Cliburn's gold album boosts classic sales record
Van Cliburn becomes the first classical artist to earn a million selling album for Tschaikovsky First Piano Concerto on RCA Victor. The record sped to 500 000 copies in its first year and reached a million in under two years, signaling strong mainstream appeal for classical music.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
van Cliburn
Tschaikovsky
RCA Victor
Cliburn
Moscow
Victor
Toscanini
Beehoven
Elvis Presley
Mitch Miller
Sound of Music
Mario Lanza
Prince
Arthur Rubinstein
Rudolf Serkin
Chubby Checker
Lawrence Welk
Budapest
Frankie Avalon
Kodachrome and Ektachrome Color Film Changes Foreseen
AP Newsfeatures notes shifts in American color film this year. Kodachrome Type F is discontinued for amateurs with alternatives including Type F Ektachrome, daylight Kodachrome II with blue flash, and indoor Type A for artificial light. An improved Ektachrome 127 speeds up to ASA 64 and aims for broader roll sizes. Perutz and Agfa expand European color films and processing to the United States with new 35mm transparency films and plastic mounts.
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Europe
Kodak
Perutz
Ac’a
United States
Chicago
San Franccisco
Washington D. C
Agfa
Flushing
New York City
Acta Olor
DP&L Rate Increase Hearing Continued in Greenville
The Utilities Commission held a second hearing on Dayton Power & Light Co. request for a 12.7 percent rate hike in Greenville, after dismissing the first case and approving the new hearing.
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Columbus, Ohio
The
Utilities Commission
Dayton Power & Light Co
Greenville
Best selling paperbacks list various classic titles
A mixed catalog of paperback best sellers includes To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Dear and Glorious Physician by Caldwell The Snake Has All the Lines by Kerr PT 109 by Kennedy Donovan Carpetbaggers by Robins Fate is the Hunter by Gann Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald The Land and the Promise by Slaughter The Tight White Collar by Metalious The Made Frontier by Gaines
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Lee
Caldwell
Kerr
J. F. Kennedy
Donavan
Robins
Gann
Fitzgerald
Slaughter
Metalious
Gaines
Atlanta Fire Backlot Revival Sparks Old Wb Memories
Hollywood reports smoke pouring from backlot buildings tied to Gone With The Wind sets, now used as lighting for a scene in The Real McCoys. The 1939 structures provided wood for a bonfire as Walter Brennan lit the flames in a staged recreation.
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Hollywood
Atlanta
Selznick
Walter Brennan
Real McCoys
Stamps Spotlight On Ceylon Scouts Jubilee In 35-Cent Issue
The government of Ceylon marks the Boy Scouts golden jubilee with a 35 cent stamp featuring the Ceylon Scouting badge on buff and blue designed by W A Ariyasena. A National Scout Jamboree is planned. scouting began in 1912 with F G Stevens and the first troop at Christ Church College Matale. The article notes U S Man In Space stamps linked to John Glenn and Alan Shepard, and outlines first day covers and handling details for collectors.
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Ceylon Boy Scouts Association
Ceylon
W. A. Ariyasena
F. G. Stevens
Public Works Department
Christ Church College
Matale
U. S
John Glenn
J. Edward Day
H. W. Brawley
Alan Shepard
National Aeronaucs and Space Administration
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Col. Glenn
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Philatelic Sales
Post Office Department
Washington D, D.C
Cocoa Beach
Fia
Hard Cover Best Sellers List From Last Week
The list shows fiction leaders Franny and Zoozy and The Agony and the Ecstasy by Stone. A Prologue to Love by Caldwell. Bird by Lee. Chairman of the Board by Streeter. non fiction My Life in Court by Verne. Calories Don't Count by Taller. The Making of the President 1950. The Guns of August by Tuchman. My Sabre Is Bent by Paar.
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Franny
Zoofy
Salinger
Stone
Caldwell
Lee
Streeter
Tuchman
Paar
Mitchum Breaks Rule Sees Rushed Footage in Seesaw
Hollywood report says Roh Mitchum, co starring with Shirley MacLaine in Two For The Seesaw, is a rare observer of rushes. He notes he has not watched his films since Hopalong Cassidy days, adding his contract requires only making the movies and he’d seek more money if required to view them.
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Hollywood
Roh Mitchum
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley
Mitchum
Bob
Astronauts’ Spacecraft Shoes Use Nylon for Lightness
The article notes that the footwear worn by American astronauts inside spacecraft is made from nylon to reduce weight and improve mobility during missions.
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