George Takei speaks to reporters in front of a blue backdrop.

‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans

George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

Ali, Mac exchange insults at weigh-in

"I'll give you until noon tomorrow to get out of town!" Muhammad Ali stormed at Mac Foster Friday. "And you better be on a fast horse!"

Ali is just too much for Foster

Playing the jester on the ropes, Muhammad Ali Saturday pounded pretender-contender Mac Foster into sightless, stumbling wreckage to win a unanimous 15-round decision and retain his right to challenge the only man who ever defeated him.

Young Rockefeller's a 'big man' at ICU

Young John Rockefeller, scion of America's multimillionaire family, is a "big man on the campus" near here.

'Last' Hope show plays to 22,000 GIs

Bob Hope wound up what might be his last Vietnam Christmas tour Friday with an appearance before an overflow crowd of more than 22,000 GIs who packed the Curry Amphitheater at this massive installation 15 miles north of Saigon.

Raymond Burr visits soldiers in Korean DMZ area

The big man walked up to a sergeant on duty at a mountain-top outpost and stuck out his hand. "Hello sergeant," he said. "I'm Raymond Burr."

Bob Hope may 'pull it in' after this year's shows

Bob Hope, America's own temporary duty Santa, left little doubt Sunday that this would be his last Christmas tour for U.S. servicemen and women overseas.