Nat Turner film delays spark cost worries and protests
Twentieth Century Fox postpones starting Nat Turner film in Southampton County amid a $1 million cost overrun fears. Styron cites Black Power protests over script changes and title alterations as delaying factors, while Fox cites budget constraints.
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Nat Turner
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Gilbert W. Francis
Boykins
20Th Century- Fox
Virginia
Lewis Peterson
Hartford, Conn
Peterson
20Th Century Fox
Southampton
Wilson Begins Talks With Nixon On Global Purpose
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives in Washington for two days of talks with President Nixon. He says the special relationship must be widened beyond bilateral aims to solve world problems, focusing on urban social issues and global cooperation while noting potential discussions on Middle East, NATO, Vietnam, and East West relations.
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Times
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Pigs Stolen From Greenspring Farm
Gary Gardner of Greenspring Frederick County reports six black and white Yorkshire pigs stolen over the past week while he and his wife were at work. Pigs weigh 75 to 80 pounds each and valued at 20 dollars apiece. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery, says Sheriff Lacy Anderson.
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Gary Gardner
Greenspring
Frederick County
Lacy Anderson
Divers to finish first phase of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel inspection
Divers completed entry into the water and located five 75-foot roadway sections knocked into the bay by the Yancey. Inspectors will assess damaged piles with a full reopening hoped for by early March subject to weather and repairs.
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Virginia Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Leon R. Johnson
Navy
Yancey
Johnson
Bay
Magazine Sales Under Scrutiny
Rep. Rooney said a federal grand jury in Des Moines will probe five Cowles Communications magazine subsidiaries for contract alterations improper coupon use misrepresentation pricing and signing without consent. FTC nationwide probe into deceptive magazine selling prompted formal actions anticipated.
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Fred B. Rooney
Ivania Dem Rooney
Des Moines
Iowa
Cowles Communications, Inc
Justice Department
Cowles
Rooney
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Home Reader Service
Educational Book Club
Mutual Readers League
Home Reference Library
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Talks Reach Critical Point in GE Strike
Talks in the 13 week old General Electric strike are at a critical point with union sources citing a possible breakthrough though GE calls reports of progress groundless. AFL CIO IUE and UE bargaining teams on call, meeting Monday with FMCS director J Curtis Counts as 130000 GE workers idle across 135 cities. Nancy Sinatra interview notes music as her lifelong focus.
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New York
General Electric Co
Afl-Cio
Ternational
Union of Electrical ‘Workers
United Electrical Workers
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediations and Conciliation Service
Russian Journalists Met by 70 Pickets in San Francisco
Eleven touring Russian journalists were met by about 70 pickets at the San Francisco Press Club. Pickets protested anti semitism in the Soviet Union and padlocked the club door after the journalists entered. A club secretary cut the lock and three Russians spoke through an interpreter refuting serious anti semitism. One spokesman praised American composer George Gershwin.
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San Francisco
Press Club
Soviet Union
George Brown
George Gershwin
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