Haley sues publisher over Roots rights and promotion
Alex Haley files a 3 million damage suit in Superior Court against Doubleday & Co accusing the publisher of failing to promote Roots and underpromoting paperback rights. The complaint claims inadequate paperback contracts, missing hardcover supplies, and lost profits, plus an injunction to halt paperback publication.
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Alex Haley
Haw
Doubleday & Co
Haley
Doubleday
Aind
Waley
Paperbck
Dell Publishing Co
Nell
Billy Carter Receives Mechanics Hall of Fame Honor
Billy Carter, brother of President Jimmy Carter, was toasted in Chicago for winning the Mechanics' Hall of Fame award as the nation's No 1 racing fan. A banquet hosted by a tool company featured a brief reception and champagne for those who wished. Carter quipped he prefers Plains Ga and dislikes big cities, noting the Albany area’s population.
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Billy Carter
Chicago
Mechanics’ Hall of Fame
Tool Company
Carter
Plains
Albany
Bardot Disgusted By Circus Scene In Newhandland Visit
Brigitte Bardot, the French actress, arrived Wednesday to join a seal hunt protest but grew disgusted with the circus atmosphere. She left the demonstration early, boarded a twin engine plane with her back to reporters, and refused to speak. Bardot did not join the seal-spotting helicopter effort and remained silent as International Animal Welfare Fund representative Erin Davies departed for the hunt grounds.
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Brigitte Bardot
Newhandland
St. Anthony
Erin Davies
International Animial Welfare Fund
Miss Bardot
Retirement echoes from Martin Lohmann at Springfield
Martin Lohmann a former Illinois legislator praised successors during a return to the General Assembly in Springfield. The Democrat recalled pension code amendments and offered retirement fitness tips while quipping about dodging widows in Pekin. Lohmann served 10 years in the House and 20 in the Senate from 1922 to 1952.
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Martin Lohmann
General Assembly
Springfield
Lohmann
Senate
Pekin
House
Dylan Divorce Case Sealed Amid Allegations of Abuse
Sarah Dylan, wife of Hob Ibylan, accuses Dylan of striking her and seeks divorce. Filed March 1, the documents also allege misconduct and a demand to save Mew. Marvin Mitchelson, her attorney, said comments are blocked as the court sealed all matter at both sides’ request. Court commissioner John Alexander presided in Santa.
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Sarah Dylan
Hob Ibylan
Dylan
Marvin Mitchelson
Sarah Lowndes
Superior Court
John Alexander
Santa
ExCon Kills Self After 14Hour Siege in San Francisco
Former convict Michael Guile 34 held a couple and an infant for 14 hours in a San Francisco apartment after a botched robbery attempt. He pledged not to return to prison, walked into the kitchen, and killed himself with a 2.9mm handgun. Police said the baby was unharmed and the other two suspects were captured.
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San Francisco
Michael Guile
San Quentin
Associated Press
Jim Datzman
Guile
San Mateo County
Bud Sweeney
Doron Weinberg
Datzman
Brisbane
Hob Galberth
Kants Fass. Re
Larry Crawford
Oakland
Larry Jackson
Lynne Atkinson
Galberth
Dateman
Leudness charge on ex general Walker in Dallas
Former Major General Edwin Walker faces a public lewdness charge for a second time within a year after alleged advances to a Bath police officer in Reverchon Park restroom. Bond set at 40 pending a county court appearance on April 4 referencing a prior June 23 incident.
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Dallas
APD
Edwin Walker
Bath
Walker
Reverchon Park
County Criminal
Cole Park
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Germany
John Birch Society
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UMW
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London
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Anne Start
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Pasadena
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Wormin
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Monica
Josola
Gomez
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