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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1961
Page
5
The Independent lists show times and feature startings at Long Beach theaters. Entries note the theater manager's name and specific start times, with some illegible fragments.
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor filed a $6 million libel suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Cavalier Publications and Cavalier Magazine. The suit targets a November 1960 Cavalier article claiming she is 47 and unsuitable for acting, with a cartoon of her in a bathtub.
Mara Corday says husband Richard Lang drank heavily and choked her during a dispute at their North Hollywood home. He was jailed for three hours on battery charges, bailed out, and ordered to appear in Municipal Court. Corday filed and then withdrew divorce suit, citing heat of argument.
The 29 year old actress Rita Moreno was discharged from St John’s Hospital Santa Monica after an overdose attempt involving 10 Secanal tablets. Police said she visited Marlon Brando at his hilltop home the week before and had been dating him on and off since 1957. GSA purchases and other government notes were not commented on by officials.
The Jocal production directed by Ken Kennerson brings a cool jazz blend to The Connection at Off Broadway Theatre 211 Lime Ave. The cast interacts with the audience as the band plays runs of cool music during Friday and Saturday performances at 8 pm.
The Studio Theater on Long Beach State College hosts three original one act plays tonight. Jo Harstead’s Heavens to Betsy. John Furness’s The Forgotten. and Roger Cole’s Wil Manage were written in Dr. David Sievers’ course with student directing under Drama staff Alec Finlayson Milton Howarth and Herbert Camburn. Curtain at 4:30 p.m. Seats are available.
Tryouts are scheduled at 2 pm Sunday at the Off Ave for the Agatha Christie mystery Witness for the Prosecution. The cast calls for 15 men and 5 women of varying ages under director Ken Kenner. The play opens in early June and runs six weekends. The article notes the film version starred Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich after winning major New York awards.
The Texas House of Representatives approved Friday a two per cent retail sales tax bill by a 76 to 62 vote, sending it to the Senate as a historic first for the state.
Mrs. Lucia Como, mother of singer Perry Como, died Friday at her Canonsburg home, Pennsylvania. She was 78 and had suffered long with diabetes. Funeral service will be held in Canonsburg on Monday.
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