Gardner Column Random Echoes of Yom Kippur Night
Hy Gardner notes Eddie Fisher skipped a Winter Garden performance on Yom Kippur. Jolson songs and a running joke about George deWitt at Copacabana mix with a Dachau violin tale and Effie Channing’s million selling tune. The Americana Hotel and New York Hilton aim for higher security for dignitaries with a direct elevator to the dais.
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Eddie Fisher
Fisher
Jolson
Jolie
Joe E. Lewis
Copacabana
George deWitt
Jules Podell
Dewitt
Dachau
Effie Channing
Effie
al Jolson
Jerr Lewis
Sammy Devis Jr
Garland
West Side
New York Hilton
Rockefeller Center
Millions Not Eligible to Vote This Election Year
Washington report cites census bureau estimate that nearly 112 million people will be of voting age on election day. About 109.9 million civilians and 2.1 million armed forces members, plus roughly 3.1 million aliens who cannot cast ballots. Many miss registration or residency and literacy requirements.
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Washington
NPT
Census Bureau
Frankie Banned In Cairo
The Arab League boycott office in Cairo bans all films and phonograph records by Frank Sinatra. It cites his participation in Israeli bond distribution and efforts to raise funds for Israel as the reason for the ban.
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Cairo
Vegas Daze and Nites in New York and Las Vegas scene
The column recounts a New York afternoon at Yankee Stadium with over 60,000 fans watching the Yankees lose to the Giants and notes Vegas showbiz chatter. It mentions Lionel Hampton, Ed Sullivan, Joe Wells, Harold Minsky, Columbia Records plans for a Vegas score album, and other industry figures along with nightlife at Copacabana and Wahwarwick venues. It also cites Debbie Reynolds, Carol Channing, George Burns, Jack Denison, Red Tracton, and upcoming projects in Houston and on the Strip.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
Hank
San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas
Lionel Hampton
Joe Glaser
Associated Booking
Ed Sullivan
Joe F. Lewis
Joe Wells
Thunderbird Hotel
Prez
Willie Mays
Harold Minsky
Jack Silverman
International Artery
Broadway
the International
Calsa
Minsky
Vegas
Jo Benson
Irv
Jack Mann
Columbia Records
the Dunes
Jerry Fielding
Royal Nevada
Enoch Light
Command Records
Carol Channing
George Burns
The
Warwick
Erwin Schlicht
Grover Whalen
Manhattan
Cioe
Joe BE. Lewis
Joe
Dave Victorson
Maury Stevens
Debbie Reynolds
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Riviera
Copacabana
WOR
Carol Burnett
Court to Review Sit-in Cases
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to overturn trespass convictions of Negro demonstrators in the Carolinas Alabama and Louisiana. The brief covers five cases from New Orleans Birmingham Durham and Greenville linked to 1961 sit-in protests.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Carolinas
Alabama
Louisiana
Justice Department
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Durham
N. Co
Greenville
S. C
Leonard Bernstein critics and Hollywood legends teased
A collage of entertainment gossip notes from 1961 highlights Leonard Bernstein’s critics, stars like Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Natalie Wood, and Frank Sinatra, with remarks on careers, marriages, and TV hits. It paints a brisk portrait of fame, ego, and show business challenges.
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Leonard Bernstein
Jfk
New York
New Cultural Lincoln Center
Vince Edwards
Bencaseing
Helen Hayes
Shakespeare
Queen Helen
Ann-Magaret
Cindersla
Lana Turner
Cary Grant
Unclear fragments of early film and theatre notes
The text surveys TV hosts, actors, and film memories with several quoted lines and references to Will Rogers, Jane Russell, Ethel Barrymore, and Andre Kostelanetz. It hints at discussions of realism in Italian cinema and historic recordings, but lacks coherent narrative.
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Jacques Benny
Gare Moore
Katie Hepburn
Will Rogers
Hollywood
Didja
Jane Russell
Ethel Barrymore
Andre Kostelanetz
Irving Bern
President
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Vikings
Metro-Goldwyn
Madrson
Vitor Welles
Mature
the Tartars” Technicolor
Menaat Jak Leewood
Bere Charles Barton
Noonan
Marshall Eden Swinging Along
Goes
Bobby Vee
Svensk Colmm Wy OF
Lune
Frankie
Walt Disneys
Axo Rand
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By Ralph Peart
Jayne Mansfield
George Jessel
Ralph Pearl
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New York Univ
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Williams
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Richard Bernard Skelton
Joan Crawford
Wether
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John Wayne
Vivien Leigh
Sir Laurence
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Terry
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Mickey Mouse
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Fabares
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Desert Inn
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Dunes
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Frankie Brent Revie
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Island In the Sun
Fabulous
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Antonio
L. V. Bvd. South
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Sein
Gena Rowlands
Cert
Obrel
Lon Boulder Hiway DU
Ann Bancroft
Patty Duke ‘the Miracle Worker
McColl
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