Bette Midler tops Big Apple stage with dazzling Palace debut
Eyewitness accounts describe Bette Midler drawing huge crowds and record salaries for a three week run at the Palace Theatre. Promoters note $100,000 weekly totals and six shows weekly as fans and celebrities fill the opening night lobby. Attendees recount wild costumes, propulsive energy, and a night of high roars, with Midler delivering a dynamic, provocative performance.
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New York
Bette Midler
Ave Theater
Vegas
Jimny Nederlander
Palace
Belle Midler
Dudy Garland
Dyan Cannon
Peter Boyle
Julie Newsar
Judy Gagland
Manali
Winter Garden
Liza Minnelli
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6Th St
TV Schedule Snapshot for Monday December 10
Local TV listings show KOLN TV-10 airings including news at 7 and late movie. WOW TV presents The Snowman special and a Medical Center news segment. One-hour late movie blocks and additional local programming fill the night schedule.
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Koln-Tv
Jad Grinch
Tye Brenty Ihe
Perry Cama
Wow-Tv
En Parry Comeved Medical Center
Journalism awards presented pair at UNO banquet
UNO Journalism awards honored Omaha World-Herald reporter columnist AL Frisbie and White House aide Miss Pat Matson for their coverage and media coordination. Ralph Olwell, Chicago Sun Times editor, spoke on press credibility and public confidence amid Nixon era politics.
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GMAHA
Neb
Uniersity of Nebraska At Omaha
Omaha World - Herald
White House
AL Frisbie
Twell
Nixon
Louis Harris
Obwell
Eviclen
Jacoby on bridge Jacoby on bridge By Oswald
Oswald and Jansen discuss the difficulty of expert mistakes in bridge. They analyze a hand where Tod's spade lead and subsequent plays cost South two spades and a diamond, noting expert play would avoid losing the first trick and manage ruffs with trump control.
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Oswald
Jim
Tod
East
South
West
Che
Bridge bidding puzzle with partner rebid question
A bridge bidding article presents a sequence with 10 West North East South iv 2 Pass 40 and a hold AK S65 FABI2 K 104 065. It asks what to bid next given partner has 18 or 8 balanced points and the responder 11, suggesting three nt maybe. The piece promises tomorrow’s answer and credits Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Sioux City Gambling Case Faces Court Monday
In Sioux City Iowa a dozen plus defendants including Lev Proehele 54 Carl Morgan 55 and Theodore Fullenworth 33 tavern operators were scheduled for court on gambling charges after raids Friday. A state crime commission officer Dean A Haze 21 and 22 others were charged with resorting to a gambling house. Police reported sepia cards money and old gambling devices found at sites. Court appearances set in Woodbury District Court as the city expands offshore fishing limits to 50 miles.
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Sioux City
Towa
Towa Crime Commission
Lev Proehele
Carl Morgan
Theodore Fullenworth
Dean A. Haze
State Crime Commission
Camelot wins and Tango loses in Hollywood entertainment talk
Loretta Young urges more films with good values as Camelot draws big crowds while Tango falters. George Stevens Jr says film business contracts with fewer pictures and steady faithful audiences. Neil Diamond's Jonathan Livingstone Seagull soundtrack meets backorders, Victoria Principal shares weightlifting origin for staying fit.
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Loreta Young
Hollywood
Frontier
Audul Latay
Missoun
Lorella Young Division
Sehlek, Inc
Loretta
Wilshire Boulevard
Ant
Congo
Pauls
Camelot
Sand
George Stevens, Jr
American Film Institute
Stevens
Living Memorial Gift To Columbus Library Foundation
Columbus Library notes a Living Memorial for Todd R. Saunders funded by Rose and Eugene Saunders. A Certificate of Deposit in the Foundation’s name will support book purchases. Memorials to Scott Rudat arrive from John and Mrs. Stachura. New books include Shadow of a Lady by Jane Aiken Hodge and Never Dancing at the White House by Art Buchwald.
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Win
Jacobsen
Columbus Library Foundation
Todd R. Saunders
Rose
Eugene Saunders
Todd BR. Saunders
Scott. Rudat
John Stachura
Sevice
Jane Aiken Hodge
Naples
Allen Drury
America
White House
Capitol Hill
RF. Delderfield
Delderfield
Swann
England
Flanders
Art Buchwald
Attempting to uninize Douglas County employees at courthouse
An effort to unionize most Douglas County Court house staff is underway in Omaha with fear of job reprisals cited by those willing to speak anonymously. Organizer David Newell of the AFSCME said county employees driving the drive aim for a strong majority to advance the issue.
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Omaha
Neb
Douglas County
Sam Howell
David Newell
American Federation of State
Newell
Bob Hope plans Christmas at home this year
AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt reports Bob Hope, who spent past Christmases entertaining U.S. troops, will stay in Toluca Lake California with his family. He recalls overseas tours since 1948 and envisions a two hour TV special in 1978 compiling city clips and World War I footage, while considering public TV subsidies and a homefront show.
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Bob Hope
U.S
Toluva Buke
Calif
Yin
Jope
Berlin
Anita Exberg
Willliam Molden
Hedda Hopper
Greenland
Christus
South Vietnam
Uupe
United States
Avith
Frances Langtarderry Colonna
Tony Romano
America
Jackie Gleason
Red Skelton
Bus Fire damages Greyhound rig near Aurora Nebraska
A Greyhound bus loaded with freight but no passengers suffered about 10000 dollars in damage in a fire late Saturday west of Aurora on Interstate 80. State trooper James Lichtenberg said a rear wheel bearing on the inside dual tire likely ignited the blaze, which the driver could not control before flames spread to other tires and the baggage area. The bus bound for Chicago was towed to Omaha.
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Aurora
Neb
Greyhound
James Lichtenberg
Chicago
Omaha
Nebraskan rider finishes sixth in NFR bull riding
Jerome Robinson of Brandon Nebraska placed sixth in bull riding averages at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City. He finished fourth in the final go round and earned points on seven of ten bulls for a total of 42 points. Robinson totaled 18 73 dollars across nine days of competition and finished the year ranked ninth with 13 902 dollars. This was his fourth year at the finals as a bull rider.
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Brandon
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