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People Hollywood chronicler honored with own star LOS ANGELES (APj — Bob Thomas whose byline is as famous as the names of many stars IT 6 r AUwASG EWBAJeCAoGtHG ) TG AT A )r ’fast" VTtWTG TuE ewAcw: wiuiatcE&jA WAVE-T- wooec t— he's covered in 45 years with The Associated Press received his ovn star on the Hollywood Walk ot fame Thomas who has covered the Hollywood scene in thousands of P dispatches and written 25 hooks about Hollywood legends was honored Thursday with the 883rd star along the glittering path on Hollywood Boulevard ‘'He's the man who has helped make Ho1 wood a place to hoo" said ray about Johnny Grant the honorary mayor of Hollywood who helped unveil Thomas’ star a few steps from the lamed Mann's ( hinese Theater Another special guest — Mickey Mouse — helped unveil the star as tourists snapped pictures and applauded RACTiCOARDOlGUT --t GOLF SPn ky cccceekc said I was cute dont wanna be cute wanna be PRETTY!” “He I I 1 1 a$£ $ £ t V w d 2” i PEANUTS by Charles M Schulz t I REAP IN ThE PAPER recently that taere 5EEV5 it' TO BE A LOT OF "ATTORNEY BA5HINS ' I “The most significant thing v this means is that the people who report and write books about jr If ' 5 y I N " g- S GARFIELD by Jim Davis may have some imthe legacy of this town " said Thomas fie told his friends family and that the event was “the nicest thing that's happened to me in my hometown " Thomas is one of only a handful of figures to win a spot on the Walk of fame as determined by the Hollywood Walk of Fame CommitHollywood in portance f £ 4 i i I f V iITTL-VN-’ IV- -r tee Thomas’ journalism career has made him a legend in his own right A prolific writer his byline has appeared on the AP wire more times than any other writer in the news agency's 140 year history Although most of his career was spent reporting on the entertainment world Thomas’ greatest beat came when he broke the news of the assassination of Sen Robert F Kennedy in 1968 Assigned to cover the victory celebration of the then presiden- : Ass sia'Pd P'ess Bob Thomas receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame MARVIN by Tom Armstrong and phoned in the first bulletin on the assassination & lives and deaths of America’s most beloved stars California native Thomas A first biography “King Cohn" about the legendary Columbia He Studio boss Harry Cohn lat- er chronicled the lives of Irving Thalbcrg David O Sclzmck iO Walter WTnchcll Marlon Brando Walt Disney Joan Crawford big-stud- William Holden Fred Astaire and Liberace among others His books about Howard Hughes and Abbott and Costello became television movies He has reported on 47 consecutive Academy Awards and on the the sound saw Kennedy bleeding ' t In 1967 Thomas published his 66 grew up in Hollywood where his father was a film publicity director He was 22 when he joined the AP as a Hollywood columnist Since then he has covered the birth of television the decline of the system the comand wide screens the ing of shitting of filming abroad and the cassette revolution tial candidate Thomas heard “what sounded like the popping of balloons" He rushed toward am CALVIN AND HOBBES by Bill Watterson ' HI DAO Bridge ITS KE WGL CAL N TJJ Tia ME A 1M CALVIN I DON A fCW AT WORK' hAVE TiM£ To TELL T STORY I M NCW eRd 8JSY ' GET CFF phone TUE tm Ey?tctN& important calls GK DAO I’LL JUST STM GJiETtd GRUNINS UP AT AN UNREUE'ABLE RAT NEAR SPEND' G tjCp CPEGtL T'NE WiTVl K GwN DAO HEPE 1 aGS AiWMG TOCd (F13 tePKP right this is Right OF M MCRAUUC M WttEEl SHAFT 1) (Tin 2) AND THE MHiNGEMENT E'l FLANGE PATENT WORKiNG WANT By B JAY and STEVE BECKER North dfilcr North South vulnerable NORTH A Hli y S KM 1 WEST EAST A A g IKiT t 'Ml o g: 'ij g 7 i i I" s i I ART SOLTI I A " k 1 k A g i I I I s I i The bidding North FaM Pass I'LS I I A it I nil g South West A A ’ass l N id ii W M H A A p I'd C BLACK MATES Hint Maki tf wu I to st t' t “it sm1!1 'c S n t r t io' it l J t ae t n1 i Ate' " Q it I spatlt CM ON OB asl one tliit left d el ire IS e irt trick w "ii id in iit'tl d to se ore nine ms sho !! 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