South Africa visit reveals apartheid tensions and culture
Leonard Lyons recalls travel to South Africa and Johannesburg to Nairobi and beyond. He notes visa hurdles, Bunche’s entry denial, Smuts airport namesake, Churchill capture, and cultural threads from Hemingway to The New Christy Minstrels. He discusses Apartheid impacts, censorship, and a partial Port of Cabaret by Taubie Kushlick with Harold Prince support.
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New York
Johannesburg
John Lindsay
South Africa
Athens
Egypt
Sudan
Nairobi
Lyons
Vortrekkers
Olympic Airways
Boeing
Ralph Bunche
England
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Dr. Bunche
London
Cordell Hull
New Christy Minstrels
Patti Page
Harvey
U.S
Taubie Kushlick
Harold Prince
Prince
Hippies and Socialites Attend Revolutionary Hamlet in London
Prime Minister Harold Wilson mingled with hippies and socialites at a former locomotive shed for a radical staging of Hamlet directed by Tony Richardson. Critics praised Nicol Williamson’s power but found the revolution shallow and audio sometimes inaudible in the vast venue.
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London
Harold Wilson
Tony Richardson
Light Brigade
North London
Richardson
Nicol Williamson
The
London Times
Williamson
Britain
Streisand Signs Five Year Vegas Engage At International
Barbra Streisand signed for one annual engagement over five years at Las Vegas International Hotel. The 2,000 seat venue opens later this year and she becomes the highest paid nightclub act, edging past Frank Sinatra who commanded about 100000 dollars weekly.
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Barbra Streisand
Las Vegas
Nev
Alex Shoofey
Shoofey
Miss Streisand
Frank Sinatra
The Pendulum and Bullitt Showtimes Across Theaters This Week
Theater listings include Paramount Pendulum showings at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 45 9 50 and IOWA Bullitt at 1 40 3 45 5 50 7 55 10. Also Night They Raided Minsky s matinees and Romeo and Juliet showings, plus Swiss Family Robinson and The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. Christian Science founded in Lynn MA in 1867 by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Bullitt
Minsky
Marion
Religion
Christian Science
Lynn
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
Wait until Dark Tryouts Set for Wednesday Night
Auditions for the Community Theater production of Wait Until Dark will be held Wednesday night in the theater lounge at 7 30. The play by Frederick Knott opens March 28 and requires a cast including a blind wife, a photographer, three hoods a 9 year old girl and two policemen.
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Community Theater
Frederick Knott
Lee Remick
Greenwich Village
Don Tescher
Paul Harvey Money Management For Wage Earners on TV
Paul Harvey presents Money Management For Wage Earners on KCRG TV 9. Airing Tuesday at 5 30 PM and 10 PM, the program outlines practical financial strategies for workers. The segment emphasizes budgeting saving and prudent money handling for wage earners.
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Paul Harvey
Kcrg-Tv
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