Vi Redd Debuts as First Girl Headliner in Las Vegas Jazz Event
Vi Redd, a Los Angeles alto saxophonist, becomes the festival’s first female instrumental headliner at the Las Vegas Jazz Festival on July 7 8. She leads a group including Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers members Cedar Walton and Jimmy Merrit, Roy Ayers on vibes, and Ritchie Goldberg on drums. Feathery praise notes her Parker inspired blues and rising star status.
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Vegas Street Names Changed
Two Las Vegas streets will receive new names after a City Planning Commission meeting. If approved, Morningside Drive in Richfield Village becomes Kings Way and San Jose Las Verdes Heights becomes El Canton. The commission also recommended a zoning change and approved subdivision maps.
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Grace Moore's Prince To Witness Marriage
In Treviglio Italy Roman Prince Alessandro Borghese 36 will wed Countess Fabrizio Citterio 24 in Monaco on July 7. Prince Rainier and former King Umberto of Italy will act as witnesses.
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Prague Stores Report Sharp Meat Shortages Under Communist Rule
Prague shoppers face empty meat and sausage counters as seven months of tight food supplies persist in Czechoslovakia. Officials cite overbuying and a poor harvest while Western diplomats note severe shortages unseen since the Communists took power a decade ago.
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Las Vegas Native Promoted to Corporal in Okinawa
Thomas Green, a Las Vegas High School graduate and native Las Vegan now with the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, has been promoted to corporal. He is 20 years old and has served three years, living with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Orville Green at 249 Zion Dr.
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Tunisians Take Over French Barracks Near Bizerte
Tunisians began seizing French barracks a 200 bed hospital and hydro electric equipment at Men te Bourguiba nine miles south of Bizerte. Installations were ceded to Tunisians last year under the French Tunisian accord on Bizerte.
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Ann Landers Advice Columns on Boundaries and Love
A collection of reader letters and Ann Landers responses. Topics include hosting limits for visiting children during meals, an 18-year-old engagement dilemma with a long marriage plan, and a wife's plea about her husband visiting an acquaintance after an accident.
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Fanfani's Daughter Anna Maria Marries Massimo Landei
Premier Amintore Fanfani becomes father in law as his daughter Anna Maria aged 22 wedding Massimo Landei a young building contractor in Rome. She is the eldest of his seven children.
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