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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Circus of the Stars last winter, Valerie Perrine rode an elephant. For the same show this winter, she has a more slippery task: to do the "Roman Dolphin Ride," a regular stunt at San Diego's Sea World. After two splashy falls, she managed to stand up and water-ski on the backs of two friendly dolphins, who, she complained, felt "like wet inner tubes" and gave her a rough ride. She also had a run-in with another aquatic creature; Shamu, the resident killer whale, swam up and gave her a big wet kiss...
Late in the week, Sanjay himself was having legal problems. He made his first court appearance and was mobbed by pushing, shoving and shouting young men. The judge granted him bail in one of several cases against him, but Sanjay is expected to be a regular visitor in courts in months ahead. Says one official: "The investigators have more information than they know what to do with...
...struggle, professional arbitragers -speculators who like to gamble on takeovers-picked up an estimated quarter of B & W's shares. To persuade them to sell to McDermott rather than United, B & W arranged a tasty lagniappe: a special dividend of $2.50 per share on top of the regular 37½? dividend, which will be passed back to present B&W stockholders by McDermott in October. (Harry Gray refused to do that.) That brought McDermott's effective offer to $65 per share...
...many children, a few million kids who are growing up without a heritage of working skills or of employed society's values. In addition, many of the chronically unemployed in the 18-to-21 age group have had?and will have?a desperate time landing and keeping their first regular jobs. A portion of the 4.4 million disabled who are receiving welfare also belong. Allowing for the overlaps in those groups, the underclass must number at least 7 million to 8 million Americans?perhaps even 10 million...
...very sad," said Rod Stewart. "His death is a great loss to rock 'n' roll." Said Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys: "His music was a great inspiration to us. His personality was a great inspiration to us. He was a fine gentleman." Meanwhile, radio stations canceled regular programming and even commercials to play lengthy homage to the fallen king. In Boston a fan lent his own Presley collection to fill the gaps in one station's library. Outside the Las Vegas Hilton, the flag was lowered to half-mast. Instant cottage industries in Elvis T-shirts...