Word: star
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House, and pressed the button controlling the lights on a 30-ft. blue spruce and 50 smaller trees around it, one for each state. But for the first time since Calvin Coolidge began the tradition in 1923, the big tree did not burst into light. Only the white star on its top and the tiny blue bulbs on the smaller trees blinked on. "Amy has lit 50 trees-one for each American hostage," explained President Carter to the 7,500 surprised onlookers. "We will turn on the rest of the lights when the hostages come home." The crowd...
...benefit dance at the town hall that was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Women's Auxiliary. They held a raffle, and auctioned off such homey items as stuffed pillows and Lazy Susans. All in all, the citizens raised $5,000 for Fran York, whose Star Ranch was gutted by a blaze back in November. Although Fran needs about $100,000 to get her business going again, $5,000 was a good night's work...
...Star Ranch was a legal brothel, and Fran York, its madam for the past eight years, not only ran one of the best little whorehouses in Nye County but was a highly respected member of the community. She helped buy uniforms for the local high school band, she regularly took out an ad in the high school yearbook, and she made donations to the Beatty volunteer fire department. "She's always the first one out there to help," says Benefit Organizer Helen Terry. Adds V.F.W. Member Norm Martindale: "The benefit is not for Fran's Star Ranch...
Fran was overwhelmed by the response. Declared she: "The people of Beatty are just the nicest people I've ever met in my life." Until the Star Ranch is rebuilt, the Madam of Beatty is conducting business as usual in two house trailers...
...star is rising, Japan's fortunes seem on the wane. For 20 years they had dominated men's gymnastics so completely - winning every Olympic and world championship team gold medal since 1960- that many of the difficult tricks bear the names of the Japanese gymnasts who invented them. But a solid Soviet team, led by Ditiaid, 22, and the exciting Tkachev, 22, may change the language of men's gymnastics. Says former U.S. Olym pian Muriel Grossfeld: "The Soviets are superb, awesome under pressure. At least five of the six Soviet men can do [tricks] only...