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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1962
Page
31
Dick Clark notes that while older adults grapple with slips and disks, teens embrace dances like the Mashed Potatoes Slop the Continental Walk and the Fly. Clark, host of American Bandstand, explains teen tastes, parent dynamics, and the era’s music icons while reflecting on his own career and recent personal life changes.
New York AP Carol Burnett expresses mixed feelings about leaving The Garry Moore Show next season. She hopes Moore is right about timing and seeks a Broadway project, preferably with Julie Andrews, while continuing guest spots and an October engagement at New York's Plaza Persian Room.
AP reports actor Macdonald Carey advocates government support for distressed Hollywood amid rising productions abroad. He cites tax revenue, small-business loans, and financing challenges with big distributors, noting England and West Germany offer terms to lure productions. Carey warns most films now cost millions and may move overseas without help.
Today at 4 p.m. viewers can watch the Hawaiian Surfboard Championships on TV 9 and ABCs Wide World of Sports. The program features top surfers competing for the title and national attention in a live broadcast setting.
A reviewer laments mass market taste shaping and lauds standouts like Highwaymen folk, Mahalia Jackson live Europe tour, Margaret Whiting Past Midnight, Ellington-influenced jazz, Billy Eckstine Basin Street East, Living Voices on Broadway, and other contemporary LPs. It praises artistry and contrasts commercial productions with inventive performances.
In Cairo three ancient temples were relocated from the Nubian stretch of the Nile valley to prevent their submersion in the backwaters created by the Aswan high dam.
A masked man loitering outside a Pueblo grocery prompted a police call after he offered a tale that a doctor had taped his face to treat a broken nose. Authorities investigated the incident as it unfolded with the suspect providing the unusual excuse.
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