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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1981

Page

3

Playwright Williams rails against vulgar New South in Raleigh

Tennessee Williams criticizes industrialization and its vulgarities in the South during a Raleigh appearance. He defends some vulgarity as drama but opposes excess, denying approval of a new Streetcar film, while promoting his cabaret based on his poetry. Related report notes Jacqueline Kennedy TV dramatization casting Jacquelyn Kennedy will air in fall with shoots set in Washington Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Associated Press Raleigh N.C Tennessee Williams New South South Theater In the Park Williams Glass Menagerie Carolina Regional Theater Sylvester Stallone Marlon Brando New York Jaclyn Smith ABC Charlie's Angels Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Washington Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles

Ex-U S energy chief foresees $10 gas by 2000

Former Federal Energy Administrator Frank G Zarb told a Senate subcommittee that gasoline could reach ten dollars a gallon by the turn of the century. He proposed a one cent per gallon tax to accelerate stockpiling of the strategic oil reserve and suggested surcharges on heating and cooling bills as alternatives.

Washington Frank G. Zarb Zarb Nixon Ford Senate New York Mideast Zard United States Carter Reagan

Army recruiting letter targets young boy in Norfolk

A Virginia mother explains a Marine Corps recruitment slip inviting 7-year-old Justin Ferguson to join at a starting salary of 400 dollars a month. Officials say the mailing was a mistake, noting such notices are sent to 11th and 12th graders and the file will be kept for future contact.

Norfolk Marine Corps Ned Stackfield

Adams urged fasting to extend life says biographer

New York AP reports John Quincy Adams believed early in his career that regular exercise and diet could lengthen life. Biographer Jack Shepherd notes Adams fought weight gain and advocated fasting including Lent practices. The diary entries reflect his stance on reformers in New England.

New York John Quincy Adams

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