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Show Wednesday, April 7, 1976 Page 4 . . . IT'S STILL OUT THERE INTERNATIONAL Bombay, India - India, the second most populous nation in the world, recently introduced the first compulsory sterilization law. Couples with three or more children who refuse to comply with the new law will face fines and possible jail terms. Rome - Thousands of Italian feminists, chanting "My body is mine," marched through Rome behind Communist streamers protesting a recent parliament vote that confined legal abortion to therapeutic and rape cases. The controversial issue has threatened to cause another political crises for Italy as the Socialists parties threatened to bring down to 50-day-old government of Prime Minister Aldo Moro and -thus trigger an early election that could bring the Communists to power. Beirut, Lebanon - Despite the latest truce this troubled country continued to be torn by a bitter civil war last week while politicians bickered over ways to end the conflict. On Sunday, police estimated 130 persons were killed, chiefly along the ragged front lines separating mountain towns which have been transformed by the war from summer resorts into armed camps. " ' NATIONAL has been theorized in the latest edition of Science Magazine. ' '' ' ' ', The theory, which came from a study done by a University of California psychology graduate student, suggests the accusers of the 20 persons executed had hallucinated as a result of eating bread contaminated with a fungus called ergotw which grows on rye seed. - I Washington - Congress took its first successful step toward cutting down the size of the country's coun-try's major oil companies Thrusday as the, Senate judiciary subcommittee voted 4 to 3 to introduce a diverstiture bill. ( li ; The bill would require the country's top 18 oil companies to decide within five years whether they want to either produce, transport, or refine and market oil. The bill next goes to the Judiciary Committee for a vote. :- Vail, Colo. - This ski resort's gondola lift system was shut down for the remainder of the season Thursday. The closure resulted from the deaths of four persons last week in the fall of two cars blamed by investigators on frayed cable.1 Forest Service spokesman Jim Nelson reported,"We have determined the frayed cable , caused the partial derailment of a car that got jammed in Tower No. 5 and acted as a logjam starting pening" (1 " ( LA the whole sequence of events hap- .'.fi. Arlington Heights, rolling, across most 111 - Truckers are again cf the nations highways following a tenative agreement on a new labor contract between the Teamsters Union and the trucking industry which ended a three-day "national strike. Union officials ordered picket lines removed Saturday afternoon when an agreement- was reached and trucks started moving Saturday night. The agreement reportedly provides pay raises totaling $1.65 an hour over the 36 months on the contract, plus an open-ended . cost-of-living escalator and $17 a week in fringe benefits. Under their previous contract Teamsters averaged $7.18 to $7.33 an hour. Pleasant Hill, Ore - Ken Kesey, who received' only $20,000 for the screen rights to his novel,' "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest", has filed suit in the U.S. District court in Portland, Ore;1 seeking a share of the profits from the movie that recently won five Academy Awards. "It would have been a great moment for me if those subpoeanas had been slipped into the winning best picture envilope," Keasey said' after: he watched the awards presentation on' television. . v , Washington - Richard M, Nixon's two son-in-laws, Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower, issued spearate statements Friday that denied.,, they saw or said anything to indicate the former president was mentally unstable shortly before , he resigned. " -,.'. tx Speaking of the recent book about Nixon's final Kiallvcu iuacuii wuuuau nic iigui w auun 111a - ,, , , . , , , ' Pulitzer Prize for their newspaper, Eisenhower ; said,"It accepts rumors and assertions of sources too literally and to uncritically, lending ry an impression which is unfair. . It , should therefore be read skeptically." ; When Hoyt Axton was a child he learned to love singing from his father, who loved to sing. John Thomas Axton was a high school history teacher and athletic director who sang because it made him feel good. That's the main reason that Hoyt sings and Hoyt will be singing at the C'est Bon Lounge April In 1950 Hoyt's mother, Mae B. Axton, who Was an English and drama teacher, began writing songs with various friends and musicians. In 1955 she co-wrote "Heartbreak "Heart-break Hotel," which,; you'll recall," was one of Elvis Presley's biggest hits. Hoyt was listening and watching and when he was 15 he wrote his first song. In. 1958 or '59 he began singing folk songs in the San Francisco Bay area and was one of the early West Coast folk singers making the coffeehouse circuit. In 1962 he co-wrote "Greenback Dollar" with the late Ken Ramsey. The Kingston Trio recorded it and had a significant hit with their version. During this period of time as well as history has been able to record it Hoyt lived Morristown, N.J.