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It is the story of Bobby, a jailbird composer (Peter Fonda), whose best song is stolen and recorded by a country-and-western star who hears the piece when he drops in on the pen to cut a concert record (as many such singers do) in an authentic environment. Paroled...
Most of the city's 17 hospitals switched smoothly to emergency generators. But Bellevue's back-up system failed, and doctors and nurses had to squeeze bags of air with their hands to keep several patients alive until resuscitators could be turned on again. When back-up generators broke down...
Newspapers across the country were particularly hard hit. The major snafu was in getting wire service copy. A.P. officials say that the blackout caused about a 1½hr. delay in moving copy, but in a number of cities the wait was considerably longer. U.P.I, was not even that lucky...
Controversial Clause. Equally troublesome is the question of how traditionally trained teachers, who lack any background in special education, will deal with severely handicapped children placed in their classes. Conversely, there is the problem of how the handicapped children, taken from their familiar protected environment, will be affected. Says Connor...
The rebel retreat, from within 20 miles of the copper-mining center of Kolwezi, had started even before the government "offensive." As they probed slowly westward, with Moroccans providing back-up support and removing antipersonnel mines from the dirt tracks en route, Zaïrian forces encountered practically no resistance. There...