Fay Wray remembered for King Kong role and film career
Ex star Fay Wray, living in Brentwood, rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s. She starred with top leads such as Ronald Colman Spencer Tracy Cary Grant and Gary Cooper and became tied to the King Kong monster film. She retired in 1943, briefly returned in 1955 after Robert Riskin's death, and appeared on television before her final film Hell on Frisco Bay in 1955.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Fay Wray
Empire State Building
Ronald Coleman
Spencer Tracy
Cary Grant
Gary Cooper
Miss Wray
Merian Coorer
Belwo the Sea
Brentwood
Hell On Frisco Bay
King Kong
Upifoto
Teresa Off Streets In Welfare Plan
Teresa Haney, 16, once spent time on the streets of a southeast Atlanta neighborhood, smoking dope and hustling for money. She dislikes school and often cuts classes while living with her mother on welfare, Connie, 15, two younger brothers in a two room basement apartment, and a single pair of shoes. Her family struggles to eat when welfare funds run low, shaping her feelings about herself and education.
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Atlanta
UPI
Teresa Haney
Teresa
Connie
Roosevelt High School
Valena Nunnally
Phoenix
Opal Walker
Superior Court
Marilyn Riddel
Mountain Bell
Lisbon Junta in Deep Trouble Amid Anti Communist Violence
The leftist three man junta in Portugal faces growing pressures as anti Communist mobs and some soldiers clash with police. Reports say power struggles involve Prime Minister Vasco Goncalves and security chief Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho while some units show no confidence in the premier. Col Jaime Neves hints at possible counter moves, though a coup is disputed.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Vila Novo de Famalicao
Communist Party
Goncalves
Carvalho
Jaime Neves
Neves
Frost Hits Brazilian Coffee Crops Deep in Parana
In one night last month Brazil suffered its worst frost in half a century destroying about 70 percent of next year’s crop. The impact threatens 180,000 farm workers in Parana and could drive growers to abandon plantations for soy and wheat. Citizens fear widespread hunger and unemployment as government aid is sought.
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Londrina
Brazil
UPI
Latin America
Paula Biecho
Parana
Brazilian Coffee Institute
IBC
Ramarcos Schauff
Schauff
Jaworski argues Nixon hid tapes for future sale and power
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski said Nixon kept the tapes hoping to edit and sell them later. He also speculated a large reelection victory in 1972 led Nixon to be more careful, and he noted a suspected cause for the 18 minute gap in the Haldeman tape.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Richard M. Nixon
Jaworski
Nixon
ABC TV
Issues and
PBS
Martin Agronsky
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Henry S
Kissinger Sees Dracula Land During Romania Visit
Secretary of State Kissinger toured the castle in Sinaia with President Ford and Romanian leader Ceausescu. He joked about becoming a king as they visited the Transylvania site famed in legend and films where Dracula is said to have lived.
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Sinaia
Romania
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Jailer's Trousers Take The Stand
Prosecution in the murder trial of Joan Little plans to introduce the jailer's trousers and Little’s personal possessions as evidence. District Attorney William C. Griffin said the items will be presented Monday to support the self defense claim in the case from Raleigh North Carolina.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Clarence Alligood
Joan Little
William C. Griffin
Willis Peachey
Beaufort County
Alligood
Peachey
Jerry Paul
Miss Little
Paul
Superior Court
Hamilton Hobgood
Griffin
Northwest Airlines pilots plan dawn strike despite mediation warning
More than 1,500 Northwest Airlines pilots planned to strike at 2 a.m. Monday, though the National Mediation Board warned such action would violate federal law. No talks were in progress, and union officials questioned the board's jurisdiction while a tentative agreement from July 17 had cooled a prior strike threat.
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Louisville
UPI
Sue Connor
Concerned Parents, Inc
Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Louie Nunn
Clay Smothers
U. S
James Gordon
Connor
Kentucky
Gordon
Jefferson County
U.S
John Fulton
US 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
National Mediation Board
National Railway Act
Rob Rezanka
Air Line Pilots Association
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