Thomas Thompson, 49, Dies of Liver Cancer in Los Angeles
Award winning reporter and author Thomas Thompson died at St. Vincent's Hospital of liver cancer at 49. A service was planned at Beverly Hills All Saints Episcopal Church with cremation to follow. Thompson wrote Serpentine Blood and Money and Celebrity and earned the Edgar Allan Poe special award from the Mystery Writers of America. News described his career from the Houston Press to Life magazine ending with his best selling works.
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UPI
Thomas Thompson
Serpentine
St. Vincent's Hospital
Thompson
Beverly Hills All Saints Episcopal Church
Joan Robinson
John
Edgar Allen Poe
Mystery Writers of America
Texas
New York
The
Houston Press
University of Texas
America
Life Magazine
John Huston Receives AFI Life Achievement Award
John Huston, 76, is feted by the American Film Institute with its Life Achievement Award. The director of The Maltese Falcon The Treasure of Sierra Madre and The African Queen will be honored at a March 3 dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Los Angeles
John Huston
American Film Institute
Huston
Sierra Madre
Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
AFI
George Stevens
The
Institute
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Eileen Brennan Stable After Jaywalking Accident
Actress Eileen Brennan 48, in Daniel Freeman Marina Mercy Hospital stable but guarded after being struck by a speeding car while jaywalking near a dinner with Goldie Hawn. Brennan, Emmy winner for Private Benjamin, visits included by Hawn and colleagues Carol Kane and Hal Williams.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Eileen Brennan
Goldie Hawn
Miss Brennan
Capt. Lewis
Private Benjamin
Daniel Freeman Marina Mercy Hospital
Miss Hawn
Carol Kane
Simka Gravas
Hal Williams
Sgt
Ted Ross
Proxmire Plans Frugal Re election Campaign in Wisconsin
In Madison Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire says he will spend around 100 on his bid for re election. Federal Elections Commission figures show many Senate colleagues spent far more with some topping a million dollars. Proxmire 66 notes a third of his budget goes to postage and 42 covers printing his nomination papers. He has no campaign committee or plans to form one. A recent poll shows his strength near his 1976 level with McCallum trailing.
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Wis
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Senate
Federal Elections Commission
Commission
Scott McCallum
Fond du Lac
Unknown offers presidency to Indiana lawyer Bogard
The Legal Services Corp. board voted eight to two to offer its presidency to Donald Bogard of Indianapolis who is director of litigation for Stokely-Van Camp Inc. Bogard is virtually unknown to the legal aid community and faced a heated meeting with many Legal Services lawyers in attendance.
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Donald Bogard
Indianapolis
Bogard
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc
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