“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] As we ate breakfast early Friday, Jane and I were astounded by television news reports that in the predawn hours of the 25th, Iranian time, American commandos had failed in a very complicated attempt to rescue the hostages. [...]

(After lunch today Jane and I were visited by our old friend David Yoder, who’s been in Florida recuperating from the heart bypass surgery he underwent early this year.¹ David brought news that was at first startling, then quickly developed into several conflicting emotions and ideas for us: He’d just learned from a relative of hers that a few weeks ago Mrs. Steffans [not her real name], the wife of the couple we’d purchased the hill house from in March 1975, had committed suicide at her home in a Western state while her husband was away on a business trip.

[...] What do you think about the news he got about sales this week, because of the Time Magazine article?”)

(In addition, there is the interesting news from Alan Neuman, regarding his giving Seven to a well-known movie director, as well as showing it to another agent, etc. [...]

[...] Below each date is a page of ruled lines for notes and appointments, then opposite each date is a page of news items and quotations of various kinds. [...]

[...] I believe Garrison will come into the news again shortly… As a cousin of the Kennedys… (Long pause.) I do not myself know medical terms clearly enough to transmit them so that Ruburt can translate them.

(Now follows Jane’s impressions concerning a news photo of a drawing of flying saucers, which we had discussed recently. [...]

[...] Jane is sure this refers to Peggy Gallagher, who wrote the news story used as envelope object. [...]

[...] His work received favorable reviews in both the Buffalo Evening News by Trevor Thomas [well-known English art critic], and in the Buffalo Sun Bulletin by Larry Griffis.

(The second bit of news is that Rusty met the president of Prentice-Hall recently. [...]

Television at your dinner hour is advantageous, as long as it is not news. [...]

[...] Then Jane called S. Schindler with that news; he in turn has “a list” of West Coast publishers he wants to try, evidently thinking the university press route won’t work.

[...] I found it a sad experience to read about the race situation, Viet Nam, the conditions of life and crime in New York City, etc., although of course I realized that much of this news meant something was being done about some urgent problems.

[...] I feel caught in contradictions—for if Jane’s new feelings in her hips and legs are signs of new muscular activity, as she thinks, and as Frank Longwell agrees, that’s good news; yet those same feelings, her acute and prolonged bodily discomfort, her aches and pains, have caused her to become almost totally inactive. [...]

[...] Peg’s news made an impression and Jane and I still remember it. [...]

[...] This time a leader of the Mujahedin-e Khalq, the largest of the resistance groups in the country, announced to some of our news media that the killings had been carried out by his organization.

Through all of our challenges, we were aware of at least some of the incredible variety of positive and negative world events in the news—the bombings and the peace talks, the sports contests and the religious controversies, the national strikes and the latest developments in the arts. [...]

[...] Seth told Ann Diebler he could not at this time answer her questions concerning a friend in Newport News, Virginia, because he has not yet established an emotional rapport with her. [...]

(John also wanted to call to Jane’s attention a news item in the Elmira paper for Aug. [...]

[...] After supper this evening I read a news account of the riches accruing to a nationally known popular writer, his son and daughter, who shall be nameless here. [...]

[...] Over the telephone three days later, Tam suggested that Jane do a children’s book, or one for “readers of all ages,” based on her dream about Emir;² the next day he called again, this time to give her the delightful news that he’d accepted James for publication.