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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1969
Page
2
Hollywood praise for Topol follows director J Lee Thompson casting him in Before Winter Comes establishing him as a rising international star. The Israeli actor, seen previously only in Salah and Cast a Giant Shadow, earns Oscar buzz for the role.
James Brown storms out of Los Angeles City Hall after missing mayor Sam Yorty for a James Brown day ceremony. Brown denounces the event as an underlying insult and says he will not accept the proclamation. The mayor later says he regrets the scheduling mixup. Today remains James Brown day in the city.
Auto motive News releases weekly and year to date figures showing automaker output by make for the current week and the 1969 total versus the previous year. Details include changes in production by each brand and overall industry movement.
Saturday listings show Paramount presenting True Grit at 1 3 10 30 45. Iowa screens Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with multiple showings. World features The Lost Man and Shorts. Plaza offers The Love Bug and Funny Girl Times. Marion shows Support Your Local Sheriff with Shorts. Collins Drive In presents The Oblong Box and Up Tight. Twixt Town offers The Lost Man and Back Track. Twin East features The Longest Day and The Flim Flam Man. Twin West shows Charro and They Came To Rob Las Vegas.
Lawrence Welk hosts a color TV program featuring big-time bands and soloists at 7 30 PM Saturday on TV 9. The show spotlights prominent musical acts in a televised salute.
John Sealey 55 conductor of the Sadler's Wells orchestra and his wife were killed when a fire swept their Clerkenwell home in London. He was sleeping in a back second floor room when the blaze broke out.
Police reported three other occupants were rescued by firemen from the ground floor of a house. The incident involved four people in total, all located on the lower level.
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