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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1969
Page
25
Hollywood AP reports the TV Western era wanes as overexposure, gimmicks, and anti violence concerns shrink the genre. Creators like Dortort and Macdonnell weigh in on the decline, noting fewer pure Westerns remain and most are melodramas or soap like. ABC ends with no Westerns this year.
Leonard Rossiter, after 15 years on stage, becomes a celebrated star in the title role of Arturo Ui in London. Directors and audiences praise his dynamic, humorous portrayal of Hitler’s caricature, with Rossiter hoping management backs this new stardom with solid backing and funding.
Paris activists from the International Movement for Peace urge banning John Wayne movie The Green Berets. They call its Vietnam War depiction an insult to Vietnamese representatives at the capital peace conference. Youth groups and the Communist Youth Movement join in boycotts.
Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood embark on a daring reconnaissance mission in Where Eagles Dare opening Wednesday night at the Starglow Drive-in. The wartime adventure features espionage danger and a rugged mission set against a remote Alpine hideout.
LeSourdsville Lake hosts two free country concerts next Sunday at 4 and 7 30 pm featuring Jarick Greene famed for There Goes My Everything All the Time and What Locks the Door. VFW Day offers bands and marching units all afternoon and road rally registrations run at the park and local dealers with 2 50 per driver or navigator. Teen dances Monday and Friday night at Stardust Gardens feature Patriots and Haymarket Riot starting 8 pm.
On a Japan Airlines Tokyo to San Francisco flight, a baby girl was born at 29,000 feet near Anchorage after an unscheduled landing. Mother Siek Wong Kan-Yu and newborn were reported fine at Providence Hospital. Dr Wataru Ishizaki and his nurse wife assisted delivery.
Debbie Reynolds played the French horn with the Burbank California Youth Symphony Orchestra and doubled on the bass viol while attending John Burroughs High School, highlighting her early musical versatility.
A 4 year old boy, Avraham Eckstein, died when a tractor he was driving overturned after hitting another farm vehicle driven by his older brother Theodore, 8, on the family farm near Larsen in Winnebago County Wisconsin. The accident occurred Tuesday evening and authorities are investigating the crash.
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