Sanford and Son Success Reflects Black Progress in TV
The NBC comedy Sanford and Son holds a top 10 position and centers on Fred Sanford, 65, and his son Lamont, 32, junk dealers in Los Angeles. Produced by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear, the show adapts the British Steptoe and Son for American audiences with Black leads.
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New York Times
New York
Deep South
National Broadcasting Company
Sanford and Son
Bud Yorkin
Norman Lear
Sanford
Fred Sanford
Lamont
Los Angeles
David Cassidy Talks Own Path To Stardom And Island Dream
In a candid interview from a New York studio on West 41st Street, David Cassidy discusses investing in oil and a Pacific island, his self made career, and his pull toward privacy. He explains his mother Evelyn Ward helped form his beliefs and reflects on timing, records, and sales shaping his wealth.
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New York
David Cassidy
Pacific
W. 41St St
David
Lee Bush
Norman Vincent Peale
Shirley Jones
Jack Cassidy
Evelyn Ward
Henry
Stingi Sgrth
Hard Work Advance Sales Key To Show Biz Success
A Decatur Concert Association campaign winds down after securing most season memberships. The article notes other groups risk financial trouble when advance sales miss targets, citing a 50 buyer matinee and 150 for an evening show, and cites Tom Jones in Birmingham as a bust. The Decatur High Band Boosters must raise 4000 more toward a 6000 goal next month.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur Concert Association
Ned Frazier
W. E. Curry
PTA
Tom Jones
Birmingham
Decatur High Band
Aesops Falables at Decatur High Saturday
The Junior Series League presents Aesop s Falables at Decatur High School at 2 p m Saturday. Tickets 50 cents at the door to fund raising with a Navy Band appearance as incentive and a goal to sell 2800 dollars in tickets. any excess is profit.
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Decatur High School
Sheep
Wilfred Wolf
Country Stars Del Reeves Melba Montgomery at Austin High
Country stars Del Reeves and Melba Montgomery will perform at Austin High School auditor ium on April 22 in two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Brookhaven Middle School library to aid accreditation. Tickets cost 2 for adults and 1 for students and children. Reeves and Montgomery have numerous hits and duets and have performed nationwide with notable acts.
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del Reeves
Melba Montgomery
Austin High School
Brookhaven Middle School
Reeves
Miss Montgomery
Austin High Auditorum
PTA
David Katz
Top Ten Best Selling Records Of The Week
The Cash Box nationwide survey lists the week’s ten top sellers including America Heart Of Gold America Puppy Love Donny Osmond Mother And Child Reunion The Lion Sleeps Tonight Paul Simon Without You Nissan Jungle Fever Chakachas Down By The Lazy River Osmonds Way Of Love Cher In The Rain and other charting titles.
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Cash Box
Simon ‘Lion Sleeps
John
You
Nissan
Chakachas
Osmonds
Love
Cher
John Wayne Film The Train Robbers Filmed in Durango
Rod Taylor will co star with John Wayne Ann Margret and Ben Johnson in The Train Robbers now filming in Durango Mexico Burt Kennedy writes and directs the screenplay set action western crew includes leading stars and location Durango Mexico filming news through AP
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Mexico
New York
Rod Taylor
John Wayne
Ann-Margret
Ben Johnson
Durango
Burt Kennedy
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Charlie Levin
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