Midland Odessa Symphony appoints Spurgeon as Music Director
Philip Spurgeon was named Music Director and Conductor of the Midland Odessa Symphony and Chorale for a two year contract through the 1973 74 season. He has served as Acting Music Director since June and was chosen over four or five candidates after a nationwide search.
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Philip Spurgeon
Midland-Odessa ‘Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
Spurgeon
J.M. Fullinwider
Midland
Robert H. Latta
Odessa
Midland-Odessa Symphony &Chorale, Inc
Robert *Mann
Rand
Fullinwider
Symphony Board of Directors
Phoenix, Arizona
Buzz Meredi th in Probe TV movie pilot on NBC
Hollywood gossip notes Buzz Meredith hesitates over joining a Probe series as NBC airs a two hour TV movie pilot starring Hugh O Brian and Meredith. He negotiates with the studio while miffed over a misordered LaTache wine and weighs California life, Actors Studio West, and potential earnings.
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Hollywood
NEA
Burgess Meredith
Buzz Meredi
Buzz
NBC
Hugh O'Brian
Meredith
Muscatel
Actors’ Studio West
Merle Oberon
California
Paulette
Goddard
Darryl Zanuck
Jack Warner
David Selznick
United States
Mickey Newbury Builds Fame With Frisco Mabel Joy
The Houston born balladeer Mickey Newbury promotes his Frisco Mabel Joy album on Elektra and gains national attention for his emotional songs and distinctive approach. He credits reaching audiences in their own language and notes influences from jazz and Mexican culture shaping his sound.
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Judy Hugg
Copley News Service
Mickey Newbury
Frisco
Mabel Joy
Elektra
Newbury
Houston
Tex
Andy Williams
Kenny Rogers
Ray Charles
Buffy St. Marie
Joan Baez
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whalen Jennings
Lulu
Don Gibson
Mickey
Brubeck
Dennis Linde
Weldon Myric
Myric
Emperor's New Clothes gets a lavish ABC remake
An ornate ABC Monday night adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes features Danny Kaye narrating and voicing a long nosed puppet, with three dimensional animation and expanded intrigue. NBC counters with Probe a two hour World Premiere pilot starring Hugh O'Brian as a gadget savvy secret agent pursuing a stolen Nazi diamond collection. Dean Martin and Rock Hudson star in Showdown a western drama to shoot in New Mexico, while Youll Like My Mother a suspense drama based on Naomi Hintzes novel is produced by Universal and Bing Crosby Productions with a strong cast. The daytime and early evening schedules list CBS Morning News Captain Kangaroo The Lucy Show My 3 Sons Family Affair and other staples across the week.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
ABC Monday Night
Danny Kaye
Kaye
NBC
James Bond
U.N.C.L.E
Hugh O'Brian
Probe
Dean
Rock Star New York
Dean Martin
Rock Hudson
George Seaton
Showdown
Theodore Taylor
Hank Fine
New Mexico
Martin
Hudson
New York
Universal
Bing Crosby
Gomer Pyle
Walter Cronkite
Nmsa
Television Schedule for KMID and KBIM Listings
A dense listing of daily program slots across KMID TV Channel 2 and KBIM, detailing shows from morning to late night. Programs include Today, Dinah's Place, Sale of the Century, Hollywood Squares, Jeopardy, Days of Our Lives, The Doctors, Bright Promise, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, Hazel, Big Valley, NBC Nightly News, Adam 12, Mystery Movie, Night Gallery, Tonight Show, CBS Morning News, Lucy, The Guiding Light, Perry Mason, and CBS News segments along with a final note on a film Signpost to Murder starring Stuart Wittman and Joanne Woodward.
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Jeannie
Medical Center
Joanne Woodward
Stuart
Three Sons
Mannix
KBIM
Stuart Wittman
Van Cliburn to perform recital in Midland on March 8
World renowned pianist Van Cliburn will give a recital at Midland High School Auditorium on March 8 under the Museum of the Southwest. Tickets go on sale February 25 at Gibson's. reserv ed seats are $10 $15 and $50 with general admission $5. Out of town residents should contact the museum for tickets at 1705 West Missouri, Midland 79701.
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Midland
van Cliburn
Texas
Moscow
Museum of the Southwest
Cliburn
Louisiana
East Texas
Lone Star State
New York
Julliard
West Texas
Gibson’s
West Missouri
Buddy Rich to Perform in Abilene on March 4
Buddy Rich, hailed as the world’s greatest drummer, will headline a concert in Abilene at 8 p.m. in the Civic Center theater, sponsored by the Big Purple band of Abilene Christian College. Tickets cost 2 for students and 3 for adults, with sales at ACC venues and Caldwell Music Co. 221 Grape. The ACC stage band will warm up 20 to 30 minutes before Rich’s two 45 minute sets, and area band directors are invited.
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Abilene
Buddy Rich
Big Purple Band
Abilene Christian College
Civic Center Theater
Ed George
ACC
Rich
George
McGlothlin
ACC Leonard Burford Music Center
Caldwell Music Company
Joe Marsala
Bunny Berrigan
Artie Shaw
Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra
Harry James
Dizzy Gillespie
Count Basie
Charlie Parker
Sophia Loren Stars in The Love Song of Mara Lumera
Sophia Loren will star in a drama about a widow of a Mafia leader who inherits her husband’s role, but chooses repentance and a vow of seclusion as a nun in a forthcoming film scheduled to begin filming next fall in Rome.
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Sophia Loren
Rome
Mara Lumera
Bear in Film We Barely Made It To Mars Stars Bear
An 8 year old Scandinavian brown bear from Ice Capades, named Bear in New York, will star in the science fiction thriller We Barely Made It To Mars. Trainer Paul Ruppert and Danuska Ruppert will also be featured as the project shoots starting in June.
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New York
Tina
Ice Capades
Paul
Danuska Ruppert
Mars
Paul Ruppert
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the Osmonds
MGM
Asylum Choir
Shelter
JOY
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Mega
Grand Funk Railroad
Capitol
THEM
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Hollywood Hills
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Sir John Gielgud
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