Sevareid Retires as CBS News Essayist After 39 Years
Eric Sevareid delivered his final CBS Evening News commentary in measured, personal terms as he steps from regular broadcasts into retirement. He, who turned 65, reflected on loyalties, morals, and the press as he recalled Ed Murrow and the early radio days, expressing hope to produce occasional documentaries.
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British playwright Rattigan dies at 66 in Bermuda home
Sir Terence Rattigan, noted for Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy, died Wednesday at his Bermuda residence at age 66. The knighted writer, whose career spanned 40 years with over 50 plays and screenplays, studied modern history at Oxford and rose to fame with French Without Tears in 1936. He never married and was with Harold French when he passed.
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Vorster wins landslide in all white South Africa election
In Johannesburg, Prime Minister John Vorster and his National Party captured 107 of 165 seats as the all white parliament election concluded with opposition Liberal Progressive Federal Party securing 17 seats. The vote reinforces Afrikaner control amid tensions over racial policy and reform.
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Falk to marry actor Peter Falk in Beverly Hills church
Peter Falk 50 and actress Shera Lynn Daness 28 plan to wed this Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. A spokesman said a Beverly Hills Hotel reception will follow. Wayne Rogers serves as best man. ushers include John Cassavetes Ben Gazzara and Bob Dishy. a short January honeymoon follows the current Columbo film.
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Libel suit filed by Davis Ashton Robinson over Blood and Money
Houston oilman Davis Ashton Robinson, cleared last month of conspiracy in the murder of his father in law Dr. John Hill, sues paperback and magazine publishers for 20 million dollars. The action mirrors an earlier suit against Thomas Thompson and Double Day Co. alleging false portrayals of him as responsible for Hill’s death.
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Alaska Lt Gov urged to resign over race marriage remark
The Anchorage Native Caucus and Southeast Alaska Empire call for Lt. Gov. Lowell Thomas Jr. to resign after he told the Alaska Black Caucus marriage between blacks and whites is against nature. The remark followed a trip from a South Africa wildlife conference that provoked protests from Alaska’s black community. Frank Poratrovich sent a wire to Governor Hammond urging resignation.
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House backs compromise on Social Security earnings limits
Washington reports a tentative House willingness to drop the retirement earnings limit for 65 and older while the Senate backs a phased rise to 6,000 by 1979. A House vote on instructing conferees failed 209 to 183 as negotiations loom amid labor talks and stalled state pay.
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Ray given additional sentence in King escape case
Judge Lee Asbury in Wartburg Tennessee imposed an extra one to two year term on James Earl Ray for his June Brushy Mountain escape. Ray argued the sentence could be voided if acquitted of King’s murder, but the judge said the escape was committed while confined and the sentence stands.
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