New York Cavalcade Spotlight and Show Biz Notes
Bobby Darin at the SOBOL Copa showcases youth and showmanship as audiences chant for more. Frank Gorshin and Robert Scott charm with impressions and piano presence. The Crystal Room hosts Larry Storch and Jay Lawrence. Lee Remick and Miriam Hopkins attend a Sanctuary preview. Insider scoops hint J. Edgar Hoover may depart the FBI by summer amid Kennedy administration tensions.
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New York
Bobby Darin
John Carradine
Insider
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Robert Kennedy
Theater Showtimes Pack for Tuesday and Wednesday
Paramount presents Three Worlds of Gulliver with shorts. Iowa screens World of Suzie Wong and Grass Is Greener with Let No Man Write My Epitaph also shown. World schedule includes Where the Boys Are with multiple showings and Wednesday matinee features Cos sacks and Village of the Damned. Marion presents Dark at the Top of the Stairs with shorts.
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Paramount
Gulliver
Iowa
Suzie Wong
Kennedys Plan 10 P.M. Reception For Congress Members
White House social notes announce a large evening reception for members of the 87th Congress on April 18 from 10 p.m. to midnight hosted by the Kennedys with the Johnsons assisting. Kennedy also accepts a White House News Photographers dinner May 19 and offers Blair House for a French embassy buffet after the March 13 embassy fire.
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Washington
White House
87Th Congress
Kennedy
Kennedys
Eisenhowers
Johnson
Salinger
Ileitis
Eisenhower
Alphand
Blair House
Liz Taylor Lemmon Favored For Oscars Race
Hollywood notes favor Liz Taylor and Jack Lemmon as Oscar contenders in the 33rd Academy Awards race. Taylor earns a fourth top actress nomination for Butterfield 8 amid MGM contract ties, while Lemmon seeks both top and supporting acting honors, a potential historic first.
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Hollywood
Liz Taylor
Jack Lemmon
Liz
Butterfield
MGM
John O'Hara
Lemmon
Ens, Pulver
Mr. Roberts
Two Youths Receive Life Scout Awards at Garfield Ceremony
District Scout commissioner Spike Jones presented Life Scout awards to Philip DeMoss and Bill Ross at a Garfield grade school court of honor. Scoutmaster Earl Reese gave other honors including second class promotions for Allen Wilson and Dennis Larson and merit badges for Ron Garrett George Taylor Steve Murphy Dan Schroeter James Herman Gary Adams and Bill Rose. Reese also awarded tenderfoot honors to Jack Kitchen and Ronald Golem Bieleski.
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Bill Ross
Garfield
Earl ‘Reese
Allen Wilson
Dennis Larsson
Ron Garrett
George Taylor
Steve Murphy
Dan Schroeter
James Herman
Gary Adams
Bill Rose
Reese
Jack Kitchen
Ronald Golembiewski
Textile industry in Mexico City faces retirement wave
In Mexico City the textile sector is in a bad way, union leaders say. Over 60 percent of workers are near retirement age and funds to retire them are scarce.
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Mexico City
Appointment of Executor for Charles Macy Estate
Notice proclaims the appointment of an executor for the Charles Macy estate in Linn County Iowa on February 20, 1961. Creditors must file timely claims with the clerk of Linn County District Court. attorneys O'Rieley & Rosser represent the estate.
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Lone Linn County
Haspen
Charles Macy
Linn County
Towa
Ows
Spelling quirks of famed ancestors in historical notes
The piece cites George Washington as an example of spelling mistakes in early American writings noting odd spellings like oyl for oil and blew for blue while highlighting his extensive surviving papers. It also mentions actors Jack Kruschen Sal Mineo and Chill Wills and states the Academy Awards will be shown April 17 on ABC and CBC radio and TV.
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George Washington
Washington
Carpenters Donate Work at Camp Sunnyside
Cedar Rapids and Marion volunteers finished two more cabins at Camp Sunnyside near Des Moines last weekend. Earl Edwards Willis Schnell Bob Jackson Joe Hurley Warren Smith Harry Overhiser and Fritz Klosterman contributed their carpentry work for the new camp opening this spring aided by the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults Easter Seal Society.
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Scrippled Children's Camp
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Earl Edwards
Willis Schnell
Bob Jackson
Joe Hurley
Warren Smith
Harry Overhiser
Fritz Klosterman
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults
The
Easter Seal Society
Kennedy proposes highway funds plan amid tax debate
President Kennedy warns the highway program faces real peril from possible funding shortfalls and urges new revenue. He cites a need for about 900 million dollars yearly after June 30 to finish on schedule, and suggests options including a higher gas tax or preserving current tax levels with alternative taxes heavier on trucking.
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Kennedy
Congress
Old Cuban Charges Target Kennedy as New Target
Castro regime accuses the Kennedy administration of plotting to overthrow Cuba. Foreign Minister Raul Roa outlines a twofold plan to topple Castro before a May 24 Western Hemisphere ministers conference, or trigger indirect U.S. military action through Guatemala or Nicaragua. The note names Adolf Berle, Thomas Mann, and Arturo Morales Carrión as political architects.
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Organization of American States
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Fidel Castro
Eisenhower
Washington
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Raul Roa
Ecuador
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Guatemala
Nicaragua
Peru
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Latin America
Thomas Mann
Inter- American Affairs
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Puerto Rico
Kennedy plan raises truck license and tire taxes
The Kennedy blueprint would boost the federal truck license fee for vehicles over 26,000 pounds from 1.50 to 5 per thousand pounds and raise tire taxes from 8 to 10 dollars per 100 pounds. Diesel fuel tax climbs to 7 cents per gallon, while a gas tax cut would be offset by new auto parts taxes. The plan also expands billboard incentives, extends road funding, and requires housing help for families displaced by new roads.
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Eisenhower
Treasury
General Kitty
Mr. Kennedy
Kennedy
Valuables Stolen from Mrs John Roosevelt in Palm Springs
In Palm Springs California a suitcase left on a friend’s lawn contained 18500 dollars in furs and jewels. The items included a 4500 dollar pearl necklace once owned by the mother of FDR's father in law and two diamond rings valued at 4500 and 5000 dollars along with two pins and a 1000 dollar mink stole.
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Calif
John Roosevelt
Friends
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hammarskjold warns Kasavubu U N peace effort will proceed
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold told President Kasavubu in a letter that the U N will not permit opposition to block peace efforts in the Congo. He urged full cooperation to avert civil war and outlined steps to carry out the Security Council mandate to use force if needed.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Kasavubu
U.N
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Security Council
Congo
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