Emergency WPB meeting yields only Kapok lesson, Lyons notes
Leonard Lyons reports on a lunchtime WPB gathering after Pearl Harbor where no plan emerged beyond cataloging needs. Kapok flotation gear was the first item on the long list, highlighting the empty marching orders as leaders sought direction.
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Evening Movie Lineup at Paramount Plaza Marion
Wednesday showtimes list Cineplex offerings across multiple theaters. Paramount offers Cool Hand Luke at 12 30 2 45 5 05 7 25 9 50 with shorts at 2 35 4 55 7 15 9 35.
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Composer-Pianist Walter Gross Dies in Los Angeles
Walter Gross, renowned composer pianist who first performed at ten and wrote Tenderly, died Monday in Los Angeles at age 58. His career spanned multiple genres and he left a lasting mark on American music.
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Something Different on Broadway Is a Miss
New York critics panned Carl Reiner's Broadway debut Something Different at the Cort theater. They faulted the writing direction and plotting, noting only a few off beat lines and tired farce, with performances appearing misguided and the production lacking discipline.
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Roof Top Scene Sparks Mischief During Madigan Shoot
In New York, Richard Widmark and Harry Guardino acted scenes for Universal's Madigan on a rooftop above Park Avenue when a crew of youths crowded an adjacent ledge. Widmark warned them off while the youngsters insisted they paid to watch, collecting 10 cents each for the privilege.
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Critics mock misnaming of Reiner’s play Something Different
John Chapman of the New York Daily News mocks the play’s incorrect title and notes Carl Reiner directed it himself, calling the title a snub to the work while Richard Watts Jr. of the New York Post comments that the problem lies in a misnomer.
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Bea Benaderet to undergo major surgery in Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP Bea Benaderet star of Petticoat Junction will have major surgery Wednesday for a respiratory ailment. The 61 year old actress is in Good Samaritan hospital after being admitted Sunday following the ailment diagnosed before Thanksgiving. Physician Dr John C Jones who once operated on John Wayne will perform the procedure.
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Martha Raye Rescued Under Fire in Vietnam
In Vietnam near the Cambodian border at Nui Ba Dan mountain a Viet Cong attack prompted a helicopter rescue of Martha Raye and two members of her Hello Dolly troupe. The entertainers were flown to Tay Ninh East after landing amid gunfire. No US casualties were reported.
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Philadelphia Orchestra Switches Record Labels
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Eugene Ormandy, signs a five year deal with RCA Victor, switching from Columbia Records amid a dispute over permissible repertoire. Trustee decisions aim to boost royalties beyond two million dollars if record sales succeed. Clive Davis of Columbia disputes the split over repertory.
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Special Show Cancelled for Lynda Johnson Wedding Eve
The Dec 8 evening performance of I Do I Do at a Broadway venue is canceled due to a wedding eve party for Lynda Bird Johnson and her fiancé Marine Captain Charles S. Robb in Washington.
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Dolly to Build Largest Hollywood Set for Hello Dolly
Hollywood reports a vast 1890s New York replica set for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Hello Dolly starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau. The project will cost about 2 million dollars and span nearly half a mile from Pico to Olympic boulevards, including landmarks like Barnum's museum Central Park and Grand Central Station.
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Joey Bishop Limited by Typecast in Valley of Dolls Role
Hollywood reports Joey Bishop, host of The Joey Bishop Show, completed a cameo in Valley of the Dolls and says the performance exemplifies typecasting. He has long supported the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, often MCing benefits. In the film he plays a charity host similar to his real work.
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Penitentiary inmate to be paroled for shopping trip
Claude Johnson, 32, inmate at Colorado State penitentiary, will be released next week for a rare shopping excursion. Johnson, serving 8 to 10 years for burglary, is assistant director of the prison’s drama workshop and needs supplies for the program.
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