Bette Midler Signs Disney Film Deal Amid Debates Re Museum
Bette Midler the Divine Miss M signs a film deal with Walt Disney Pictures. Jackie Autry says she withdrew a plan to build a 2 million dollar Western memorabilia museum in Burbank California due to resident opposition she describes as misinformed.
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Gene Autry
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Calif
Penthouse Publisher Sues Over Abscam Scandal Fallout
Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione sues claiming an FBI informant in the Abscam probe ruined his plans to open an Atlantic City casino. The suit argues the government misconduct damaged his business prospects and investment.
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Penthouse Magazine
Bob Guccione
FBI
Abscam
Atlantic City
Derby Reopens Churchill Downs With Fresh Face and High Prices
Churchill Downs unveils a 1.5 million renovation plus an 8 million Derby Museum as crowds of 125000 witness a transformed track. New dining rooms banners and smiling staff aim to win back aging fans while tickets rise from 10 to 20 infield and 300 boxes. Tom Meeker leads a five year plan to lure back white male core fans and attract younger patrons.
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Churchill Downs
Bill Jones
Elizabethtown
Roscoe McDowell Sr
Nashville, Tenn
McDowell
Tom Meeker
Screen Actors Guild backs Redgrave silence case appeal
The Screen Actors Guild voted to join Vanessa Redgrave in her suit against the Boston Symphony Orchestra over canceling her 1982 Oedipus Rex narration tied to her Palestine Liberation Organization support. SAG cites First Amendment risk and civil rights breach and notes the case on appeal raises broad concerns for artists.
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Screen Actors Guild
Vanessa Redgrave
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Palestine Liberation Organization
Movie Union
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Women’s GOP honors Rogers Scotto Brown and others
New York AP reports entertainer Ginger Rogers soprano Renata Scotto editor Helen Gurley Brown and Sen. Alfonse D Amato were among seven honored as distinguished Americans by the Women’s National Republican Club on Saturday in a ceremony highlighting notable achievements.
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New York
Ginger Rogers
Renata Scotto
Helen Gurley Brown
Alfonse D’amato
Women’s
National Republican Club
Mother Teresa to speak at anti abortion rally in Lincoln
Mother Teresa accepts invitation to address an anti abortion rally in Lincoln on June 30. The Nobel Peace Prize winner known for work with Calcutta orphans will headline the event.
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Mother Teresa
Lincoln, Neb
Calcutta
Berkeley shop owner buys 46 year old Superman comic
Tom Walton of Berkeley California paid 3000 for a first edition Superman comic book echoing Mona Lisa value. The 64 page treasure was praised as a civic relic and a rare collectible by Walton who says it outstrips many investments.
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Tom Walton
Berkeley
Calif
Walton
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