Gail Parent’s Funny Streak Pays Dividends
New Yorker Gail Parent built a high flying career as a top comedy writer with the Carol Burnett Show. She and partner Kenny Solms created popular sketches and she authored Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York and other works.
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New York
Gail
New York University
Hollywood
Kenny Solms
Sheila Levine
Alan Hirsich
Cynthia Fishman
Nichols
May
Solms
Nichols and
Vaughn Meader
Kenny
Lucy Baines Johnson
Carol ‘Burnett
Larr
NYU
UCLA
Eye in the Sky keeps Nevada casinos safe from cheaters
Casinos in Reno and across Nevada credit a long running security network called the Eye in the Sky or catwalk with deterring professional cheaters who drain table games and slots. Observers behind two way mirrors monitor all casino spaces to prevent losses and maintain game integrity.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
House Security
Harolds Club
Religious Thinkers Begin 5 Day Event in Los Angeles
The International Congress of Learned Societies in Religion draws about 3000 participants from the US, Canada, Europe and the Far East. Ake Hultkrantz and J W E Newbery argue Indians’ ecological spirituality contrasts with modern Western progress and Christianity’s misreading of Indian theology. The congress theme is The Humanizing of Man. discussions question religious directions and civilization.
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Los Angeles
International Congress of Learned Societies
United States
Canada
Europe
Far East
Ake Hultkrantz
University of Stockholm
Hultkrantz
J.W.E. Newbery
University of Sudsbury
Ontario
North America
Newbery
Sydney E. Ahlstrom
Yale
Department of Religious Studies
Kingdom of God
Ahlstrom
Viet War update reports air strikes and ground fighting
South Vietnam recaps air campaign against targets in the DMZ and southern North Vietnam. B52s conducted 15 strikes Sunday and Monday, with 60 further strikes in South Vietnam near Quang Tri City and the Que Son Valley. Ground fighting continues at Tien Phuoc as Viet Cong and militiamen clash for control of a hilltop. South Vietnamese forces report gains on two hills at Fire Base Ross but say Ross remains under enemy control. North Vietnamese gunners hit Ross with 200 shells, wounding 14. Further clashes north of Saigon near Quan Loi involve about 400 North Vietnamese. Saigon claims 111 enemy killed and 14 weapons captured. Six South Vietnamese soldiers die, 37 wounded.
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Que Son
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Weekend Labor Day Road Toll Forecast
Millions resume travel after the Labor Day weekend as the holiday death toll window runs from Friday evening to midnight tonight. The National Safety Council predicts 580 to 680 fatalities from traffic accidents over the weekend.
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National Safety Council
Fire Guts Mt McKinley Hotel in Alaska
Fire roared through the main section of the Mt. McKinley Hotel at the base of North America’s tallest peak causing over 1 million dollars in damage. No injuries were reported and all 300 guests and staff escaped safely.
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Former Editor Nard Jones Dies at 68 in Seattle
Nard Jones, former feature editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and author of 17 books on the Pacific Northwest, died Sunday at his Seattle home after a long illness. He retired in 1970 after 17 years with the PI and planned a new Seattle history book with Doubleday.
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Walla Walla
Wash
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Puget
Meany Attacks McGovern As Apologist For Communism
AFL-CIO President George Meany denounces McGovern on CBS and says the Democratic candidate is an apologist for the Communist world. UAW President Leonard Woodcock says McGovern asked him to consider the vice presidency in July and preferred remaining as UAW head.
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George Meany
George McGovern
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
McGovern
CBS
Face the Nation
Meany
Labor
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Nixon
ABC
Issues and Answers
Woodcock
Skeep
UAW
Local volunteers raise funds for 1973 United Way operation
Frank Lovell, Lee Woods, and Ross Porter head a list of public employee division volunteers. Sam Joyner Jr., Bill Pahdo cony, James Dilbeck, A. J. Floyd and others will gather support and funds for the 23 United Way member agencies in the upcoming operation.
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Cell
Frank Lovell
Lee Woods
Ross Porter
Sam Joyner Jr
Bill Pahdocony
James Dilbeck
A. J. Floyd
Sam Joyner III
Paul Stinchcomb
Bill Blackburn
Rick Cline
Tom Tommaney
Milton Worley
Dick Riggs
T. G. Burns
Tom Trosper
Helen Boyd
Betty Ross
Pearl Harmon
J. D. McLemore
John Coffey
Norman Loftin
United Way
Tough soldier convicted of rape and murder years ago
Decrees signed by Thieu under special powers expire December 28. They include narcotics and corruption laws, expansion of the draft, and continued government press controls.
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Thieu
National races and pageant events across 1950s America
Crowds gathered in Indianapolis for the national championship drag races while railroad enthusiasts met in New York City. Fifty Miss America contestants arrived in Atlantic City for a week of rehearsals and registration. Labor Day origins are traced to 1882 with nods to Peter J. McGuire and Grover Cleveland. U S Senators Case and Williams attended ceremonies at McGuire’s grave in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
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Illinois
Indiana
Indianpolis
National Railway Historical Society
New York City
Oyster Bay
Atlantic City
N.J
Albert Marks, Jr
Grover Cleveland
Peter J. McGuire
Carpenter’s Union
American Federation of Labor
U.S
Clifford Case
Harrison Williams
New Jersey
McGuire
Pennsauken
Weather trough and high pressure shape state conditions
A weak trough formed late Sunday and moved rapidly eastward while a large high pressure system covered the state at the surface according to the Weather Service.
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Weather Service
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