Met Opera Tests New Ticket Prices for Premier Seats
The Metropolitan Opera began a ticket pricing experiment on January 4 with the last five rows of the orchestra and grand tier boxes set at 12.50 dollars for Tuesday through Thursday evenings, up from 1.50. Next season subscription prices may treat these seats similarly, leaving no prices between 10.75 and 16.50 dollars. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet invited to tour July 24 to August 5, with Havana Matanzas and Cienfuegos performances and a Mexico City run starting July 17. New York City Ballet reported 38 Nutcracker performances drawing 101,008 attendees and 639,410.07 dollars in receipts, up from last year, ahead of a July 5 opening at Saratoga Performng Arts Center.
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Metropolitan Opera
Met
Winnipeg
National Council On Culture of Cuba
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Havana
Matanzas
Chienfuegos
Mexico City
New York City Ballet
Nutcracker
Saratoga, N. Y
Smith Blames Legislature Over Banking Bills In Stock Scandal
Gov. Preston Smith says Texas senators and representatives deserve blame for passing two banking insurance bills tied to the Sharpstown stock scandal. He vetoed the bills after later review, contrasts with lawmakers who signed them, and warns of potential special session costs amid ongoing election campaigning.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Texas
Smith
Gus Mutscher
Abilene
Ben Barnes
Democratic
Elmer Baum
National Bankers Life Insurance
Sharpstown State Bank
Baum
Frank Sharp
Sharp
Winners In Conservation Event Listed
Thirty six students from Lamar and Wilson elementary schools in Childress completed posters for the 1972 Conservation Poster Contest sponsored by Hall-Childress SWCD. Winners include Laura Henley first, Terri Gambel second, Linda Bridges third at Lamar. Al Wilson first, Mandy Towry second, Jimi Dale Hackler third at Wilson.
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Lamar
Wilson
Childress
Hall-Childress Soil and Water Conservation District
Laura Henley
Miss Walkup
Terri Gambel
Linda Bridges
Sally
Glenn Bradford
Bertha Martin
Robert West
Natalie Keys
Aaron Watkins
Sheri Hughes
Melisa McFarland
Deborah McClain
Selvin Cates
Tim Fancher
Debra Printice
Barbara Crabtree
Nola Hightower
Robert E. Chambless
Nancy Proffitt
Angelle Soter
Brenda Fuller
James Aduddell
Karen Ray
Tim Rule
al Wilson
Kimberly Hackler
Mandy Towry
Mrs. Preslar
Jimi Dale Hackler
Miss Bullock
Mandy Gallege
Connie Lynn
David Quisenberry
Tammie Atkinson
Rebecca Ann Ellerbe
Tommy Miller
Laura Hart
Joyce Norman
Lisa Prescott
Nellie Jones
Hall- Childress Swcd
Lee Scrivner
Turkey
Scrivner
Childress High School
Jane Holland
Rhonda Garrison
Cecil George
Cathi King
Hall-Childress Swcd
Lorne Greene Looks Back on Bonanza Fame and Future
Lorne Greene, Ben Cartwright on Bonanza, reflects on 13 years of the NBC Western hit. He recalls joining after 16 shows, the demand of fame, and ambitions beyond television, including Broadway, film, and a Shakespeare season. The article notes Bonanza’s global reach, including Romania, Poland, and Yugoslavia, with Russia offering an unexpected film invitation.
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Lorne Greene
Ben
Canada
David Dortort
Mike Landon
Dan Blocker
Russia
Kremlin
Women’s Lib sparks job barrier debate in Ferguson teen
Debbie Bohl, 18, of Ferguson Missouri works as a shoeshine girl in a St. Louis area barber shop to fund college. She earns more than 100 dollars weekly and views her job as a point in the broader women’s liberation movement. Jim Lyon of Riverside California is Army’s fencing captain.
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Debbie Bohl
Ferguson
St. Louis
Jim Lyon
Riverside, Cal
Army
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Dance Library
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Tel Aviv University
Israel
London
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American International
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Samuel Z. Arkoff
Lorne Greene and the Eternal
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NEA
Ben Cartright
Hoss
Little Joe
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Bonanza
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Greene
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Paris
MR. Fine
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Wimzee JR
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Main ST
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Essick
Hardwick Gas Ranges
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Kirkland, Texas
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Quanah, Texas
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Jimmy Chism
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George Payne
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Frank ‘Stepp
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