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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1961
Page
5
Chicago based United Press International survey lists Jazzy Blue Moon leading the weekly top 20 tunes, with Del Shannon's Burtaway runner-up. The list includes Marcels at No 1 for a second week and names several artists and song titles in a dense, era-style chart.
Ailing Irish playwright Brendan Behan postponed his trip to New York for the Broadway coffee bar opening after a relapse from two alcoholic seizures. He remains in Sunnyside Hospital Toronto and will not be leaving soon, affecting a court appearance on assault charges from a late night hotel brawl and a NYC trip.
Thousands of Tunisians greeted President Tito in Tunis as he began a six day goodwill visit after arriving by yacht from Morocco. The visit follows a prior trip to Rabat and signals continued Yugoslav engagement with North Africa.
London court opens a morality case against Paul Raymond over alleged disorderly conduct at his West End club the Revue Bar. Scotland Yard cites a 175 year old statute while Raymond argues the issue is public decency versus a clubgoer's right to view nude performances.
USC Opera Theatre presented Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in Bovard Auditorium. Orville White impressed as Simon with a strong baritone, feature performances by Gene Allen as Adorno and Dianna Smith Yeaman as Maria Boccanegra earned praise for costumes and staging, though some acting and casting choices drew mixed notes.
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