PBS Debuts With Debates On Race In Landmark New Theatrics
HOLLYWOOD UPI The Public Broadcast Laboratory series on National Educational Television opened coast to coast focusing nearly all its debut on the racial issue. The program extended beyond its announced two hours and aired two anti commercial spots. A standout segment featured a live dialogue between Negroes and whites, raising sharp positions on race and proving more human than usual talk shows. The final half hour offered Day of Absence a whiteface Negro-ensemble burlesque. while its point on Negro dependence in the South was clear, the play felt heavy handed and overlong, faltering between humor and drama.
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Obscenity in Classrooms Sparks Campus Debate
Milton R Bass argues youth confronts the two level life paradox while a Berkshire Community College instructor resigns over using obscene poetry in class. He cites Point Blank as example of degrading entertainment and notes differing newspaper handling of John Ford’s Tis Pity She’s a Whore ad in Times Post Courant and Register.
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Controversy Over Obscenity Debate in Drama Education
A columnist reflects on censorship in a drama school, noting policy blocks references to prostitution while a printed column kept the original provocative title. He questions obscenity in modern art, urges open discussion, and warns of potential personal harm amid a larger culture at war.
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Louisiana Moderate Wins Bid For Second Term as Governor
Early Democratic voters gave Gov John J McKeithen a sweeping primary win assuring him of becoming Louisiana’s first governor re-elected to two consecutive terms this century. The state neared sending its first Black legislator since 1879 as a New Orleans lawyer held a slim lead in a three-way race with two white men and another Black candidate.
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Kathy Gale Steps Into Spotlight On Red Skelton Show
Hollywood report describes Kathy Gale, a five year Skelton chorus member, stepping in for ill Joey Heatherton on CBS TV. She learned Heatherton's song Blues in the Night and dance routine, hoping the air date will confirm a leap from chorus to star. Louisiana voters backed McKeithen in a Democratic primary with a large margin, signaling a shift in regional politics as Morial edges toward a runoff. 25 Black candidates sought office with limited success.
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Suit filed over wrestling incident at ringside
Lulu Garrett of Glen Rock Illinois sues in Scott County Court for 15000 damages from an incident July 31 when a lady wrestler Renee Goulet landed in her lap at ringside during a match in Davenport Iowa.
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San Franciscans Vote On U S Vietnam Policy
San Francisco voters will decide on a policy statement calling for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam. The measure, backed by 22,000 signatures, aims to gauge local opinion and could signal national sentiment on the war. Mayor and six supervisors are also on the ballot.
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