymount University chapel wedding of his son John to Marion McCarter.
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Could there be a bashful gene
Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan reports shyness may be partly genetic, with about one third of extremely inhibited children showing a genetic predisposition. He notes twins support heredity, heart-rate tests flag potential genetic basis, and some shy children persist into adulthood while most become less inhibited.
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Johnny Cash Fights Off Armed Robbers at Jamaican Estate
Johnny Cash his family and guests survived a four hour night terror when three masked men stormed the Montego Bay retreat demanding valuables. They threatened to kill a boy and tied them up, taking cash jewelry and 175 pairs of shoes before police said suspects linked to a terrorist group were later arrested.
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First U S test tube baby returns home after flight
Elizabeth Carr the first US test tube baby slept through her first airplane ride as her parents brought her home from Norfolk Virginia to Westminster Massachusetts. The 5 pound 12 ounce infant was born December 28 via in vitro fertilization at Norfolk General Hospital.
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Reagan plans continued planetary exploration despite budget talk
Dr. George A. Keyworth said the Reagan administration will back space missions to other planets, though scaled-down unmanned flights and a Gamma Ray Observatory are under consideration. He cited a major reassessment of the space program, stressing maintained support for planetary science.
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Williams murder trial jurors chosen in Atlanta case
An eight black and four white jury was selected for Wayne B Williams murder trial. The nine-woman three-man panel, from 60 jurors, includes four black alternates. Williams faces charges in the killings of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, two of 28 young black victims haunting Atlanta. Judge Clarence Cooper set opening arguments for Wednesday.
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Appeal of ERA setback to be taken to Supreme Court
The Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a Boise Idaho district court ruling that extended the ERA ratification deadline and allowed states to rescind. Deputy Solicitor General Lawrence Wallace will file the appeal, with a hearing date likely in mid January and merits to be argued later.
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Dozens of Explosions Hit San Salvador Area
A dozen bomb blasts rocked San Salvador and nearby towns injuring one person. A state housing credit agency near the U S Embassy was destroyed and a power line outage plunged Santa Tecla into darkness. A supermarket near the Camino Real Hotel was hit injuring a man. Police attributed the blasts to leftist guerrillas amid a 27 month conflict with a reported 35000 dead according to rights groups.
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Italy faces crisis after Rovigo prison break
In Rome Parliament attacked Spadolini's government over four women prisoners escaping Rovigo facility amid Dozier kidnapping hunt. Explosives in a car fired by accomplices killed a passer-by and wounded six. Police probe whether Red Brigades aimed to divert forces from December Dozier case.
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Americans favor conservation over nuclear energy in survey
A 10,000 person survey found 60 percent already siding with conservation in the energy debate. About 90 to 95 percent support solar power, while only 18 percent choose nuclear over conservation, despite current administration emphasis on nuclear energy.
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