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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1975

Page

8

Top Names Vie For Fear Of Flying Role In Film Adaptation

Ali MacGraw is a leading finalist for the film version of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying with Columbia Pictures eyeing Julie Christie Faye Dunaway Jane Fonda Goldie Hawn Liza Minnelli Carly Simon Barbra Streisand among others. Cybill Shepherd remains in play for Taxi Driver while Robert De Niro anchors the project. an obituary note mentions Robert Reed planning a Vienna summer with Contessa Maria Anna von Friedenhausen.

Hollywood Ali MacGraw Ms. MacGraw Steve McQueen Erica Jong David Begelman Columbia Pictures Julie Christie Faye Dunaway Jane Fonda Goldie Hawn Liza Minnelli Carly Simon Barbra Streisand Ali Begelman Petrovka Sugarland Express League of Stars Peter Seller Cybill Shepherd Daisy Miller Peter Bogdanovich Cybill Columbia New York

Contessa dies as critics blame overexposure and publicity

Marilyn Beck reports the Contessa’s burial amid claims she was created by Reed publicity stunts. Publicists fueled a fictitious romance with eye witness tales from Beverly Hills to Paris. Donations to Honesty in Flakery Suggested. Also notes on Cohen Russia co production talks, Wayne Newton BBC special, Fox trot in Mexico, and James Whitmore’s Give ’em Hell stage show.

Reed Contess Contessa Beverly Hills Switzerland Paris New York Foundation For Honesty Flakery Larry Cohen U.S.S.R Dostoevski Mexico Peter O'Toole Charlotte Rampling Max von Sydow Jorge Luke Arturo Ripestein U.S Gerald Green James Whitmore Harry Electronovision San Francisco

Evening TV Schedule and Program Guide Fragment

A dense TV grid lists shows and times from 6:00 to 11:55, including concentration, truth shows, game shows, dramas, and nicknamed programs. It notes titles like Gunsmoke, The Iron Mistress, Hollywood Squares, and Password among others with brief channel blocks and sequencing.

Channel 19 program lineup and history items listed

Channel 19 at 9 p.m. features Charles Kuralt on On the Road with segments from Kansas wheat country and Hoover Alabama. A hospital scene hints at a syndicate case as a hood prepares to testify. Other listings include Maude, Rhoda, Perry Mason, CBS News Special and a slate of daytime and game shows.

Charles Kuralt Kansas Wheat Country Hoover Ala Channel 19 S.wa.t. A Hospital Hood Maude Walter Bighorn Advancin Health Caribe Ben Mark CBS News Eee Johnny Carso Wlac-Tv ABC News

How Can a Helicopter Stop in Space

Knowledge column explains helicopter lift and control through rotor blades and cyclic stick. It contrasts helicopter lift with airplanes and describes how tilting the rotor disc moves the craft. Also includes a daily riddle and a kids’ knowledge contest entry notice with winners Heather Hitchman and Jim Swaffield.

Heather Hitchman St. James Jamaica West Indies Book of Knowledge Jim Swaffield Sherwood Park Alberta Canada

Area Men In Service Training At Fort Benning And Great Lakes

Fort Benning Georgia Army 2nd Lt. Houston A Yarbrough son of Mr and Mrs Leard L Yarbrough Athens 2 completed a nine week infantry officer basic course at the U S Army Infantry School He learned leadership personnel intelligence map and airphoto reading operations logistics tactical communications and equipment and weapons This training readies him for duties of a company grade officer Navy Seaman Recruit Michael J Vankirk son of Mr and Mrs George Stokely at 216 Texas Circle Athens graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois He studied seamanship military regulations firefighting close order drill first aid and Navy history.

Ft. Benning Houston A. Yarbrough Leard L. Yarbrough Athens 2 U.S. Army Infantry School Navy Michael J. Vankirk George Stokely Texas Circle Athens Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill

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