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The Penucola Newt 3A Sarson Launches fKeep Bert Drive Friday, Jonuory4, 1980 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. he was no longer angry at pageant officials. "I'm not bitter. I've had a good life," he said. "God has been good to me and I still love all the people connected with the pageant and I still have to say that I've loved every minute of it all." "shabby trick" by announcing his firing without telling him first.

Marks said he informed Parks of the decision in a letter mailed to Parks' home in Florida, where the performer usually spends the winter. Parks, who arrived in that an established performer is being treated like an old box of cereal." "I know, I'm a Judas." Marks said. "But when a decision's made, dammit, it's made. I've received a couple of stray calls from some ladies, you know, the shrieking types. I knew when it finally came out.

there'd be some flak." Parks has been the pageant's master of ceremonies since its second year on national television in 1955. He earned $18,500 for his week-long services last year. Parks, told by The Associated Press that he was fired, said late Wednesday night from his home in Connecticut he was "absolutely shocked." He said Marks had pulled a EASTGATE CHURCH Of CHRIST I 2809 CreightonRi-4910 "WAL Evangelist W. Emery Kardia JWv J2JJS Sunday 9:30 an pa Tf4 CHURCH Wed. 7pm I J.Al- i lONNtt OWEN, PASTOt iinnnniRrnn worship services IILnlmlllllllr 11 AM: STUDIES JOHN I If I JirllFf 6 PM: STUDIES IN JAMES cials demanding, "We Want Bert." They said it was because he was 65 years old," Carson said as the studio audience cheered.

"Have you seen Bert Parks lately? He looks great "He's been doing the Miss America contest for 25 years They tear down a little hotel to put up a new building and they tear down the trees to widen the freeway. But we've got to save American institutions. This is going too far, I think. "Now Mr. Marks, I'm not going to watch the Miss America contest this year unless Bert Parks is the master of ceremonies," Carson said.

"We're going to boycott. There's other shows on." David Kruh, 23, a disc jockey at radio station WRAN in Randolph, N.J., also urged a letter-writing campaign to have Parks rehired. "I can't imagine watching the Miss America Pageant without seeing Bert Parks sing, There She Is, Miss Kruh said. "Age should have nothing to do with it People should know -t if" tilt Asfj V. vL 1 (AP) Johnny Carson is pushing a postcard campaign to save the perennial host of the Miss America Pageant, and a New Jersey disc jockey who also wants Bert Parks back says Parks has been treated "like an old box of cereal." But the pageant executive who announced the decision to fire Parks after 25 years of singing "There She Is, Miss America," says he's not going to change his mind.

"I'm sticking to my guns," said Albert A. Marks the chief executive officer of the country's most prestigious beauty contest "1 have to make my first responsibility to the pageant, which was in existence long before Bert and will be around, I hope, long after both Bert and I are gone." Marks said the 59-year-old contest needed a younger image. "It was a very tough decision. The guy's a good friend," he said Thursday. Marks announced Wednesday that Parks was not "invited" to serve as host of a 26th national telecast on Sept.

6. The decision prompted protest calls to Marks and the pageant's Boardwalk headquarters. Carson, host of NBC's "Tonight Show" urged his television audience Thursday night to send postcards to pageant offi- right, and presidential aide James Free, far right, about ways country music celebrities can help the Carter reelection effort. (AP Laserphoto) COUNTRY FOR CARTER At a boost Carter party, entertainer Tom T. Hall, second from left, talks with Billy Carter, far left, Grand Ole Opry star Hank Snow, second from "Do It Right the First Time!" REAL ESTATE LICENSE COURSE Including Required Educational Course PENSACOLA SALESMAN LICENSE COURSE BEGINS JANUARY 8th, 7:00 P.M.

