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CRAIG
7 WILSON
From Hollywood
Our European spy called to say that handsome Johnnie
Wilder, leader of Heatwave, was badly shaken up and
mauled by a group of adoring female fans when leaving a
London restaurant. Johnnie had just learned that his
about to be released album, “Hot Property,” may well
ship from the get go over one million copies, but then
what would you expect from a kid that has sold over ten
million records in less than two years? Plans are now
being finalized for Johnnie to have adequate protection
when he tours the U.S.A.
Richard Pryor who has often been down, but never out,
is down once more in a Tinseltown hospital with heart
trouble. Local nurses testify that Pryor is definitely not
out. Some have refused to work on the floor where the
comic is bedded after it was reported he threw a book at
the floor nurse.
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PETER TOSH LINDA CLIFFORD JAMES EARL JONES
Tony Award winner Linda Hopkins put her micro
phone on the floor of the big stage at Caesar’s Palace in
Las Vegas and belted out her version of “Danny Boy”
and there wasn’t a dry eye left in the room. Linda received
three standing ovations from the normally hard-hearted
Vegas audience.
Reggae singer Peter Tosh is very, very upset over the
fact that few Black faces are ever seen in his American
audiences. Rumor hazit that Tosh is so political in his ly
rics that a deliberate attempt is being made to shield Tosh
from Black Americans.
The young performers of Roots, the Next Generations,
have certainly served notice to Hollywood that they are
ready, willing and able to play any part written. As one
cornerstander ably put it, “Those kids gave notice to the
old established Black actors and actresses that there is a
new day dawning and they had best be on their jobs. And
now Hollywood won’t have to depend on Tyson for all
the dramatic roles and Ross for all the musical roles.”
There was no Bible in sight when those two female
gospel singers went at it tooth, nail and knife the other
night in West Hollywood. The two had been long time
roommates and decided to call it a day, but not before one
received a deep leg cut.
Keliee Patterson’s manager and close friend, Gene
Russell was overheard at a Tinseltown party explaining his
theory on money. Gene said, “Money won’t buy happi
ness, but it will sure buy a Lear jet to take you where
happiness is.”
Linda Clifford joined the ranks of Jackie 0., Sophia
Loren, and many other world beauties when she hired
international photographer Francesco Scavullo to take her
photo for her new album cover.
James Earl Jones has started work on the Paris series
where he plays a top-notch detective while L.A. Dodger
slugger Reggie Smith is working on his own TV series this
fall and aims for a hit that will go over the fence and out
of the park with high ratings.
3/25/79 (5'1979 Players International Publications
Carter
nominates
black judge
The President has
announced that he will
nominate Gabrielle Kirk
McDonald, of Houston, Texas,
to be a U.S. district judge for
the Southern District of Texas.
This is a new judgeship created
by the 1978 Omnibus
Judgeship Act.
McDonald was born April
12, 1942, in St. Paul,
Minnesota. She received an
LL.B. from Harvard Law
School in 1966.
From 1966 to 1968
McDonald was a staff attorney
for the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Funds. Since
1969 she has practiced law
with the Houston firm of
McDonald and McDonald.
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DISTINGUISHED BLACK ELDERS - President Jimmy Carter greets former
Olympic star Jesse Owens while Mrs. Rosalynn Carter says hello to Miss Septima
Clarke, a former school teacher, during a reception in the Blue Room of the White
House residence for seventeen distinguished black elders. Dr. W. Montague Cobb,
president of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP, looks on next to
Owens, while Dorothy Maynor, a concert contralto (partially hidden), watches Mrs.
Carter and Miss Clarke.
President and Mrs. Carter
played host at a White House
luncheon recently for
seventeen of the nation’s most
distinguished black elders for
their outstanding contributions
to American society.
The seventeen, who range in
age from 64 to 93, were
recipients of Living Legacy
Awards given by the National
Caucus on the Black Aged.
“Every person who is being
honored ... is indeed a notable
citizen of our country whose
own life’s events and
accomplishments far exceed
their own circle of friends and
personal acquaintances,”
President Carter told some 130
invited guests.
The National Caucus on the
Black Aged’s Living Legacy
Awards program is designed to
recognize the contributions of
some of those distinguished
seniors to promote a positive
view of black aging in America,
to increase the nation’s
awareness of the significant
contributions older black
persons have made and
continue to make and provide
a “living legacy” of recorded
experiences of these
outstanding black citizens.
The President in his opening
remarks also said he would
change a “couple of words” if
he were naming the
organization again.
“I think ‘national’ is really
too narrow in scope. If there
ever was an event that has
international overtones, 1
would say it is this one.
Because distinguished black
Americans have not only been
in inspiration to the people of
the United States of America,
they have set an example of
leadership, dedication, courage
and achievement that is an
inspiration throughout the
world.”
The President praised each
recipient for their
achievements in such areas as
literature, human services,
science and health,
communications, government
and others and said they
“helped to write history” and
have “proven that the strength
of the human spirit can achieve
excellence even in the face of
extraordinary obstacles.”
The seventeen recipients,
who were honored in the State
Dining Room of the White
House, are: Margaret Walker
Alexander for Literature;
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Human Services; Dr. W.
Montague Cobb for Science
and Health; The Rev. Dr.
Gloster Current for Continuing
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Service in Retirement; Malvin
R. Goode for Communications;
The Hon. Augustus Hawkins
for Politics; the Rev. Martin
Luther King Sr. for Religion;
Dorothy Maynor for
Performing Arts; Dr. Benjamin
Mays for Education; Jesse
Owens for Sports; Rosa L.
Parks for the Holbart C.
Jackson Social Action Award;.
Phillip Randolph for Labor;
Dr. Asa T. Spaulding for
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Waynesboro Augusta Martinez
for Fine Arts; Dr. Robert C.
Weaver for Government; Dr.
Charles H. Wesley for Social
Sciences (History); and Roy
Wilkins for Civil Rights.
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