Voice Of Broadway Sparks and Celebrity Gossipy Notes
Jazz king Lionel Hampton booked for Nixon Inauguration Ball. Alan Searle turns down fortune to write about Maugham. Stavros Niarchos buys Chateau de la Croe. Tina will live there. Juliet Prowse signs for Mt Airy Lodge baby rumor. Jessica Walters Oscar talk and Bobby Darin interview prep. Cary Grant deal, Sergio Franchis citizenship, and more celebrity tidbits.
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Somerset Maugham
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Searle
Maugham
Ravion
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Patsy
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Sinatra
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Brando
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Mt. Airy Lodge
Tennessee Williams
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New Yorker Mag
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Portugal
Birgitte van Deors
Richard of Gloucester
Duchess of Windsor
Suzanne
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney
L’aighion
Charlotte
N.C
Bobby Darin
NLU Arts Calendar Features Recital and Gallery Exhibit
The NLU calendar lists an Elizabeth Martin cello recital at Biedenham Recital Hall 8 p m and an NLU art exhibit at the campus gallery. Local cinemas show The Go Between Diamonds Are Forever Mad Dogs and Englishmen Kotch The Hospital Scandalous John with PG and G ratings.
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Art Art Gallery
NLU
Eastgate Cinemas
Plaza
Texas University Chamber Choir Sets Performance
The University of Texas Chamber Choir will perform in concert Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Biedenharn Hall on the Northeast Louisiana University campus. Open to the public, the group was founded in 1958 by Dr. Morris J. Beachy and has appeared at national and regional conventions.
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University of Texas Chamber Singers
Biedenharn
Northeast Louisiana University
University of Texas Chamber Choir
Biedenharn Hall
Morris J. Beachy
Trinity College
Cambridge
England
Cavallieri
Rappresentatione di Anima E di Corpo
Eduard Melkus
Nix Murder Trial Testimony Resumes in Lafayette
In Lafayette the Kirksey Nix Jr case and two co defendants continue after a New Orleans slaying at Frank Corso’s home during an attempted robbery. Homicide detective McGehee testified a map linked the apartment to the lakefront house and a police chemist found blood on items there.
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Lafayette
Kirksey Nix Jr
New Orleans
Edgar McGehee
Corso
Lakefront
Walter Starata Jr
Nix
Americans oppose compulsory school desegregation busing
Newsweek poll by Gallup shows a majority across regions oppose mandatory busing to desegregate schools while supporting desegregation in principle. Among whites in the North and South opposition is strong, with 68 and 74 percent respectively, and 45 to 48 percent of Black respondents favor an antibusing constitutional amendment.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
South
Gallup
Newsweek
North
Carousel Coming to Monroe Civic Center
Ark La Miss Productions will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel at the Monroe Civic Center Theater on Thursday March 16 starring John Raitt. Raitt, famed for his Broadway run as Billy Bigelow, reflects on the demanding role and the musical's enduring stature since its 1945 premiere.
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Monroe Civic Center Theater
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New York
Curly
Santa Ana
Calif
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University of Southern California
Mrs Ida Metcalf Dies in West Monroe at 83
Ida Mae Metcalf 83 of Avant Road West Monroe died at home after illness. Funeral at 2 PM Tuesday Mulhearn Chapel West Monroe burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Native of Quebec Canada she lived in West Monroe since 1925 and was active in First United Methodist Church Women’s Societies Eastern Star Red Cross and related groups. Survivors include husband D C Metcalf Sr son D Carl Metcalf Jr granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
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Avant Rd
West Monroe
Quebec
Canada
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D. Carl Metcalf Jr
Vertis J. Rawls Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Vertis James Rawls 61 of West Monroe will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Black officiating. Burial follows at Twin City Memorial Gardens. Survivors include widow Gladys Rawls son Travis Rawls daughter Harold Cruse two brothers two sisters mother Rosa Belle Rawls and three grandchildren. Pallbearers are Edwin Emory Bill Buford Johnny Breard Bryan McDuffie Doug Crew Aubrey Banks.
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West Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
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Twin City Memorial Gardens
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Travis Rawls
Hickory
N. C
Harold Cruse
Howard Rawls
Elbert Rawls
T. E. Foster
Dallas
Tex
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Rosa Belle Rawls
Edwin Emory
Bill Buford
Johnny Breard
Bryan McDuffie
Doug Crew
Aubrey Banks
New Bahamia Museum Opens in Nassau Paradise Island
A Bahamia Museum attraction in Nassau displays seal shells stamps coins rare photos and postcards. Two 15 minute slide presentations highlight Bahamas past and present for visitors.
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Nassau - Paradise Island
Classes Resume At Jeanerette High School After Disturbance
Jeanerette Louisiana high school reopens after a three day closure following a racially charged disturbance. A biracial student committee met with the school board and faculty to air grievances as concessions were made.
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Jeanerette
Jeanerette High School
Andre Rosamond
Postwar Drive Urges Settlement in Mindanao
After World War II the Philippine government urged settlers to move to underdeveloped Mindanao to relieve land shortages in crowded northern islands.
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Mindanao
Matrimony Tax Break Goes Away Says Tax Law Shift
The article argues new tax rules reduce benefits of marriage for two earners with similar incomes. It cites examples: two singles earning 12,500 each would pay 4,355.50 combined, while a joint return would cost 5,068. It notes the change levels payments, tilting advantage toward singles and single-earner households.
Cod swallows golf ball found at Great Yarmouth
A five pound cod caught at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk England was found to have swallowed a new golf ball likely driven from a nearby course.
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Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
England
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