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...outpost attacked by Darth Vader's forces in The Empire Strikes Back, one of Fox's biggest box office smashes. Flush with profits from that film, Star Wars, Alien and other blockbusters, the studio has been pursued by a flock of acquisition-minded outsiders, most notably Chris-Craft Industries, which holds 22% of Fox's stock. But the winner in the Fox hunt may be a new entry: Denver Oilman Marvin Davis, who last week wheeled into Hollywood in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II and made a cash offer of almost $800 million for the company...
...week's end Fox's directors announced that they would negotiate with Davis, and old Hollywood hands believe that the oilman will eventually get his studio. For one thing, Davis has the important backing of Chris-Craft Chairman Herbert Siegel. For another, he promises to retain current Fox management. That will surely appeal to Stanfill, a hard-nosed boss who, Fox insiders say, has been feuding with other directors...
Opponents of CETA funding, however, argue that many people employed in the program are not learning a craft, but are only filling menial jobs. They are thus not gaining the kind of work experience that prepares them for better positions. For those who are indeed learning a skill, like McIntyre, there is no guarantee that they will be hired in economically strapped Erie...
...play begins sparely as the executioner, drolly played by Roy Cooper, mundanely outlines his craft and dis plays an austere professionalism. Mary (Roberta Maxwell) is listening for heavenly voices that will validate her martyrdom and self-proclaimed sainthood...
...white airliner, the Americans waited another 25 minutes. The delay, some were told, was to complete the paper processing that would prove that all were aboard. Each had to sign a passenger list. Actually, the Algerian crew at the first plane's controls was not permitted to roll the craft down the runway until 12:33 p.m., Washington time ?some five hours after everything had seemed set for release and just eleven minutes after the Inauguration ceremony had ended on the Capitol's West Front...