Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pastorini, 33, is not filling in for U.S.C.'s Trojan mascot. But it's a thought. The former pro quarterback, late of the Houston Oilers, the Oakland Raiders and the Los Angeles Rams, will be a guest star this fall as Spartacus on Voyagers!, NBC's Sunday-night entry in its onetime Walt Disney time slot. In his previous off-the-field forays, Pastorini has racked up headlines for reckless driving, posing seminude for Playgirl magazine, having a couple of run-ins with...
...Houston reporter about half his size, and losing control of a speedboat that killed two bystanders. The bulk of Pastorini's talents will no doubt be strained to the utmost, along with his pectorals, by his role in Voyagers!, a man-lost-in-time rehash. It will require him to look mean and wield a big sword. Is it possible to typecast an actor so early in his career...
...herpes patient who believes in frankness is Paul Morris, 33, a fan-belt salesman in Houston. He caught herpes in 1976. Dr. A. a general practitioner, said it was syphilis or gonorrhea. Dr. B. a dermatologist, thought it was an unknown skin ailment, and Dr. C. a specialist in infectious diseases, could not identify it but was positive it was not herpes. Only Dr. D. an old friend, had the wit to take a culture that showed the problem was herpes. When Morris informed the woman who gave it to him, she brushed it off with "No big deal." Morris...
Gary Dembs Houston...
...giant whose ability to whip a ball 98 m.p.h. had given him a 107-71 career mark, a 3.15 earned run average and 1,493 strikeouts in 1,606 innings. After more than nine seasons, Houston Astros Pitcher J.R. Richard was the best righthander in baseball. Then he was felled by a stroke in July 1980. Now 32, Richard, after months of therapy and workouts, is making a comeback. Last week a standing ovation greeted him as he ambled to the mound at tiny City Island Park in Florida to start his first game since the stroke. His team...