Birdie turned Strouse and Adams into Broadway celebs
Hal Boyle details how Charles Strouse and Lee Adams rose from poverty to fame after Bye Bye Birdie. The pair auditioned for years before meeting producer Edward Padula who backed their early work. Success brought royalties and film rights, but they kept to hard work and creative drive, planning a new musical All American and aiming for future encores.
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Charley
Lee
Strouse
Adams
U. S
Theatre listings fragment for Friday showings
Theater listings show multiple venues with film titles and time slots. Paramount offers Gone With the Wind at 12:30 4:10 7:55 while Iowa screens Alamo at 1:15 3:55 6:35 9:15. World presents Picnic and Twinkle and Shine with varied times. Marion displays Ma and Pa Kettle on Old MacDonald Farm and Cimarron. Drive-In shows 39 Steps and North to Alaska. Twixt Town features Frontier Gun Five Gates to Hell Mark of the Hawk Village of the Damned. Continuous shorts and multiple daily showings implied.
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Iowa
Marion
MacDonald
Cimarron
C. R
Alaska
Frontier Gun
Hell
Dan Dos
Kingston Trio to Split After Six Month Rift
Kingston Trio plans a six month split as differences rise among members. Dave Guard will leave Nick Reyn olds and Bob Shane, who will continue with a new partner. Guard intends to pursue a solo singing career while the remaining duo form a new lineup.
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San Jose
Calif
Kingston Trio
Dave Guard
Nick Reynolds
Bob Shane
Reynolds
Shane
Guard
The Ballad of Tom Dooley and The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio rose to fame in the late 1950s with their breakout hit The Ballad of Tom Dooley. The group’s success sparked a wave of folk music popularity and influenced the era’s popular culture and recording industry.
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Tom Dooley
Eagle Food Chain Sale Approved by Consoli dated Foods
New York AP report says Eagle Food Centers stockholders approved the sale to Consolidated Foods Corp of Chicago. The deal provides 367,603 Consolidated shares to Eagle holders at 1.78 Eagle shares per Consolidated share, expanding Consolidated's Piggy Wiggly supermarket chain network.
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Eagle Food Centers, Inc
Consolidated Foods Corp
Chicago
Consolidated
Eagle
Eagle Supplements Consolidated
Perjury Charge Dropped in Crosby Paternity Case
Los Angeles district attorney dropped the perjury probe tied to the Crosby paternity suit. Chief Deputy Atty. Manley Bowler said no evidence of perjury material to the case was found. The inquiry began last January after conflicting trial testimony about the paternity. Crosby was determined to be the father of Marilyn Miller Scott’s out of wedlock child.
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Atty
Manley Bowler
Young Crosby
Marilyn Miller Scott
Life's happiest investment a home of your own
Classified ad 50 urges homeownership as a smart investment and a path to lasting happiness, promoting property as a reliable goal and personal milestone.
Johnson Nehru Urge Global Fight on Poverty and Disease
New Delhi AP report says Prime Minister Nehru and Vice President Johnson called for a worldwide attack on ignorance poverty and disease. The communique ends two days of talks with the note conquest of these ills is the first step toward peace and freedom. Kennedy is mentioned in the closing points.
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Nehru
Johnson
Kennedy
India Laos cease fire aid and neutral Laos support
Johnson praised India's help in achieving a Laotian cease fire and Nehru backed a neutral independent Laos while pledging continued aid. The United States will provide substantial aid to India's third five year plan and ensure effective use of that assistance.
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India
Johnson
Nehru
Laos
U.S
Strike at Bronx Zoo Is Settled
New York AP reports the seven week strike at the Bronx Zoo and Coney Island Aquarium was settled. Mayor Wagner announced the settlement Thursday night.
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Bronx Zoo
New York
Coney Island Aquarium
Wagner
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