Wolfe to film Los Angeles social life for PBS
Tom Wolfe plans a PBS documentary pilot on Los Angeles social life under the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He aims to map LA from San Fernando Valley to freeway dwellers, exploring new living patterns and middle-class life. He intends to use innovative techniques and a candid portrait of the city.
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Pratfall Diplomacy Reviewed
Washington column jokes about President Ford and Henry Kissinger in evaluating the European trip. The piece uses a Dorothy Parker style exchange to critique Ford's informal airport entrance and diplomatic conduct and contrasts it with past administrations. The narrator jokes about Kissinger’s loyalties and Nixon era comparisons.
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Receipts Rise for National Presbyterian Church
The new National Presbyterian Church reports benevolence receipts in its first six months nearly top $500,000, indicating strong fundraising. In Barbados, hotel occupancy fell 10 to 20 percent in early 1975, though the government says tourist spending could push tourism income to about $160 million this year.
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