Star Trek Celebrates 20 Years Of Space Age Popularity
In Los Angeles the Star Trek crew marked two decades of adventure with a 1500 strong birthday party on Paramount sound stages. Original cast and crew attended as the fourth film, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, nears Christmas release. Gene Roddenberry spoke of creating a Western with spaceships, noting the show’s themes of prejudice, peace, and hope amid global tension. Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner commented on the series’ enduring appeal and future projects.
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Los Angeles
James T. Kirk
Spock
Kirk
Paramount Pictures
Gene Roddenberry
NBC
Roddenberry
Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock
American Kidnapped In Beirut
An American school director, Frank Herbert Reed, was kidnapped driving in west Beirut by two gunmen linked to Islamic Jihad. Reed, 53, director of the Lebanese International School, was seized near Bir Hassan as he headed to play golf. The kidnapping follows a wave of similar abductions in 1985.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Islamic Jihad
Iran
U.S
Frank Herbert Reed
Malden
Mass
Christopher P. English
Reed
West Beirut
Sanayeh
Thomas Sutherland
American University of Beirut
Bir Hassan
Associated Press
Sahmiya
School Board Considers Work-Study Aides and Budget Paths
Ottawa district leaders debated financing options for a house-building project tied to the East Central Vocational Cooperative. They weighed general fund or capital outlay funding, with a plan to recruit work-study aides from Ottawa University and area colleges. The board also approved resignations, hires, and transfers to address enrollments and staffing.
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Roger Nelson
Ottawa University
Eisenhower
al Keefer
Nancy Hale
Jerry Harnden
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Mike Newmaster
ECVC
Harnden
Newmaster
Pomona
Ottawa
Nelson
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Star Trek
Shatner and Nimoy
Capt. Kirk
Tareq
Cushing, Okla
Richard Trana
Cushing
Steer Inn Family
Calvin Wright
Trana
Shelter Insurance
Marlin Chanay
Main
Wellsville
Richard B. Prather
Haan Ae
Paget
Don Swartz
Ottawa High
Swartz
Basehor
Merle Venable
Joe Walter
Charles McCullough
Burlington
Walter
Karen Cain
OMS
Jackie Johnson
Pam Andrews
Cain
Sheryl Pence
Chanute
OHS
Sharon Schneiders
Janice Clark
Kelly Smith
Kay Regan
Smith
Regan
Smith and Regan
Walmart
Wal-Mart
Princeton Circle Dr
American Heart Association
Laird Noller
Lincoln-Mercury
Lawrence
Kansas
Lincoln
Mercury
FORD
Alabama
Lawrence, KS
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