Elvis imitator's fame surges after Presley death
Bill Haney, a Blytheville area Elvis look alike earning about 40 000 a year, reports skyrocketing demand after Elvis Presley’s death. He now fields nonstop calls from clubs and fan gatherings seeking Elvis tribute shows, insisting his act honors Presley rather than replaces him. Haney recalls meeting Presley at Graceland in 1975 and says the tribute act will help fans remember the star through his material.
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Graceland Mansion
Trudeau divorce talks hint at possible reconciliation
AP reports in Ottawa that Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his estranged wife Margaret may reconcile. A friend says she seeks to cancel the separation agreement as she spends more time with the couple’s three children and had lived near Harrington Lake during July and August.
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Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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New York
Crosby stages comeback at Concord Pavilion
Bing Crosby, 73, returned to the stage in Concord after a five month break caused by a March fall in Pasadena. He opened with I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas, joked about the incident, and performed with son Harry Crosby and daughter Mary Frances at a concert that ran 25 minutes longer due to microphone failure, before about 5,000 fans.
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Pasadena
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Frances
Concord Pavilion
Indicted in blast at gum firm in Queens
Warner-Lambert Co and four executives were indicted on charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the November explosion and fire at the American Chicle Division plant in Queens that killed six people. Grand jury found magnesium stearate powder, used as a lubricant, accumulated where Freshen-Up gum was made.
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New York
Warner-Lambert_ Co
Queens
Air aces take salmon trip with World War II heroes
Westport Washington hosts a two day fishing outing by James Doolittle Pappy Boyington and three other Medal of Honor recipients. Doolittle hauled a 0 pound silver salmon and Boyington, 65, discusses the Blue Sheep squadron origin while other honorees Carlos Ogden Edward Michael and Bob Bush join the trip.
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Pacific Ocean
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Tokyo
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Los Angeles
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Fresno
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Marine Corps Public Relations Department
Carlos Ogden
San Jose
Edward Michael
Fairfield
Bob Bush
Aberdeen
Fainting Panic Tied to Elvis Death at Midland Plant
An Elvis Presley death spark caused a Texas Instruments Midland plant to evacuate after a female worker fainted and four more collapsed. Over 100 felt faint as safety crews ruled out an organic toxin. Dr. Milton Schulman cited mass anxiety and hyperventilation with a UT expert linking fear of sudden death to the outbreak.
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Elvis Presley
Memphis
Texas Instruments Inc
Midland
Milton Schulman
Heinz Etchenwald
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
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