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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1960
Page
4
The Independent publishes a public service schedule listing starting times for features at Long Beach theaters. Entries include titles like Garden of Eden and Rat Race with multiple showings such as 7:00 2:30 and 4:34, noting theater managers provided times.
Promoter Meinhardt bans swimsuits for Miss International Beauty, requiring 53 countries to wear concealing play suits. Long Beach backs the event with 70,000 in public and private funding, TV rights, and a 10,000 cash prize for the winner. Charlene Lundberg represents the United States in a format differing from Miss Universe.
Elvis Presley song Now or Never leads the United Press International top 20, leapfrogging to number one last week. The chart shows multiple shifts as Wait Don't Run by the Ventures, Mule Skinner Blues by the Fendermen, and other titles rise or fall, with Everly Brothers and Fats Domino also placing in the top ranks.
A two month old boy, Mark Eagtburn, suffocated in his crib on Sunday after turning over in the crib. Police said the incident occurred in San Rafael with the mother present. Detectives are investigating the accidental death.
In Beaulieu England 8000 teenagers at a jazz festival hosted by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu caused chaos. BBC cut air, Bilk led his group off stage amid shouts for beer. scaffolding collapsed, fire damaged a shed, and grounds were littered as police detained ringleaders. Lord Montagu vowed it would be the last festival at the estate.
Locarno Switzerland awards the gold Locarno trophy to Mauro Bolognini’s HL Bel Antonio starring Marcello Mastroianni. Johnny Nash leads Take a Giant Step to a silver award. other silvers go to Morte di un Amico Le Farceur Vyssi Princip and Foma Gordeev. More than 20 films from 14 countries featured. Jury included Joseph von Sternberg Betsy Blair Ercole Patti and Martin Schlappner. Dutch Prize of the x wins top short subject prize.
A German chartered airliner bringing tourists to Italy crashed into a grove of trees while attempting an emergency landing on the Adriatic coast. A woman passenger was killed and five others were bruised. The remaining 29 aboard were uninjured.
A lively review notes See How Trey Run at Magnolia Theater, a Phillip King comedy about a chaotic parish pageant. Rex Thatch and Shirley Hickox shine as standout performers, with strong comic timing and energetic farcical chase scenes. The cast includes Vern Hickox Mary Low Peterson and others in a frenzied mix of mistaken identities and stage antics.
Katharine Hepburn and Robert Ryan headline the Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Antony and Cleopatra. Directed by Jack Landau, the ancient romance opens amid a six week repertory run alongside Twelfth Night and The Tempest.
BELGRADE Yugoslavia and Cuba signed their first trade agreement Saturday signaling closer economic ties between the communist nations. Officials said the pact covers mutual trade concessions and potential joint projects, reflecting growing alignment amid Cold War shifts.
London reporting that forty people were killed on British roads during the first twelve days of the current four day bank holiday weekend.
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