Orwellian prophecies closer as 1984 nears
Washington based UPI report notes George Orwell described a future police state in 1949 novel 1984 and argues today’s society shows increasing resemblance. Psychobiologist David R. Goodman cites 137 predicted tech and social changes with many already true by 1972 and more since, including surveillance and behavior monitoring.
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Washington
UPI
George Orwell
Big Brother
Orwell
David R. Goodman
Newport Neuroscience Center
Culver City
Calif
Human Behavior Magazine
Goodman
Janis Ian Stages Comeback At 24 In New York
In a Reno Sweeney appearance Janis Ian discusses her return to music after early fame with Society's Child. Now 24 she pursues sincere songwriting, rejecting the star image while her recent albums Stars and Between the Lines perform well. Her style blends blues and jazz influences with autobiographical themes.
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New York
UPI
Janis Ian
Janis
Reno Sweeney
Greenwich Village
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Columbia
Roberta Flack
Joan Baez
Cher
Miss Flack
Jesse
Billie Holiday
Edith Piaf
Patsy Awards crooked vote sparks Hollywood outrage
Hollywood buzzes over Tonto winning the Patsy Award for best animal actor amid claims of tampering. Accusers say 20th Century Fox bloc and political influence helped the dark horse cat beat Higgins from Benji, while humane officials remain silent.
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Hollywood
UPI
Tonto
Harry
American Humane Association
Patsy
Art Carney
20Th Century-Fox
Higgins
Benji
Brando
Humane Society
TV Highlights and Movie Listings Snapshot
TV highlights for 8 to 9 p.m. across NBC CBS ABC and PBS include Sunshine hospital plot, The Waltons drama, Barney Miller accusations, Cops documentary, Bob Crane Show in rerun, Small Claims court, The Streets of San Francisco thriller, and ABC CBS NBC films One is a Lonely Number Cotton Comes to Harlem. The long passage also reviews Patsy awards for animal performers with many cited names and titles, plus upcoming film projects and Sensurround notes.
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NBC
Sunshine
Sam
Weaver
Givits
Jill
CBS
Waltons
John Boy
Emily Baldwin
ABC
Barney Miller
PBS
Cops
New York
Bob Crane
Bob
Columbia University
Karen
Pentagon
Small Claims Court
San Francisco
Trish van Devere
Melvyn Douglas
Janet Leigh
Monte Markham
Rebecca Morris
Cotton
Harlem
Godfrey Cambridge
Raymond St. Jacques
Gravedigger Jones
Coffin Ed Johnson
J.D. Cannon
Redd Foxx
Calvin Lockhart
Ossie Davis
Chester Himes
Happiness Ahead brings immigrant era tale to Cohoes Music Hall
Shaftsbury writer Robert Sugarman presents Happiness Ahead a musical about the American Dream at Cohoes Music Hall tonight through Sunday June 22 at 8 30 pm. The show traces a young Jewish boy from newspaper hawker to theatre success in 1904 Syracuse with songs from the era and an optimistic ending despite a darker note. Leading role by Victor Bernhard Borge, cast includes SUNY Albany Siena College alumni and local performers. tickets are $3 50 at the hall or door.
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Cohoes
N.Y
Robert Sugarman
Shaftsbury
Cohoes Music Hall, Inc
Cohoes Music Hall
SUNY
Bennington College
Sugarman
Syracuse
Scott Joplin
Dick Powell
Williamstown
Mass
Lydia C. Pan. Sugarman
Capital
James Hart
Siena
Suny-Albany
The
Physicists
Fortune
Men’s Eyes
Way of the World
Don Countermine
Latham Footlighters
Colonie Triune Players
Vic Ruddy
Music Hall
At the Movies in Town Screens Multiple Independent Films
At the Harte Theatre Main Street continues A Woman Under the Influence by John Cassavetes starring Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk. Twin Cinemas shows Alpha Bobby and Rose. Cinema I. Cinema II holds over Emmanuelle. Nickelodeon Williamstown features Elvira Madigan with Danish subtitles and Mozart. Manchester Cinema rents two films without a double feature, Escape From Witch Mountain and A Brief Vacation by Vittorio De Sica.
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Harte Theatre
Main Street
Gena Rowlands
Peter Falk
John Cassavetes
Alpha Bobby
Rose
Cinema II
Emmanuelle
Nickelodeon
Elvira Madigan
Williamstown
Mass
Mozart
Manchester Manchester
Witch Mountain
Disney Studios
Vittorio de Sica
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Animal Actors Hall of Fame
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Spring St
Williamstown, Mass
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Madigan
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Bo Widerberg
Sixten Sparre
Denmark
ALKS
Wenu
Peeke Abe
Paul LE Mat
Cy Wee
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