Stuttering actor Mel Tillis rebuffed by networks over ads
NBC and CBS rejected four Purina Dog Chow commercials featuring Mel Tillis citing concerns his stutter could offend viewers. Tillis and spokesman Ernie Otto questioned how networks could know his fame. The report overlaps with other varying celebrity items from the same UPI dispatch.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
NBC
Country Music Association
Mel Tillis
Ernie Otto
Tillis
CBS
Minnesota Faces Large Wind Fueled Forest Fires
Minnesota reports 36 new fires fanned by winds up to 50 mph increasing the statewide total to 181. The Blaine blaze, about 400 acres, was contained late Thursday, while a Northwestern Minnesota fire scorched about 6 000 acres. Wisconsin also battled major blazes near Thorp and Withee as Itasca County considers disaster aid for resorts.
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Rhed
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Blaine
Grand Rapids
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Itasca County Board of Commissioners
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Taylor
Thorp
Withee
Lublin
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Nebraska commission offers seeds and shrubs for 1977 spring planting
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announces free seeds shrubs and trees for rural landowners. Choices include Cedar and Ponderosa pine bundles or mixed Cedar Ponderosa pine Chokecherry and American plum with a ten year grazing protection pledge. Sweet clover seed to plant about 5 acres available without city limits.
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Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Clayton Stalling
Northeast
Nebraska
Iowa Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in ABP Officials Case
Des Moines reports the state will appeal a Story County ruling that there was insufficient evidence to charge Frank R. West and Robert E. Lee of American Beef Packers. Judge Fagg dismissed the conspiracy case tied to ABP bankruptcy and bad checks.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court
Story County
American Beef Packers Inc
George Fagg
Frank R. West
ABP
Robert E. Lee
Fagg
Marshalltown
West
Lee
Woman sues government for more work in West Germany
Felicitas Strippgen a 57 year old senior clerk in the West German Housing Ministry sues for more work after claiming she is paid 286 a week to do nothing. A Bonn labor court ordered the ministry to provide at least the minimum work consistent with her pay, citing a 34 day period of idleness with only nine minutes of work on one day.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Felicitas Strippgen
Housing Ministry
Pigeon Drop Swindle Warned By Local Chamber
The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce warns residents about the pigeon drop scam. Con artists target elderly victims by promising wealth and a quick windfall, then persuade them to hand over savings before disappearing.
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Columbus Area
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