Crosby opens Broadway return after 45 years
Bing Crosby 72 returns to Broadway for a two week run at a commercial theater after a New York Philharmonic benefit at Avery Fisher Hall. A 2,500 audience paid up to 250 dollars per ticket for Fordham Prep. Crosby wowed the crowd with 40 minutes of encores and praised Avery Fisher Hall acoustics after its 6 million dollar renovation. The gala included Rosemary Clooney, Richard Bennett, Gloria Swanson, Ethel Merman, and Fordham Glee Club. Crosby collected about 150 thousand dollars for the school.
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Rhodes-Cook clash tightens as Friday meeting set
Gov. James A. Rhodes will meet Friday at 8 a.m. with ousted highway safety chief Donald D. Cook amid a four man shakeup in the Ohio transportation agency. Curtis Andrews, former motor vehicles registrar, was named deputy director. M. Chiaramonte becomes highway safety chief and Dean L. Collison moves to deputy transportation secretary. Cook, who planned to go public Monday, says he will withhold comment until the meeting.
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ORSANCO seeks plan to probe PCB in Ohio River catfish
The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission urges state and federal lawmakers to draft a detailed plan by next month to investigate high PCB levels in catfish from 11 Ohio River sites. Officials aim to inventory PCB sources, assess sediment stability, and expand sediment testing. Representatives from VA WV IN KY PA attended, with EPA and FDA present.
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Ford denies post election moodiness and plans GOP activity
President Ford rejects reports he is low in spirits after the election. He says he will be active in Republican politics and told reporters through press secretary Ron Nelsen after meeting with the Republican national executive committee at the White House.
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Homestead course teaches self reliance values
Students in Ashland's public high school take a credit course aiming to build independence by living on $3,000 yearly. They slaughter and process meat, plant crops, raise dairy and poultry, and learn carpentry, wiring, and food preservation. Teacher Kenneth Hayes cites a philosophy of self pride and frugality to avoid mortgage burdens and consumer luxuries.
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Weather forecast: cold tonight and mixed next days
Tonight will drop to the low teens under clear skies. Wednesday’s high near 25 with partly cloudy skies. Precipitation chances near zero tonight and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high 43, overnight low 28. Rainfall totaled 0.28 inches. Extended outlook shows rain or snow Thursday through Saturday with a warming trend Friday and Saturday.
Palestinians warn of invasion as Lebanon border clashes escalate
Palestinian leaders ordered guerrillas and Lebanese leftists to maximum war alert along a 30 mile coastal stretch north of Israel. Guerrillas and Christians exchanged artillery fire while UN observers withdrew. A villager was killed and seven wounded as fighting intensified amid fears of a land and sea invasion supported by Israeli artillery. Israel denied plans to redeploy forces into southern Lebanon.
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