New Orleans Repertory Theater Seeks Local Support
In New Orleans the young Repertory Theatre relies on teen audiences and federal grants while planning a funding shift to local sources. Mayor Schiro supports backing. attendance grows but private gifts lag as the company moves toward raising 25 000 for next year’s rental and sustaining live Shakespeare and Sheridan.
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Orleans
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Sheridan
Hospitals Dirtyest Place, Bacteria in Spartanburg Study
Spartanburg will host the Mary Black Memorial Hospital study to establish official bacteriological standards for hospital air and surfaces. Melton Services Inc. led by C B Melton Jr conducts measurements as the new facility nears opening.
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Mary Black
Baltimore
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Face To Face Meeting For Heart Recipient Doctor
Dr. Philip Blaiberg spoke for two and a half hours Saturday with the widow of Clive Haupt, whose heart now sustains Blaiberg. The retired dentist, who received Haupt's heart on January 2 after Haupt died of a brain hemorrhage, was released from Groote Schuur Hospital a week ago and is progressing well. The meeting at Blaiberg's home in Cape Town followed a telephone talk with Mrs. Dorothy Haupt last Tuesday. No details were disclosed about their discussion.
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World’s First Recording Star Harriet Atwood Celebrates 103
Harriet Hadden Atwood of West Orange New Jersey, who in 1887 played piano for Thomas Edison during early phono graph experiments, celebrated her 103rd birthday. She married Edison assistant George Atwood, later a Western Electric engineer who helped develop the telephone dial system. Atwood still plays piano at her nursing home and recently performed a march she composed at age 65 in honor of former President Eisenhower.
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West Orange
N.J
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George Atwood
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Lynchburg Sculptor Lew Stokes An Unusual English Major
Lynchburg College senior Lew Stokes an English major and first year sculptor is honored with a one man show in Knight Memorial Library. Legally blind, he plans to teach visually handicapped children sculpture and shows works in wax clay cement papier mache and terra cotta. The exhibit includes sensitive pieces like Babieca Without a Rider and The Closed Society reflecting social and romantic overtones.
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Lynchburg College
Lew Stokes
Knight Memorial
Stokes
Annis T. McCabe
James Wesley Silver
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