Benjie awards Franklin junior high film makers in festival
The 10th Benjie film festival at Franklin Junior High showcased six student made films from two ninth grade photography classes. The winning piece Never Again II was announced during a ninth grade assembly and created by Chris Chapman, Larkin Hodges, Lee Lervick, and Bob Passman under executive producer D W Gerrits. The program offers hands on filmmaking using basic equipment and mini budgets with focus on technique and storytelling.
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Franklin Junior High School
Benjie
Benjamin
Chris Chapman
Lost Valley Road
Larkin Hodges
Parkcourt
Lee Lerwick
Twenty-seventh Street
Bob Passman
Fox Meadow Drive
Gerlits
Gerrits
Lovesick Man Jailed for Bomb Hoax Call
Ajit Mathur, 28, was jailed for one year and fined 20 400 after making a bomb hoax telephone call to British Airways. The call forced a jumbo jet to return to Heathrow with his girlfriend aboard as he pleaded guilty to creating a public nuisance. Judge John Buzzard condemned the act as dangerous in the era of hijackings and bomb attacks. Mathur is heir to an Indian engineering fortune.
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London
UPI
British Airways
Ajit Mathur
John Buzzard
Mathur
Bombay
Heathrow Airport
Impersonator Kenny Miles Skews Ford Carter Victory
Houston DJ Kenny Miles 23 of KREE FM campaigned for Ford and now performs an irreverent Jimmy Carter impersonation. The act, "Fireside Mornin' Chat with President Jimmy," startles commuters and prompts lively calls. Miles hopes for a recording contract while noting Carter’s win may help his career.
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Houston
UPI
Kenny Miles
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Miles
Kree-Fm
Carter
Jimmy
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Georgia
Jody Powell
Jody
Bill Drummond
Drummond
Gerald Ford
Director Rossellini Dies in Rome at 71
Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini founder of neorealism died at his Rome home likely of a heart attack aged 71. He returned from Cannes where he led the jury and had notable marriages and affairs including Ingrid Bergman and Anna Magnani.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Anna Magnani
Miss Bergman
Italy
Maine To Honor Ear Muff Inventor Chester Greenwood Day
Maine lawmakers approve a bill to honor Chester Greenwood the inventor of ear muffs with the first day of winter named Chester Greenwood day. The measure notes Greenwood born in Franklin county in 1858 and ties homage to local warmth traditions.
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Augusta
Maine
Franklin County
Senate
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