Word: star
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former defensive tackle for East Los Angeles College, Jaramillo enlisted in the Army because he "wanted some action." He has had plenty. He was awarded a Purple Heart and has been recommended for a Bronze Star for his leadership and courage during a mortar attack on his unit. He shrugs off the recognition: "I couldn't use no medals. Now if it were beer or money, O.K. But what's a medal gonna give...
...simply does not drop in out of the blue and demand an audience with a famous opera star-especially if the opera star is Maria Callas. The grand diva was in Uchisar, Turkey, for the filming of her first movie, Medea, and Turkish Information Minister Nihat Kursat made a special trip to pay his respects. Kursat walked into the lobby of her hotel, sent a message to Callas announcing his arrival, and quickly received a reply: "I am tired and I don't want to talk to you." Thoroughly humiliated, Kursat flew back to Ankara, where he assured reporters...
...series' production company, noting that "there are a couple of people I'd like not to thank. Since they know who they are, I won't name them." Reason for her ire: she has dropped out of the series in sympathy with her co-star and husband Martin Landau, and his reported demands for a pay hike...
...Carl Betz, star of ABC's Judd for the Defense, won an Emmy as the Outstanding Actor in a Dramatic Series. But just as ABC picked up Mrs. Muir, it dropped Judd. No other network has taken on the show...
Died. Rafael Osuna, 30, Mexico's dazzling tennis star, who less than two weeks before his death achieved his greatest triumph by leading his country to a stunning 3-2 conquest of Australia in the North American Zone Davis Cup competition; in the crash of a Mexicana Airlines jetliner; near Monterrey, Mexico...