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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1965
Page
3
John T. Scopes, now retired in Shreveport, recalls the Dayton monkey trial and argues the core issue was academic freedom and free thought. He warns of growing government influence in education and the danger of church and state intertwining.
Hall of Fame presents Inherit the Wind on NBC TV with Ed Begley and Melvyn Douglas reassembling the Scopes case. The piece recalls the Dayton trial's spectacle, Scopes memory of Darrow and Bryan, and ongoing battles over evolution teaching in Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Florida and Tennessee. Scopes argues for academic and individual freedom amid continuing anti evolution laws and new debates on education and liberty.
The issue notes ten Messiah releases and reviews the English Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus under Otto Klemperer. Soloists Elizabeth Schwarzkopf Grace Hoffman Nicolai Gedda Jerold Hines praised for tone. Rampal and Roussel praised for Sans-Souci flute works. Leontyne Price shines in Salome with Boston Orchestra.
Brenda Lee, a major young star, will perform at Danceland for a Saturday night appearance in Iowa. She has collected gold records for ten years and hits include Thanks a Lot Too Many Rivers and Rusty Bells. The Casuals join as the opening act for dancing.
Former Cedar Rapids resident and leading Broadway stage manager Robert Downing will lecture at Washington High School auditorium at 8 on current trends in theater. Admission is free for season-ticket holders. other theater groups invited. He also has a University of Iowa lecture the following day.
New York’s major elect John Lindsay will appear as panelist on Gateway to Ideas at 4 30 p m on KCRG radio. He discusses Books That Formed My Opinions along with Leon Edel and Ralph Backlund. The program is the fourth in a Cedar Rapids library and KCRG series produced by the National Book Committee and the American Library Association.
Kate Smith, 56, signs TV slots with Ed Sullivan and Dean Martin, plans a nationwide concert tour, and records How Great Thou Art after years of personal struggles. She converted to Catholicism in June and reflects on a life of triumphs from wartime WWII service to a renewed career and renewed public support.
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