Two Ladies Storm Broadway in Benefit Show
Mary Martin and Ethel Merman headlined a Sunday night two woman benefit at the Broadway Theater for the Museum of the City of New York. The pair performed in costumes from South Pacific and Gypsy and closed with There’s No Business Like Show Business. A chorus of Broadway stars accompanied them.
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New York
Broadway
Mary Martin
Ethel Merman
Museum of the City of
Yul Brynner
Burgess Meredith
Joel Grey
George Rose
Peter Gennaro
Jules Stein
Miss Martin
Larry Hagman
Miss Merman
Blow
Gabriel
George Gershwin
Brooklyn
Cyril Ritchard
Hollywood
L and M Strikers End Strike Accept Compromise Contract
About 1700 Liggett and Myers Tobacco workers returned to work in Durham after voting to accept a new wage contract with cost of living adjustments. The deal raises hourly LOA up to 17 cents over three years, ending a walkout that began April 17 amid picket line violence.
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J.T. Carthen
Tobacco Workers International Union Local 176
Durham
L&m
Lark
Eve
Chesterfield
Tourist Cruise To Havana Amid Protests And Bomb Threat
Four hundred passengers on the Daphne sail from New Orleans to Havana in the first American tourist cruise since 1961. Cuban exiles protest, urging White House action on Cuba human rights. A bomb threat triggered a police check but found no device. ship set course after delays.
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Havana
Cuba
America
Daphne
Fidel Castro
Juanita
Miami
Miss Castro
White House
Carter
Paradise
Hell
Harbor Police
Two Teens Die When Boat Hits Bridge Pylon
A night ride on a high powered ski boat on the Catawba River ended in the deaths of Martha Hartman of Charlotte and John Stefan of Greenville both 17. Six others were injured or treated, with Mark Miller and Beverly Hunter in satisfactory condition. The boat struck a submerged pylon from an old bridge now replaced by the Buster Boyd Bridge. The South Carolina Wildlife Commission investigated.
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Charlotte
Catawba
Martha Venita Hartman
John Daniel Stefan
Greenville
S.C
Mark Miller
Beverly Hunter
Myra McAllister
Megan Monahan
Calvin Cates
Buster Boyd
N.C. 49
South Carolina Wildlife Commission
Spaceship Pilot Found In New York Hoax
New York police found a conical metal object with a surrounding yellow powder circle and a small humanoid body near a capsule outside Baker Field at Columbia University. Autopsy revealed a Mr Joe doll wrapped in clay, while the capsule yielded two tape recorders and wire. Officers called it a hoax with no suspects named.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
34Th Precinct
Baker Field
Columbia University
NewsCenter Twelve Launches First-ana T.7 Telecast
NewsCenter Twelve debuts live microwave telecasts from Guilford County presented by Susie Ballard. Station manager James M. Hart adds perspective in editorials. Conflicting views appear in Editorial Response and Editorial Mailbag.
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Guilford County
NewsCenter Twelve
Susie Ballard
Wxi
James M. Hart
Real Estate Equity Powers Big Loan Potential
A fragmented note explains equity as the difference between home value and mortgage, highlighting rising real estate values and the possibility to back a large loan. It mentions leveraging equity for borrowing, implying strong market conditions and personal financial growth.
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NewsCenter
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Channel 12
Instapol
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Susie
Gene
Neverming
Gene Overby
Robin Robin Richards
Wayne
Wayne Ashworth
Triad
Lux
Ken Kennington
Main Street
High Point
Chrysler
Plymouth
Frank Beasley
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