Broadway Gossip and Hollywood Tidbits from New York
A rapid-fire roundup spans Oliver abandoning his Billy Swafford persona for better sales, Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap profits, Tina Sinatra and Bob Wagner wedding delays, Osmond brothers agency drama, and theater finance notes from Broadway and London. Also notes on Ruth Gordon, Lucille Ball’s Mame, and industry shifts in TV, film, and nightlife.
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New York
KFS
Oliver
Billy Swafford
Jean
Tom Jones
London
Variety
Edwymidtown
Osmond Bros
Osmond
St. Hideaway
Calif
Geore Quist
California
Stanford
Bears
Navy
Tina Sinatra
Bob Wagner
Gannett appoints Ronald White as VP production
Ronald A. White, currently with Scripps-Howard Newspapers, named vice president for production at Gannett Co. Inc. He will relocate to Rochester, joining a reorganized corporate staff including finance, news, marketing and personnel. White is 44, a Wayne State mechanical engineer, with graduate work at Roosevelt University.
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Rochester
N.Y
Ronald A. White
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Gannett Co., Inc
National Newspaper Group
White
Scripps-Howard
New York City
J. Paul Miller
Gannett
Allen H. Neuharth
Guam
Wayne State University
Detroit
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Erroneous NYC Parking Violations Notices Scrutinized
Assemblyman Crawford announces relief for Upstate motorists harmed by erroneous NYC parking notices. Attorney General Lefkowitz warns PVB to correct errors, suggesting include vehicle make and color to reduce misidentifications. State officials cite computer incompatibility and misleading forms as core issues. city to adopt procedures by 1972.
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Albany
Edward F. Crawford
Oswego
Oneida County
New York
New York City
Assemblyman
Crawford
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
PVB
State Motor Vehicles Department
Vincent le Tofany
Difference in play by Oswald and Jacoby on rubber bridge
Oswald and Jim Jacoby discuss strategies in rubber bridge versus duplicate play. They note how responses to three no trump differ, with diamonds as a lead example and diamond or heart leads affecting tricks and potential overtricks. They reference a JACOBY MODERN book offer through the paper.
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Oswald
James Jacoby
West
Jim
Bridge Problem: What next after partner rebids in spades
In this bidding scenario with East West North South, South holds a strong hand and should consider the appropriate response to a partner’s rebid after the initial pass and the new suit bid. Decide whether to bid again, support, or take a control cue based on partner’s distribution and the known auction.
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Go Sete
Mayor Fitzgibbons May Move to Albany After Year
Looking back fifty years ago on December 7, 1921, reports note Mayor Fitzgibbons may reside in Albany after the first of the year and will monitor B R T legislation before possibly entering business. Photographer Frank Barbeau unveils a translucent film letting light pass through developed images for display in lobbies and shop windows. Fulton sophomore R A Krauge of Hobart College earns honorable mention at tackle in the New York Herald's All Eastern selections.
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Washington
Tvs
Joan Rivers
London
Nabob
Jean
Las Vegas
Vegas
Prince Alexis Obolensky
Tex Rickard
Earl of Lucan
Earl of Suffolk
N.Y. Nets
Rick Barry
Bing Crosby
St.Nicholas
Perry Como
Coronet Mag
Kyle Rote
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Time Out
Harvey's Seafood House
Harvey
Terry O'Neill
John Barleycorn
Terry
Jerry Toner
The
Green Derby
Frank Burns
Abbey
Desmond Crofton
Galway
Fitzgibbons
Albany
Frank Barbeau
R. A. Krauge
Fulton
Hobart College
N. Y. Herald
Dec 7 1946 memory notices and local blaze report
Twenty five years ago notices recall Mrs Lillian Albertson turning 92 on December 31 and obituaries for Mrs Mary McManus and Mrs Sarah H Galvin. A Oswego Town fire left Mr and Mrs Philip Hollenbeck and seven children homeless with four narrowly escaping. Manny Alfieri leads City League scorers with 36 points across two games, James Tesioriero second with 27.
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Lillian Albertson
Charles Albertson
Mary McManus
Sarah H. Galvin
Philip Hollenbeck
Oswego
Manny Alfieri
Jm Tesoriero
School board ponders after nuclear attack question
Ten years ago on December 7 1961 Oswego readers learned the school board debated whether children should go home or stay in school after a nuclear attack. Earl D Brown of Marine Midland Trust was elected YMCA board member. Robert Metcalf became president of Sealright Oswego Falls Local 54. Sam Teifke posted 631 with teammates Ernie Beach Carl Roy and Joe Carey over 600 while Sally Lockwood scored 547.
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Earl D. Brown
Marine Midland Trust Co
Oswego Ymca
Robert Metcalf
Sealright-Oswego Falls Union
Sam Teifke
Ernie Beach
Carl Roy
Joe Carey
Sally Lockwood
Youth killed in Route 317 two car crash near Poughkeepsie
Two vehicles collided on Route 317 near Poughkeepsie Sunday night. Kenneth Wood, 24, of Fishkill, who was a passenger, was killed. The other driver and a passenger were hospitalized. Wood’s Broad Street address is listed.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Here
Kenneth Wood
Fishkill
Wood
Broad Street
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