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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1977
Page
2
The Detroit News reports Richard Pryor plans to leave NBC after his three week old show due to censorship furor and self stated lack of need for the money. His last televised program would air October 18. Pryor, a nightclub and movie star, had signed for a minimum of five weekly NBC programs.
Archbishop Stuart Blanch of York, 59, a WWII RAF navigator, ascended from Bishopthorpe Palace in a hot air balloon. The 35 minute flight landed ten miles away with his remark that he relied on divine providence and did not insure the trip.
Sister Janice McLaughlin a Maryknoll nun from Pittsburgh who was deported from Rhodesia will become the first white recipient of the annual Marlin Luther King Freedom Award. The commission praised her as a modern-day Joan of Arc for supporting black liberation in Africa. She was jailed Aug. 21 in Rhodesia and released after deportation last Friday.
In Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Shorter ruled Barbara Raskin entitled to 3001 alimony arrears from ex husband Dr. Richard Muchnick who bought the medical practice of transsexual Dr. Renee Richards. Muchnick seeks to end arbitration claiming notoriety has devalued the practice.
Ed Asner alleges he was duped into appearing on CBS Circus of the Stars for charity funds and seeks 121 500 more plus 100 009 punitive damages. He accepted union scale of 1 000 to perform as a magician with expected proceeds benefiting the Motion Picture and Television Fund and a French charity. The fund says no proceeds were raised and withdrew before the telecast.
Pope Paul VI unveiled and blessed a 30 ton bronze sculpture honoring his 80th birthday. The $400000 statue shows Christ rising amid destruction, placed beside the papal throne in the Hall of Audiences. Sculptor Pericle Fazzini stood in front with other dignitaries as the crowd applauded.
Police uncovered the body of Pinchas Jaroslawicz in Shlomo Tal's Manhattan office, while Tal's account described a kidnapping and murder linked to a $1000000 diamonds haul. Tal, a 31 year old diamond broker, was detained as a material witness as investigators probe the killings and missing gems.
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