Broadway Gossip From Louis Sobol Chronicle
New York celebrity notes cover Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda reuniting in Fury at Firecreek, mayor Lind mayors theater ties, Helen Ambrose and Helen Kane deaths, Jack Jones custody dispute, Prince Philip photography hobby, Connie Francis Calabria trip for grandmother, Bobby Kennedy Hoffa sandwich quip, Vaughn Meader romance, Diana Ross and Barry Gordy match, Tony Cantanzaro Annie Get Your Gun run, Gloria Grahame Cy Howard custody ruling, LSD LBJ mural, Paul Newman film streak, Hugo Sieglitz bull incident, a heavy drinking Broadway figure, and a pompous Broadway-TV star gaining weight and illness warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jimmy Stewart
Henry Fonda
Stewart
Fonda
Firecreek
Jimmy Walker
John F. Lindsay
Walter Greaz
Shepherd of the Lambs Club
the Lambs
Fred Waring
Helen Ambrose
Vaughn Meader
CBS
Teri Fantino
Diana Ross
The
Supremes
Motown Records
Barry Gordy
Tony Cantanzaro
Army
Gloria Grahame
Cy Howard
Paulette
Greenwich Village
Strike Would Plunge Met Into Darkness
New York AP General Manager Rudolph Bing warns the Metropolitan Opera could operate in darkness if the orchestra strikes. Musician adviser Herbert Gray had warned of a walkout over contract talks. current pay is 15 000 a year for a 30 hour week, rising to 17 000 in 1968 69 for a 27 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudoloph Bing
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Bing
Herbert Gray
Afl-Cio American Federation of Musicians
Lincoln Center
Gray
Talented Actresses and Clock Fact Highlight NYC and Houston
The piece notes super talented actresses and mentions Grand Central Station hosting the world’s largest indoor clock with a 15 foot face and seven foot minute hand. Dinah Shore rarely performs The Star Spangled Banner except at events like Judge Hofheinz’s Astrodome in Houston. Philip Miles, Brody Corp. vice-president, wins a Rainbow Room dinner prize at a Plaza hotel charity dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Station
Dinah Shore
Judge Hofheinz
Astrodome
Houston
Philip Miles
Plaza Hotel
Rainbow Room
Miles
Brody Corp
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Broadway
Louis Sobol
Dan Healy
Helen Kane
Jack Jones
Crystal
Prince Philip
Buckingham Palace
Connie Francis
Concetta Franconera
Calabria
Italy
Franconera
Bobby Kennedy
Miami Beach
Fontainebleau Hotel
Jimmy Hoffa
Paul Newman
Hud
Wise
Sound of Music
Hugo Sieglitz
Soraya
Mexico City
Charlie
Mary
Don Miller
Louie and the Hi-Lads
Jerry
Louies
DeVar
St. SW
Kentucky
Wards Drive
Johnson Ave
Ankimr
Tak
Phon
Cliff Cady and
Rovers
Todd's
Bicks Ferry
Marion
Iowa
First
Cedar Rapids
ME & Lee
cLounge
Lindale Plaza
Sears
U.S. Royal
George
George’s
PHONE
First Avenue
Nme
Hotel Roosevelt
New Farm House
Armstrong’s
3Rd St
Mac
Marian
Cedar Hills
Johnny Ketelsen
Wedding Dance
L. J. Takes - Marie Pasher
Dale Chapman
Donald Folkers
Trudy Miller
Prairie Moon
Prairieburg
Micky
A-Go-Go
Los Angeles
First Ave
Wynn
1St Ave
Don Larson
Sinclair
Deno's
Henry’s
Radio
Deno
Tape City
Henry
Mamet
Ender
Rap
Miss
Joe Abodeely
Dave Sanborn
Tony Thomas
First Avenue SE
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