Expressions Turned On And Off At Will
The Shrimp, fashion icon Jean Shrimpton, displays a range of expressions on stage despite fever and fatigue. Eileen Ford notes her earning potential up to $2,500 a day as a top model. Shrimpton has remained at the pinnacle for six years, with Suzy Parker as the only longer reigning figure. She stars in the film Privilege and comments on makeup and image shaping.
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Jean Shrimpton
Eileen Ford
New York Model Agency
America
Suzy Parker
Knightsbridge
Designing Pair Aims for Mod Inspired Young Career Wardrobe
Two young designers Juliann Guiffre and Michael Maiello plan fashion lines moving from classroom concepts to realwear. Juliana from Valhalla New York targets a working wardrobe for young career girls with coats dresses and suits inspired by Mod style. Michael, a DuPont prize winner, favors Edwardian elegance and has created velvet and braid jumpsuits and an opera dress with a removable skirt revealing pants for discotheque use.
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Juliann Guiffre
Michael Maiello
Juliana
Valhalla
N.Y
Traphagen School of Design
Japan Silk Association, Inc
Michael
DuPont
Osrich
Uncertain Traveler Skips Work for Favorite Holiday Spots
The subject avoids hard work claiming boredom, opting for breaks in Rome or the south of France. The text hints at a pattern of taking frequent leisure trips rather than sustained effort.
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Berately
Rome
France
Teens Battle Neatness in Rooms Declares Varying Views
Teens report 65 percent keep rooms tidy while 42 percent say parents agree with them fueling a 23 point gap. Girls show higher neatness and parental satisfaction than boys, with 69 and 58 percent tidy and 47 versus 34 percent parental approval.
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Nancy Gilbert
Gilbert Youth Research, Inc
William Browne
Hamden, Conn
Janice Lee Anderson
Smithville
Janice Lee
Replacing a Beetle Glove Box and Classic Packard Queries
Reader asks how to replace a 1957 VW glove compartment with a $2.60 unit held by a single screw. Other letters discuss a 1936 Packard 120 parts needs, packing as classic status, and resources from Classic Cars and the Packard Owners Club.
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Michael Lamm
Mike
Volksy
Happy
Anelo Ave
Gardena
Calif
Packard Owners Club
Oakland
Packard
Teen-Agers Cast in Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet
Rome AP reports two British teens Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey cast in an Italian location youth version of Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli. He aims for authentic teen chemistry with a melancholy Romeo and a determined Juliet. The film, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, will release in early 1968.
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Rome
Tuscany
Leonard Whiting
Olivia Hussey
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Zeffirelli
London
New York
Olivia
Leonard
Artful Dodger
Oliver
Italy
Shakespeare
Norma Shearer
Leslie Howard
Tuscania
Whiting
Miss Hussey
Elsie Mayfaire
Dino de ‘Laurentis
August Draft Quota Listed for Maine
Augusta AP says the selective service state headquarters set a Maine draft quota of 115 men for August, the highest in the state this year, based on a national call for 29,000. The July Maine quota was 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Selective Service
Maine
Ios
Geological Survey Foresees Flooding in New England
The U S Geological Survey warns July rainfall could trigger local flooding in New England with heavy precipitation expected for Quebec and Maritime Provinces.
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Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
New England
Geological Survey
Water Resources Review
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
US Defense buys defoliants for Vietnam operations
The Defense Department plans to spend 57.69 million dollars on chemicals to defoliate jungles and enemy supply areas in Vietnam. Officials insist the chemicals do not harm humans or animals or render farmland unusable, despite protests from scientists including Nobel laureates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Pentagon
Johnson
U.S
Witnesses Will Attend Convention in Manchester NH
The Saco Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses plans a district convention in Manchester New Hampshire at the JFK Memorial Coliseum July 2023. About 3600 delegates from New England are invited with attendees from distant points including California. The four day event features afternoon and evening sessions under the title Disciplesmaking District convention.
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Saco Congregation of
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Manchester
N.H
Carmen L. Coup
J.F.K. Memorial Colliseum
New England
Assembly
California
United States
Space program hailed as worth a vast defense boon
President Johnson defended space spending, saying even the photographic satellites have proven worth far beyond cost. The piece notes U.S. and Soviet orbital programs, missile tracking, navigation, and early warning satellites, with aims for a multi purpose system by the late 1970s and 1980s, and charts military uses and capabilities.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Tennessee
Johnson
United States
Defense Department
Russia
Red China
Dustry
Air Force
Vietnam
Defense
Earth
U.S
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Essa
Nimbus
NASA
Jim McKay Reflects on Ninety Six Sports in Wide World Career
New York AP profile recalls Jim McKay hosting Wide World of Sports since 1961 and traveling two million miles. The piece notes 96 sports covered, profiles Jackie Stewart, Parnelli Jones, Doug Sanders, Champagne Tony Lema, and others, highlighting McKay’s memories and observer remarks.
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Jim McKay
ABC
New York
Wide World of Sports
Mre
NASA
Wide World
Tamara Press
Ged Smith
Jackie Stewart
Scotland
Indianapolis
Parnelli Jones
Jackie
Jones
Doug Sanders
Tomy Lema
Nick
Trans-Atlantic Phone Costs Then and Now
The World Almanac notes the 1927 trans-Atlantic call from New York Mayor Jimmy Walker to London's Lord Mayor cost $75. Current estimates place a similar call at about $5.70, reflecting vast price declines.
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New York
Jimmy Walker
London
The
World Almanac
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