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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1968

Page

10

Jim Webb A 21 Year Old Prodigy Soars In Music

At 21 the Oklahoma born composer Jim Webb headlines pop music with MacArthur Park atop charts. He has film and TV projects in progress including a Peter Pan score and a Richard Harris album. Webb emphasizes lyric depth over short formats and cites his rapid rise from Phoenix flight to fame.

Hollywood Jim Webb Phoenix MacArthur Park Richard Harris Webb Frank Sinatra Jim Web Oklahoma Jim San Bernardino Hollywood Boulevard

Millionaire Dick Pistell a Wall Street Empire Builder

Dick Pistell, once a sailor at 16, became a self made financier at 30 and by 40 built a sprawling corporate empire. The big game hunter, likened to a football lineman, reads investment reports with the same relish as fiction as he acquires new firms with ease.

NEW York Dick Pistell Wall Buffalo Finance Company

From Merchant Marine to a Fortune in Commerce

A 1944 high school graduate faced rejection from armed services and joined the Merchant Marine. He sailed globally, rose to purser, then became a door to door insurer and financier. He chairs Goldfield Corp and leads a network including General Host, with bakeries, resorts, and hundreds of stores, while pursuing Armour & Co stake.

Armed Services Merchant Marine D:ck Pistell The Goldfield Corp Bernard M Baruch Canada United States

Wednesday Valley Views Explores Conservation Topic

John Jared leads a discussion titled Conservation in the Wednesday Valley Views program at 7 30 p m. The Boston Symphony Orchestra then performs Stravinsky Agon Violin Concerto and Prokofiev Symphony No 6 at 9 p m.

John Jared Boston Symphony Stravinsky Prokofiev

Tonight on Kraft Music Hall and Movies Schedule

Tonight's Kraft Music Hall features Tim Hardin Sly and the Family Stone the Four Tops and Rita Gardner with comic Joan Rivers Ed McMahon hosts Dick DeBenedictis orchestra The Movies include Bus Stop The Foxes of Harrow Duel in the Forest The Girl Most Likely Ambush at Tomahawk Gap Want ads get results.

Kraft Music Hall Tim Hardin Sly and the Family Stone the Four Tops Rita Gardner Joan Rivers Ed McMahon Dick DeBenedictis

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