Ben Grauer, longtime NBC announcer, dies at 86
NBC veteran Ben Grauer, known for New Year’s Eve broadcasts from Times Square and coverage of major events from 1930 to 1973, died at New York University Hospital Center after hospitalization since last Friday. Born 1908 in New York, he also commentated for Toscanini’s NBC Symphony and earned Legion of Honor recognition. Funeral services set for Friday.
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Arturo Toscanini
Liberty's Chosen Home: The Politics of Violence in Boston
A Boston reviewer reviews Alan Lupo's 1977 study on Boston's racial and class strife from 200 years of history to the 1974 school desegregation crisis. The book links Irish, black, and Yankee factions, Republican-era reforms, and urban renewal to the desegregation clashes, praising parts on history but faulting the White-centered second half and prose.
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Littl, Brown & Co
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Jimmy Breslin
New York
Mike Royko
Chicago
Kevin H. White
Honey Fitzes
James Michael Curleys
James Collins
White
Kevin
Wellesley
Kevin White
Contemporary folk at Chelsea House Folklore Center
West Brattleboro hosts a two night concert with Rosen Shontz and Linda Vorster on June 3 and 4 at 8 and 10 pm. Admission 2.50. The lineup features Gary Rosen on guitar Bill Shontz on flute and Linda Worster. Reservations 802 257-1482.
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Chelsea House
Rosen Shontz
Gary Rosen
Bill Shontz
Linda Worster
Flags From Colonial and Revolutionary America At Clark Art Institute
Colorful reproductions of 26 flags and two 30 foot pennants hang in Williamstown Mass through June 26 at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The show, part of a bicentennial project led by Paul C Mills, features flags from English settlers to the present Stars and Stripes, focusing on bold design and clear colors.
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America
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St. George
New England
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Santa Barbara
Berkshire Theater Festival Announces 1977 Summer Season
Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge Mass unveils four plays and musicals in the Berkshire Playhouse and three new musicals in the Unicorn Theater plus The Proposition improvisational revue. Opens July six with Broadway comes Come Back Little Sheba I Married An Angel and The Last Analysis among others.
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Allan Albert
Berkshire Playhouse
Unicorn Theater
Proposition Theater
Playhouse
Philip Dunning
George Abbott
William Atherton
Gilda Radner
Chris Sarandon
Jill Haworth
Saul Bellow
Ron Leibman
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Phyllis Newman
William Inge
Dana Andrews
Estelle Parsons
Jean-Claude van Itallie
Richard Peaslee
the Proposition
Boston
Menotti to discuss Vermont ETV special program
Vermont Educational Television will air A Conversation with Gian Carlo Menotti on Friday June 3 at 7 30 p m The 30 minute interview precedes the June 4 gala opening of Menotti's Help Help The Globelinks with performances in Johnson Winooski Springfield Bristol and Bennnington The program is hosted by David Littlefield and video taped in Charleston May 31 with support from the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues The Globelinks project is funded by several Vermont arts councils the National Endowment for the Humanities donors and private sponsors to prompt public discussion on music and the arts in American culture.
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Stewart
Middlebury College
Charleston
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Vermont Council On the Arts
National Endowment For the Humanities
Gambling and Books on Las Vegas Gambling
NYT News Service reviews two gambling books The Big Player by Ken Aston and Roger Uston and The Inside Las Vegas by Mario Puzo, comparing card counting teams and casino countermeasures with the broader gambling urge. The author discusses methods, risks, legality, and moral stance, noting sensational anecdotes and the desire for regulated access.
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Puzo
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Caesar’s Palace
Ken Uston
Boswell
Roger Rapoport
Notce
Edward Thorp
Thorp
Ian Anderson
Kansas
Ken Aston
Aston
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Rapoport
Uston
Atlantic City
Federal Gaming Commission
Nevada
TV night preview with CBS CBS Good Times and Donny Marie
United Press International notes 8 p.m. schedule picks. On CBS Good Times J J tries his hand as a talent manager in an episode marked R. NBC airs Living Free a sequel to Born Free. ABC features The Best of Donny and Marie with Carl Reiner guest star. Nova airs on PBS.
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Marie
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