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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1961
Page
2
Hollywood column notes Nancy Kwan urges voluntary rather than forced film classification. She promotes Tai Chi Ch uan as balancing exercise and defends no violence. MPAA stance shift praised by Variety critic Canby as a potential change in industry practice.
Cheryl Crane, 17, Lana Turner’s daughter, again tangled with authorities over a party at her grandmother’s home in Beverly Hills. She and two teen friends were found with a younger girl, one drinking alcohol, as police noted her noncompliance with police questioning and ongoing juvenile matters.
New York AP Holbrook says after 1850 plus Twain impersonations in three years at 70 he will rest the white wig and mustache. He plans a worldwide Twain lecture tour next, then a new solo show around Abraham Lincoln with a Wittlinger drama starting Aug 18.
Culver City California AP reports actor Jeff Chandler age 42 is recovering very slowly after a spinal surgery. He has suffered a third setback and is responding to therapy for an infection following two prior emergency operations for abdominal bleeding.
LAKEPORT Calif AP Lydia sleeper an Oma Indian reported one 108 years old died of natural causes Monday night in a rest home Henry Mauldin Lake County historian said Lydia had been BUFFALO NY AP When I married several times and in her on I year old appeared in city town words had many smangji court to answer charges of cor p reat and great great gram ch ill ner lounging City Judge James dren McKenna said he didn't like Just four months ago she is the boy's unruly looks When the tribal dances and sang India lads mother said she was broke ritual songs at the funeral of her the judge took up a collection ardl brother Bill Graves 87 who until scaled the youth to a Teter silage death was unofficial chief of chair he Omes racked up 7 000 performances in Europe It is laid in a mental hospital and concerns a German ex sold ier s search for identity land faith in the postwar world It has only two actors the patient whom I play plus an actor who plays the doctor and to other parts Holbrook is quite content to let someone else do the changing required to portray 12 persons He has spent a great deal of his life merely making up for his Mark Twain impersonation When I started the role originally as a 15 minute skit I could get ready in five minutes I slapped on a mustache and deadlifted not pean hather to Eeee eae er er Prete are glue on the wig put a couple of deep lines under my eyes and along my nose and that was about it But the longer I played him the longer it took me to get ready Now it takes me 234 your s
Oshkosh Wisconsin municipal judge Arnold J. Cane fined Betty Patterson fifty dollars after she stole two dollars and twenty five cents worth of party balloons. Patterson said she took the balloons due to money shortages for her children's party supplies.
Hollywood producer Jerry Wald seeks an All-American young actor to star in a big film about Ernest Hemingway. The ideal is a fresh face in late teens or early 20s with acting background, willing to perform love scenes for a substantial salary, must appear clean-cut and non delinquent, and should not carry weapons. Applications go to Wald at 20th Century Fox.
Hedda Hopper reports on Brigid Brophy Brigid Brennan Joe Pasternak Brigid Bailyen Brigid Bain Glen Shown. Kennedy sisters shaking up Hollywood circles as Brigid Brennan contemplates roles in Rome London and London. Brigid Bailen writes from Paducah Ky about family plans and industry moves. Tyrone Power estate case advances as Linda Christian sues for child support while Power's heirs plan future projects in Rome and Hollywood.
International items report Mrs. Alice Blanchard taunting George Lincoln Rockwell at trial saying she would die before living and contrast U S Information Director Edward R Murrow’s take on democracy’s fit for new nations. London notes on gigolo trend as US women tourists seek social guides. Ward’s talent hunt for a Midwestern boy to star in a 20th Century Fox film. past finds include Vivien Leigh and Millie Perkins. Judy Garland returns to film, Ben Hur tops local box office, and Disney buys The Incredible Journey.
ACCRA Ghana and the Soviet Union agreed on technical aid to construct two residential areas in Accra and a harbor town on nearby Ten Ghana officials said the pact was signed Monday in the capital. The agreement covers urban housing projects and port development with Soviet expertise.
A Senate staff report says Americans age 65 and older have grown nearly twice as fast as the total population since 1950. The finding highlights rapid aging in the United States and rising share of seniors.
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