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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1992
Page
5
Newsman Ted Koppel vows Nightline will win more viewers by pushing live broadcasts. He notes Tonight and Arsenio Hall as rivals and says Nightline is live on only 63 percent of ABC stations, with potential to move to No. 1 if key affiliates air it live.
Veteran journalist Mike Wallace recalls his youth in Brookline Massachusetts where he served as high school sports editor and debater. He says he showed little early sign of fame, won only an honorable mention in a senior debate, and twice faced police visits after shoplifting chewing gum samples.
Barbra Streisand defends The Prince of Tides against psychiatrists who call the plot unethical. She notes she consulted many experts who did not question the credibility of a therapist having an affair with a patient’s brother, a tale based on Pat Conroy’s novel.
Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis married rock musician Michael Lamper in a private Greek style ceremony at St Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles. The couple exchanged vows in a Sunday service attended by over 150 relatives and friends including Patrick Stewart Michael Dorn Brent Spiner and LeVar Burton. A black tie reception followed at a hotel.
In Los Angeles the African American Peace Officer Association condemns a boycott of Ice-T’s Cop Killer song, calling the action another act of police brutality while noting its 826 Southern California members. Three major record chains pulled the Body Count album amid the controversy.
Leona Helmsley, inmate No. 15113-054, serves time at Danbury Federal Prison Camp after a Lexington, Kentucky sentence for tax evasion. She shares a 7-by-9 foot cubicle with bunk beds among 180 inmates, with warden John Gluck noting the facility is not a country club. Helmsley, once dubbed Queen of Mean, claims favorable prison letters and public support despite a mansion past.
Durham singer Nnenna Freelon, visiting artist at Wayne Community College, prepares a Columbia Records debut album due late this month and an 11 week 41 concert world tour starting in late September. She was spotted by Ellis Marsalis, father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and praised by Columbia executive George Butler for her improvisation and lineage to Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. Freelon will tour Belgium Poland England France Italy Egypt Morocco Turkey Japan China and Australia.
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