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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1964

Page

4

TV ads to children spark author’s wary take

A columnist reflects on watching hours of children’s daytime TV with his son. He critiques aggressive cereal ads and the chilling effect of marketing to kids, notes NAB updated toy advertising rules, and ponders balancing wholesome shows like Romper Room with corporate tie-ins.

Dorothy van den Honert Coventry Walt Disney NAB Code Authority NAB

Movie Timetable at Capitol Palace Union Square

Capitol features Captain Newman with showings at 1 00 3 30 6 00 8 45 plus shorts at 3 00 5 35 8 10. Palace screens The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon 1 40 4 05 6 35 8 55 and The Sword in the Sterne 1 40 4 03 6 35 8 35. Union Square offers Lilies of the Field 2 25 5 40 9 00 and Stow away in the Sky 1 04 4 20 7 35. Berkshire Drive-In open weekends only. Pittsfield Drive-In open County timetable on Page.

Capitol Captain Newman Union Square

Saratoga Plans Arts Center Rivaling Tanglewood

New York Philadelphia Orchestra to back a Saratoga Springs summer performing arts center aiming to rival Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood. First season in August 1966 features 20 performances including two fully staged operas under Eugene Ormandy. Plans include New York City Ballet, a summer school at Skidmore, and a 6 200 seat theater with 7,000 lawn capacity, total cost about 2.4 million with possible state support.

New York Philadelphia Orchestra Saratoga Springs N. Y Boston Symphony Tanglewood Lenox Mass Saratoga Performing Arts Center Eugene Ormandy Ormandy Saratoga Richard Leach Center New York City Ballets George Balanchine Ballet Val H. Wilson Skidmore College Skidmore

Williams Plans Play Lecture and Piano Recital

Williams College schedules a Falsh week of events April 6 11 including a Turkey talk by Oral Akman at Cluett House a staging of Pantagleize in Adams Memorial Theater and a piano recital by Jonathan Boldman in Jesup Hall all free with advance reservations Chapin Library showcases The Age of the Renaissance exhibit through May 3.

Williamstown Turkey Williams College Oral Akman State Planning Organization of Turkey Cluett House Pantagleize Michael de Ghelderode Adams Memorial Theater Jonathan Boldman Beethoven Schumann Ravel Prokofieffany Jesup Chapin Library

End play at the opening trick in Sheinwold Bridge column

West opens with nine of diamonds and South executes an end play at the first trick by discarding a low diamond from dummy. East wins with queen and cannot safely return. A diamond return would cost a trick. a trump return also costs little as South can overtake with the ten of hearts.

West South East

No Trump Bid Guides Complex Bridge Play

In a bridge hand, declarer maneuvers to salvage tricks while East risks endplays. The puzzle asks what the dealer should bid with AQ in spades, 62 in hearts, Q5 in diamonds, and AIS4 in clubs, with a suggested answer of one no trump showing 16 to 18 high card points.

North

Town Players Set Tryouts For Melodrama

The Town Player Workshop Group will hold tryouts for Wilbur Braun s melodrama Curse You Jack Dalton at Dodie Slingerland s home 66 New Lenox Road Lenox at 8 30 Thursday evening. Seven characters in the cast four women and three men. The play will be presented with two other one act plays at the Berkshire Farm for Boys in Canaan NY on two evenings for boys and the general public.

Town Player Workshop Wilbur Braun Jack Dalton Dodie Slingerland New Lenox Road Lenox Berkshire Farm Canaan N.Y

Playhouse Plans Six Productions in Stockbridge

The Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge announces six summer productions. The lineup includes Come Blow Your Horn The Silver Cord Journey to Bahia My Fair Lady As You Like It and Guys and Dolls. Musicals run two weeks each.

Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge Sidney Howard Ba‘hia

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