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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1968
Page
35
Les Zachers surveys Bobby Vinton along with Broadway trends and new releases. He praises Vinton’s LP as tasteful and youthful though notes the artist’s name may deter older listeners. Also covers Willie Nelson Texas tunes, Eydie Gorme show tunes, Warings Pennsylvanians vintage set, Rubinstein Beethoven concerto, Hindemith Dvorak quartet recordings, Stravinsky Pulcinella suite, and Leinsdorf Boston Symphony on RCA Victor.
The columnist Joey Bish op argues humor keeps people ageless, citing comedians like Danny Thomas and Bob Hope. He invites readers to see adversity as material, noting humor preserves youthfulness for givers and receivers alike. Laugh and stay young, he adds, as nourishing as chicken soup.
NBC News will provide color TV coverage of the Republican convention in Miami Beach to 24 countries in Europe, the Far East and North America with live satellite feed on the balloting night. It will supply offices, studios, and staff for native-language reporting, extending to 14 listed nations plus Austria Spain Portugal Luxembourg Monaco Yugoslavia Algeria Tunisia and Morocco. The European Broadcasting Union will feed Intervision for behind the Iron Curtain nations.
The Theater Development Fund will spend about $150,000 to aid Broadway and Off-Broadway shows in 1968-69. Harold Clurman and a panel will vet scripts, then provide loans, grants, or ticket purchases to selected productions. The three-year pilot expects 50 applications with roughly a dozen funded, aiming to boost merit over box office formula.
At Singer Bowl Flushing Meadows Park in Queens about 200 teens surged toward the stage as the Doors finished, triggering a panic. Three people were injured and two teens were arrested in the ensuing chaos at the 10 000 capacity folk rock show.
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