Jack Benny dies at 80 after cancer attack in Los Angeles
Comedian Jack Benny, famed for playing a violin playing miser, died at 11:32 pm at his Holmby Hills home after pancreatic cancer. Friends and stars including Frank Sinatra and George Burns gathered as Gov. Ronald Reagan and others mourned a half century of vaudeville to television fame.
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Jack Benny A Century Of Laughs Ends In LA
Jack Benny 80, legendary American comedian and violinist, dies at his Los Angeles home after a life in vaudeville radio film and television. Born Benny Kubelisky in Chicago he rose to fame from Chicago stages to national stardom with Burns as a close friend and Mary Livingston among his radio team. He served in the Navy during World War I and later became a television pioneer hosting the first major TV variety show conditioned by his stingy persona and evergreen humor.
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Shah accuses Israel of blocking Middle East peace efforts
The Shah of Iran told Al Ahram Israel blocks progress toward a peace settlement by not implementing U.N. resolutions calling for withdrawal from territories seized in 1967 and 1973. He denied plans to join future fighting and dodged questions on arms. Israeli Foreign Minister Allon blamed superpower rivalry for delaying peace and warned it could stalemate Geneva talks.
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US seeks indirect aid routes for Saigon as direct funds falter
The United States fails to secure a $50 million World Bank loan to South Vietnam for 197? economic aid. Diplomats report Kissinger pursues third party channels via UN and ADB while Congress backs $449 million for the year. Multilateral programs have channeled funds totaling tens of millions, with Japan and the US contributing to new special funds.
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Four Phoenix bank holdup suspects face charges
Three men arrested within minutes of the Thunderbird Bank robbery appeared before a U S commissioner on charges of taking 3000 dollars from the southeast Phoenix branch. Lonnie Morgan Tyrone Williams and Albert Lee Marks 34 35 and 37 were armed with automatic pistols and wore ski masks. They bailed from the getaway car as a police helicopter hovered overhead.
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Obituary Roy A Patterson
Roy A Patterson 81 died Thursday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after moving to Arizona 12 years ago. A former Western Bell Telephone employee, he was active in the Elks and Telephone Pioneers and past president of Villa Monterey Unit No 2. Rosary tonight at Messinger Mortuary. Mass Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Survivors include wife Ruby M and a sister living out of state.
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Helen Smiley 74 Dies. Private Services Set
Helen M. Smiley a retired practical nurse died Wednesday at her home in Butler New Jersey She was born in Pompton Lakes and lived most of her life in Butler She spent 13 months in Arizona and resided at 2700 N Hayden Rd Survivors include her son George W Smiley of Scottsdale Services will be private followed by cremation Arrangements by Messinger Mortuary
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Television fraud suspects waive preliminary hearings
Ronald Sigrist 39 of Illinois and John J. Bannon Jr. waived hearings in Scottsdale for separate reasons. Sigrist was remanded to Superior Court. Bannon signed extradition papers to Massachusetts. They allegedly sold portable and console televisions from The Broadway at Los Arcos Mall cash to drive to the loading dock and vanished with $1,970 from 12 sales. Bond was reduced for Sigrist from 55,000 to 1,100.
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Reds shell key area in Vietnam
Communist gunners shelled Tay Ninh province capital 55 miles northwest of Saigon and poured 250 more rounds into Black Virgin Mountain. The two attacks were part of seven assaults on population centers as North Vietnamese tanks moved within striking distance of two major bases after capturing six county capitals in 12 days.
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Fertilizer discovery Propels Mexican Exports
The discovery of a three billion ton phosphoric rock deposit inland near Ensenada promises Mexico will become a major fertilizer producer and exporter. Government officials say shipments to the United States, Japan, and the Soviet Union will begin within two years.
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