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Lesley Ann Warren ages 38 years in six hours in the upcoming NBC-TV epic Beulah Land, about ante-and post-bellum days on a Savannah, Ga., plantation. For good ole boys, the best scenes are ante. Prewar Warren is a demure but determined plantation mistress arching through Georgia with much of her Mason-Dixon lines swelling out of Deep South decolletage. Beulah Land was actually filmed in Natchez, Miss., where plantations have been preserved and the Southern accent is so pervasive that the Manhattan-raised actress found it easier to slip into y'alls than into cum bersome...
...demand new scrutiny of tests for bias and for the use of ambiguous questions. Probably more important, the critics also seek general reform in society's use of standardized multiple-choice tests to measure intelligence and academic and professional achievement. The movement includes public interest advocates in Savannah, Ga., publishers of the Measuring Cup, a newsletter devoted solely to testing reform; the National P.T.A.; the United States Student Association; Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and the National Education Association, a union of some 1.8 million teachers and school officials...
...terrific response to the fast this year, obviously precipitated by the Cambodian debacle," Savannah Shutt, coordinator of the fast for OXFAM, an international relief agency, said. "This has been a very significant increase in participation this year as compared to past years of the fast," she added...
After veering away from the Florida coast, David swung back again to hit land just north of Palm Beach and again in Georgia, sweeping through the historic cities of Savannah and Charleston, S.C., with top winds of 90 m.p.h. As it moved north, property and agricultural damage was generally light, but accompanying rains were torrential, flooding the streets of several Eastern cities, interrupting rail traffic and causing major power failures. The final death toll: at least...
...runs. One Minneapolis robber collapsed on the street after sprinting from the bank with his take. Last week a laid-back San Francisco bandit robbed from one teller, then moved on to the new accounts desk, where he was arrested after trying to open a savings account. In Savannah, Ga., a robber was soon caught because the note he passed contained his name and Social Security number...