Rock Stars Demand Big Riders and Big Prices
Promoters shell out for lavish rider requests as acts like Iggy Pop Joe Cocker Ted Nugent and Paul McCartney command costly hospitality. Riders can run seven pages covering food drink and special needs with controversial extras while some stars see such demands as cutting into their earnings. Frank Zappa and Bruce Springsteen show varied tastes as promoters balance spectacle with cost.
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Joe Cocker
Ted Nugent
Paul McCartney
Wings
Frank Zappa
Bruce Springsteen
John Wayne backs Panama Canal treaty in Panama visit
Gen Omar Torrijos of Panama says actor John Wayne supports the new canal treaty and has agreed to travel to Panama to show backing. Torrijos told reporters Wayne called from Newport Beach to congratulate him on the task. Wayne was not immediately available for comment.
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Omar Torrijos
John Wayne
Farallon
Wayne
Newport Beach
Cammell
Armstrong Talks Space State at Cincinnati Convention
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong, now an aeronautics professor at the University of Cincinnati, told delegates at a national convention of accountants in Cincinnati that he remains devoted to service Lietson and expressed fascination with stories of time machines.
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Neil Armstrong
Buck Rogers
Cincinnati
Lietson
University of Cincinnati
Armstrong
Carter's sister Ruth Stapleton tours London with lectures
Ruth Carter Stapleton, adviser and sister of President Carter, arrives in London with husband Robert to begin a three day preaching and healing lecture series. She denies reports the president would choose preaching over politics and emphasizes his long standing religious conviction while noting he would not abandon politics.
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London
Herrof
Ealer
Robert
Heathrow Airport
California farmer considered for Federal Farm Credit Board
President Carter nominated Mississippi farmer Owen Cooper and California rancher Edgar Rutherford to the Federal Farm Credit Board. Cooper, 69, hosted Carter in Yazoo City in July and led the Mississippi Clemicut Corp from 1949 to 1973. Rutherford lives in Brawley and farms in Imperial Valley. If confirmed, Cooper would replace Ernest Spivey and Rutherford would replace Earl Snuitcamp.
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Owen Cooper
Mississippi
Edgar C. Rutherford
Federal Farm Credit Board
Cooper
Yazoo City
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Mississippi Clemicut Corp
Mississippi Council of Foreign Cooperatives
National Council of Foreign Cooperatives, Rutherford, &1
Imperial Valley of California
Brawley
Ernest G. Spivey
Rutherford
Earl 8. Snuitcamp
Nixon weighed resignation over Watergate secrecy
More than a year before he resigned on August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon considered leaving the presidency due to Watergate troubles, according to Raymond Price Jr., his chief speech writer. Price’s forthcoming book, With Nixon, argues Nixon’s deep upset before his April 30, 1973 TV address and resignation remark.
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Richard Nixon
Watergate
Raymond Price Jr
Nixon
Price
John 2. Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Search on for Lost Hiker 26 Near Huntington Lake
Fresno County sheriff's deputies continue a search for Nathan Hoskins a 26 year old Santa Monica man who vanished after leaving a camping group at Florence Lake about 14 miles east of Huntington Lake saying he planned to hike Mount Shinn. Hoskins began hiking Sunday and has not been seen since. Deputies are coordinating with search teams and awaiting any leads from friends or witnesses.
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API
Fresno County Sheriff’s
Santa Monica
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Florence Lake
Huntington Lake
Koch Wins Democratic Runoff for New York City Mayor
Representative Ed Koch defeated Mario Cuomo in the NYC mayoral Democratic runoff, capturing about 55 percent of the vote from roughly 800,000 Democrats. Koch pledged to unite boroughs to rebuild the city, while Cuomo vows not to quit as he remains on November ballot for the Liberal party nomination. In the other runoff, State Senator Carol Bellamy beat incumbent Paul O Dwyer by nearly two to one to become Democratic nominee for City Council president.
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Biward Koch
New York City
Koch
Mario Cuomo
Hugh Carey
Greenwich Village
Bult Koch
New York Daily News
New York Post
National Guard
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New York Times
Cuomo
Carol Bellamy
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FDA Bans Acrylonitrile in Plastic Beverage Bottles
The FDA moves to ban acrylonitrile in plastic beverage bottles due to cancer concerns from rat studies. The rule, to take effect within days, follows prior similar actions and a court review prompted by Coca Cola and Musselman challenges. Industry-sponsored research notes potential lesions and growths in rats at high doses.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Monsanto Go
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Wakey
Donald Kennedy
Federal Register
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