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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1968

Page

26

Television Admits A Two Fisted-Type Hero

Vernon Scott profiles Robert Brown, star of ABCs Here Come the Brides, as a new masculine lead who rejects gratuitous violence. Brown, a Scottish born actor from the Hebrides, says he prefers realistic conflict and vows to avoid violence to prove manhood.

Television Vernon Scott Hollywood Correspondent Hollywood Dagwood ABC Robert Brown Brown Mrs. Fullcharge Brando-Newman Scotland Burr Fens The Hebrides California

Mystery chemical damages nylon stockings and roses in Ardrossan

Women reported holes expanding in nylon stockings while blue spots appeared on roses across Ardrossan. UPI notes health officials investigate a mysterious airborne chemical causing damage to nylon and flora.

Ardrossan England UPI

Great White Hope opens on Broadway with electrifying drama

Broadway debut of The Great White Hope at the Alvin stars James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson, the first Negro heavyweight champ, supported by Jane Alexander and a strong ensemble. The production by Edwin Sherin uses stark sets and Brechtian lighting to enhance brutal, emotional scenes from before and during World War I.

Alvin Theater Howard Sackler Jack Jefferson Jack Johnson James Earl Jones Jane Alexander Jefferson Edwin Sherin George Mathews Antonio Fargas Marlene Warfield Max Wright Robin Wagner John Gleason Charles Gross

Legion Auxiliary Names Welk Show Top Program

The American Legion Auxiliary awards The Lawrence Welk Show the 1968 Mike award as America's favorite TV program after a nationwide poll of nearly one million Auxiliary members in New Orleans.

New Orleans ABCTV Lawrence Welk American Legion Auxiliary Mike

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