Met opera maestro Dimitri Mitropoulos turns sixty
New York and national music figures honor Dimitri Mitropoulos, Metrop olitan Opera musical director, on his 60th birthday. Rudolf Bing presided at the Friday night performance and led the audience in a birthday greeting. Directors of the New York Philharmonic will present a plaque and Verdi score to the maestro.
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O Casey Improves in Torquay Hospital
Irish playwright Sean OCasey, 71, remains in Torquay hospital after a minor operation a week ago. He is reported comfortable and improving as doctors monitor his condition.
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Machinists Set Lockheed Strike Vote
About 23 000 of Lockheed Aircraft Co employees will vote in a mass meeting Sunday at Hollywood Legion Stadium to decide on a strike. International Association of Machinists District Lodge 727 President John Snider says Lockheed has stalled, seeking a 10 percent raise with issues on job descriptions seniority and holidays. Union asks higher pay while company cites current pay ranges from 1.50 to 2.53 an hour factory and 1 40 to 2 76 for office and technical workers.
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Seven prisoners break from Laredo jail in assault escape
Seven inmates overpowered jailer Robert Hernandez at Laredo jail and seized seven steel bars to force doors open. They fled toward Mexico as Texas Rangers and Mexican officers joined search. one jailer Eugene Martinez was badly beaten, condition serious. Suspects include James Belton alias Joseph Wilson, 20, and brothers Spiro Peter Karabelas, 21, and Michael John Karabelas, 28, plus Ralph Victor Gordon, 43, Richards Bernard, 25, William J. Lee, 21, and Charles Waymire, 20, all from Tulsa and California residents.
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Shubert Surrenders to Antitrust Suit Sell 12 Theaters
New York reports the Shubert brothers Jacob J and Lee along with associates agreed to give up ownership of 12 theaters in six cities and to unwind the United Booking Office as part of a federal antitrust consent decree. Officials say the chain once valued around 40 million will be broken up over two years. A Shubert spokesman declined to specify current holdings while court papers note seven remaining legitimate theaters in New York City. Jailbreak and kidnapping charges hover over Karabelas brothers as they face separate cases.
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Czechs Honor New York Opera Troupe in Prague Gala
Vienna reports the Czechoslovak culture ministry honored the New York Everyman's Opera Troupe staging Porgy and Bess in Prague with a gala reception Friday night. Czech press criticized the opera as portraying exploitation of American Negroes by whites and depicting their primitive state.
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Tornadoes and heavy weather sweep central U S
Weather across the east of the Mississippi shows heavy rain from Texas to the Ohio and Missouri Valleys and fog over Atlantic states and the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes hit central Texas near Tupelo Mississippi and near Rame Georgia with winds over 60 mph. Delta City Mississippi reports a small tornado damaging homes and severing lines.
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Two Farm Chiefs Propose Income Bolstering Plans
Des Moines UPI reports two farm leaders urged action to lift farm incomes at the National Farm Institute. Hershel Newsom of the National Grange and James G Patton of the National Farmers Union urged price supports tailored per commodity, considering supply and demand, trade rules, and foreign policies. They warned family farms face decline without a new program, criticizing the Senate 90 percent parity plan and calling for era-appropriate credit and policy reforms.
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