Telethon Raises 26.8 Million for Muscular Dystrophy
Las Vegas AP reports the Labor Day Telethon 1977 drew a 85 million audience and 26.8 million in pledges, 5.1 million above last year. Jerry Lewis praised donors, while Frank Sinatra Johnny Carson Englebert Humperdinck Connie Stevens Eartha Kitt and Count Basie backed the event with appearances and videotaped segments.
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Chad Everett
David Hartman
Ed McMahon
Weather Watch Heavy rain drenches South with tornadoes and floods
The storm system named Babe brought extended rainfall across Louisiana Mississippi and the Florida panhandle with widespread flooding. Tornadoes were reported, including a barn destroyed near Mobile Alabama and a twister east of Quitman Mississippi. A tornado watch remained for parts of Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama.
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Arizona Heat Persists With Record Lows and Highs
The Weather Desk reports no end to hot humid conditions in Arizona for the next several days. Monsoon thundershowers continue southeast while northern areas see some drying and cooler nights. Monday highs ranged from 72 in Greer to 111 in Buckeye. lower deserts hit 110 to 112 with overnight lows from the mountains’ low 40s to deserts’ mid 80s.
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Regional Weather Snapshot Across Northern Front Range
Sunny hot conditions prevail today through Wednesday across the Colorado River Valley Southwest Deserts Central Basins and surrounding areas with highs mainly in the 80s 90s and 100s and lows ranging from the 40s to mid 80s. Isolated evening storms and blowing dust feature in multiple zones including the Grand Canyon Sitgreaves and Tonto Basin regions.
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Unions Call for Full Employment Week and Jobs Policy
Unions across about 300 communities from Boston to San Diego launch Full Employment Week urging a law for annual federal job programs aimed at full employment and balanced growth. The Labor Department reports July unemployment at 7.1 percent, with Black unemployment rising to 14.5 percent in August.
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Fourteen Dead On Arizona Roads And Rivers Over Labor Day Weekend
The Arizona DPS reports fourteen fatalities across three days of Labor Day travel. Victims include 2 year old Denny Lee of Oxnard who drowned in a Phoenix backyard pool and Randy Romans 18 of Escondido who died after a 35 foot jump into the Colorado River south of Ehrenburg. Others were killed in crashes along I-40 near Flagstaff, SR 95 near Parker, and in Yuma and Yavapai Counties.
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Toll from Labor Day weekend traffic exceeds normal levels
The National Safety Council reports 422 traffic fatalities over the Labor Day weekend, higher than typical nonholiday weekends but below earlier projections of 470 to 570 deaths. Last year saw 501 deaths and the peak was 688 in 1968.
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Swastika Wearing 17-Year-Old Kills at Labor Day Picnic
Kenneth Wilson, 17, a student at East Mecklenburg High, opened fire with an M1 carbine at about 3 p.m. during a Jonesville AME Zion Church Labor Day gathering. Roosevelt Davis, 29, died. three others wounded before the shooter killed himself. Acquaintances and police confirmed the identity. motive remained unknown.
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