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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1971
Page
5
Independent Press Telegram brief listing for Beach California dated Monday March 22 1971 highlights local news and notices.
Doctors at the University of Alabama Hospital report Milburn Stone, 66, shows steady but slow progress in recovering from open heart surgery. He remains seriously ill in intensive care after the operation last Tuesday to improve blood supply to his heart. Ken Curtis, who plays Festus on Gunsmoke, visited Stone last week.
Rumors say Muhammad Ali earned ten times scale pay for a Dick Cavett show after leaving Johnny Carson, while Cavett denies the tale. Other guests and hosts reportedly use various pay tactics to secure bigger fees. News reflects on how such pay practices could influence future star compensation.
Merle Haggard headline show at Anaheim Convention Center draws about 9100 fans, delivering a 20 song set blending ballads blues patriotic prison and love tunes. Haggard's Bob Wills fiddle impersonations and strong encore with Mama Tried earned a thunderous ovation.
Louis Armstrong, 70, left bed for the first time since hospitalization for a heart ailment at Beth Israel Hospital. A spokesman said he sat up in a chair, enjoyed it, ate orally, and shows gratifying improvement though still in intensive care. He waved to staff from the window blinds and remains a compelling comeback figure. Local notes include a Scotland church Bible-reading event and a country music show with Haggard, Miss Sammi Smith, Tom T. Hall, and Mac Curtis performing to a capacity Anaheim crowd.
Dania Florida police arrested 11 youths and shut down a sold out rock concert at Pirates World after disturbances flared into the night. Two Broward County patrol cars were damaged by rocks and Molotov cocktails with no injuries reported.
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