Pryor Smashes Gay Rights Benefit With Racial Jibe
Comedian Richard Pryor at Hollywood Bowl stoked a stunned silence during a star-studded human rights benefit. He fired a racially charged attack on gays, recalling Watts and challenging the audience on race and rights. Backup commentary suggested he bombed and left the stage after a sharp, controversial outburst. The event, intended as a pro rights showcase, drew mixed reactions from attendees including Paul Newman and Olivia Newton-John. In another note, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and Cornelia Wallace face divorce proceedings in Montgomery with a pretrial conference set to refine issues of temperament and alleged abuse.
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Irish sailor rescued after solo Atlantic crossing bid
Enda Rabbitt, a 21 year old from Ireland, sailed solo in an 17 foot rubber dinghy from Halifax, Nova Scotia. After 3500 miles he faced gale force winds and 30 foot waves. An SOS prompted Stromness to rescue him 500 miles west of the Irish coast. RAF spotted him and radioed the navy. He left Halifax on September 7 in an $8750 craft and is safe.
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Preacher Ruth Carter Stapleton in London for three day lectures
Ruth Carter Stapleton sister of President Carter arrives in London with her husband for a three day series of lectures on her work as a preacher and spiritual healer and to publicize her book The Gift of Inner Healing. She denies reports that the president would rather be a full time preacher and says he will not give up politics though he is deeply religious. The piece also notes nominations for U N General Assembly 1977 posts including Coretta Scott King and others with alternate representatives listed.
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Nixon weighed quitting in 1973 says Price
Raymond Price Jr., Nixon's chief speech writer, says Nixon seriously considered resigning in 1973 due to Watergate troubles. The account appears in Price's book With Nixon, published by Viking Press in November, portraying a White House confidant defending the presidency.
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Kent State gym project sparks clashes at protest site
About 300 protesters and onlookers watched heavy earthmoving equipment dig into a hillside at Kent State University to start a gym annex while campus police and sheriff's deputies kept the crowd back. The May 4, 1970, antiwar killings remained in memory as authorities guarded the area. No injuries or arrests were reported.
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John Wayne backs Panama Canal treaty visit
Gen Omar Torrijos of Panama says actor John Wayne supports the new canal treaty and will travel to Panama to demonstrate backing. Wayne, who lives in Newport Beach, California, was not immediately available for comment.
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