Notable odds and ends from a busy political and cultural week
A collage of short items mentions Arthur Miller reading in a subway, a New Jersey legislator hiding his wife’s fur, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford touring, Nixon’s law firm ties to Chase Manhattan, and M’Toto the gorilla’s death. It notes cast changes for stage and film, Cronkite’s shoe polish quip, and plans for the New School course on organizing the poor, plus a forthcoming Eugene O’Neill biography.
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New Jersey
Jersey
Duke and Duchess of Bedford
Lancaster
Richard Nixon
Chase Manhattan
Nixon
Rockefeller
Dick Benjamin
Tony Perkins
Perkins
Benjamin
Paula Prentiss
Plumstead Playhouse
Godfrey Cambridge
Sheridan Whiteside
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Ethan Frome
Henry Fonda
Merton
Fonda
Omaha
Marlon Brando
Henry Morgan
Los Angeles
Oklahoma
Louis Schaeffer
Eugene O’neill
Culture Gap Widens Across Arts Says Vernon Scott
Hollywood columnist Vernon Scott argues the culture gap in the United States is broader than politics, spanning literature theater music film and television. He notes traditionalists cling to convention while avant garde artists push edgier content, shaping a nation eager for change and confrontation. The piece surveys examples from The Sound of Music to The Graduate theater works and TV programs, highlighting shifting morals, language, and sexuality as driving forces.
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Hollywood
UPI
United States
Mike Nichols
Ben
Japan
Asia
Scandinavia
Europe
United States of America
Millicent Martin Stars in NBC Airline Comedy Series
NBC orders a half hour comedy starring Millicent Martin as an airline stewardess. Production will begin in London next spring for the 1970 71 season. ATV Sheldon Leonard Productions and NBC collaborate with Leonard executive producing. Martin’s screen credits include Mainly Millicent London Palladium Show and I Spy creator Leonard’s earlier work.
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New York
England
Millicent Martin
London
ATV
Sheldon Leonard Productions
Nbc-Tv
Leonard
Miss Martin
Millicent
Water projects support nearly all California crops
Fresno report says nearly every irrigated crop in California receives some water from a Federal Bureau of Reclamation project. Cotton, honeydew melons and other crops rely on federal irrigation systems.
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Fresno
Calif
Lainie Kazan poised for screen stardom amid Hollywood interest
Afollywood report notes Lainie Kazan, after club and TV work, heads toward major film stardom with 20th Century Fox offering three pictures and National General eyeing her for Dream of Kings. Her Plaza debut sold out, New York audiences applaud, while Doris Day stars on screen and in a new TV deal abroad.
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Hollywood
Lainie Kazan
New York
Plaza Hotel
20Th Century-Fox
National General
Lainie
Plaza
Magnani Injures Foot While Kicking For Film Scene
Anna Magnani, 60, recounts kicking for a film scene with Anthony Quinn as her screen husband in The Secret of Santa Vittoria. A doctor later diagnosed a broken foot after the on set stunts. A double was used under the bed during the sequence.
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Rome
Anna Magnani
Miss Magnani
Santa Vittoria
Anthony Quinn
Theaters Show Schedule and Movie Lineups
The Monday schedule lists Paramount and Iowa listings with showtimes for Five Card Stud Hang Em High and With Six You Get Eyroll. World presents With Six You Get Eyroll and Gone with the Wind times. Plaza screens The Secret Life of an American Wife and Marion shows How Sweet It Is with Adam and Eve at C R Drive In Spree Doctor Zhivago Twixt Town Doctor Zhivago. Collins Drive In features Rosemarys Baby and The Ambushers.
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Iowa
PLAZA
Marion
C.R. Drive
Doctor Zhivago
Collins Drive-In
Disk Industry In New Drive
The record industry targets classical music as a new market for rock fans. Columbia Records promotes advertising with slogans like America listens while the Establishment burns and Hector Berlioz took hope.
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New York
Columbia Records
America
Burns
Hector Berlioz
Gabrielli
Brahms
Charles Ives
Back To Rock
Idrive
Advertise Where People Look With a Quick Want Ad
Utility want ad encourages readers to place ads by calling 369 1234. It emphasizes fast placement and wide reach for listings, services, or sales. The blurb highlights easy steps and rapid responses for local readers seeking exposure.
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Dial
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