Celebrities, politics, and space in an era of change
Walter Winchell surveys space funding debates and the era’s stars. He cites Liz Taylor, Tammy Grimes, Carol Burnett, Cary Grant, Irving Berlin, Marilyn Monroe, Monty Woolley and Ann Margret, tying fame to the orbital age. The piece savors theater lore, Middle East oil politics, and a tribute to George Abbott era Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Dlexec
Irving Berlin
Bible Theft Declines In French Lick Hotel
Mrs. Hazel McIntosh, a housekeeper at the French Lick hotel group, says guests have taken Gideon Bibles and desk pens but Bible stealing has fallen off a lot lately.
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French Lick
Ind
UPIJD
Hazel MclIntosh
Gideon
Vegas Daze and Nites on the Strip
A nostalgic column recalls early Brooklyn journalism days interviewing Baby Rose Marie and meeting TV and stage icons in Las Vegas. The piece notes Rose Marie’s 1956 Vegas absence, Joe E. Lewis at the Flamingo, Benny Baker’s Broadway and film work, and a potential TV project with Benny as a taxi driver star. It closes with Ralph Pearl’s TV Clambake tease and a reader mail note about William Bendix.
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Brooklyn
NBC
New York
Jack Benny
Tyke
Baby Rose Marie
Manhattan
Dick van Dyke
Miss Rose Marie
Danny Kaye
D I
Vegas
Joe E. Lewis
Mary Martin
Hollywood
Texas
Joe
Grand Ole Opry
New Frontier
Belle Barth
Sheila MacRae
Flamingo
Hubby
Gordon
Washington
JFK
Jackie
Benny Baker
Luther Billis
South Pacific
Baker
Jerry Henshaw
Benny
Lewis
Juarez
Mexico
Enchillada
Joseph
Ralph
William
Bendix
Las Vegas
Overtons
Twin Lakes
Bill
Channel 8
Ralph Pearl
Lawrence of Arabia Renaissance Prompts May Debut
The World War I legend Lawrence of Arabia is portrayed by Peter O'Toole in the Sam Spiegel David Lean epic. The film opens at the Guild Theatre on May 29 with Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif and Claude Rains in major roles.
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Lawrence of
Arabia
Guild Theatre
Sam Spiegel
David Lean
Lawrence
Daud
Alec Guinnes
Anthony Quinn
Jose Ferrer
Jack Hawkins
Anthony Quayle
Claude Rains
Arthur Kennedy
Omar Sharif
O'Toole
Robert Bolt
Columbia Pictures
Hy Gardner The First Jewish Astronaut
The column describes Georgie Jessel as the first Jewish astronaut in a humorous travel tale. It recounts his whirlwind itinerary from Cannes to Madrid and back through Louisville Philadelphia New York Los Angeles Sacramento and Houston while promoting Israel Bonds and engaging in charity events.
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Georgie Jessel
George Raft
Hollywood
Jessel
Cannes
Paris
Palestine
Madrid
George
Louisville
Joe E. Lewis
Irael
Young Democracy
Denver
Colorado Horizon Land Corp
Philadelphia
Israel-Hor Zion
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington, D. C
New York
Los Angeles
Johnny Carson
Jesse
Sacrament
Calif
Catholic Charities
Hilleres
Bowery
Hills
Houston
Texas
Teya Fruit Growers
McAllen
Jim & Louis
James Hoffa
Walter Reuther
Try
Sui
Chicago
Miami Beach
London
Tel Aviv
Rome
Meredith to open fund drive for education at Jackson
James H. Meredith, the first African American student at the University of Mississippi, will appear in Jackson on June 2 to launch a fund raising campaign for education of needy youths, officials announced Sunday.
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Cooper
Michael Faraday
Liz Taylor
Miss Taylor
Robert Taylor
Tammy Grimes
Mr. Everest
Carol Burnett
Miss Burnett
George Abbott
Cary Grant
Buckingham Palace
Marilyn
Miss Monroe
Monty Woolley
Ann- Margret
Movieville
City Center
Theatre Guild
Lynn Riggs
Rodgers-Hammerstein
Brooks Atkinson
Atkinson
Homicide Squad
Operation Cowboy
Ann Disney
the Myer CO
Bulka Vista
Doornbos
Dorey
Techmicolor
Sho. Dus
Fabulous
Cage
A Gough Cooper
Lauren
Grey Semioy
Heen Kandel
Herman Cohen
Coy
Robert Gordon
Sarees
Zoo
Ana
Alu
Box Office
Nitery Top
Dunes
Guys and Dolls
Fremont Hotel
Frankie Brent
The
Fabulous Jets
Paul Dino
EL Cortez
Ella Fitzgerald
Buck Owens
Glaser Bros
Pat Moreno
Artists & Models
Nevada
Riviera
Tony Martin
Jose Greco
Sahara
Teresa Brewer
Sands
Red Skelton
Homer and
Jethro
Gino Tonetti
Marty Heim
Thunderbird
Etro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presents
Panavision
Metrocolor
Rod Taylor
Keith Michels
Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
Baby Jane
Calais
Feter Sandra
John Ustinov
Dee - Gavin
Romanoff
Juliet
EL Portal
Fremont
Huntridge
Skyway Drive-In
Times Today
Boccaccio
Rda
Atra
Wintridge
Gregory Peck
Hy Gardner
Janette Scott
Oliver Reed
Sheila Burrell
Alexander Davion
Liliane Brousse
Allen Baron
Molly McCarthy
Larry Tucke
Alfred Crown
Dan Enright
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