Jerry Lewis Aids MD Telethon With Personal Drive
Hollywood report on Jerry Lewis’s Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon from Las Vegas. He led 174 stations, 48 states, 63 local TV appearances, aiming to surpass prior donations of 12.4 million and 13.75 million after seven weeks. Lewis highlights centers at NYU Columbia UPenn Mayo Vanderbilt Hamersmith UCLA and pledges funds to UCLA project. He notes stars lined up including Benny Day Moore Lemmon and The Fifth Dimension, with Elvis and Sinatra possible. He recalls Eddie Moon, 8, of Atlanta, who died after meeting Lewis, fueling his crusade and urgency for funds.
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Vernon Scott Hollywood
UPI
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
Las Vegas
Sahara Hotel
Mersmith
London
UCLA
California
Jack Benny
Doris Day
Mary Tyler Moore
Jack Lemmon
The
Fifth Dimension
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
Jerry
Eddie Moon
Atlanta
Eddie
Dartmouth radio gets okay for FM
The Dartmouth College Trustees have FCC approval to launch WDCR FM, provisionally WOCAFM, on 99.3 MHz with 3,000 watts. The student run station will offer stereo music news and public affairs, be largely separate from WDCR AM, and target early 1976 on air. Facilities include a Craft's Hill Lebanon tower and Robinson Hall studios.
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FCC
WDCR
David E. Hunt
Dartmouth
North Brunswick
N.J
Paul Gambaccini
Westport
Conn
Oxford University
England
UPI
BBC
William D. Downall
WNHV
White River Junction
Craft’s Hill
Lebanon
Robinson Hall
Wdcr AM
Figureheads Through History On Spires Of Shipcraft
The article traces figureheads from ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians to Vikings and Elizabethan ships. It notes how figureheads served guiding spirits, the practice of removing animal heads near land, and the evolution from Poseidon and St George to dragons and lions across eras and regions.
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Washington
St. Paul
Castor
Pollux
England
Poseidon
Commonwealth
Naseby
Chelsea House Cafe Weekend Lineup in Brattleboro
Brattleboro presents Michael Cooney performing old and new folk songs with varied instruments Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Chris Votos opens. Sunday brunch features Freudenberg, Shulga, and Mogland with a concert of Hayden to LeClair. Smash the Windows hosts a 7 30 p.m. square dance Sunday.
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Brattleboro
Chelsea House Cafe
Michael Cooney
Cooney
Michael
Chris Votos
Sunset Lake Road
West Brattleboro
Votos
Basha Freudenberg
Cindy Shulga
Lisa Mogland
Hayden
Bach
Figureheads on ships reveal craft and history across centuries
A compact look at the American and English figurehead carving tradition from early shipyards to the rise of steamers. It traces carvers in Boston and Bath, instances of famous subjects like Washington and Great Republic, and the shift away from ornate designs as maritime technology changed.
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Oliver Cromwell
National Geographic Society
America
England
Hellyers
London
Boston
Levi L. Cushing
Hercules
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Rumney
George Washington
Asia
Bath
Maine
Donald McKay
Ann
Liza
Edgar
Cupid
Rensselaer Arts Council offers fall courses for students
Troy class listings show thirty courses with instructors from Siena, Pratt, Art Students League, Skidmore, and more. Registration runs weekdays 9 to 5 through early September with classes starting Sept or Oct, including Italian 1 taught by Thomas Castellano. Fees apply. call 273 0552 for details.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Council For the Arts
Second St
Thomas Castelano
Siena
Lu Martison
Munich Academy of Fine Arts
Erwin Austin
Pratt Institute
Austin
Leonard Weber
Art Students League
Hancock to Play Twilight Concerts on the Lawn
Famed jazz pianist Herbie Hancock will headline at Lenox Music Inn with Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell. The event occurs Saturday with tickets through Ticketron or at the box office for four dollars, contact 413-637-2200 for details.
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Lenox
Mass
Herbie Hancock
Eleventh House
Larry Coryell
Mike Azaria
Music Inn
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Wdcr-Am
TV In Review
United Press International
Villa Alegre
Happy Village
PBS
Billboard Magazine
John Lyons
Metromedia
Wnew-Tv
New York
Bruce Lee
the Super Hero
Dragon
Wanda Hale
Daily News
Burt Reynolds
Yang Sze “Ghinese Hercules
Room
Weston
Rte
On-the-Green
Vermont
Jaeger Haus Inc
Pownal
RT.7
Walt Disney Productions
Technicolor
Helen Ken Stefanie Hayes
Berry Powers
Mintire
Wynn Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
Desi
Robert Stevenson
Mon
SUN
Judith Crist
Rex Reed
Aa Entertainment
Volaming
Metrogoldnyn
MAYER
Fred Astare
Gene Kelly
Peter Lawford
Liza Minnelli
Donald O'Connor
Debbie Reynolds
Mickey Rooney
James Stewart
Elzabeth Taylor Wenes
Puscet
Jack Haleyir
Rensselaer Council For the Arts
Rudy Helmo
Arts Students League
Bernice Bernt Ledeboer
Bruce Ross
Skidmore College
Mary Miller
Colleen Richman
Mary Rita Pagano
RCCA
Myra Dorman
Jay B. Blais
Bennington College
Patty Williams
John Laws
New Mexico University
Guido Beda
Albany Academy
Pat Brock
Boston Museum School
Mickie McPheeters
Penland School of Crafts
North Carolina
Roberta Noah
HVCC
Leo Bouchard
Troy Camera Shop
Victoria A. Stanley
Lisa Aynes
Jack Easterling
Emma Willard School
Charlotte Goodman
Heideberg Workshop
Americana
Zane Z
Studenroth Jr
Nys Museum
Thomas Castellano
Sienna
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Robert Shaw
George Roy Hill
Universal Picture
Walter Matthau
Charley Warrick
Woody Allen
Lenox Lawn
Ain Street
Bennington
Zandy
Gene Hackman
Liv
Ulimann
SAT
Fred Carmichael
Hey, Naked Lady
Dorset Playhouse
Williamstown, Maas
Chet Walter Hayn
Grosso
Williamstown
Moss
Fey
Carone
South St
Dick Vachon
Bennington 'S
John Mook Sun
Harte Theatre
Jacob
Mary Ann Whitesell
Cote
Sun ‘N Sno Motor Inn
South Bennington
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