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...same evangelical church that excised Bakker from its ministry. After grilling Swaggart, the group's officials announced that "his credentials with the church" were under review. One person who has seen the pictures troubling the church said they include a photograph of Swaggart and a prostitute outside a motel. ABC-TV reported that the allegations had been made by the Rev. Marvin Gorman, yet another televangelist who was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1986 for what one church official called "immorality." Gorman had accused Swaggart of spreading rumors that cost him his reputation. The sad saga...
...with the men's downhill, that the question was not whether the event would be canceled for the day but whether gatekeepers and photographers not protected by the start house could survive until officials admitted that the mountain gods were in no mood for a ski race. Back at ABC's hype central, talkers with dead air to fill turned to -- who else? -- Dr. Ruth, TV's advice giver to the sexlorn. Bearing in mind that the downhill demands superb reflexes and great stamina, did she counsel sex for the athletes in the 24 hours before the race? "Vell," said...
...press conferences, America's fly-and-die hockey team spoiled rousing 7-5 losses to Czechoslovakia and the U.S.S.R. with rancid asides. "If they hadn't got that lucky second goal," Coach Dave Peterson said of the Czechs, "they might have tanked it." And the Soviets, he muttered into ABC's open microphone, "had to cheat...
...know about you, but I'm kinda tired right now," ABC's Jim McKay was saying. There was a smile of dazed satiety on his face after a big night of Olympics action, highlighted by the U.S.-Czechoslovakia hockey game. But gosh, Jim, it was only Monday. Still to come were two more dramatic hockey games, the skating artistry of "little Katya" and the battle of the Brians. Not to mention, back in the real world, the grudge match between Bob Dole and George Bush and the scramble among Democratic presidential hopefuls to survive New Hampshire. Talk about tired...
Unlike many people involved in television news, Fouhy never became strictly tied to a particular network. He served as a bureau chief for ABC, directed political coverage at NBC News, was director of CBS News and worked on NBC Nightly News as executive producer...