Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 30, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 October 1984 — Page 5

People in the news Country music honors at stake NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The fresh faces of singer Lee Greenwood, the mother-daughter duo The Judds and the group Exile are threatening Alabama’s three-year domination of the Country Music Association awards. Eleven award winners and two new members of the Country Music Hall of Fame will be announced on a live CBS television special from the Grand Ole Opry House tonight. Kenny Rogers is host. Alabama, a four-piece country-pop band, has been voted entertainer of the year for the past two years and top vocal group for the past three. The group also has been No. 1 instrumental group for two of the past three years. Greenwood, spurred by the success of his patriotic single, “God Bless the USA,” this year is rated a good chance to win the top award, entertainer of the year. That would deprive Alabama of becoming the first act to win the honor three times. The other three finalists are Barbara Mandrell, blind pianist-singer Ronnie Milsap and the flashy Oak Ridge Boys. Miss Mandrell, who is recovering at home from serious injuries suffered in a Sept. 11 traffic crash near Nashville, will join the show via a live remote hookup, a spokeswoman for the telecast said Sunday. The Judds, a look-alike mother-daughter duo with the hit “Mama He’s Crazy,” will vie with Alabama for vocal group of the year. The remaining finalists are Exile, the Oak Ridge Boys and the Statlers. Exile, a former pop band, has moved into country music and challenges Alabama for top instrumental group. Other finalists are the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Ricky Skaggs Band and the Oaks Band. Finalists for top male vocalist are Greenwood, veteran Merle Haggard, 1982 winner Skaggs and newcomers Gary Morris and George Strait. Finalists for top female vocalist include Janie Fricke, who’s won the past two years. Joining her are two former winners, Miss Mandrell (1979 and 1981) and Emmylou Harris (1980), country-pop star Anne Murray and traditional country stylist Reba McEntire. • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) Tom Wilson’s Ziggy may blunder through his cartoon life, but he’s worth millions of dollars, and the profitable loser has become the subject of a lawsuit. Mary Alice Barnes, 45, is suing Wilson for half his earnings from Ziggy. She contends she developed Ziggy’s personality while Wilson drew the cartoon, and that Wilson reneged on an oral contract to split the profits with her. A Nov. 5. Superior Court hearing is scheduled on Wilson’s bid to dismiss the case. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Novelist James A. Michener, known for Texas-size books like “Hawaii” and “Chesapeake,” has lived here for two years working on a novel about the state and apparently likes what he’s seen. Michener, 77, plans to live here permanently, the Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday. The author was in Paris and could not be reached. John Kings, his editorial assistant, said he could neither confirm nor deny the report.

Today's TV programming

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Cathy Evelyn Smith, who faces second-degree murder charges in the drug overdose death of John Belushi, says she tried to get the actor-comedian to reduce his drug intake. “I didn’t kill John Belushi,” Ms. Smith wrote in her forthcoming book, “Chasing the Dragon.” In the book Ms. Smith, who is fighting extradition from Toronto, neither confirms nor denies reports that she injected the former “Saturday Night Live” star with drugs shortly before his death in March 1982, according to a report Sunday in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) The queen of England, looking for the little extra something that makes a winner, is visiting the bluegrass kingdom of three aristocratic stallions who wear the Triple Crown. Queen Elizabeth 11, who arrived in Kentucky on Sunday afternoon and scheduled private engagements today, is likely to inspect Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew, Affirmed and Secretariat as she searches for fitting mates for her broodmares. “The queen will be matching conformation as well as pedigree,” said her racing manager, Lord Henry Porcester. “She’ll be looking for things you can’t get from a photograph, trying to grasp the make and shake of the stallion.” The 58-year-old queen’s only public appearance before she departs Friday is scheduled Thursday when she is to present a trophy to the winners of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington. A cool rain greeted the start of the queen’s first visit to the United States since her West Coast tour in the winter of 1983. About 200 people gathered, some two hours ahead of time, behind a fence 100 yards away, hoping to see her. Only the briefest glimpse was possible; the queen spent about 10 minutes at Blue Grass Airport before departing for Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, where she is staying in the 19th-century country mansion of William S. Farish 111 and his wife. Sarah. • THIS WEEK’S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE: Actress June Allyson, 67, and singer A 1 Martino, 57, added a year on Sunday, while gossipy Rona Barrett, 48, and Chevy Chase, 41, did likewise Monday. On Tuesday, it’s No. 35 for singer Jackson Browne. Entertainer Ben Vereen, 38, and actress Helen Hayes, 84, share Wednesday’s cake and can dies. Singer Dottie West is 52 on Thursday. Friday means No. 34 for entertainer Susan Anton, No. 49 for opera star Luciano Pavarotti and sportscaster Tony Kubek and No. 52 for comedian-activist Dick Gregory.

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