Sesame Street expands curriculum and pacing with new season
The eighth season of Sesame Street, produced by the Children's Television Workshop, adds more parental involvement, broader topics like ecology and nutrition, and stronger female roles. New human character Olivia debuts as Gordon’s sister, while themes of family, emotion, and different pacing are explored to engage inner-city viewers and address critics.
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Children’s Television Workshop
City Island
Bronx
David
Maria
Big Bird
Muppet
Big
New Mexico
Judy Collins
Buffy Saint-Marie
Cookie
Orgin
Olivia
Gordon
Hayes and Fiedler seek more public funding for arts
Boston Massachusetts Actress Helen Hayes and Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler urged increased public funding for the arts. They testified before the Special Commission on the Performing Arts along with 14 others, stressing that the survival and growth of the performing arts depend on public support.
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Arthur Fiedler
Boston
UPI
Boston Pops
Massachusetts
Miss Hayes
Fiedler
The
Special Commission On the Performing Arts
America
Hawthorne Notebook Found Adds to American Notebooks
A 1835 to 1841 Hawthorne volume, missing since 1866, reappears in a Barrington chest. Brown University scholar calls it a treasure, with ideas for novels and deleted passages revealing Hawthorne’s mindset and propriety era notes. Auction interest grows. value estimated 50 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Hyatt Waggoner
Brown University
Goodspeed
Boston
Hawthorne
Waggoner
Salem
Gift ideas for a CBer from Radio readers
E Z Strange suggests gift ideas for dedicated CBers including a 12 volt power package to run a base station, an SWR bridge to tune the antenna, an add on speaker for the mobile unit, and a retractable antenna disguised as peace of mind. The piece notes FCC plans for 40 channel CBs and reports on recent nationwide raids targeting illegal high power CB gear with tens of thousands of dollars seized in Ohio and Alabama.
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E.Z
Benjamin Britten A Giant Of 20th Century Music
Christian Science Monitor profiles Benjamin Britten noting his status as a towering 20th century composer and conductor. It highlights his operas especially Peter Grimes, his children aware works, and his long collaboration with Peter Pears, plus his Aldeburgh Festival and enduring recordings with Decca.
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Benjamin Britten
London
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Decca
Britten
Peter Grimes
Purcell
Dido and
Aeneas
Peter Pears
Aldeburgh
Mstislav Rostropovich
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Sviatoslav Richter
Venice
Pears
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