Nadia Comaneci to co star with Flip Wilson on CBS special
Nadia Comaneci teams with comedian Flip Wilson for an American TV hour born from a CBS Wilson production shot in Romania. Producer Dumitru Udrescu notes Romania will largely benefit the sports federation, while U.S. rights and content edits remain negotiable between parties.
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Los Angeles
Nadia Comaneci
Flip Wilson
CBS
Wilson
Radioteleviziunea Romania
Dumitru Udrescu
Romania
Udrescu
Cbs-Wilson
Nadia
Romanian Gymnastics and Sports Federation
Monte Kay
Four Die In Memphis Weekend Shootings
Memphis police report four men killed and one officer wounded as multiple shootings unfolded over the weekend. Patrolman S A Comella was shot while serving a warrant. the alleged shooter Lynn Severson died in the ensuing exchange, with motive under investigation. Additional killings involve Julius Woods facing charges in James Cole's death and a separate fatal shooting of Michael Anthony Johnson amid a family quarrel. Ronnie Farmer is another victim in a separate Saturday morning incident.
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Memphis
S.A. Comella
Comella
Lynn Severson
Severson
Julius Woods
James Cole
Schultz
Cole
Woods
Michael Anthony Johnson
Clifton James Pigram
Johnson
Pigram
Ronnie Richard Farmer
Farmer
Hearing opens today on phone application
Two thirds of Arkansas Public Service Commission opened a hearing on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for a 20 million rate increase. Commissioner L. Scott Stafford was disqualified after preliminary work for an intervenor. The panel lacks a clear tie breaking provision if two others disagree. Bell had a 16 million increase in 1975. ACORN accused Bell of pocketing over 13 million. Bell denied the charge and said ACORN aimed to damage credibility before the hearing.
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Little Rock
State Public Service Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Commission
L. Scott Stafford
Arkansas Consumer Research
Robert Downie
John Pickett
Bell
Arkansas Community Organizations For Reform Now
ACORN
Civil rights fighter joins Carter transition team
Joseph Levin Jr. a Montgomery civil rights lawyer and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center joins Jimmy Carter’s transition team to handle criminal justice matters during the transfer. Levin, 33, has fought for black and women's rights and led cases such as Frontiero before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Alabama
Jimmy Carter
Justice Department
Joseph Levin Jr
Carter
Department
Levin
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Griffin Bell
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Burke Marshall
Robert F. Kennedy
James Vorenburg
Harvard
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery
Morris Dees
South
Center
Frontiero
Supreme Court
Baptists to Convene Over New Little Rock HQ Plan
Arkansas Baptist delegates gather at Park Hill Baptist Church in North Little Rock for the annual meeting. The executive board seeks approval for a 3.6 million dollar headquarters with five parking levels and two office levels, prompting concern among some members about the size of the project.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
North Little Rock
Park Hill Baptist Church
Wesley brothers start the Methodist movement in 1729
John and Charles Wesley, Oxford students, founded the Methodist Church in 1729 after adopting a disciplined approach to life and study described as “by rule and method.”
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John and
Charles Wesley
Oxford
Methodist Church
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