Hollywood Stars and Buster Keaton Remembrance and Film News
The death of Buster Keaton ends a landmark comedy trio era with Chaplin and Lloyd inactive. Tina Marquand, Maria Montez’s daughter, debuts in Texas Across the River at Universal, coached by Adler and Burton. John Standing heads to England for Chichester Theatre’s The Cherry Orchard with Olivier's troupe. Omar Sharif joins Sophia Loren in View from the Bedroom for Ponti. Red Skelton shifts to painting and ro polo. Paul Petersen, from Donna Reed show, earns a degree and weighs Texas Across the River cameo while noting romance with seven girls. Christina Crawford earns praise as best young actress for Barefoot in the Park but contemplates TV ventures. Christina’s NY play with Peter Fonda is postponed.
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Buster Keaton
Charles Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
Buster
Tina Marquand
Maria Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
Texas Across the River
Universal
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Philip Burton
Christian Marquand
Paris
Maria
Paul Petersen
Donna Reed
Los Angeles City College
Texas Across the
Hayley Mills
England
Chicago
Christina Crawford
New York
Peter Fonda
Dick Van Dyke Remembers Buster Keaton At Funeral
Dick Van Dyke paid tribute to Buster Keaton calling him obsessed with humor and life’s core. Keaton died of lung cancer, honored by 180 mourners at Forest Lawn including Andy Clyde and Donald O’Connor. Keaton’s wife, siblings, and his two sons from Norma Talmadge attended.
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Buster Keaton
van Dyke
Forest Lawn
Keaton
Andy Clyde
Chester Conklin
Benny Rubin
Donald O’connor
Norma Talmadge
Robert
James
Steve Allen Joins Delano Grape Picker Picket Line
Comedian Steve Allen joined a five hour grape pickers protest in Delano California. He supported the Farm Workers Association urging union recognition and higher wages for Mexican immigrant workers. Allen carried a sign reading Huelga during the visit.
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Delano
Calif
Steve Allen
California
Allen
Farm Workers Assn
Mexico
Belgium government falls after doctors strike threat
Belgium's government collapsed as a nationwide doctors' strike over medical insurance loomed. Assistant Foreign Minister Henri Fayat announced the inability to resolve the dispute and Premier Pierre Harmel submitted his resignation to King Baudouin.
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Brussels
Belgium
Henri Fayat
Pierre Harmel
Baudouin
June Walker Dies Actress of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Los Angeles AP June Walker 66 former Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes died Thursday at her Sherman Oaks home. Her 40 year stage career included Death of a Salesman Green Grow the Lilacs and Life with Father.
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Los Angeles
June Walker
Lorelei Lee
Anita Loos
Sherman Oaks
USO marks 25 years with dinner and fund drive
In New York the USO celebrated its 25th anniversary with a dinner where Vice President Humphrey urged adapting military power to limited goals in Southeast Asia and warned against turning the conflict purely military. He received the USO gold medal as the drive to raise 6 million dollars continued to expand clubs in Vietnam from four to eight. Comedian Bob Hope praised the organization for sustaining servicemen morale, noting the USO keeps morale high.
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New York
USO
America
South Vietnam
United Service Organization
Humphrey
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Walter Hoving
Bob Hope
U. S
Theater Time For Saturday Community Theater Listings
Times and film showings for the weekend include Mary Mary at Paramount with screenings 12:15, 2:25, 4:40, 6:55, 9:15 and shorts at 12, 2:10, 4:25, 6:35, 8:50. Billie's bill and Glory Guys are shown at the Iowa and other venues with scheduled showings. Spy Who Came In From the Cold runs at 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 with shorts at 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20. The Sound of Music plays at 2:08. Marion presents Three Stooges at 2:05 with shorts at 1:30 and Ecco at 7:35, 9:25 with shorts at 7, 9:05.
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Mary, Mary
Paramount
Iowa
Billie
Sound of
Marion
Three Stooges
Gavin urges retaining current Vietnam positions after confusion over enclave idea
Retired Lt. Gen. James Gavin says the United States should keep its present Vietnam positions and denies calling for a full withdrawal. He defends bombing and criticizes the enclave strategy as a possible defeat, while Gen. Maxwell Taylor rejects the enclave approach.
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James Gavin
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Gavin
Johnson
Maxwell Taylor
New York
Worcester
Mass
Eighth Generation Lion Tamer to Replace Beatty in Shrine Circus
Sarasota AP health of the 8th generation lion tamer Jean Charles Zerbini prepares to replace Clyde Beatty as Shrine circus headliner. Zerbini leads an 11-lion act and comes from a long line of performers with Tarzan branding. He shares a trailer home near Sarasota with his aerialist wife Jacqueline and their 20 month old daughter Patricia. Zerbini trains with his father Charles who lost a leg to cats at 15. He vows to prove his act is the most daring in the business by hand feeding a 400 pound lion.
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Jean Charles Zerbini
Zerbini
Clyde Beatty
America
Shrine Circus
Europe
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Tarzan
U.S
Zerbinis
Beatty
North Africa
Jacqueline
Patricia
Sarasota
Charles
Registration of Two Insecticides by Government
The Agriculture Department is canceling the registration of Aldrin and Dieldrin for use on vegetable, grain, and forage crops including corn wheat sugar beets and soybeans. The move follows scientific data showing possible illegal residues in crops and milk from cows fed those crops. The change tightens pesticide rules as spring soil applications begin.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mrs Bert Wanamaker Dies in California
Minnie Wanamaker 73 of Marengo died at her son Kenneth Kanke’s Pacoima California home while visiting. A lifelong resident of the Van Horne and Marengo areas she lived in Van Horne with her first husband Fred Kanke. Surviving are Kenneth and four other sons Glenn Cedar Rapids Donald Vinton Warren Panorama City Myron Van Horne along with 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Hoover Valentine funeral home handles services.
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Minnie Wanamaker
Kenneth Kanke
Pacoima
Calif
Wanamaker
van Horne
Fred Kanke
Bert Wanamaker
Kenneth
Glenn Kanke
Cedar Rapids
Donald Kanke
Vinton
Warren Kanke
Panorama City
Myron Kanke
Hoover-Valentine Funeral Home
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