New York New Year's Eve Prices Dial up Excess at Luxury Hotels
Waldorf Astoria and rivals offer lavish packages from 161.50 for two to celebrate New Year with steak dinners, orchestras, TV views, and bonuses. Copa and Pierre venues vie with rooms, bands, cocktails, and late nite menus while Connies Towers and Lom bardo set the entertainment tone amid price wars and caps on charges. The piece also digresses into reflections on TV pundits McLuhan Capote Kennedy Nixon and Paar with humorous asides.
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New York
Waldorf - Asoria
Manhattan
Guy Lombardo
Connie Towers
Grand Ballroom
E. 60Th St
Friends of Distinction
Copa Lounge
Julie Podell
Pierre
Im Foret
la Foret
Piere
Shepheards
Drake Hotel
Royal Box
Hawaii Kai
Ari & Jackie
Noni Halakis
Marshall McLuhan
P’fessor
Dick Cavett
Truman Capote
McLuhan
John Kennedy
Nixon
Jfk
State to Drop Its Superprize Lottery in 7
Albany reports the 250000 superprize lottery will end next year to add 100000 to monthly drawings. The last drawing is Feb 4 from tickets sold Sep-Dec. The change adds 120 prizes of 500 and 400 prizes of 100, leaving three main games: mini, monthly and special lottery with top prizes of 5000, 100000 and 1000000 respectively.
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Albany
N.Y
State Tax Department
Five Easy Pieces Tops 1970 Film Critics Poll
New York critics name Five Easy Pieces best movie of 1970, with Bob Rafaelson winning best director. George C. Scott and Glenda Jackson earn top acting honors for Patton and Women in Love, while Karen Black and Chief Dan George gain supporting wins.
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New York
Middle America
Ingmar Bergman
Anna
Bob Rafaelson
Federico Fellini
George C. Scott
Patton
Glenda Jackson
D. H. Lawrence
Miss Jackson
Karen Black
Dan George
Eric Rohmer
Maud
M.A.S.H
The
Tristana
FTC Challenges Reader's Digest Sweepstakes Practices
The FTC charged 11 Reader's Digest promotions from 1966 to 1969 with promised prizes totaling 699 293 worth 5 645 000 though only about 274 282 prizes valued at 2 530 700 were awarded. The agency seeks an order mandating full prize awards and clear odds and values, plus protection of buyers addresses from promotional use without consent.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Reader's Digest
FTC
Reader
S Digest Association, Inc
Pleasantville, N.Y
Court Rejects Bail for Seattle Seven
U S District Judge George H Boldt denied a defense request to set bail for the Seattle Seven in the conspiracy case. He will await the Ninth Circuit’s action on a prosecution motion to reconsider its bail ruling, noting transcripts and audio-visuals supported prior findings of threat to the community. The judge had ordered the defendants jailed on contempt charges during the defense appeal.
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Seattle
Seattle Seven
U.S. District Court
George H. Boldt
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Boldt
Bai
Two Buffalo Men Sentenced for Bank Robbery
Federal Judge John T. Curtin gave eight year prison terms to Curtis Stokes age 39 and Robert J. Bing age 37 for the September 21 robbery of a Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co branch, stealing 1280 dollars. James Miller and Bobby Williams, both 25, pled guilty to a separate October 22 robbery of another M&T branch stealing 3052 dollars and face sentencing on January 22 with potential 10 year terms.
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Buffalo
John T. Curtin
US. District Court
Curtis Stokes
Robert J. Bing
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co
James Miller
Bobby Williams
M&t
Williams
Miller
Flag Flies 24 Hours in Lexington Green Tradition
A note from Lexington Massachusetts describes the U S flag flown around the clock on the green when illuminated from sunset to sunrise by congressional and presidential support. It contrasts with the usual practice of daylight flag displays and reflects on seasonal weather variability.
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U.S
Lexington
Mass
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