Totie Fields First Woman Roasted by Friars Club
The Friars Club honored Totie Fields as the first woman roasted before a mixed audience. Noted comics saluted her courage after a leg amputation and teased her bravely with one liners about her comeback. Fields closed with a quip about lunches following loss of a leg.
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Milton Berle
Buddy Howe
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Ity
Miss Fields
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White House admits errors over Bert Lance affair
White House officials acknowledge missteps in handling Bert Lance matter. Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell, and Robert Lipshutz say they controlled decisions. no outsiders were added. The Aug 16 Comptroller of the Currency report documented questionable, not criminal, activity but was misread as exoneration by President Carter.
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Carter
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Indicted in 1958 church incident J B Stoner vows fight
Marietta Georgia racists extremist J B Stoner surrendered to Cobb County authorities blaming a conspiracy of Black people Jews and the FBI for his indictment on a 1958 church hazardous device case He seeks to block extradition to Alabama where he faces charges He named Alabama officials and offered to identify an undercover FBI agent and a Birmingham detective in Georgia court only Stoner posted bond at 10000 with property He heads the National States Rights party and accused Baxley of political motives
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Dayan warns US balking on PLO role in peace talks
Moshe Dayan says Washington has given Israel word that Palestinians would not join in Middle East peace talks. He questions a Syrian claim that Carter favors a unified Arab delegation including the PLO and says an equal footing for the PLO is unacceptable. He will seek Vance's explanation for the US denial absence. Argentina to produce 670 million gallons of wine in 1977.
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