Bernadette Peters Persuades Vargas to Paint One Last Vargas Girl
Bernadette Peters convinced famed illustrator Alberto Vargas at his California retreat to create a final Vargas Girl portrait for her first album Gee Whiz. Vargas agreed after Peters visited and she sat five times, nearly topless, earning the right to keep the original painting and an undisclosed fee.
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New York
Alberto Vargas
Vargas
New York Daily News
Bernadette Peters
California
Kennedy family campaign notes and Wallenda circus accident
The piece reports Joan Kennedy defending her husband Ted's public affection style amid his Massachusetts senate bid. It also covers Carla Wallenda Guzman's 20-foot fall during a circus act in Lakeland Florida with minor injuries, and President Carter attending a concert with the First Lady and daughter Amy amid Afghanistan Iran crises.
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NEW York
Joan Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Newsweek
Jack Kennedy
Jackie
Bobby
Ethel
Massachusetts
Ted
Lakeland, Fla
Carla Wallenda Guzman
Karl Wallenda
Flying Wallendas
Ron Morris
Lakeland General Hospital
Washington
Carter
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Rosalynn
Amy
Afghanistan
Iran
Camp David
Kennedy Center
First Baptist Church
Parks to sing a new tune for Chock-full o Nuts
Bert Parks 65 signs to sing a jingle for Chock-full o Nuts coffee ads. He will perform three spots for regular instant and Colombian blends with Page Morton Black, arranged by William Black, his friend and firm chairman. Ads shoot in New York in a few weeks and Parks will make personal appearances for the brand.
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New York
UPI
Bert Parks
Parks
Page Morton Black
William Black
Coaster brakes fail trigger fatal roller coaster crash
At Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara officials report automatic braking failures allowed Willard's Wizzard roller coaster to slam into a stationary train. A 13 year old, Kyle Foss of Palo Alto, died from massive injuries. Eight others were injured and the ride is closed as investigators examine cause.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Marriott
Great America Amusement Park
Willard
Robert Schultz
Kyle Foss
Palo Alto
Foss
Orlando Biggs
Santa Clara County
Alva Henry
Park Medical Center
J. Willard Marriott
Marriott’s
Leftists Free Two Hostages From Embassy Siege in Bogota
In Bogota, leftist guerrillas holding the Dominican Republic Embassy freed two of 29 remaining hostages on Palm Sunday, identifying them as magistrate Simon Rodriguez and business executive Jorge Valencia. The move left 27 captives, including U.S. Ambassador Diego Asencio, still in captivity after 33 days.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Foreign Ministry
Simon Rodriguez
Cundinamarca
Jorge Valencia
Actress Diane Baker acquires film rights to Light at Midnight
Hollywood reports actress producer Diane Baker has bought the movie rights to Erica Wallach's novel Light at Midnight. The work draws on Wallach's experiences as a prisoner in East Berlin and Russia during the 1950s while Baker is finishing post production on Second Star to the Right.
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Hollywood (Ap
Diane Baker
Erica Wallach
East Berlin
Russia
Miss Baker
Mantovani Orchestra Leader Dies At 74 In England
Mantovani, famed orchestra leader with lush string sound, died in his sleep at 74 in Tunbridge Wells England. Born in Venice as Annunzio Paolo Mantovani he became a landmark figure in easy listening and first to sell a million stereophonic records in the United States.
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Tunbridge Wells
England
Mantovani
London
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
Venice
Italy
United States
Charmaine
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
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Diego Asencio
Max Bruch
Midland
Birmingham
British Broadcasting Corp
America
Europe
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Annunzio
Paolo Mantovani
Menthol
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