Gladys Knight and the Pips land NBC summer show
The quartet recalls their rough rise from a Veterans hall in Atlanta to a four week NBC music variety run starting July 5. They emphasize live performances, family support, and the grind of constant touring as keys to longevity. If the summer series clicks, NBC may keep them as a mid season replacement.
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Television Listings for Cedar Rapids to Des Moines Stations
Television schedules list KCRG Cedar Rapids WMT and KWWL Waterloo KTVO Ottumwa WHBF Rock Island Eyewitness News Action News News Weather listings across 9 to 13 channels. Prime time includes news programs, Hollywood movies, comedies, Westerns and Talk shows with NBC CBS ABC and local weather segments.
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Huey Newton Said to Be Living in Havana
Oakland AP report says fugitive Huey Newton, missing for nine months, is living in Havana per sworn testimony by attorney Charles Garry. Newton allegedly called Elaine Brown and missed calls reached via the Cuban Mission as part of broader charges against Newton and bodyguard Robert Heard in an assault case and related murder allegation.
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Energy stamps urged to help poor pay bills
Edward Eberle of Public Service Electric & Gas backs federal energy stamps for low income families, noting rising fuel costs and food prices strain budgets. He cites Pennsylvania’s pilot program selling $75 in stamps for $25 and calls for relief amid rate rises and higher utility costs.
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Three Protestants Slain in Ulster on Belfast Road
Police report three Protestant men were shot and killed Monday night on the Belfast Dublin road near the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic. Two bodies were found in an auto and trailer near Newry, a base for the Ulster Defense Regiment member among the victims, with a third mortally wounded.
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HEW Cuts Welfare Funds in Seven States
Washington UPI reports HEW will deduct welfare funds from seven states for not providing free preventive health care to poor children. Penalties total sums include Hawaii 75847 Indiana 143516 Minnesota 280997 Montana 27889 New Mexico 70646 North Dakota 26206 and Pennsylvania 1048441. Caspar Weinberger said failures include not informing eligible families, missing routine screenings, or not referring children for treatment. Further reviews may trigger additional penalties.
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CIA backed abandoned plot to kill Castro claim
Max Gonzalez, a Miami furniture store owner, says the CIA planned to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1968 and aborted the mission before reaching Cuba. He seeks a million-dollar lawsuit, claiming he was used unwittingly by the CIA, with links to Frank Sturgis and the Operation Sword group.
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Ex POW Jeremiah Denton Reverses Retirement Decision
Norfolk Virginia AP Rear Adm Jeremiah Denton once said he would resign from the navy but on Monday he announced he will remain on active duty. Denton who spent 74 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam rose to national prominence for his God Bless America remark upon return. At 51 he serves as commandant of the armed forces staff college in Norfolk.
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Thailand and China to open diplomatic ties soon
Bangkok reports Foreign Minister Chartchai Choonhavan says direct relations with China will be formally established within the next month.
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Smoker quitters gain lower death risk says World Conference
New York AP reports at the World Conference on Smoking and Health that quitting smoking lowers the risk of lung cancer heart disease and other illnesses. Dr leonard Schuman of the University of Minnesota said cessation reduces mortality and morbidity by four to 10 times and the risk nears that of a non smoker within years for specific diseases.
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Mail Privilege of Lawmakers To Cost $37 Million
AP reports the franking privilege will cost about 37 million dollars this fiscal year and 46 million next. Each member averages 68 946 in postal bills. Taxpayer funded mail is tied to reelection efforts with 320 million letters sent by June 30 for about 145 million eligible voters aged 18 and over. ON THIS DATE in 1966 the Surveyor spacecraft relayed lunar surface pictures after America's first soft landing.
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Ex Official in Florida Put In Prison
Former Education Commissioner Floyd Christian, 60, jailed for tax evasion after pledging guilty to $30,000 in kickbacks from state education contracts and $15,751 in unpaid taxes. He resigns from 1974 after impeachment inquiry. Insurance Commissioner-Treasurer Thomas O’Malley impeached for $72,000 in favors and business steering. Senate trial set for late summer.
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Magruder says he feels forgiven by God
Detroit AP reports former White House aide Jeb Stuart Magruder stating he does not feel guilty about Watergate, saying he has been forgiven by God. He asserts he has paid legal penalties and will not surrender or apologize to the American people.
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New Jersey Boss Dies
Paramus New Jersey John V Kenny longtime Democratic power broker dies at age 82 his name tied to corruption and influence peddling in state politics for decades remains a defining figure in New Jersey political history
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