New York Cavalcade recollections of 15 years ago
In a 1960s reminiscence the writer recalls the Roxy Theatre lure of Margaret Truman, El Morocco sightings with Jimmy Durante and Joan Fontaine, and a large bachelor dinner for Newsman Larry Newman. He notes encounters with Billy Rose, Melvin Belli, John Gunther, Tallulah Bankhead, Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Lana Turner, and Dorothy Massey, with gossip on marriages, divorces, and celebrity circles.
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Roxy Theater
Margaret Truman
el Morocco
John Perona
Jimmy Durante
Joan Fontaine
Carol Channing
Russell Nype
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dean Murphy
Alfred G. Vanderbilts
Chuck Wagon Glee Club
Twentyone
Larry Newman
Clem McCarthy
Joseph Cowan
Michael Arlen
Lou Suritz
Jules Lack
Bob Ruark
Theatre Time Schedule Highlights For Thursday To Friday
Paramount shows Our Man Flint with multiple daily time slots and shorts, Iowa presents The Great Race and The Ugly Dachshund on matinee and evening runs, World screens Darling with shorts and The Sound of Music at 8, Marion features Magnificent Seven and I'll Take Sweden, C R Drive In offers War Gods of the Deep and Operation Snafu with late screenings.
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Our Man Flint
Judith
Iowa
The
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Woody Guthrie Nears End of a Folk-Singing Career
Folk singer Woody Guthrie 53, born in Oklahoma, is dying of Huntington's chorea after a long career of wandering and writing a thousand songs. Once the uplifting voice of the downtrodden, he now suffers in Brooklyn Hospital with limited speech. His legacy includes This Land Is Your Land and a family of six surviving children.
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New York
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Joady
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Television Who Done It Who Cracked the List
Cynthia Lowry reports that Nielsen faced a security breach when about six percent of a 590 family sample received a questionnaire about commercials for Friday night programs. Nielsen excludes contacted homes from ratings, but the incident raises concerns for networks sponsors and government over sample tampering.
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Carol Channing
CBS
Sammy Davis, Jr
NBC
Nielsen
Dominican forces told to avoid electioneering
Santo Domingo reported that the armed forces minister reminded officers and enlisted men they are barred from involvement in electioneering.
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Dominican Armed Forces
New York Theater Group Presenting Trojan Women in Dubuque
The New York Circle in The Square repertory theater will present The Trojan Women at Clarke College in Dubuque at 8 p.m. Monday. The production has won several important drama awards and is staged by group members from New York.
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Dubuque
New York Circle In the Square Repertory Theater
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