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By ROLAND FORTE Kararnu and the Playhousehabitues will be interested In learning that Judy Johnson is in the limelight of New York Cltyl This former Shaker Heights High School student is a member of the Negro Ensemble Company. This new all-Negro acting troig* is currently receiving rave reviews in their first stage production of “The Song Of The Lusitanian Bogey. To stay alive and kicking while waiting for a role in a play, Judy became a playboy bunny in New York City. Her future plans are making movies and helping out promising Negro actors andactresses.The principal of East Tech High School, Joseph Smith, is pleased to announce that William Tipton and Sheryl Ridd scored highest on the S.A.T. Test. Upon graduation in June, William plans to enroll atPrinceton University and Sheryl plans to enter Oberlin Colletre.99More news from Cape Town,South Africa: The former editor of Varsity, student magazine at the University of Cape Town, has been charged with blasphemy for publishing a report of a campus symposium on “Is GodDead? The student,Christopher Richard Pritchard, 21, if convicted, faces a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a fine erf $600, The startling report he published said: “The question of God's existence is as irrelevant as the sex ofangels. We must write God off entirely because His existence does not relate to scientific matter. Even if God does exist, it is necessary to reject Him. God is not dead—it is onlythat He is beginning to sti*** .4v;«.*112A John Fulton of 11906 Iowa Avenue will not have to go jobhunting when he graduates from Glenvllle High in the near future. He has landed a job at Precision Casting, located on Lakeland Blvd., where he will be a casting trainee. John plans to be a member of the labor force only until September, at which time he will be gin classes at Cleveland State University.■■‘fj v;‘Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Arthell and Grace Brier who are all smiles as they now have a tax deductionl The stork recently delivered a winsome eight pound, three and a half ounce boy. Their tax deduction's name is Jonathan, the first child of this young couple.Notes from Broadway: Leslie Uggams and her Broadway musical “Hallelujah, Babyl closed on Saturday January 13th after giving 293 sell-out performances. Pearl Bailey's autobiography, (the title has been kept mum) is due out in April.“A Hippie Goes Home could very well be used as the epitaph for the late Jesse Levels of 2288 East 100th Street. As you have read in this paper, Jesse was brutally murdered recently in his Greenwich Village apartment. To his bereaved familyI extend my deepest sympathy.***A recent communique from Viet Nam stated that 9pc. 5 Brazzie Wade Jr. of 3551 East 120th Street receaward of the Air Medal for his nobel actions overseas. This 20 jaear old soldier is a member of the 1st battalion, 21st artillery. He is a graduate of East High and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brazzie and Lucinda Wade.***wYou don’t have to be a member of Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies to slip and slid on ice. From nine in the morning until nine in the evening you can have a most enjoyable time on ice at the city-runned Erie-view Plaza Skating Rink. If you don’t own a pair of ice skates you can rent them right there.This recreation is free.***Maround the clock Hollywoodstyle—st im u 1 ants and tranquilizers offsetting each other,is the depressing theme of “Valley of the Dolls. Sitting through two and a half hours of thissickening and tragic pill party gives a theater-goer a case of acute nausea. In panavision color, this movie is based on the superselling novel by Jacqueline Susann. Barbara Parkins, who is borrowed from the TV series “Peyton Place is the star in “Valley of the DollsShe portrays Ann a good girl with bad breaks. Her acting ispraise-worthy. Patty Dukes, in the role of Neeley, is almost as hysterical as Lady Macbeth! With an empty love life, she has headaches and heartaches, and ends up in a nut house kicking and screaming her way into a tub for a shock treatment. One will have pity for all three of the vibrant frustrated stars.The character that seemed mostlikely an actual Hollywood sex symbol is Jennifer, portrayed to the hilt by Sharon Tate. She is a typical dumb blonde, very much like the late Marilyn Monroe. She lacked acting abi-i lity but possessed a voluptuous body. The spectacular scenery and the pagenatry of costumes would of themselves make the movie “Valley of the Dolls box office hit. ■ ...* Twenty teachers in Posen-Robbens, 111., fired by the school board for observing an NAACP picket line in front of a dilapi-» dated school, were rehired as a result of protests by the American Federation of Teachers. The 20 also received back pay for the time they were out of school.Newsboy MovesA four-year Call Post salesman is moving with his family to Wickliffe, Ohio. Ervin Johnson, 12, 2128 East 100th Street, said goodby to circulation manager Edward Sykes last Saturday morning.Johnson, a sixth grader at Bolton Elementary School, started selling lOpapers a week. Last week at the end of his Call Post newsboy career he had developed a 25 customer route ound Cedar and East 100thStreet.Johnson’s father Leroy Reese is a policeman. His mother is an employee of Marshall Drug Company.It was through his mother that the Call Post learned of Ervin Johnson's salesman ability. Shaking his head sorrowfully Edward Sykes mused ' ‘It will take some time to re -1 place Johnson. Ervin Johnson is certain to be missed Sykessaid. £“Are there no potential Call Post customers in Wickliffe?i (customers have beenafter pilling. Yes a few, but one man is already servicing them. However, it's doubtful that this will discourage the former star Cedar Avenue news boy.I,O'TOP NEWSIE MOVES - Ervin Johnson, 12, 2128East 100th Street, said goodby to circulation manager Edward Sykes last Saturday. Johnson, atop Call Post carrier is moving to Wickliffe, Ohio. lt;simtt photo by AMn Ward.)
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