Moss Hart Dies Famed Playwright of Stage and Screen
Moss Hart, renowned playwright and screenwriter, died of a heart attack at his Palm Springs home. He collaborated with George S. Kaufman on The Man Who Came to Dinner and You Can’t Take It With You, directed Broadway shows Camelot and My Fair Lady, and authored screenplays and plays including Gentlemen’s Agreement and A Star Is Born remake. Final rites set for Temple Isaiah Palm Springs.
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Calif
Moss Hart
Hart
New York
George S. Kaufman
Kitty Carlisle
Christopher
Cathy
Frederick Lowe
Hollywood
Hans Christian Anderson
Temple Isaiah
San Bernardino
Neanderthal Vindicated by Anthropologists National Geographic says
A National Geographic Society report outlines Neanderthals as skilled toolmakers hunters and caregivers citing La Chapelle-aux-Saints funerary practices Shanidar cave bear sacrifices and evidence of social structure. It notes 40 000 year decline and suggests interbreeding with modern humans. Renowned scholars like Carleton S. Coon support higher material culture and potential Neanderthal descendants.
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National Geographic Society
la Chapelle-aux-Saints
France
Loren C. Eiseley
University of Pennsylvania
Carleton S. Coon
la Chapelle
T. Dale Stewart
Smithsonian Institution
Shanidar
Iraq
Siberia
Japan
Duesseldorf
Germany
Dr. Coon
Heston Seeks Change of Pace in New Film
Charlton Heston discusses moving away from religious epics in his current project with Elsa Martinelli and a modern wartime setting. He notes disguises, a long production schedule, and compares his appeal to faces suited to different eras, joking about his own pre-Christian fate.
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Heston
Hollywood (Ap
Charlton Heston
Elsa Martinelli
Rome
Bill Holden
Bill
Obituary for Mrs Engvold Tollisen Died at Lampman Nursing Home
Mrs Engvold Tollisen died this morning at Lampman Nursing Home. She is survived by her husband three daughters Mrs Albert Peterson of Bennington Mrs Joseph Pugliese of Garden City L I and Mrs Frank Dragon of Newburgh N Y one son Elmer of Florida one sister and one brother eight grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Mahar and Son Funeral Home.
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Engvold Tollisen
Lampman Nursing Home
Albert Peterson
Bennington
Joseph Pugliese
Garden City
L.I
Frank Dragon
Newburgh
N.Y
Elmer
Florida
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Ski Area Faces News of Winter System and River Classification
The Banner reports plans for a winter sewer system at a ski area with a 1500 to 2000 person capacity and a near completed septic tank. State Water Resources will classify West River and North Branch, creating four categories from A to D, with hearings this winter and a governor appointed advisory commission. If residents oppose, legal action remains possible.
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Tracy
Reinhold W. Thieme
Thieme
West Valley
Water Resources Board
Advisory Commission
Tulane Coach Eyes Recruiting After Quick Promotion
Tulane names Tommy O'Boyle as new head coach to replace Andy Pitney. The 44 year old alumnus prioritizes recruiting and assembling his staff to improve the Green Wave football fortunes at Tulane University.
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NEW Orleans
Tommy O’boyle
Tulane
O’boyle
Andy Pilney
Green Wave
Pitney
Kansas State
Duke
Miami
Fla
Southwest Missouri State University
No mother can call the principal about Wil lie’s too much homework
H Russell Beatty president Wentworth Institute offers a sharp rebuke to parents and schools over a spoiled generation of high school pupils and the belief that students can be educated without real work 50 percent fail to reach college level and must work to learn.
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Willie
H. Russell Beatty
Wentworth Institute
Bennington Briefs Cover Local notices and events
Bennington briefs note Bennington residents and area happenings. George Elwell hospitalized at White River Junction VA. Elwell family visits noted. Local 4 H Club meeting at Fred Torrisi’s discusses 1962 projects and charity basket plans. Christmas program singers from North Bennington Baptist Church performed carols. Vermont Life Underwriters and Heart Association fund drive announced with co chairmen named. Community events include Bennington Club snacks and store ads for holiday hours and merchandise at local shops.
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Mt. Anthony
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Albert E. Peterson
County St
Vernon A. Gage
Gage St
Vermont Heart Association
Bennington
Frederic J. Driscoll
North Bennington
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters
Association
Patrick P. Piscopo
Charles St
Census Bureau Maps Future U S Censuses And Surveys
The Census Bureau plans nine major censuses between now and the 1970 decennial count, led by the 1962 Census of Governments and including five year censuses of Business Manufactures and Mineral Industries in 1964 and 1969. It also conducts monthly quarterly and annual surveys such as the Current Population Survey covering employment and unemployment with about 35 000 households in 333 sample areas nationwide.
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U. S. Census Bureau
James W. Turbitt
Bureau
Boston
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Turbitt
Census Bureau
U N Assembly Stays Firm on Human Rights and Finance
The United Nations Assembly, voting 55 to 11 with 30 abstentions, condemned rights violations in Tibet under Chinese rule and rejected a Soviet bid for the UN seat. It approved a $200 million 25 year bond issue to avert UN bankruptcy and backed Kennedy’s proposed decade of development aims.
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Venson
Soviet Union
Hungary
U.N
Tibet
Soviet Bloc
Cuba
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
New York
Moise Tshombe
Central
Congo
United States
Stevenson
Valerian E. Zorin
Hammarskjold
Assembly
Kennedy
U. N
Porridge Ponds and Lakes Named in New Hampshire
A State Planning Commission note lists 28 ponds with Porridge in their names in Madison and Nottingham and multiple others in Salem. It names Lake Winnipesaukee as the largest inland water at 44 586 acres and Pond No 3 in Wentworth as the smallest, plus many Indian named lakes such as Opechee Kolelemook Massasecum Potanopa Monomonock and Kin n icum.
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Nottingham
Salem
New Hampshire
Winnipesaukee
Wentworth
Opechee
Kolelemook
Massasecum
Potanopa
Monomonock
Kinnicum
State Planning & Development Commission
Purse Lost in Midtown Store Lists Christmas Gifts
In New York a missing beige change purse from a midtown five and dime contains a Christmas wish list for family members. Police at West 30th Street station hold the purse hoping the child may claim it, avoiding gifts being missed.
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New York
Pappa
Daddy
Momma
Grandma
Brother
Mommy
Lake coverage spans 9300 square miles in state water study
The region holds about 3.2 percent of the state land area with more than 1300 lakes and ponds and other bodies of water documented in a recent survey.
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