Broadway Gossip From Leonard Lyons Columns
New York theater and social scene anecdotes feature Leonard Lyons recounting encounters at Sardi's and Downey's. Highlights include meetings with Heywood Hale Broun, Ty Cobb, Phil Harris, Harry Hopkins, and Damon Runyon style quips about Breakfast with Dewey. The piece recalls Lilienthal’s memoirs and Dietrich tours, mixing celebrity cameos with editor’s voice and nightlife lore.
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New York
David Hopkins
Harry
Sardi
Heywood Hale Broun
Heywood Broun
Lyons
Heywood Bien
Harry Hopkins
Congress Urged to Extend Tape Copyright Protections
Washington hearing features Recording Industry spokesmen pressing a House Judiciary subcommittee to pass a bill extending copyright protection to tapes and phonograph records. They described yearly losses of about 3150 nail due to pirate duplication, with top artists and labels hurt by poor quality copies and eroding sales.
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Seba Beckler
Washington
Congress
Houde Judiciary
Senate
Pirates
Bobby Dylan
Jefferson’ Airplane
Land
Rochey
Land Scott
Little Sage
Stanley M. Gortskoy
Rose Motey
Jack Grossman
Presslease
Tennessee
National Association
Weir
Nashville
Beatles Threats Probe Opens After Anonymous Calls
Scotland Yard opened a probe into anonymous threats of terror and blackmail against British pop stars including the Beatles. An anonymous caller warned of a bomb at Apple Studios unless $24,000 was paid, prompting a police search and a decoy sting by detective Carol Bristow. No device or money was found.
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London
Scotland ‘Yard
Apple
Leslie Perrin
Beatles
Beatés
Carol Bristow
Biba
London Festival Ballet
Britain tops Europe in TV ownership per capita
A government report from London shows Britain leads Europe with 295 television sets per thousand people, ahead of West Germany at 269 per thousand. The data highlight Britain’s early adopter status in household electronics across the continent.
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London
Britain
Europe
West Germany
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16Th Ave
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First Ave
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Lee
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Morton
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