Memorial service honors James Stewart humble star
About 350 people attended a Beverly Hills memorial for actor James Stewart at the church he worshipped in, with 2,000 outside and friends from Hollywood including June Allyson and Bob Hope. Lt Gen Roger DeKok spoke of Stewart’s WWII service, noting his 20 combat missions and Flying Cross. The service featured hymns, taps, and a final singalong to It’s a Wonderful Life themes.
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Everly Hills
Calif
James Stewart
Stewart
Kelly Harcourt
Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church
June Allyson
Bob Hope
Nancy Reagan
Carol Burnett
Esther Williams
Robert Stack
Jim Morrison
Roger DeKok
Air Force
DeKok
Air Corps
Europe
Gloria
GOP lawmakers back arts funding in NEA dispute
A letter from 28 Republican congressmen signals possible break with leadership to back funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The signers defend federal seed money as supporting nearly a million jobs and $3.4 billion in revenue for the government, even as leaders propose only $10 million for the NEA this year.
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Benjamin A. Gilman
R-N.y
Jim Leach
Rtowa
Banking Committee
Gingrich
Paul A. Allaire
Xerox Corp
John Brademas
New York University
GOP
NEA
Lazio
Clinton
Mandela hosts Holyfield at villa in Martha's Vineyard visit
Nelson Mandela welcomed Evander Holyfield and his wife Janet to his home in South Africa and noted Holyfield's title reign after Tyson’s ear-biting rematch. Meanwhile Martha's Vineyard prepares for President Clinton's late summer stay at Richard Friedman's Oyster Pond estate, with road closures and crowd impacts anticipated. The edition also covers Donny Osmond joining the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Howse facing multiple gun and explosives charges from a Fourth of July incident.
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Holyfield
Mandela
Janet
Britain
Thailand
Indonesia
Edgartown
Mass
Martha’ S Vineyard
Princess Diana
Kennedys
Clinton and Co
Clintons
Oyster Pond
Richard Friedman
Secret Service
Harland Gibbs
Martha's Vineyard
Manchester
N.Y
Donny Osmond
Osmond
Toronto
New York
Joseph
Marie
Utah
Tyson
Las Vegas
Nevada Athletic Commission
Los Angeles
Stanley Howse
Bone Thugs-N Harmony
Howse
Jamartarik Cole
Cole
San Fernando Valley
Gary Ballen
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Cellular One Express
Wal~Mart
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GOP Group
Johannesburg
South Africa
Evander Holyfield
Nelson Mandela
Mike Tyson
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