Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 3, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 September 1984 — Page 6

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic. September 6. 1984

People in the news Jackson answers tabloids' gossip LOS ANGELES (AP) Singing superstar Michael Jackson is denouncing "unfounded and malicious gossip” that he maintains his high-pitched voice with hormones, has had plastic surgery on his eyes and cheekbones, and will never marry. The denials were issued in a statement which manager Frank Dileo said was intended to stop what he termed the rumors published by “cheap tabloids " Dileo declined to identify any publication by name. Jackson s statement, read by Dileo at a news conference Wednesday, also said that in the future, he intends to sue those who print “new fantasies.” “NO! I've never taken hormones to maintain my high voice,” Jackson's statement said. “NO! I’ve never had my cheekbones altered in any way. “NO! I’ve never had cosmetic surgery on my eyes. “YES! One day in the future I plan to get married and have a family. Any statements to the contrary are simply untrue.” Norman Winter, Jackson’s publicist, noted that Jackson has never denied undergoing plastic surgery on his nose a few vears ago. • CORONADO, Calif. (AP) Though his gourmet popping corn has come to account for a fourth of all popcorn sales in America. Orville Redenbacher still remembers the simple way it was prepared on his father’s Indiana farm: a handful of kernels cooked in a wire popper on a pot-bellied stove. “Nothing tasted better,” said Redenbacher, 77, whose bow-tied, salt-of-the-earth countenance has endeared him to television viewers nationwide. A native of Brazil, Ind., Redenbacher at first wanted nothing more out of life than to become a county agricultural agent in Indiana, an ambition he realized after graduating from Purdue University. His effort to improve the taste of popped corn began one night shortly before World War 11, when he sipped on some beer and munched a handful of popcorn that he said was flat and unappealing. “I decided there had to be a way to improve it,” said Redenbacher, who now makes his home in a luxury condominium overlooking Coronado Bay near San Diego. Working with a friend. Charles Bowman, Redenbacher formed Chester Inc. in Valparaiso. Ind., and the two began cross-pollinating one hybrid corn after another in their search for a tasty kernel. In 1971, the pair came up with a strain that consistently popped fluffy, light flakes. With the new popcorn ready for marketing, all that was left was to come up with a catchy title for the product. Redenbacher, troubled by ulcers in recent years, and Bowman sold their popcorn interests to Hunt-Wesson Foods Inc. in 1978 for a reported $2 million. One of the stipulations in the deal was that Redenbacher continue to represent the popcorn he invented. Pushing the product on television has made Redenbacher’s face and name familiar to millions of Americans. “They took a poll of grade school children in St. Paul, Minn., two or three months ago and asked if they ever heard of Walter Mondale, who is from Minnesota,” Redenbacher says. “Twice as many of those kids knew me.”

6:00 0 CD NEWB (D YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION Fads And Fashions' O SANFORD AND SON 01 ABC NEWS g q Qgg NEWS (5) © BASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Montreal Expos (3 bra.) 09 NBC NEWS © MACNEIL / LEHRER NEWSHOUR ©THREE’B COMPANY 6*30 0 0 WHEEL OF FORTUNE (D DANQERMOUBE "Custard" OTHRETB COMPANY o ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT 0 FAMILY FEUD 8 PEOPLE’S COURT P.M. MAGAZINE A mystery game worth $100,000; '6os music revived with the "Happy Together Tour ’84.” 7:00 0 THE FACTS OF LIFE Mrs. Garrett and the girts reminisce about their first five years at Eastland. (R) g(1 hr.) O MOVIE *** "Murder At The Mardl Gras" (1978, Mystery) David Groh, DkJI Conn. 0 BILLY QRAHAM CRUSADE (D MOVIE ***V4 "The Verdict" (1982, Drama) Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling. (2 hrs.) 0 0 MAQNUM, P.l. Magnum comes to the aid of a nightclub singer (Leslie Uggams) who Is trying to escape from the mob. (R)(1 hr.) ® QIMME A BREAK Joey gives Nell a lesson in honesty when her graduation from night school Is threatened by a cheating scandal. (R)

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© SNEAK PREVIEWS 0 FAME 7:30 0 FAMILY TIEB Elyse s younger brother Ned pays a surprise visit and puzzles everyone with his cloak-and-dagger behavior. (R) (1 hr.) 0 DINNER AT JULIA'S 8:00 0 BILLY QRAHAM CRUSADE 0 0 NFL FOOTBALL Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets (3 hrs.) 0 0 SIMON 6 BIMON A.J. and Rick are hired to locate a kidnapped dolphin. (R) (1 hr.) 0 MYSTERYI "Sergeant Cobb: Tha Last Trumpet" 8:30 0 NIGHT COURT A lonely bag lady, arrested on vagrancy charges, claims to be Harry’s mother. (R) 9:00 0 0 HILL BTREET BLUEB A former gang member stirs up hatred among rival gangs, Washington covers for a young detective who has a conflict of interest, and Davenport Bsks Purillo for a temporary separation. (R)(1 hr.) O (?) © NEWS (Z) BROTHERB: FEAR OF FLYING 0 0 MIKE HAMMER A set of counterfeiting plates leads Mike to the murderer of two fashion models and may save a third model from a similar fate. (R) (1 hr.) 0 THE STATE AGAINST BLACKB Economist Walter Williams presents his point of view that government regulations have kept Blacks behind other groups. Followed by a debate moderated by news correspondent Chartayne Hunter-Gault. (1 hr.)

EILEEN BRENNAN Checking in

RANCHO MIRAGE. Calif. (AP) Actress Eileen Brennan, best known as the no-nonsense Army captain in the television series and film “Private Benjamin,” has checked into the Betty Ford Center to overcome dependency on prescription drugs, a spokesman said. Ms. Brennan was admitted to the center on Saturday, publicist Paul Burditch said Wednesday. He said Ms. Brennan was given the painkillers after she was critically injured when she was hit by a car. Ms. Brennan. 50, was hospitalized for months following the Oct. 27, 1982, accident. • Chris Schenkel, the veteran ABC broadcaster, will work his first Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini fight Saturday, when the former World Boxing Association lightweight champion begins a comeback against Kenny (Bang Bang) Bogner in New Orleans. But Schenkel has known Mancini for 16 years, from the time he was a guest speaker at a tribute in Youngstown, Ohio, to the fighter’s father, the original Boom Boom, Lenny Mancini. “Ray reminded me that we met long ago when I was in Youngstown when they were honoring this ex-fighter,” said Schenkel. “He told me he was 7 years old then. As soon as he told me, I recalled there was this cute little guy tagging along behind his father, who was unbelievably popular out there. I don’t think he’s changed a lot, but it made me feel old. “The only other time I felt the same way was when I was doing a world pool championship tournament in black suit at the Biltmore Hotel in New York Years ago, when I was still a bachelor, I used to date this exotic dancer named Brandy Martin At the pool tournament, they had all these Playboy bunnies around for some reason. One came up to me and said. ’Mr. Schenkel, I'm Brandy Martin's daughter.' I can’t tell you how old I felt.” CINCINNATI (AP) James Meredith, who made civil rights history 22 years ago by being the first black to enroll at the University of Mississippi, said he has made the final transition in his life from a soldier to educator. “I’ve been a soldier (for civil rights) all my life,” Meredith said Wednesday as he began a career as visiting professor of black studies at the University of Cincinnati. The 51-year-old lawyer with a post-graduate degree in economics said he hopes to establish a post-graduate course in black studies here, beyond the bachelor’s degree now offered.

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