Word: armstrong
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King Kong (RKO). A cinema producer (Robert Armstrong), his leading lady (Fay Wray), his first mate (Bruce Cabot) and their entourage visit a remote Pacific island to make a nature picture. The natives seize Fay Wray, tie her up as a sacrifice to their god, King Kong. He is a gigantic whatnot resembling an ape, 50 feet tall, equipped with large teeth and a thunderous snarl. He picks up Fay Wray in one hand as though she were a frog and shuffles off through the jungle, breaking trees and grunting...
...could be the second front of Darth Vader's army. The hero: Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall), risking his world to save the flame-tressed Lyssa (Lysette Anthony). His hearty crew: a wizened wizard named Ynyr (Freddie Jones), a sad-faced Cyclops (Bernard Bresslaw), the scabrous brigand Torquil (Alun Armstrong) and Ergo, the inept conjurer (David Battley). The villain: a reptilian Beast who looks like the Alien from the Black Lagoon...
...ever and down only 8% from last year. Farmers in 13 states will bring in larger wheat crops than last year. The reason: record yields, a predicted average of 40.7 bu. of wheat per acre nationwide, up more than 10% from 1979. Says Kansas Farm Bureau President John J. Armstrong: "Yields are looking so good out here that we'll harvest nearly as much winter wheat in Kansas as last year on 1.5 million fewer acres...
...antiabortion movement. Perhaps, but still to come is legislation pushed by Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina outlawing abortion. This bill faces a Senate filibuster and serious trouble in the House. Even if it passed Congress, it would face problems in the courts. Nonetheless, notes Senator William Armstrong of Colorado, who supports antiabortion measures, "This issue is not going to go away...
Though land-use regulation is the virtual preserve of state and local governments, Colorado Republican Senator William Armstrong has introduced a "sodbuster bill" backed by the Reagan Administration and the Montana Stockgrowers Association, a group traditionally opposed to land-use controls. It would deny federal payments of any kind for crops grown on highly credible land. A companion bill is pending in the House. Local officials are also beginning to take action. A new law in Weld County, Colo., requires sodbusters to prepare a conservation plan and obtain a permit from the county commissioners. This spring Colorado strengthened an existing...