Nixon and Truman legacies and Hollywood flurry item
A collage of 1960s figures is sketched from Nixon and Truman anecdotes including gifts to the Truman Library, De Gaulle paintings, and a piano move. It notes film industry shifts, censorship loosening, and a Ceasars Palace staffer quip about guests. Also mentions John Glenn hair, Dietrich gowns, Rick Nelson Hollywood debut, and a New York City Opera dispute over Rigoletto nudity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Nixon
White House
Independence
Ben Franklin
de Gaulle
HST
John Glenn
le Pavillon
Marlene Dietrich
Rick Nelson
Trovador
Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
David Lean
MGM
Community Theater Stages Dark Thriller Wait Until Dark
Cedar Rapids Community Theater presents Wait until Dark, a suspenseful Knott thriller lauded for strong performances. Blind heroine Lisa Hastings navigates intruders as the audience sees a tense, stagefront clash unfolding on Friday and Saturday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Subotat
Cedar Rapids
Frederick Knott
Maryland prison drama opens with Stalag 17
Hagerstown Maryland inmates performed Stalag 17 as part of the Department of Corrections spring drama season at Maryland Correctional Institute. The play portrays life in a prisoner of war camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown, Md
State Department of Correction
Maryland Correctional Institute
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Amy Broadway
Leonard Lyon
New York
Harry
Tru
Richard Nixon
Tvers
Doubleday
Bobby Kennedy
Senate
William van den Heuvel
Milton Givirtaman
Allen Funt
Manhattan
Yoichi Okamoto
Johnson
LBJ
Peggy Dozier
Christine Jorgensen
Aney Simick
Caesars Palace
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Andy Williams
Doc Adams
Get Smart
Adams
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Andy Wiliams
Williams
Sam Andy Williams
Andy
20Th Fox
Paul D. Harkins
Gen. Patton
Patton
Cardinal Spelman
New York City Opera Company
Frank Corsaro
Corsare
Iowa
Prairie Moon
Prairieburg
AVE
3Rd Street
Tai
Ofen
Ath Eati TA
Asc Baed
Raul Wi Co
Aim
AEN
MAM
CK Adams
Spirit of
Swisher, Fowa
Kent Crisp
Baigken
Johnson Ava
Mr. Dytrt
Ite
Municipal
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Karlaho Sandies
1St Ave
Knights OF Colu Columbus
DANCING @ Night Life
Cedar Rapids Area
Armari
Dave Dighton
Ion
Karel McLaughlin
George Huebner
Keith John Young
Michael J. Ernst
Greenwich Village
Darwin Baldridge
Lisa Hastings Dors
Tom Miskimen
Robert Naysif
Yetlon
Manchester
Congregational
Methodist
First Presbyterian
Vichie
Tim Steffa
K of G
Bowlers
Seatmmrathenee
1St Avenue NE
Wood
Jowa
THE
Friars
Xorz
Marion
Trom
Ant Thurs
Genzalfer
Big Dottie
Mt. Vernon
Ernie's Avenue Tavern
14Th Ave
Leather Soul
Louie Carr
Magic Guiter
Voth Ave
Olise Mol
Hank Jeoneson
Brazos Valley Boys
the Fantastic Boy Clark
Mary Taylor
Curtis Potter
Ordark
Sir Val's
Main
Coliteuro
Lindalm Plaza Music Dept
Woolworth’s
Adel
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