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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1977)
Joe DiMaggio People Totie Fields roasted NEW YORK (AP) — It was the first time that women were in the audience and that the Friars Club ever “roasted” a woman — Totie Fields — who fought back from a leg amputation to resume her career. Some of the country’s bestknown comics gathered at the luncheon here Wednesday to pay tribute to the comedy and the courage of Miss Fields and to zing her with one liners on an infrequent topic for humor, amputation. Noting that the roasters had to tone down their ribald humor because of the women in attendance, toastmaster Jan Murray said, “And if that wasn’t enough, we’ll get a woman with one leg — now let’s see how funny these clowns are.” “That’s what I like, a woman who can stand on her own foot,” said Milton Berle. “This bionic yenta, this Short John Silver. I love you,” he told the laughing comedienne. “Just watch the termites.” Comic Pat Henry told the crowd, “They love her in Las'Vegas. She could do anything there. She could run for mayor — well, maybe hop.” Miss Fields had the last word. “When you lose a friend, they say ‘That’s life,”’ she said. “All I know is when you lose a leg, they keep giving you lunches.” Mayor Frank Rizzo PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Mayor Frank Rizzo tells it, the cigarette butt he kept in an envelope for years until it disintegrated wasn’t an ordinary one. It belonged to Joe DiMaggio. Rizzo related the story this week after the Philadelphia Phillies won the National League East title and baseball was on everyone’s lips. The mayor said he came into possession of the Yankee Clipper’s Lucky Strike during the second game of the 1950 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Phillies at old Shibe Park here. With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the 10th inning, the legendary DiMaggio was due to lead off. Next to him in the dugout was Rizzo, then a 29-year-old policeman assigned to stadium security. DiMaggio turned to Rizzo and said: “Hold this cigarette for me, Frank. 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Warren G. Magnu son, D-Wash., said the Senate may now drop its stand that medically necessary abortions be paid for. But he said the House would be expected to approve federal payments for abortions when a pregnancy-related disease threatened a woman’s life or Page 7 when there was a likelihood that a seriously ill or deformed child would be born. The dispute is the only stum bling block left for a $60.2-billion appropriations bill to operate the departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare for fiscal 1978. Without congressional ap proval, the two agencies would run out of money Friday, the end of the fiscal year. A resolu tion to continue spending at present levels would then be needed for payrolls to be met. The leader of the House con- — Griffin Daily News Thursday, September 29, 1977 ferees called the vote “an addi tional weapon in our arsenal.” Rep. Daniel Flood, D-Pa., a vehement foe of expanding fed eral abortion financing, said the vote showed “the strength of the House in support of our position.” The vote came on a resolution by Rep. Louis Stokes, DOhio, instructing the House conferees to accept the Senate position. Stokes said he introduced the measure because most other members “wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole.” Most objections to the Senate language are based on a belief that the term “medical necessi ty” is broad enough to allow abortions under almost any conditions. The National Abortion Rights Action League called the House action “irresponsible, callous and utterly arrogant." Last year, the federal Medi caid program paid SSO million for about 300,000 abortions for poor women.
