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Mamas CONTINUED FROM PAGE Ilf blackness," Miss King was reported by Soul Newsmagazine’s Walter Burrell as saying when pressed for comment on her not appearing in this season’s episodes of the situa-tion-comeoy. Spokesmen for TOY Productions, which produces ‘SVhat’s Happening!!!!,” say Miss King, who plays Mrs. Thomas, will not return as “the producers couldn’t work out a deal with Mabel because she had other commitments." Bernie Ornstein, one of the show’s two producers, said Miss King was unable to reach a financial arrangement for the coming season, although he “would love to have her on the show.” Ornstein told Burrell, when asked if there were differehces over treatment of the black image in the scripts, he said “She’s too late for that. Esther Kolle already did that number.. Mabel will have to come up with a different story.” “On the last script,” Miss King told Burrell, ,f they had Roger (Ernest Thomas) going out and getting an apartment behind his mother’s back, which blew the image of trust which had existed between the mother and two kids.” Miss King will not be written out of the show, TOY spokesmen say. They say that while Roger and Rerun (Fred Berry) move into an apartment, and waitress Shirley (Shirley Hemphill) moves into Roger’s room at home, “you won’t see her (the mother), but the audience will not know she’s not there.”

Deadline near for series tickets

Deadline for ordering season tickets for Clowes Hall’s 178-79 Series Broadway, which will include engagements of “The Wiz,” and “Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God," is

September 9.

“The Wiz,” an all-black adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz” which will

debut shortly in movie form, will close Black History Month on the Clowes stage February 27, winding up its stay here March 1. “Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God" will play Clowes May 1-6, while other

engagements include “The Sound of Music," October 9-11; “The Passion of Dracula,” October 30-November 1; “Side By Side By Sondheim,” December 4-6; and “I Love My Wife," January 22-24. Brothers Johnson reset Brothers Johnson / Emotions concert scheduled for September 15 will be rescheduled for a later date, a local promoter

says.

‘ Promoter Bruce Hubley says the band jumped at the chance for a studio session that

Believe Me CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10^ over the “marriage" of her TV daughter, Thelma (Bernadette Stanis) to a Tony Dorsett-like college football player (Ben Powers). The “marriage” was the reason provided by producer Norman Lear for bringing Ms. Rolle back from Arizona, where she supposedly had been caring for her sick second husband. Her return will be highlighted by an hour-long premiere followed by the “wedding,” which was completed on the set last week. Ms. Rolle, who objected to the “caricature” portrayal of her “son,” J.J. (Jimmie Walker) when she left the show a couple of years ago, said, “she feels Lear has made the role more believable now.” Julian Bond, Georgia State Senator has filed suit to erase the word “nigger” from American radio and television, saying the word defames “a whole race of people.” Bond and the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta after the FCC refused his request to ban the word in political advertisements....Stevie Wonder has thrown the Congressional Black Caucus into a dither by deciding not to appear at the group’s eight annual dinner on September 30, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. As originally set up. the Caucus was to hold one dinner. But later plans were

made to hold a second dinner simultaneously at the Shoreham - Americana, with an appearance by Natalie Cole. • Wonder’s contract had called for him to address and perform for one affair. “King,” the NBC-TV mini-series on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King copped nine nominations for the 30th annual Emmy Awards to be presented on Sunday, September 17. Eight nominations went to ABC’s “Ben Vereen, His Roots.” Paul Winfield got a nod for best lead actor in a limited series for “King,” and Cicely Tyson received one for best lead actress in a limited series, also for “King."....The film version of “The Wiz" will make its world premiere October 24, in NYC. The cast this time; Diana Ross as Dorothy; Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow; Nipsey Russell as the Tin Woodman; Ted Ross as the Lion; Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch and Richard Pryor as “The Wiz” himself. TIB-BITS: Ms. Kim CaldweD, a recent graduate of Shortridge High School has returned to the city after visiting her brother Ken, who is a member of the U.S. Army stationed at Camp Ord, Calif. The well-known young lady plans to enter college at the beginning of the Fall season....Here’s wishing ner tne best of luck....Believe Me!.... Later, until next week for the happenings.

MARVIN McCURTY (center, kneeling] and bis Dancers of

It] Melooy Jackson, Debbie Easley, and Teresa McCarty. Group will return to Muskegeon for a Labor Day appearance.

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HARRY D. HAWKINS Retired fireman Harry D. Hawkins was buried August 28, in Crown Hill Cemetery following services at Summers Northeast Chapel. He died August 24. 1978. Mr. Hawkins, 6024 River-, view Drive, was a Columbus, Ohio, native and lived here 60 years. He worked as an inspector and fireman for the Indianapolis Fire Department 25 years, retiring in 1956. A World War I veteran, he was a member of Witherspoon Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn W. Hawkins, and two sisters, Mrs. Florence Branch, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Blanche Byrd, Indianapolis.

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weekend, and has chosen to reschedule all dates in that time period. Billie’s replacement here Jazz singer Helen Humes, whose first major appearance came in 1968 as a replacement for Billie Holliday fronting Count Basie’s orchestra, will continue a two-week stay in Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Well House through next Friday. Battle of the Bands

Members of Manchild will battle it out musically on stage with Rapture and Louisville’s Midnight Star at 7:30 p.m., Sunday in the year’s first black Expo Center concert. Midnight Star’s currently playing a popular demand engagement at Frank’s Mark IV.

Pryor and Labe He Comedian Richard Pryor’s tour with singer Patti Labelle will play the Expo Center at 8 p.m., September 10. Both acts are top

record-selling ones, with Pryor earning Grammy Awards and gold discs for his uniquely-styled party albums like “That Nigger’s Crazy” and “Bicentennial Nigger.” Miss Labelle, who led a female threesome

PARTY LIGHTS called Patti Labelle and the Bluebells, and later, Labelle, has been a solo artist more than a year. Her new hits include “Joy to Have Your Love” find “Dan Swit Me,” while her Labelle songs include “Lady Marmalade,” “Get You Somebody New,” “Isn’t It a Shame,” and “Space Children.” Pendergrass concert Singer Teddy Pendergrass will appear in the Expo Center at 8 p.m. October 8, it was announced recently. Pendergrass, former lead singer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, is currently on a headline tour behind his platinum album “Life is a Song Worth Singing.”

Salmon swimming upstream to lay their eggs can leap more than 10 feet (3 meters) over swirling rapids, according to The World Book Encyclopedia.

JOB EXPERIENCE FROM A PART-TIME JOB. I he skill you learn serving 16 hours a month in the Army Reserve can be helpful in finding a full-time lob. Call your local unit to tind out what’s available. It’s listed in the white pages of the phone hook under “U.S. Government;’

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HIGH RANKING: School 42 graduate Wanda Bunch enters Manual High School next week with numerous grade school achievements to her credit. She received meritorious ranking certificates for her performances in language arts, choir, social studies, honor roll status, as a student monitor and student council member. An additional certificate was from the Daughters of American Revolution for Wanda’s American History studies. A first Baptist Church, North Indianapolis member, she’s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bunch. Why not join her in returning to school? EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ON THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE RECORDER TODAY

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