Benny tribute honors Jack Benny and his rise from violin to comedy
Mary Livingstone notes Benny and Hilliard Marks Doubleday coauthored a 322 page tribute. The book recounts his early Waukegan birth on Valentine’s Day 1894, vaudeville roots, and pioneering work in radio, television, and film. Mrs Benny adds personal anecdotes, friends’ testimonials, and a fond portrait of the entertainer.
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Jack Benny
Mary Livingstone
Benny & Hilliard Marks Doubleday
Emma
Meyer Kubelsky
Waukegan
Ill
Benjamin
Benny
Europe
Africa
Jack
Best-selling paperbacks listed with authors and titles
A catalog of popular paperback titles includes COMA by Cook, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND by Spielberg, VOYAGE by Hayden, THE SHINING by King, SWEET RUSH OF PASSION by Lovely, PROUD BLOOD by Carroll, and FALCONER by Cheever. These entries denote current best sellers and notable fiction and non fiction picks.
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Coma
Cook
Spielberg Voyage
Hayden
the Shining
King Sweet Rush OF
Lovely Proud Blood
Carroll Falconer
Cheever
Hardback best sellers list weekly rankings
A weekly rundown shows top hardcover titles led by The Thorn Birds by McCullough. The Silmarillion by Tolkien sits second, Bloodline by Sheldon fourth, with The Black Marble by Wambaugh and The Honourable Schoolboy by Le Carré also in the top ranks. Other noted titles include The Complete Book of Running by Fixx, The Second Ring of Power by Castaneda, All Things Wise and Wonderful by Herriot, and The Amityville Horror by Anson, plus The Mother, My Self featured on Friday.
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Fixx
Castaneda
Herriot
Anson
Mother
MY Self
Friday
Nixon memoirs deluxe editions offered to supporters
Grossett Dunlap promotes Nixon memoirs with a $50 cloth bound deluxe edition and a $250 leather and gold presentation edition autographed by Nixon. The firm sent letters to about 100 000 Nixon supporters and former contributors outlining the special editions and pricing. The list of books includes titles by various authors and operates as a broad promotional catalog.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Grossett & Dunlap
Nixon
Reviews Current Books at Middletown Library
The Journal lists a weekly batch of 300 to 400 new titles arriving at the Middletown Public Library. Highlights include Rachel the Rabbi’s Wife, The Conquering Hero, Walk Gently This Good Earth, The Haunted Sisters, Goldilocks, The Not-So-Nimble Needles, The Man in the Blue Flannel Pajamas, Humankind, Mao’s China, and The Private Pilot’s Blue Book, among others.
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Buzbee
Nicholson
Greene
Wallechinsky
Dyer
Pinnace Choir Boys
Wambaugh the
Middletown
Journal
Mcphee
Rosenthal
Williamson
Stewart
Dwyer
Bradbury
Burgess
Hawke
Jonas Humankind
Farb Mao
China Meisner
Spring Book Sale at Library Promotes 25 Cent Finds
The library kicks off National Library Week with a Spring Book Sale from April 3. Most items priced at 25 cents, sourced mainly from donated books and private collections. Staff review donations weekly, stamping and cataloging usable titles for borrowing. 16,700 books added in 1977, mostly new.
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Joe Penner
National Library Week
Court upholds death sentence in Detroit banker killing
The Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence for John Garside 40 of Columbus in the 1975 kidnapping and killing of Detroit banker James Crawford. Crawford abducted December 5 1975 as he headed to work for the National Bank of Detroit. His body was found December 11 in Licking County.
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Newark
Ohio
State Fifth District Court of Appeals
John Garside
Columbus
Detroit
Garside
Ohio Supreme Court
James Crawford
Crawford
The
National Bank of Detroit
Licking County
Public Utilities hearing set on Cincinnati Gas case
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio schedules a public hearing for Case No 77-375-EL-FAC Subfile A on February 27 1978 at 1000 AM EST. The review covers the fuel cost adjustment clause and gas procurement practices of The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company at the commission offices 180 East Broad Street Columbus Ohio. All interested persons may attend and request information from the commission.
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Public Utilities Commission of Onio
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
East Broad Street
Columbus
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
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Tolkien
Bloodline
Sheldon
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le Carre
Rachel
Tennebaum
the Singing
Wade
Storm Front
Finch Bloodline
Sheldon the
Haunted Sisters
Plaidy Goldilocks
McBain Bel
First Avenue
Trenton
Union Township
Peg Beatty
India
Ben Ames Williams
Chris McNabb
Johnny
Dayton
Richard Leakey
Leakey
By Douglas
J. Bean
Oorcraft
Floor Covering Inc
Armstrong Products
Vie
Layaeeth
Solarian VO Eas
Pau Nno Tinh
Rafuls
Foorcraft Floor Covering Inc
Cinn Dayton Rd
Manchester Machine Co
Coronette Carson
Nyri Gl
Betty Bonner
Bank Americard
VISA
Master
Public Utilities Commission OF
Randall G. Applegate
Budget Store
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