TV stars lure ex players from gridiron to announce booths
The SDN Column notes how former football legends join TV studios as commentators with Pat Summerall, Don Meredith, Fran Tarkenton and others in demand. It highlights Tarkenton’s likely pre game appearance, Meredith on NBC, and the draw of veteran voices while praising Shofner’s TCU coaching implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizzy Dean
Pee Wee Reese
Joe Garagiola
ABC
Pat Summerall
Tom Brookshier
Frank Gifford
Alex Karras
Alex Hawkins
Don Meredith
John Brodie
Len Dawson
Bart Starr
Fran Tarkenton
Minnesota Twins
Bud Grant
Tarkenton
Vikings
NBC
al deRogatis
Meredith
Howard Cosell
Gifford
Cosell
Big al
Summerall
Brookshier
Jim Shofner
Texas Christian University
TCU
Milton Ham
Ted Crenwelge
Horned Frogs
Arkansas
Ham
Hogs
Shofner
Parkers
Wacil McNair
North Korea Proposes Line to Separate Guards at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom the United States pressed North Korea to punish the soldiers who killed two U S Army officers during a joint working party confrontation. North Korea proposed keeping guards apart along the military demarcation line as a preventive measure while the UNC studies the plan. Maj. Arthur Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark Barrett were buried Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
United States
North Korea
U.S
United Nations Command
UNC
Mark P. Frodden
Joint Commission
North
South Korea
Han Ju-kyong
Kim Il-sung
Frodden
U.N. Command
JSA
Arthur Bonifas
Newburgh
N.Y
Mark Barrett
Columbia
S.C
Carter and Ford Lock In 1960s Style Campaign Debates
Carter campaigns in Iowa defending farmers and criticizing government agricultural policy while Ford plans four 90 minute debates on national defense foreign policy domestic policy and economy. FEC says legal hurdles may be overcome but public financing rules threaten private contributions and LWV sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Iowa
Vail
Colo
Ford
Deep South
New York
Midwest
Northeast
California
Plains
Earl Butz
Springfield
Mass
Allan Grant
American Farm Bureau
Grant
Seattle
American Legion
Washington
Federal Election Commission
League of Women Voters
On This Date in History August 25 1976
Highlights include the 1944 liberation of Paris by Allied forces, the 1689 Iroquois attack on Montreal, the 1718 founding of New Orleans, a deadly 1883 volcanic eruption in the Dutch East Indies, and related events through 1967. Includes brief 1970s notes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Montreal
New Orleans
Dutch East Indies
United States
Germany
Berlin
Iran
George Rockwell
Arlington
Peking
China
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
da Nang
South Vietnam
George Papadoupoulos
Weather outlook by region with showers and warm temperatures
Snyder reports a Tuesday high around 88 and low 64 with a 7 am reading of 65. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and night showers and thunderstorms through Thursday and highs reaching the upper 80s to near 100 in the south. North Texas remains partly cloudy with scattered showers and a steady mid 80s to 90s through Thursday. Upper Coast forecasts southeast winds 5 to 15 knots with scattered thundershowers and seas under 3 feet. Lower Coast starts with southeast winds 5 to 15 knots and similar shower chances through Thursday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Mid 50S
North
Texas
Upper Coast
Pentagon says reaction force too far to aid KOrea DMZ officers
The Pentagon confirms the U S reaction force near the DMZ was about two miles away and could not reach the Aug 18 clash that killed Maj Arthur G Bonifas and Lt Mark T Barrett. Rules allow force only in self defense on order of a U S officer in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Korean Demilitarized Zone
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
Korea
Murphy
Dmz
United Nations Command
Rane
Arthur G. Bonifas
Mark T. Barrett
Priceless Bonsai Tree Returned to National Arboretum
National Arboretum recovered a century old bonsai stolen by a 20 year old New Carrollton man and two 17 year old friends. The tree is part of Japan s four million dollar gift of 53 bonsai trees for the Bicentennial. The case prompted a 24 hour guard and hearings for the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
National Arboretum
New Carrollton
Japan
United States
Carrollton
Ackerman
U.S
Arboretum
Seattle
Agriculture Department
Aboretum
Gail Sedgwick
Austin student pilot and instructor die in plane crash
AUSTIN AP. Student pilot Mrs Janice Hanz 32 and flight instructor Robert C Mount 36 both of Austin died when their single engine plane crashed near Pflugerville northeast of Austin. Witnesses said the craft overshot a plowed field and struck a grove of elm trees bursting into flames on impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Janice Hanz
Robert C. Mount
Pflugerville
Howe gets suspended 30 day jail sentence in sex-for-pay case
Utah Congressman Allan T. Howe was sentenced to a suspended 30 day jail term and ordered to pay court costs after his second conviction for offering money for sex with decoy police prostitutes. Utah Democrats urged him to drop his re election bid. His campaign manager was arrested four hours after the verdict. Howe faced possible replacement by a party committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Allan T. Howe
Utah
Howe
Marlene
Dean R. Mitchell
Tim Allen
University of Utah
Kathleen Hamblin
Margaret Taylor
Allan
Daryl McCarty
Democratic State Central Committee
Justin Stewart
Stewart
Central Committee
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Cans
Kim
Fort Bend
Southland Drilling Co
Exxon USA
Rosenberg
Exxon
Richard Carelli
Jimmy Carter
America
Rep. Howe
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