Merrick Beats Critics With Hello Dolly Praise
New York social notes recount producer David Merrick hailed by critics for Hello Dolly as valentine to musical theater. The column mentions Mrs George Romney gowns, Kay Stevens at the Copa, Eddie Schaffer Manhattan debut, and a range of entertainment figures from Sinatra to Mantle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Merrick
Sanford E. Sabelson
George Mandullo
George Romney
Romney
Kay Stevens
Eddie Schaffer
Manhattan
Miami Beach
Trumpeter Baker Is Nabbed for Narcotics Charge
Berlin AP describes American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker being committed to a city sanitarium after arrest on narcotics charges. Prosecutors said he faked a painful illness to obtain prescriptions from six West Berlin doctors last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Chet Baker
Baker
West Berlin
Hedda Hopper on Broadway Openings and Stars
Hedda Hopper recalls opening nights of South Pacific Miracle Worker Hello Dolly and Barefoot in the Park. She notes Carol Channing stage presence Lend an Ear alumni praise Gower Champion choreography and star power including Robert Redford and Nell Simon's comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
South Pacific
Carol Channing
Dolly
Gower Champion
Nell Simon
Elizabeth Ashley
Paramount
Mildred Natwick
Elizabeth
Robert Redford
Playground Players Open Yesterday in Riverside Arena
Riverside Community building hosts Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission staging of Born Yesterday in the round. Bob McComas and Carol Kearney lead as junk dealer and his girlfriend with a cast including Stribling Baldridge Petrick Duncombe Hanzelka Bolt Blood Ryan McNamara Miller Sacora. Director Lauretta Stribling. The plot follows a Washington junk dealer who hires a reporter to polish his bright partner who outsmarts him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission
Bob McComas
Carol Kearney
Donald Stribling
Darwin Baldridge
Fred Petrick
Mary Duncombe
Dick Hanzelka
Dave Bolt
Shirley Blood
George Ryan
Kathleen McNamara
Lanny Miller
Tim Sacora
Lauretta Stribling
Washington
Play gains intimacy through staging draws favorable audience reaction
The audience reacted favorably to the intimacy created by the staging and the actors. The play will be presented Friday and Saturday nights at 8. Tickets are available at the door.
Want Ads Take a Wide Slice of Local Life
Classifieds reveal job, housing, and service listings shaping daily routines in town. Readers scan categories for opportunities and bargains, while merchants highlight offerings and specials through brief notices and small ads.
Trouble Delays Echo II Launch
Echo II communications satellite launch at Vandenberg Air Base was postponed due to a second stage rocket camera developing technical problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cavalcade
J. Smith Marks
Chrysler
Henry J. Taylor
Switzerland
Chicago
Frank Sinatra
Warner Lot
Jack Warner
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Gary Cooper
Bette Davis
Gloria Swanson
Sonny Liston
Mickey Mantle
Englewood
Joe Pepitone
Jack Jones
Alan Jones
Irene Hervey
Chandler
Kentucky
Stork Club
Plymouth Theater
Dylan
Rube Goldberg
Irma
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
William Gaxton
Charles Addams
Winston
Alec Guinness
Trumpeter Baker
Hedda Hopper
Carol
I. Magnin’s
Beverly Hills
Lillian Russell
Broadway
Robert Preston
Preston
Luither
Albert Finney
Tom Jones
Finney
Luther
Big City
Angier Biddle Duke
Robin
Duke
Italy
Egogplants
Clariti A
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Stebar Motors, Inc
Avenue N.E
Cedar Rapids
Baxter Motor and Implement Co., Inc
Lynn St., Coggon, Iowa
Flamingo
Pizza Palace
Ellis Blvd
Spaghett
SEA Foods
1St Ave
IND
By Jo Fuller
Riverside
Arena Players
de Var
Supper Club
Bowling ST. SW
Hotel Roosevelt
New Farm House
Armstrong’s
Frank Osmanski
Ron Diehl
Don Jones
Rx Crak Roosevelt
Jesse
Center Point Road
James
Iowa
Home Improvement
Alcoa
U.S.G
Free
9Th St
Farah
George Patrick
Korg Radio
Chuck Scholl
Hammond Orton Riday
A Ave
1St St
BLACK
Black Angus
Black Angus Steakhouse
Twin Towers
Hwys
West EM
Loy Bea
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!