Totie Fields Back in Las Vegas After Illness and Amputation
Comedienne Totie Fields makes a triumphant Las Vegas return at the Hotel Sahara after a year of illness that culminated in amputation. She receives a standing ovation from 600 guests including Milton Berle and Lucille Ball. Fields has lost seven pounds and undergone five operations, starting her 80 minute show with jokes about her missing leg.
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Comedienne
Totie Fields
Las Vegas
Milton Berle
Jerry Lexis
Lucille Ball
Phyllis Diller
Steve Allen
Los Angeles
Sahara
Totie
George Johnston
Robin torments OG&E as nest litter disrupts power
A robin interferes with an Edmond Oklahoma substation, scattering discarded tinsel and causing repeated power outages. OG&E crews cover nooks and search for the bird, while pro football star O J Simpson signs NBC deal for 1980 Olympics commentary and TV appearances.
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Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Dave Raybern
Jayro
Edmond
Og&e
Raybern
Simpson
NBC
Buffalo Bills
Heapa
Klansae
Cassandra
Capricornine
King Hussein Visits Houston Rice-Ritten House Hotel
King's five day visit to Houston includes thirty rooms six suites reserved at Rice-Ritten House Hotel. Jordanian press officer calls the trip semi business in nature.
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Houston
Rice-Rittenhouse
Jordan
Hussein
Michael Hamameh
Governor's Frog Jumping Contest Thrills Springfield Fans
Spring thing 3 features L pour and Ernest Williams defending their 1976 lilles pulurdey in the Ith annual event. S.C. Williams, 19, owned last year's medalist frog The Six Million Dollar Frog whose three leaps covered 15 feet 1 inch. A new frog takes the same name for this year. In egg striking J L Bolin defends his title after tapping eggs on his eye tooth to find six eyes to boil. Moose Hall notes his edge may weaken with store bought fodder.
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L. Pour
Ernest Williams
Springfield
S.C. Williams
J. L. Bolin
Bolin
Moose Hall
Pilgrims retrace Christ’s steps in Jerusalem Good Friday
Christian pilgrims from around the world labor under heavy crosses in Jerusalem as they follow the stations of the cross. The Good Friday procession moves through the Holy Sepulchre with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Simon of Jerash leading, while Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox share the route when Easters coincide. Security remains low key amid recurring anti Israel demonstrations.
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Jerusalem
Christ
Golgotha
T Church
Tradiiion
Calvary
Unc Lan
Simon
Jerash
Old City
Support grows in handicapped protest in San Francisco
About 150 handicapped demonstrators continued occupying Health, Education and Welfare offices in San Francisco. Community groups from Black Panthers to Goodwill sent blankets and supplies. They demand more federal money and programs for disabled people and a state civil rights law. hunger strikers persist while authorities refuse to confirm arrest plans.
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San Francisco
Fey
Black Panthers
Goodwill, Inc
Ted
S. Cone
Cone
Former Lemoore pilot dies in Pacific jet crash
Lt. Cmdr. W. A. Bill Counts a former Lemoore Naval Air Station pilot was killed when his AT Corsair plunged into the Pacific Ocean after taking off from the aircraft carrier Midway. The Navy confirmed Counts died in the accident and described the loss as a naval tragedy.
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Lemoore
Hanford
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Cmdr
W.A
Bill” Counts
Corsair
Midway
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