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Billy Carter, who said Hall arranged the dinner party at his request, said the event "will be a great help." Billy Carter and Hall share the same Nashville manager, Tandy Rice. Dinner guests included Earl Scruggs, Helen Cornelius and singing parter Jim Ed Brown, Jack Greene, Bobby Bare, Skeeter Davis and Teddy Wilburn. "These are not people who normally get involved in politics," Billy Carter said, "but they're people who like Jimmy Carter. I think endorsements help more when they come from non-politicians. "The people who vote are the people who listen to country music." Miss Davis said she attended the Carter re-election dinner because "I know Jimmy Carter's a Christian, not just a talker." NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) Some of President Carter's supporters may have "Faded Love," but several country music celebrities plan to "Stand by Your Man." About 75 country music stars and their spouses gathered at entertainer Tom T. Hall's house in the suburb of Franklin Thursday night to eat barbecued chicken and listen to first brother Biily Carter and Evan Dobelle, chairman of the Carter-Mondale Presidential Committee, discuss how the celebrities can help Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign. Grand Ole Opry star Hank Snow said he is prepared to do for the president about anything he wants." Snow said he has been acquainted with Carter since his Georgia peanut farming days when Carter brought a square dance group to the Grand Ole Opry. Hall said he is supporting Carter because "he's been more cognizant of country music than any president we've had so far. He's a country boy." He noted the invitations country music celebrities have received to perform at the White House and the country music concert held at Washington's Ford Theater in October.

"We can't by ourselves elect a president," Hall said, ALL BUSINESS ASSETS OF CORRY FURNITURE G0.RED TAG FURNITURE WAREHOUSE 4112 MOBILE PENSACOLA, FLA. ARE TO BE LIQUIDATED PURSUANT TO U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE. Among Alien Employers Labor Law Violations Found "We are finding some very serious problems and we have just scratched the surface," said Fred Worfe, chief investigator for the eight-man force that began checking Houston area businesses Sept. 21.

He said only 8 percent to 12 percent of the businesses had complied with wage and hour laws. "That is surprising. We did not expect to find that HOUSTON (AP) About 90 percent of employers recently investigated by a federal strike force were found to be violating wage and hour laws with respect to their alien employees, according to U.S. Department of Labor officials. The officials said the strike force had collected more than $350,000 in back pay due illegal aliens since it began work four months ago.

may employers in violation," said Worfe. The DOL program is designed to recover back wages and "to remove economic advantages for hiring undocumented workers by requiring employers to strictly adhere to federal labor standards," said Bill A. Belt, DOL regional administrator in Houston. "It has been far more successful than we had hoped," said Worfe. He said investigators have found 188 businesses that owe $469,833 to 1,488 employees.

He described most of them as "fly-by-night, hip pocket" operations. If a firm agrees to pay back wages but cannot find the employee, the department asks for a "stipulation of compliance" requiring the money to be held by the U.S. Treasury Department If workers have returned to Mexico, the DOL works with Mexican consulates to try to locate them and deliver the wages. Ironically, Worfe said many of the employers-abusing illegal aliens are illegal aliens themselves. Vigil Kept for Roasted' Boy Osffl Year's Eve party of her resolution to drive out the devil.

IEV (toll) fID flilB tt3ZS G0fc nClil (in an) (term rtsnD (DSG(i3E3D(in trol said they made four, calls to housing police between 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and 12:10 a.m. Wednesday. The Housing Authority, which has the authority of patrolling the city project, said the first call came at 11:45 p.m. and was listed as a report of a disorderly female, not a "high priority" incident.

A report involving a baby came at 11:54 p.m., the spokesman said, Police arrived at 12:21 p.m., after the arrival of firefighters who rushed the baby to the hospital. Justin said Ms. Abraham told him at a New The Law Off ices of W.A. Swarm, Jr. ANNOUNCES THE ASSOCIATION OF Michael R.

Douglas IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW AT 44)0 NORTH PACE BOULEVARD P. O. DRAWER 17687 PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32522 (904) 434-0253 HOURS 1 SUNDAY 16 NEW YORK (AP) The father of a baby boy allegedly roasted in an oven by his mother says Patricia Abraham told him she had resolved to "drive the devil out of my house for the New Year." Twenty-month-old Leon Justin was in critical condition under intensive care Thursday at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he was rushed shortly after midnight New Year's Day with burns over 95 percent of his body. The baby's 25-year-old mother was found in her apartment chanting exorcism rites over the boy, officials said. Ms.

Abraham was being held pending a court-ordered mental examination. Officials alleged she scalded and burned the baby because she thought he was possessed by the devil. Leon's father, Leroy Justin, 38, who has a wife and two other children, kept vigil at the hospital while authorities launched investigations into why it took nearly 30 minutes for Housing Authority police to respond to calls. Members of a tenant pa- nnnr A AN Fifth Annual Governmental Prayer Breakfast January 1 3, 7:30 A.M. Downtown Sheraton Inn Speaker Mrs.

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