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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1971
Page
18
President Nixon commented on the enduring appeal of Westerns noting their excitement gunplay and clear outcomes with John Wayne in Chisum reflecting the mythic good guys prevailing over bad. The piece traces Westerns from nickelodeons to Oscar nominees and box office popularity.
Frank Perry’s Doc, filmed in Spain with Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, and Faye Dunaway, aims to be a thinking man’s Western. It portrays Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in a moral choice triangle set in 1890s Tombstone, focusing on truth over myth and a restrained gunfight.
NBC television figure Hugh Downs will depart the Today Show October 11 after nine years with the program while not retiring from broadcasting. He reflects on the early wakeups and notes past roles at NBC including hosting Concentration and stints as a radio and TV pioneer with a career spanning 32 years in NBC affiliated operations.
Spirit of America Festival organizers invite local bands to perform July 3 at Point Mallard Park. Don Ford, entertainment chairman, seeks country rock gospel and other genres from the area and provides contact number 355 3404 for interest.
Best selling country western and pop records list from Cash Box Magazine includes How Much More Can She Stand Twitty I Won't Mention It Again We Sure Can Love Each Other Wynette Man in Black Dream Baby Campbell Knock Three Times I Wanna Be Free Lynn Touching Home Empty Arms Mississippi Woman Joy To The World and other hits. The article notes the moon has no wind or surface water and would take about 60 million years to wear away half an inch of rock.
The hard rock trio Grand Funk Railroad from Flint Michigan surged to stardom in under two years. They conquered arenas and top the charts with five Capitol albums and a record $4 million tour gross. They headline Shea Stadium July 9 and plan a free Hyde Park show July 3 while facing mixed critical reception.
Publishers Weekly lists fiction and nonfiction titles compiled this week. Notable fiction includes The Passions of the Mind by Stone QB VII by Uris The Underground Man by Macdonald The Throne of Saturn by Drury The New Centurions by Wambaugh, while nonfiction features The Greening of America by Reid Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown The Sensuous Man M Future Shock by Toffler Stilwell and the American Experience in China by Tuchman.
Baron Von Richthofen was dubbed the Red Baron due to his fighter plane being painted red, a mark of his distinctive aerial style and success in World War I air combat.
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