Lew Ayres Sees Learning Value Beyond Acting at 70
Hollywood veteran Lew Ayres reflects on a long career from All Quiet on the Western Front to Battlestar Galactica. He pursues religion philosophy and film study while teaching on campuses and planning a philosophy of literature project.
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Sinatra snubs Cronkite interview in press power row
Hollywood tale of Frank Sinatra rejecting Walter Cronkite's CBS Evening News interview request. He promotes a letter to President Carter calling for press curtailment, with full-page ads under the banner Sinatra Once Again Does It His Way. The item surveys tempers with the press and ties in Agnew and Nixon.
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Live scarecrow sought to guard maize crop near Cambridge
London AP reports researchers at Trumpington plant breeding institute seek a live scarecrow to patrol a 10 acre trial maize field near Cambridge. The job pays 2.40 dollars per hour with a 4 am start and involves walking and waving to deter seed-eating birds for about three weeks until the crop is resilient. Also notes the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883.
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