Summer Jam at Watkins Glen draws 600000 fans
Promoter Shelly Finkel touts the Grand Prix track for a second festival after Summer Jam drew about 600,000 to Watkins Glen. Local officials fear traffic and field damage while Finkel cites profits and crowd energy. sheriff notes disciplined attendees but farmers oppose another show.
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Watkins Glen
N.Y
Shelly Finkel
New York
United States
Gan
Finkel
New York City
Jim Koplik
Woodstock
Schuler
Maurice F. Dean
First Woman To Win Title Is Illinois Best Fiddler
Bertha Bratton, a 59 year old cosmetics seller from Shelbyville, wins the Illinois Old Time Fiddlers State Championship defeating seven rivals in the over-70 division. Contest judged by Ernest Ringo amid state awards and community pageantry.
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Illinois
Cleve Fulton
St. Elmo
Burt Banning
Shelbyville
Oddie Griffith
Humboldt
Doc Henry
Bertha Bratton
Ernest Ringo
Craftsbury Common
Vermont
New England
Canada
Earl Wilson
Wilson
Irving Seeks Parole After Fake Hughes Biography Scandal
Clif ford Irving, jailed for duping a publisher with a counterfeit Howard Hughes biography, carried a parole plea to the U S Parole Board. The hoax gained traction when McGraw Hill paid 765000 in advance, but Hughes publicly denied the authorization as publication neared.
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Washington
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
U.S. Parole Board
Irving
Hughes
McGraw-Hill
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Thomas S. Brown
Associated Press
AP Irephoto
H. F. Wollenberg
Shelbyville, Ill
Shelbyville Rams
al Olor
SEARS
Sears — Aikeen
S.C
ISP
Young Swinstong
Wattstax
Fox
Burt Reynolds
Mark Cinema
Newberry Street
Hell,upside Down
Panavision
Bonnie & Clyde
AIKEN
Greenwood
UCCTA
Greenwood, D.C
Hwy
South
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