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America has been saturated in recent years by tales of the paranormal and claims of the pseudo scientists. The list seems endless: Uri Geller, the Bermuda Triangle, E.S.P., levitation, Jeane Dixon, Kirlian photography, the Loch Ness monster, psychic surgery, Immanuel Velikovsky, thinking ivy plants and now-again -flying saucers...
...member, Magician James ("The Amazing") Randi, has publicly duplicated Uri Geller's feats, such as key and spoon bending, without invoking paranormal forces. He has challenged the Israeli illusionist to submit to controlled tests of his powers, but Geller has not responded...
...Geller Century City, Calif...
...When the three young men returned to their Brooklyn apartment after a night of drinking in 1973, an argument ensued over when Joseph Bush would pay his share of the rent. Bush pulled a .38-cal. revolver and shot Michael Lawrence Geller three times in the chest. Bush then allegedly threatened Melvin Dlugash, who Bush feared would be a witness unless he, too, were involved in the crime. So Dlugash fired five shots into Geller's head from his own .25-cal. pistol. Bush drew five to ten years after pleading guilty to manslaughter, but Dlugash went to trial...
...after a couple of airings; long-term commitments to series became vulnerable. Producers depend on eventual syndication sales, and such deals are profitable only with a minimum of 100 shows. Says Bruce Geller, producer of Mannix, "It's all very confusing at the moment. No one really knows what will or will not work. Maybe television will be a little more experimental-trying to serialize novels, produce adult soap-opera concepts in prime time-than has been the case in recent years." The question remains whether that, in turn, will lead to better programs...