Vietnam general executed in 1968 now a Virginia restaurateur
The former Saigon general Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who shot a bound prisoner in 1963, lives near northern Virginia as a restaurant owner and secretary with a Washington firm. He defends his actions as necessary against Viet Cong or civilian terrorists while declining public attention. He and his family face continuing threats and scrutiny as Vietnamese refugees adjust to U.S. life amid financial and psychological challenges.
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Burke. Va
NEA
Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Gen Loan
Isthin
Virginia
Washington
Loan
Nguyen Cao Ky
Assembly House
America
Senate
Gow
California
Chim
Lean
Ace
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dolly Parton aims for cross over with new harvest album
Dolly Parton promotes a radical turn from country to pop with her RCA project First Gathering New Harvest. She talks of shedding the doll image and pursuing creative freedom while aiming to inspire other country artists to explore broader audiences.
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New Harvest
Dolly Parton
Porter Waggoner
RCA
Dolly
Top Ten Albums Listed With Major Acts and Live Titles
A chart lists ten albums and live recordings with artists including Fleetwood Mac Eagles Steve Wonder Marvin Gaye Barry Manilton Leo Sayer and the Beatles, featuring live performances at venues such as the Hollywood Bowl and London Palladium and noting titles like Rumors and the Rocky soundtrack.
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Fleetwood Mac
Hollywood Bow
Eagles
Commodores
Barry Maniton
Steve Wonder
Maron Gaye
London Palladium
Leo Sayer
Realistic medical novels and memoirs explore ER life
Capsule reviews discuss Gypsy in The Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club, Horowitz in Calling Dr Horowitz, and Woman Doctor by Haseltine. The pieces critique idealism and realism, hospital bureaucracy, and patient care amid chaotic emergency-room scenes and gender barriers in medicine.
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BP Reiter
Gypsy
Manhattan
Cadillac
East Manhattan
Horowitz
Florence Haseltine
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Jack Kruschen praises work and kids on Busting Loose
Veteran actor Jack Kruschen says he is the luckiest guy and enjoys both showing up and getting paid. He plays Sara Markowitz, father of Adam Arkin on CBS’s Busting Loose, and notes the show’s young performers have strong comedy sense. He laments the computer and corporate age hurting human and artistic aspects of the business and wishes for leadership change.
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Kruschen
Molly Brown
Sara Markowitz
Lenny
Adam Arkin
CBS TV
Adam
Lanvin Perfume Arpege Sees Price Surge Amid Eco Trend
Bernard Lanvin, Lanvin president and Jeanne Lanvin’s grand-nephew, notes a shift from heavy scents to headier florals as eco concerns rise. He cites Arpege demand and prices, with a quarter ounce bottle at $12.50 and six half liter bottles at $1,000 each, bought by wealthy buyers including Arabian oil magnates.
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Bernard Lanvin
Lanvin Perfumes
Lanvin
Jeanne Lanvin
Arpege
Women now lead as top stockholders in America
Richard Franke of John Nuveen and Co says surveys show women as the largest group of adult stock shareholders at 30.3 percent, edging out men. He notes the shareowner concentration shifting from New York City to Chicago, with California leading states and the Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin region rising to the top shareowner region.
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America
Richard Franke
John Nuveen and Co
Franke
New York City
Chicago
California
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
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Stan Mieses
Mick Jagger
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American Library Assa
Peggy Barber
Dr Kildare
Be 'E Lippincott
DR. Horowitz
Steve Horowts
Morrow
MO & Yeonne
Houghton Mifflin
Steve Horowitz
Dr Horowitz
U.S
University of Guadalajara
Mexico
American Medical Association
AMA
B.P. Reiter, M.D
American Library
Joan D. MacDonald
Lippincott
Oliver
Erich Segal
Harper & Row
Colleen McCull
Susan Howarch
Simon and Schuster
Falconer
John Cheever
Knopf
Chancellor
Robert Ludlum
Dial
Clive Cussier
Viking
Erica Jong
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Paul E. Erdman
Simon & Schuster
Leon Uris
Doubleday
ANS
Ion
Alex Haley
Brooke Hayward
Gail Sheehy
Dutton
Wayne W. Dyer
Funk & Wagnalls
Erma Bombeck
McGraw-Hill
Hite
Shere Hite
MacmilLan
Liv Ultmann
John Dean
Bubbles
Beverly Sills
Bobbs-Merrill
Elizabeth K
House OF Windsor
Robert Lacey
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Jack
Jack Kruschen
Candice Bergen
McCall's Magazine
Charlie McCarthy
Enterprise Assn
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