Octogenarian Del Castillo Delivers Organ Virtuosity at Paramount
Del Castillo, 84, enthralled a sold out Paramount Theater audience with a bold Wurlitzer organ recital sponsored by Cratos Cedar Rapids Theatre Organ Society. He opened with Entry of the Gladiators and offered a nostalgic set including Yellow Ribbon, Poor Butterfly, and a medley of operatic overtures, closing with Beer Barrel Polka as the crowd clapped.
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Paramount Theater
del Castillo
Cratos
Cedar Rapids Area Theater Organ Society
Castillo
Gladiators
J. Fucik
Yesteryear
Joyce Kilmer
Puccini
Leach Sees Power Concentration in Washington Politics
First district Congressman James Leach told Linn county Republicans at a Memorial Coliseum breakfast that concentration of power in Washington has allowed the Korean scandal to unfold. He urged a loyal opposition in the minority party and argued for a balanced approach with social needs amid budget and defense debates.
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Washington
First District
James Leach
Bettendorf
Linn County
Memorial Coliseum
Leach
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Steve Roberts
Des Moines
GOP
Mike Blouin
Dubuque
Tom Tauke
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Robert Ray
Favorite Columnists and 1976 Beirut Violence
On this date in 1976 the civil war in Lebanon reached a new peak with scores killed in Beirut fighting between Christians and Muslims. Columnists such as Reston Oakley Kilpa trick Bernstein Wicker Sulzberger Safire Porter Abby Solomon Shulsky Livingston Greene Baker West and West are featured in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reston
Don Oakley
James J. Kilpatrick
Theodore M
Bernstein
Tom Wicker
C. L. Sulzberger
William Safire
Sylvia Porter
Dear
Abby
Neil Solomon
Sam Shulsky
J. A. Livingston
Bob Greene
Russell Baker
Dick West
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Lebanon
Beirut
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Herold
Rossini
von Suppe
Bizet
Halcyon
Larry Lemon
Farmeps
Frank Nye
Esociate Editor
Fah Uta AL
Workman’s Flexsteel
5Th Ave
Say Mae
Fifth Avenue
S.E
Iowa
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