Three year old Jeddie Rhodes dies ending parents ordeal
In Wilkes Barre Pa a three year old boy Jeddie Rhodes died after his parents pleaded to remove him from life support. He remained on a mechanical respirator at Mercy Hospital when he passed away Tuesday. His father Robert and mother Denise had waited in the hospital since the day he was struck by a car in Sugar Notch. Doctors had said the injuries were fatal but could not estimate when death would come.
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The Thorn Birds paperback deal sets publishing record
Colleen McCullough banks a 1.9 million dollar Avon deal for The Thorn Birds after a Harper & Row advance. she plans nursing school, recalls 14 hour writing sprints, and completed the 530 page saga in nine weeks last summer. The novel, about the Cleary family, hits stores May 18.
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Network Writers Strike Averted
Los Angeles AP reports writers vote to approve three year contracts with CBS ABC and NBC and others avoiding a strike that could halt TV production. Over 3 200 guild members cast unanimous yes in LA and New York. Contracts raise pay eight to ten percent for writers under major studio alliance plans.
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Privette Honored By Students At Wake Forest
Winston-Salem AP reports Rev. Coy Privette, head of the North Carolina Baptist Convention and ex gubernatorial candidate, accepted the alumni of the year award from Wake Forest University’s Male Residence Council. The same group previously chose Hustler publisher Larry Flynt as man of the year. Privette criticized the constitution as not meant to shield a “merchant of filth” and urged views opposing premarital sex and pornographic material.
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Self-Sufficient: The self-made men who succeed
A compact reflection on achievement highlighting individuals who built success through home-grown opportunities, initiative, and personal effort. It emphasizes practical grit and resourcefulness over luck or inherited advantage.
New York Faces Worst Threat of Bankruptcy
New York City faces its worst bankruptcy threat since the financial emergency began 15 months ago. Banks unions and President Carter clash over a solution to a $1 billion court ruling and a looming cash crisis with March deadlines and potential vendor and bondholder defaults.
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