Maitland Leads Warner Brothers Seven Arts Music Empire
Hollywood executives credit Mike Maitland with reshaping Warner Brothers Seventeen Arts Records into a top music operation. At 48 he stresses age in a youth-driven field while expanding the label beyond comedy, highlighting Peter Paul and Mary Allan Sherman Bob Newhart and Frank Sinatra related ventures and the 1965 Reprise takeover boosting stars like Nancy Sinatra and Strangers in the Night.
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Warner Brothers
Seven Arts Records
Wariners
Seven Arts
Maitland
Warner Brother Records
Everly Brothers
John K
Mike” Maitland
Washington “University At
St. Louis
U.S. Air Force
Capitol Records
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Allan Sherman
Bob Newhart
Bill Cosby
Tijuana
Reprise Records
Frank Sinatra
Trini Lopez
Reprise
Nancy Sinatra
Frank
Mrs G Greenberg Built Scepter Records From Home
Florence Greenberg a Passaic housewife turned founder and president of Scepter Records grew the company from a $400 first record to an $8 million annual business with global distribution. She mentored stars like Dionne Warwick and the Isley Brothers while stressing personal ambition over domestic roles. Her path shows a woman can lead in a male dominated industry without sacrificing personal life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Florence Greenberg
Passaic
N.J
Stanley
Manhattan Music Publishers
Mrs. Greenberg
The
Chivelles
Mary Jane
Dionne Warwick
Chuck Jackson
the Isley Brothers
B.J. Thomas
Greenberg
Wallpaper makes a dramatic change in any room
The piece advises wallpaper as an alternative to painting and notes that it can be applied over existing paper if seams don’t align. It mentions rent tools for wall prep, warns about bad walls, and promotes Home Owners Maintenance & Repairs at 164 South St with services like mason, carpentry, and roof repairs plus free estimates.
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South St
Dean Martin Surprise Appearance at Bowen Intro
A fragment notes Dean Martin suddenly hit the scene as producer Jimmy Bowen introduced him to the country field during a segment. The line captures an unplanned moment involving Martin and Bowen in the production context.
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Dean Martin
Jimmy Bowen
Ex Group Singers In Solo Stints On Cass Show
Former group stars Cass Elliot Mary Travis and John Sebastian appeared in solo segments on The Mama Cass Television Program on ABC. Elliot showcased a warm vocal delivery while Sebastian offered a haunting original, though the program leaned strongest in musical numbers with Cass. Buddy Hackett's Vegas quip routines provided lighter moments while Barbara Bain and Martin Landau portrayed an elderly dating pair in a computer dating bureau sketch.
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Cass
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Mama Cass
ABC
Miss Elliot
Mamas and the Papas
Mary Travis
Peter, Paul and Mary
John Sebastian
Lovin
Spoonful
Buddy Hackett
Las Vegas
Buddy
Barbara Bain
Martin Landau
Cass Weight Loss Program Recorded Earlier
A short clipping notes Cass followed a weight loss regime after a program was taped months earlier. The item reflects public attention to Cass and the timing of the recording in Biddeford Saco Journal.
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Cass
Biddeford-Saco Journal
The Needle on June Weddings and Matrimony
The piece ribbings society weddings noting all the June nuptials. It jokes that fathers of the bride fund the events while the couple bears the costs afterward. It quips about guests praising the bridegroom’s manners as a sign of wealth and contrasts marriage to Vietnam as easier to enter than exit.
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Vietnam
Scotland Yard Uses Arts-Savvy Detectives To Track Thieves
A Yard spokesman says the art theft ring is a cultivated, highly organized group with refined taste. About 205 million dollars worth of paintings stolen across Europe have reappeared in London rooms and private collections, with thieves sometimes leaving behind misattributed works. The force aims to counter a new phenomenon by leveraging knowledge alongside moral discipline.
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Scotland Yard
London
Yard
Maine Osteopaths Hear Germane Measles Control Plan
Dr Peter J Leadley head of the communicable disease division told Maine osteopaths the state will launch a German measles control program. Leadley spoke at a convention of the Maine Osteopathic Association in Rockland AP reports.
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Associated Press
Rockland
Peter J. Leadly
Department of Health and Welfare
Maine
Leadley
Maine Osteopathic
Immunization drive targets 134000 children by 1971
An association plans to immunize about 134000 school children ages 5 to 11 with a new vaccine by mid 1971, with later steps to include preschool children and susceptible women of childbearing age. PORTLAND AP Halsey Smith of Casco Bank & Trust Co was elected board chairman and CEO, John M. Daigle chosen to succeed him as president. BAR HARBOR Harry Adler, 76, owner of Adler Dress Shop, died Thursday. he previously manufactured dresses in Lewiston and is survived by his widow Barbara and two sons.
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Portland
Halsey Smith
Falmouth
Casco Bank & Trust Co
John M. Daigle
Smith
Lewiston
Barbara
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Left
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Florida
Sunken Gardens
Harold Coffin
James Keller
Bar Harbor
Harry Adler
Adler
Richard Trumble
Elm Street
Grants
Biddeford Shopping Center
Rte
Elm St
Volkswagen
King's Motors
Arundel
GIANT
White Star Inc
Biddeford, Maine
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