Funeral honors Jack Cassidy with warm stories and laughter
Actor Jack Cassidy, 49, died in a Beverly Hills penthouse fire. At his non sectarian funeral on Wednesday Milton Berle, Nanette Fabray, Shirley Jones, and David Cassidy shared memories, with Dennis Weaver noting the service was uplifting as guests spoke candidly about Cassidy’s life and career.
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Sam Ervin testifies in Memphis extortion trial
Former Senate Watergate committee chairman Sam Ervin said he felt he had quit trying to help Atlas hold up the world. He appeared in Miami to testify before a federal jury in a Memphis lawyer’s case accusing him of using Ervin’s name to extort money to fix a conspiracy trial. Crosby sang White Christmas and New York Mayor Beame lit the city tree in City Hall Park before 100 spectators.
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Memphis
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Crosby
New York
Abraham Beame
City Hall Park
Beame
Tiny Tim in Florida seeks comeback amid marriage turmoil
Tiny Tim, weighing 50 pounds more than in past days, paid $61,000 for 19 Miami nights, taped a 15 minute segment for an unsold TV series, and says he remains legally married to Miss Vicki. He notes financial woes and worries about Judgment Day as he mentions seven years of marriage. Vicki works as a go go dancer in New Jersey and has been apart from him for three years.
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Las Vegas murder of Barbara McNair's husband Rick Manzie
Police say no signs of forced entry at the Las Vegas home where Rick Manzie, 36, husband and manager of singer Barbara McNair, was shot multiple times and found in a downstairs bathroom. Miss McNair flew home in tears with a police escort. Handguns and rifles were found. murder weapon not recovered. Chicago figures once linked to grisly 1914 killings noted. Officer calls it a murder, avoids labeling as a hit.
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Barbara McNair
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Las Vegas
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Chicago
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Sam Marcello
Pred Anderson
Hunt Denied Parole In Watergate Related Case
Hunt, a 42 year old former CIA agent held at Elgin Air Force Base, was denied parole after a 1973 Watergate related case. The parole board delayed the decision due to publicity and will revisit at its next meeting. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy burglary and wiretapping in 1972.
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Providence man born without arms earns Rhode Island driver's license
Williams, a Thalidomide survivor from Portsmouth, became the first driver in Rhode Island to pass a standard license test using only his feet. He starts ignition with his left foot, shifts with his right, and steers with his right foot. He says he feels good about proving what he can do as a rehabilitated student at Crotched Mountain.
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Crotched Mountain
Trial Ordered In Bombing At Big Bear High School
Victorville Municipal Court Judge David Aaron ordered James St. John to stand trial on two felony charges possession of materials with intent to make an explosive and reckless possession of an explosive at a school. He is to appear January 2 in Victorville Superior Court. St. John was among four injured when a home made bomb exploded in the school's gymnasium last March.
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