Presidents Park Carlsbad grows as riverfront entertainment
Presidents Park in Carlsbad New Mexico aims for about 100000 visitors this summer. The park blends a narrow gauge railway a paddle wheel steamboat an antique carrousel and a pioneer railroad train along the east riverbank. Architects owners and managers are Tom Denton and J J Pelletier of Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling and Pecos Valley Vending, with Dentzel carrousel and the Abe Lincoln train among featured attractions.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Presidents’ Park
Lake Carlsbad
Tom Denton
Pecos Valley
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Pecos Valley Vending Company
United States
Pelletier
William H. Dentzel
Gunstav Dentzel
Dentzel
Philadelphia
Germany
Frederick Fried
America
William
Salvatore Cernigliaro
Teddy Roosevelt
Audubon Park
New Orleans
HemisFair
San Antonio
Texas
Pioneer Railroad
Santa Fe
Carlsband and Western
Proteus
Quebec
Grand Trunk Railway
Bruce King
Abe Lincoln
Win
Corner Bar returns in ABC summer series with new owners
ABC’s Corner Bar returns to TV spotlight from a Manhattan tavern setting with Anne Meara and Gene Roche as co owners replacing Gabe Dell. The episode centers on Lin from Korea seeking his father, a twist that reveals the con artist side of the visiting stranger amid light barroom humor and supporting cast.
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New York
ABC
Manhattan
Gabe Dell
Comedienne
Anne Meara
Gene Roche
Frank Flynn Roche
165Th
Korea
Filet
Seoul
Hokay
Lin
Frank Young
Man
Frank Flynn
Flynn
Lin Flynn
105Th Division
105Th
Miss Meara
Ron Carey
Bill Fiore
Cbs-Tv
Charles Kuralt
CBS Evening News
America
Kuralt
Ernie Pyle
ABC to Join Morning Show Race with New Weekday Program
ABC plans a new weekday morning show to compete with NBC Today and CBS Morning News. Execs aim for a 90 minute or two hour format, possibly national rather than regional, with signings pending concept and tone.
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the Archies
Harlem Globetrotters
Billy Joe Hargis
First Baptist Church
Mannix
Barnaby Jones
New York
NBC
CBS Morning News
ABC
Steve Mills
CBS
Hughes Rudd
Sally Quinn
Nelson Benton
John Hart
Mills
National Association of Broadcasters
Bill Sheehan
Los Angeles
Ment
Sheehan
Chicago
Fun City
Dallas shuts down Majestic Theatre after 43 years
The Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas, a 2400 seat historic venue opened in 1921, will close due to high operating costs and declining patronage amid a national shift to suburban cinemas. The last film shown was Live and Let Die, following a Dallas box office peak set by Goldfinger in 1964 with a record $75,060 in one week.
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Dallas
Majestic Theatre
Majestic Theater
Joe S. Jackson
ABC Interstate Theaters
Jackson
Chan Movie Exhibition
the Majestic
Stevie Wonder elected to Shaw University board in Raleigh
Stevie Wonder is elected to Shaw University board of trustees in Raleigh marking the first entertainer to join the panel. Isaac Hayes and Sammy Davis Jr are named honorary members as Wonder has supported fundraising and efforts to keep Shaw from being state controlled.
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Board OF Trustees
Raleigh, N.C
Stevie Wonder
Shaw University
Isaac Hayes
Sammy Davis
Wonder
Shawn
Great Cross Country Race at Pickwick Players
Pickwick Players stage The Great Cross- Country Race at Midland Community Theatre August 9 10 11. Hare and Tortoise picture a playful summer race with family appeal. Performances Thursday Friday Saturday at 230 pm with 75 cents children and 125 dollars adults. Reservations at Theatre Centre box office 68 22544.
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Pickwick Players
Midland Community Theatre
Theatre Centre
SRSU Theatre in final week of 1973 season
Six performances remain in the Sul Ross State University Theatre of the Big Bend season in Alpine. Final week shows include Ring Round the Moon on Thursday and Saturday and Plaza Suite on Friday. Performances start at 9 p.m. and are free to the public as a gift from Sul Ross Alpine and the Big Bend communities.
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Alpine
Tex
Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross
Big Bend
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