Davis to take control of Fox in 800 million merger
In Brief reports Marvin Davis's 800 million takeover of 20th Century Fox makes him the first individual to own all voting stock of a major studio since early Hollywood. The deal becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday after 79 percent of Fox shareholders approved at a special meeting. Also announced US grain sales to the USSR totaling 6 million metric tons over four months, the first since the embargo lift, disclosed in London after talks led by Boris Gordeev.
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Los Angeles
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Denver
Marvin Davis
Davis
Hollywood
Fox-Davis
Fox
London
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Sealey G. Lodwick
Boris Gordeev
Genius fugitive Williams nabbed after Manhattan hotel shootout
Ronald Williams, 38, once on the FBI's most wanted list for murder and prison escapes, was shot by an FBI agent during a lobby stakeout at the Hotel George Washington in Manhattan. He survived with wounds to the head chest and arm and was in Bellevue Hospital in fair condition. Williams had a long criminal record including armed robbery kidnapping arson and the 1975 murder of Police Sgt. David Lilly in Beckley West Virginia.
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New York
FBI
Manhattan
Ronald Williams
George Washington
Bellevue Hospital
Williams
West Virginia
Moundsville
Arizona
Colorado
Pennsylvania
John Dalsey
Dalsey
David Lilly
Beckley
W.va
Dale Carnegie
Southwest Kansas Heat Wave Expected With 100s
In southwest Kansas temperatures were forecast to reach 100 today after Monday highs of 107 at Garden City 104 at Dodge City 101 at Hutchinson and 100 at Salina and Wichita with lows ranging from 57 at Goodland to 77 at Coffeyville and Pittsburg. Scattered storms were possible in the northeast tonight as a Pacific Northwest high brings relief by Wednesday with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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Hi Lo
Garden City
Goodland
Hutchinson
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Begin condemns world criticism of Iraqi reactor strike
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin rejected foreign condemnation of the bombing near Baghdad and said Israel acted to safeguard its people. Voters ahead of the June 30 election appeared pleased, with many praising the raid despite global disputes and concerns over broader implications.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Begin
Baghdad
Iraq
U.N. Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Italy
Anwar Sadat
Arab League
U.S. State Department
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Peres
U S fears tension escalation after Israeli strike on Iraqi reactor
The Reagan administration faces a possible rise in Arab anger and risks to U S peace efforts after Israel used American supplied jets to destroy an Iraqi nuclear reactor. Officials cite potential arms sales limits and a destabilized Camp David process, while Habib works to defuse cross border tensions.
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Washington
Reagan
Middle East
Israel
Administration
Congressional
U.S
State Department
Department
Congress
William Clark
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
D-Wis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Camp David
Philip Habib
Syria
Habib
Paris
Pressler
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Clark
Wichitan seeks eviction of elderly parents meets support
Clarence S Johnson of Wichita faces eviction actions against his aged parents Ed 88 and Elizabeth 77 with relatives voicing support for his aims while questions of care and finances surface. His sister Connie Unruh backs him saying the couple need constant medical care though some kin defend the parents. The dispute escalated as Clarence filed eviction and the parents counterclaimed.
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Wichita
Kan
Clarence S. Johnson
Johnson
Connie Unruh
Grove
Okla
Ed Johnson
Elizabeth
Bill Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Pittsburg
Clarence
Janet Johnson
Judge seeks Air Force Titan II report in Rock missile case
U S District Judge Patrick Kelly in Wichita asked the Air Force to release its 1978 Titan II missile accident report from Rock Kansas to assess security justifications for withholding it. The first trial phase in December will involve about 30 injury lawsuits to determine liability between the Air Force and missile makers. Lawyers for plaintiffs seek the investigative files during pretrial exchanges. officials cite national security.
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Wichita, Kan
Air Force
Rock
Kan
U.S
Patrick Kelly
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