Word: pasco
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...implications of Proposition 13 may have reached their ultimate end in Port Richey, Fla. (pop. 1,600). Two months ago, the voters decided to abolish their $135,000-a-year police force. Instead, they pay $70,000 for protection from the Pasco County sheriffs department, thus saving themselves $65,000. Now, former Councilman Robert Downey has asked why property owners have to pay $195,000 a year to the city. His solution: to abolish the city and make it an unincorporated section of the county. The community would pay only for fire protection and street lights, saving homeowners about...
...first American stage appearance since 1952. This time Grace, 48, is helping launch International Wildlife Year by giving a six-city series of poetry readings entitled Birds, Beasts and Flowers-with box office receipts going to various charities. Along with her costar, British Actor Richard Pasco, Grace gave her first reading in Pittsburgh and had a tough time making the Kelly pipes project. For her next number after the poetry reading, Grace will oversee the June nuptials of Daughter Caroline and Philippe Junot from a seat on the aisle...
...production, which starred Princess Grace of Monaco and Richard Pasco, was publicized as a benefit for the Wildlife Fund, but the proceeds were actually earmarked for a foundation in Monaco which aids underprivileged children...
...rare American stage appearance, Princess Grace Grimaldi of Monaco, accompanied by Richard Pasco of the Royal Shakespeare Company, gave a reading of poetry and prose last night at the Loeb Drama Center...
Died. James Wong Howe, 76, Oscar-winning cinematographer (for The Rose Tattoo, 1955, and Hud, 1963); after a long illness; in Hollywood. Born in China and named Wong Tung Jim, the diminutive (5 ft.) Howe was so harassed by his Pasco, Wash., schoolmates that he became a professional prizefighter. Seeing a Mack Sennett comedy being filmed in the streets, he asked for a job as cameraman but was rejected as too small for heavy equipment; he eventually caught on as assistant to Cecil B. De-Mille. Noted for his constant efforts to achieve realism, Howe once filmed John Garfield...