- In a historic ruling Wed- daughter Karen Ann to "die with dignity" if doctors say she has no hope of recovery. Karen Ann, 22, has been in a coma since Aprils 14, 1975, after taking a combination of gin and tranquilizers at a party. A spokesman for the family said it is a matter of family privacy when the medical device that is keeping the girl alive will be disconnected. ? Boston - The possibility that an LSD-type drug was involved with the Salem witch trials of 1692 Washington - Secretary of State Kissinger, , urging Congress to go along with the sale of six C130 transport planes to Egypt, declared Friday y that the United States "cannot let our policy be ri determined solely by our friends in Israel." ' " -" , ' ' ' ( ft Sifflm' ROOMER Brought to you by the Union Pacific Railroad People. the life of a wandering Okie lookin' for some fun. He drove fast; drank wine, made , love, broke guitars, wrote songs, sang songs,, and generally took life as it came to him or as he ran into it. When we asked him what it was like in those days, he smiled and said, "I don't remember anything before last Tuesday." ' In 1964, John Kay, later the head singer in the group Steppenwolf , heard Hoyt sing "The Pusher" at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Steppenwolf recorded the song and it eventually found its way onto .four gold albums, including the' soundtrack of the film. Easy Kider. Steppenwolf also recorded the critically acclaimed "Snowblind Friend." Hoyt traveled with Three Dog Night in 1969-70 as their opening act, and when he wrote "Joy to the World,': he played it for the group and they went on to have their most successful single with it. They later recorded his ."Never Been to Spain" and had another top-ten hit with it. We asked Hoyt how he felt when other artists recorded his songs. He just smiled and said, "I love it!" . During all these years Hoyt . has remained active as an "underground" West Coast performer and recording artist. He has made a dozen albums for almost as many labels but only recently has he come into his own as a recording artist. As with his earlier albums on diverse labels, Hoyt's first album With A&M, Less Than the Song, proved to be a natural showcase for his songs. Artists who have recorded songs from it include in-clude Joan Baez, David Clayton Thomas, Three Dog Night, Martha Reeves, John Denver, and Glen Campbell. Hoyt's second album for A&M, Life Machine, which he co-produced with Allan M-cDougall, M-cDougall, was a winner. Out of it came two country and western hits, "When the Mornin' Comes" and "Boney Fingers," which led to several appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and Ernest Tubbs' Record Shop. He then had his own television special on NBC, where he was joined by some of his friends, including in-cluding Arlo Guthrie, Ringo Starr, Linda Ronstadt, Tanya Tucker, Rita Coolidge, Buffy St. Marie, La Costa Tucker, npDnnnDqn 4? lllllllllllllll 11 1 Bp BB : EFT fetojgffi-ffl B I la I 111 l a - p ,,mM fSlMinAt STORK moimnMl H (gBB and in acting roles in comedy 3 skits: Kris Kristofferson,,,. Paul Williams, and Doug j Dillard. - , s Southbound, Hoyt's '75c effort, was co-produced by" Henry Lewy and featured; special guests like Arlo,, Linda, Cheech and Chong.t and John Hartford. The, album contained the author's; version of "No No Song,"j which Ringo made a hit in his cover rendition, and a classic, duet with Linda on his "Lion, in the Winter." Now comes Fearless,; produced by Davis Ker-, shenbaum (who was also responsible for the production produc-tion on Joan Baez's pair of A&M hit albums, Diamonds & Rust and From Every Stage , and named after a St. Ber-. nard friend of Hoyt's. There are ten of Hoyt's own tunes (several co-written' with friends) on Fearless, plus a touching performance of Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay," and there are guest appearances ap-pearances by Tom Scott, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and the Miracles. ) In an era of singer-) songwriters, Hoyt Axton is't one of the best around. ) Appearing with Hoyt at the u C'est Bon will be Katy.' Moffatt. - ' i H ' :fi '( if In Park City it's the 1 1 J ' M m MM jFi : fMJ& W VULUVJ Li APPEARING FOR THEIR FINAL WEEK the Smolder Brothers Thursday: Ladies. FREE and Gents $1.00! Sunday: HALF PRICE BEER! . HALF PRICE MIXERS! HALF PRICE COVER CHARGE! COMING APRIL 23 HOYT AaTOM Tickets will go on Sale Thursday at 4:00 p.m. TICKETS ARE $5.00 Ticket Outlets Are: C'EST BON v KSOP RADIO TAPEHEADCO. RASPBERRY RECORDS (at the Cottonwood Mall) , . FINNS RE AHA, (Heber City) , . ' C'est Bon Entertainment Lounge on the second floor at the C'est Bon Hotel, Park City. ;c A m y. .") -yf M 19 li ' v. . n . . ifn :J .",.11 : iil . M J'i :n '-''ii' ";'iq ' " .in :') (II sn ii) in 'hi |