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Rites May Get TV SpotSullivan Show Eyes Circus Hall AwardsBy FORREST CLARK NEWS Staff WriterStars of the Big Top and the world of the circus will receive National Circus Hall of Fame awards j in a nationwide television hookup on the Ed Sullivan TV Show if the annual Academy Awards in theWinners will receive plaques, and certificates and will be presented to performers in various classifications such as clowns, aerial artists and bandmasters._The awards will be similar topresent negotiations are success ful, it was revealed Saturday.Lloyd Mader, director of Sara sota’s Circus Hall of Fame, returnmotion picture industry, j10,000 Ballots SentMader said 10,000 ballots were sent out to all parts of the United,ed during the past week from New - States and between 4,000 to 5,000York after several conferences with Ed Sullivan concerning presentation of the awards on the nationally televised show.12 AwardsIn the top award, the annual National Circus Hall of Fame winner will be chosen from among j clude L M white of Mexico, Mo ; the greats of circusdom who|HB, chapman ofwere completed and returned.A national award committee including 16 outstanding circus fans will select those to receive the honors. ISSfjV *Dr. William Northen of Sarasota is chairman. Other members in-are now dead or who have been retired five years from active rolesin th* circus. Eleven other awardswill be made to living circus starsnow performing.Alhambra, Calif.; H. L. DeGolyer ofl Dallas, Tex.i E. C. Wilson of Iowa City, Iowa; Dr. H. H. Conley of Park Ridge, Dl.; Herbert Georg of Springfield, 111.: F. D. Phening Jr.The winners will be chosen by j of Columbus, Ohio: John Yanceythousands of circus enthusiasts and circus organizations such as theCircus Fans of AmericaEach award will carry with it the honor of having a niche in the National arcus Hall of Fame,which corresponds In the circusworld with the Baseball Hall of Fame in sports,British Author Dies *of Newport News, Va.; Col. B. J, Palmer of Sarasota and Davenport, Iowa; Herman Linden of Aurora, 111.; and Henry T. Hutchinson of Miami.October Date Eyed It is expected the awards willbe announced on the Sullivan show sometime in October, Ballots were sent to entertainment magazines, including Billboard, The White Tops and Bandwagon, for their ae-LONDON (AP)—Louis Golding, lectl0ns-«2, British author who won fame ! Candidates for awards are being 25 years ago with the novel ‘‘Mag- ; judged on their career-long per-nolis Street,” died Saturday. He had formances for the top award and been U1 in a hospital for several on the past season's performance weeks. . - j f°r the annual achievement -------------—- awards.Ronnirk's of Sarasota—Branch of Earlier reports were that the LIGHTHOUSE INN, New London, awards might be announced on a Conn. Live broiled Maine lobsters | Sullivan show originating fro,mi Sarasota. ,
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Sarasota News
Sarasota, Florida, US
Sun, Aug 10, 1958
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