The Swarm Disaster Film Bees and Bravado
Hollywood column by Dick Kleiner details Irwin Allen's upcoming disaster film The Swarm about African killer bees. It covers on-set bee handling, safety gear, cast input with Michael Caine and Olivia DeHavilland, and Caine’s planned move from England to California due to high taxes and a fading UK film industry.
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Dick Kleiner
Hollywood
NEA
Irwin Allen
Cen
Allen
South America
Africa
California
Washington
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Olivia DeHavilland
Wil
Unie
Michael Caine
Katherine Ross
Bradford Dillman
Miss Ross
Marysville
Durant
Paul
Irwin
Caine
Philby
England
Olivia
Roger Moore
Ress
Farmers press for parity reach Carter home in Plains
About 2,500 farmers on 300 tractors and 1,000 pickups converged on Plains Georgia to seek 100 percent parity and a fair profit. They were promised a meeting with President Carter after he telephoned a Plains farmer delegate. The group urged Carter to back a five point plan and warned of crop withdrawals if goals aren’t met. Nearby, other farm actions and community notices were reported.
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Plains
UPI
Carter
Harold Israel
Georgia
Tommy Kersey
Florida
Alabama
A.m
Kersey
Rarhier
U.S
Cater
Missouri
Joseph P. Teasdales
Jefferson City
Arson crackdown cited as half of Omaha fires blamed
Assistant Fire Chief Vernon Trapp warned that about 50 percent of Omaha fires are arson, with a 300 percent rise over five years. A task force with police, fire officials, the Chamber of Commerce, and insurers seeks $85,000 for a state arson unit, while funding for informants may be sought locally. Trapp laments being outpaced by arsonists and notes 99 of 100 arsonists go free.
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Omaha
UPT
Vernon Trapp
Trapp
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Insurance Industry
State Crime Commission
Jack Swangon
Swanson
Bethlehem mayor wires Carter for Christmas peace message
Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij sent a Christmas telegram to President Carter from his office above Manger Square thanking the United States for efforts toward a just peace in the Holy Land. Freij, noting Carter’s support for Palestinian rights, said this was his first Christmas message to an American president.
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Jordan
UPI
Elias Freij
Carter
U.S
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White House
Manger Square
Holy Land
Middle East
Freij
Bell System seeks market orientation under Arch McGill
Arch McGill leads AT T change from operations focus to market oriented strategy. He studies customers and competitors including Wells Fargo Bank and IBM to boost earnings and speed up service. New products roll out, from California stores to Chicago mobile phone installations, while IBM remains a dominant data services rival.
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Arch McGill
McGill
Phyllis Diller
Metsill
At&t
McKinsey & Co
Inney
IBM
California
Wells Fargo Bank
Bell System
Chicago
Minds Bell
Pacific Telephone
ACA
Ma Bell
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Gilbert Ginsel
Lester Anderson
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SKY Theatre
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Wires Carter
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Giacomo Beltritti
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