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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1964
Page
21
Broadway races with hopes and doubts as the 1964 World Fair opens in Flushing Meadow. Mike Todd Jr. and Rose casts vie for big shows, while Rome and Las sets stage elaborate revues and a 90 minute cavalcade. Ticket prices range from 1 to 4.95 dollars.
Three main shows debut with Wonder World produced by Leon Leonidoff at the 10,000 seat amphitheater once home to Billy Rose's aquacade. Four performances daily feature Michael Kidd choreography and a Jule Styne score with Broadway veterans. A sports car ballet and rocket-belt act headline the hour long variety.
LeSourdsville Lake will host three preview weekends next May featuring two new attractions an authentic Old West iron horse train and a Paratrooper ride. The event showcases a new aqua and yellow decor with a lake side stage. grand opening is May 16 with daily operations through Labor Day led by Howard Berni and G W Barr as co owners.
Historic events include Duryea’s first practical gasoline automobile in 1892 and the Lexing ton Concord battles in 1775. Other notes cover U S actions in WWI 1917 abolition of the gold standard in 1933 establishment of MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific command in 1942 and recent remarks by U S leaders.
The Nottingham Arts Council of England sent $100 to the New Dramatists Committee. Peter Ustinov called the gift a reverse lend lease at a fundraising luncheon. The committee, started in 1950 by Howard Lindsay and Richard Rodgers, aids authors with practical stage writing techniques.
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