Rise in Cultural Spending Reflects Higher Tastes Apollo Centered
The article notes rising incomes spark demand for quality cultural goods and experiences. It cites more amateur musicians, museum visitors, and theater and opera ticket sales up about 50 percent in five years. It highlights industrial design spending, with $12 billion yearly and 750,000 designers, plus U S exports advancing in Europe aided by the National Design Center setting up design shows in London and Frankfurt to showcase premium goods.
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Olivia de Havilland Returns to Hollywood in Elevator Role
Olivia de Havilland arrives from Paris to star in a new Hollywood film. She plays a witchy matron trapped in an elevator for four days as thieves threaten her mansion, while recovering from a broken hip. The project marks her first U.S. film since 1958, with Walter Grauman directing.
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Test Ban Offer Of Reds Said An Ultimatum
U S disarmament chief says Khrushchev’s test ban inspection plan resembles an ultimatum and is unacceptable. William C. Foster welcomes two to three on-site inspections but the United States and Britain demand eight to ten per year for a safeguarded treaty. He notes the Soviet position as a real obstacle to negotiations.
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Four Germans Flee Across Snowbound Harz Mountains
Four young East Germans escaped into West Germany Sunday by crossing the snow covered Harz Mountains. Police said one refugee was injured by an exploding mine but the blast was mitigated by deep snow. In Thuringia two 18 year olds used improvised snow suits to slip past border guards.
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Convention Opens Tulsa In AP Coverage
The American Quarter Horse Association convention opens in Tulsa today with about 700 people expected. Governor Henry Bellman is slated to address the event Tuesday.
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Henry Bellman
Miss Greek Independence Queen Named in New York Parade
Jean Pala midis a 19 year old from River Edge New Jersey was chosen Miss Greek Independence and will reign May 19 as queen of the Greek Independence Parade up Fifth Avenue. She weighed 124 pounds and won over 19 other contestants in the annual pageant.
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UPI
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Dust Scale Measures Cosmic Dust Weight in Space
In Pasadena the Dust scale weighs dust to one thousandth of a millionth of a gram using pin head springs to assess micro dust in space. Scientists fund Electro Optical Systems Inc to build the device to gauge potential damage to spacecraft, though the ship to carry it isn’t ready yet.
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Oklahoma State Varsity Revue Opens With Goofy Theme
Stillwater supporting cast prepares the 34th annual Varsity Revue at Oklahoma State University from Thursday through Saturday nights. The theme this year is Who Goofed.
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Paris Bonn Pact Faces German Approval Amid Contested Addenda
West Germany expected to ratify the Franco German treaty in spring after groundwork. De Gaulle opposes formal addenda while a letters exchange may clarify conditions. British Labour leader Wilson seeks pro American stance amid race for power and alliance. Common Market talks revived with Associate membership favored by De Gaulle. Tokyo disruption as Ikeda cancels party gathering to block deals for succession.
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Tulsa Hiker Hit By Auto
A 14 year old Tulsa youth Charles Smith was injured when struck by a car while finishing a 50 mile hike near Tulsa. He suffered a broken arm as William G Crossland 72 Tulsa drove on a county road. Patrol urged hikers stay off roadways and parents to supervise youths.
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Cold across Midwest and New England with lingering snow
The Associated Press reports fairly cold weather across northern Midwest and New England, with no severe storms. Subzero readings eased in parts of New England and upstate New York, while Watertown New York logged 58 inches of snow and 21 below previously. A fresh cold air mass spread to North Dakota and Minnesota, with near zero temperatures in some areas and a widespread freezing line from northern Maine to southern South Carolina.
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Kennedy Amid Splits and Sparring Domestically and Abroad
Washington sees limited action in 1963 as Kennedy faces Republican criticism of foreign policy, especially Cuba. Abroad, tensions among allies and with Russia and China rise, while domestic battles focus on a peacetime budget and proposed tax cuts. The clash over plans to liberalize the Senate Finance Committee ends in defeat. Kennedy signals a cautious, unresolved path on nuclear forces and test bans.
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Musical Comedy Writer Andy Rice Dies at 82
Andy Rice aged 82 died Sunday in Dallas. He co wrote musical comedies with George Gershwin including the George White Scandals of 1920 and 1922. Rice wrote for the Ziegfeld Follies and for 20th Century Fox studios. Born in Austria, he came to the United States at age nine and grew up in Chicago.
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Trial Opens Death Penalty To Be Sought
Homer Ottie Shaw 22 a farm laborer goes on trial for murder in Penitentiary Superior Court in Ponca City for the kidnap slaying of Mrs Bertha Bartholomew a Bartlesville housewife Kay County Atty Ralph Hayes says he will seek the death penalty Jury selection starts with Judge Raymond A Trapp presiding Defense challenged the court’s legality but failed Mrs Bartholomew and two children were abducted March 14 the children released and led authorities to the body Shaw s wife Rita 18 also faces murder charges but will have a separate trial The couple were arrested after a Tonkawa officer matched a sketch to a suspect five months after the crime
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Vaccination Drive Surges in Oklahoma County Clinics
Officials report 76,521 people received Type I Sabin oral polio vaccine in the first four and a half hours at makeup clinics in Oklahoma County on Sunday. A week earlier 181,648 were vaccinated. additional clinics with Type II and III vaccines are planned for spring.
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