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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1976

Page

2

Fred Astaire breaks wrist skateboarding in Beverly Hills

A casted left wrist for Fred Astaire after a skateboard fall in his Beverly Hills courtyard. He had completed work on The Amazing Dobermans and will be out six weeks, forcing him to drop another project and cancel a lawyer visit.

Fred Astaire Beverly Hills Astaire David Chadnow

Missiles and clashes stain Beirut and Johannesburg

Beiruts eastern sector saw Soviet made surface to air missiles fired from Palestinian positions while Christian artillery shelled Moslem neighborhoods injuring twelve. In Port Elizabeth police fired on stonethrowing crowds as white business leaders urged better living conditions for blacks amid calls for curfews and unrest.

Beirut Lebanon Iere Sadi Salan Pierre Gemayel Phalangist Party Johannesburg Port Elizabeth

Peck as Douglas MacArthur calls role greatest voting challenge

Independent Press reports actor Gregory Peck, aboard the USS Missouri in Bremerton, says his portrayal of General Douglas MacArthur is the greatest voting challenge of his career. The impromptu news conference occurred at the site of Japan's surrender signing in World War II.

Peck Gregory Peck Gen Douglas MacArthur Bremerton Wash

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