Broadway Ticket Scalping Under Spot Light At Hearings
State accountant testifies ticket scalpers drain Broadway receipts by about 10 million dollars annually, roughly a quarter of last season’s gross. Witnesses push for licensing box office workers and state oversight as two day hearing opens led by Atty. Gen. Lefkowitz. CBS and brokers cited, with payoffs and under the counter premiums described.
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NEW York
Leland Hayward
League of New York Theaters
Hayward
Edward F. Reuter
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Miss Marion Branch
Reuter
Melvin D. Hecht
Lance Writer
Philadelphia
Quotes From UPI Reported On Kennedy Sinatra Ruby Hart Johnson
United Press International quotes include Jim Mahoney on Frank Sinatra Sr. son’s safe return and Melvin Belli recalling Jack Ruby’s remarks. Sen. Hart’s eulogy for Kennedy and Johnson’s praise of a $1.2 billion college aid bill are noted. Rayville, Louisiana hosts the world’s largest cotton compresses.
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West
Los Angeles
Jim Mahoney
Frank Sinatra Sr
Dallas
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Rayville, la
Cuba to Buy 500 Tons Uruguayan Corned Beef
Havana radio reports Cuba agreed to purchase 500 tons of Uruguayan corned beef amid meat rationing of six ounces per person weekly. Refugees in Miami note three weeks without meat distribution. Cuban farmers to supply pork for traditional Christmas dinners.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Radio
Cuba
Land Demands Rise Across Urban Rural Sectors
A UPI report summarizes a National Association of Real Estate Boards survey showing land demand broadly steady or higher, driven by urban growth farm expansion and leisure property interest. Road building and apartment building trends, plus ranch and farm land sales to buyers seeking summer homes, also shape the landscape.
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Washington
UPI
National Association of Real Estates Boards
Chou En Lai To Visit Old Peking Friend
London AP reports Premier Chou En Lai of Red China will interrupt an Africa tour to visit Beijing friend in Europe Albania. Diplomatic authorities say his campaign to win allies will take him through nine African countries with Albania as the sole European Communist supporter in the Soviet dispute.
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London
Chou En Lai
Red China
Africa
Peking
Europe
Albania
Fowler Claims 1st Primary Win
Baton Rouge AP Doug las Fowler state custodian of voting machines says he won re election over four rivals after reaching clerks of courts in all Louisiana parishes following the Democratic primary. He noted the total vote showed a majority but had no figures.
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Baton Rouge
Douglas Fowler
Fowler
Louisiana
Kennedy Plaza named on Boardwalk in Atlantic City
The Atlantic City city commission announced on Tuesday that the plaza in front of Convention Hall will be renamed John F. Kennedy Plaza. A bronze or aluminum bust of the late President will be placed on a marble pedestal at the rotunda center facing the boardwalk.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPT
City Commission
Convention Hall
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Overnight camping surge reflects American lifestyle trend
The fragment notes that an overnight camping trip is increasingly becoming part of the American way of life, signaling a growing cultural shift toward outdoor recreation and family leisure.
Pope May Meet Orthodox Leader in Holy Land Visit
Pope Paul VI indicated willingness to meet Patriarch Athenagoras during his January trip to the Holy Land if the Orthodox leader travels there. A formal summit proposal was floated but the Pope did not address it directly. the move signals possible informal talks to advance Christian unity. The Vatican noted no prior meeting between a pope and an Orthodox patriarch since 1054.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Athenagoras
Holy Land
Palestine
Paul
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Secretariat For Promoting Christian Unity
Istanbul
Turkey
Pierre Duprey
Secretariat
Cardinal Bea
Widow of Actor Demands Son Bear Father's Name
Deborah Power Loew, widow of Tyrone Power, asked a judge to block the adoption of Tyrone Power Loew, 4, by ex husband Arthur M. Loew, insisting the boy carry the late actor's name as part of a family tradition dating to the theater era.
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Los Angeles
Tyrone Power
Deborah Power Loew
Tyrone Power Loew
Arthur M. Loew
Power
Spain
Hammond Claims Straw Berry Capital Title
Hammond Louisiana is described as the straw berry capital of the United States in local agricultural note.
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Hammond, la
United States
Firestone NO LI
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