Shaft star Richard Roundtree rises in Hollywood spotlight
Private eye icon Richard Roundtree, 29, the first Negro private detective on screen, gains rapid fame from Shaft. The MGM thriller grosses 3.979 million in seven weeks with an R rating for its sex and language. Roundtree discusses fame and future projects including a Shaft sequel and a Lebanon location film with Connors and Crawford.
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Post-Graduate Medical Study Set in Kansas
Six post-graduate courses for physicians will be held in eight Kansas cities next fall winter and spring. Teams from the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City will teach in six areas with four hour sessions using the circuit course method. The program offers 30 accredited hours and spans Manhattan Hutchinson Winfield Emporia Concordia Colby Dodge City and Hays with Dr Jesse D Rising chairing the program.
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Tiny Tim Plants Three Myrtle Trees in Baltimore
In Baltimore Tiny Tim joined acting Mayor William Donald Schaefer for a tree planting ceremony during rush hour. The singer planted three myrtle trees as part of a beautification effort, and the event concluded with three rear-end collisions as cars passed by including Tiny Tim and Playboy bunnies.
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Burton to Play Trotsky in Film
Richard Burton will portray Leon Trotsky in The Assassination of Trotsky, to be shot in Mexico where Trotsky was killed in exile in 1940. The project is led by American producer Josef Shaftel and centers on Stalin’s rival in a Kremlin power struggle.
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Hollywood Mogul Spyros Skouras Dies at 78
Ry e NY AP Spyros P Skouras former Hollywood magnate and longtime head of 20th Century Fox died at his home Monday night at age 78 He rose from a Greek shepherd boy to presidents of Fox and later chaired Prudential Grace Lines He produced Cinemascope first with The Robe in 1952 and resigned as Fox president in 1962 remaining honorary chairman and consultant to management
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Viewers’ Plea Forces Weatherman Booe To Shave
KHAS-TV weatherman Bob Booe shaved off his mustache after a viewer Viola Jorgensen of Jamestown Kansas wrote that the facial hair blocked lip reading during weather reports. The plea followed refusals by coworkers and family to shave.
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Two Youths Die In Missouri Valley Collision
Two 17 year old youths died in a motorcycle collision with a car on U.S. 73 in Lansing Kansas. Ronnie Edwards of California died at the scene and John Kincade of De Soto died four hours later in a hospital. Deputies indicated the motorcycle struck the rear of a following car. driver of the bike was not identified.
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He Books Wife Then Helps Her
Miami AP Patrolman Otis Pitts booked his wife on two driving charges after an accident on Friday the 13th. Dorothy Pitts, 28, pleaded guilty to careless driving and license violations and received a $25 fine or three days in jail suspended for drivers' school. Pitts also paid a $10 fine and promised to babysit while she attends school.
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