Six Flags Over Texas announces $1.5 million expansion in Good Time Square
Arlington park reveals largest expansion in years adding five acres to the entrance area. The plan features two major rides The Infernal Electrical Bumping Machines and Crazy Legs a sixteen‑game Doc Snooker’s Magnificent Main Street Exposition a miniature Dragon Bros Circus a new narrow gauge depot a center restaurant a live music bandstand and a strolling brass band to entertain guests.
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Arlington
Texas
Freeman
Doc Snooker
SIX Flags
Dragon Bros. Circus
SIX Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over
St. Patrick’s Day
Cinecentennial Film Festival spotlights Texas writers at TCU
Texas Christian University hosts a March 5–7 Cinecentennial Film Festival honoring writers Jim Lehrer David Westheimer and Fred Gipson with screenings of Viva Max My Sweet Charlie and Old Yeller. Writers will discuss their films after showings in the Brown Lupton Center. Tickets range from 3 to 10 dollars with student discounts.
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Texas
Texas Christian University
Jim Lehrer
David Westheimer
Fred Gipson
My Sweet
Charlie
Old Yeller
R.C. Norris
TCU
Radio-Television Films
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Brown-Lupton
Serge
San Antonio
Max
Texas National Guard
Alamo
Texas’ Ladies Historical Societies
Kera-Tv
Channel 13
Dallas
North
Gulf Coast
Gipson
Yeller
Walt Disney Producers
TCU Film Festival
Dr. Norris
Radio-Television Films Division
1776 Extended at Midland Community Theatre
The musical 1776 at Midland Community Theatre will be held over to extend through March 1 3. Students form a strong turnout with bus loads from multiple towns. The show blends history with humor and lavish production. memberships for the 1973 season are on sale through March.
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Midland Community Theatre
Jal
San Angelo
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Sterling City
Grady
Odessa
McCamey
Crane
Big Spring
Replay series airs award winning docs from stations
Public television’s WNET in New York curates a seven week one hour series called Replay. It rebroadcasts ten award winning documentaries from stations including WNBC WABC WCCO WBZ KUTV WRC WZZM WTJV WGN and WMC. The six part lineup ranges from KUTV’s Thou Shalt Not Kill to Vietnam clips from WCCO, with hopes for PBS national submission.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York (Ap
WNET
New York
Public Broadcasting Service
PBS
WNBC
WABC
WCCO
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
WBZ
Boston, Mass
KUTV
Salt Lake City
Utah
WRC
Washington, D.C
WZZM
Grand Rapids, Mich
WTJV
Miami
Fla
WGN
Chicago
WMC
Memphis
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University
Abel
Columbia
NBC
Public
Minnelli Headlines Cambridge Campus Carnival
Liza Minnelli rode through Harvard with antique fire engines as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals staged a campus carnival. The star of Cabaret, named Woman of the Year, sang the film’s lead song and praised the event as the greatest party she has attended.
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Cambridge
Mass
Liza Minnelli
Harvard University
Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Miss Minnelli
Kerrville fair invites Texas artists and families
The Texas State Arts and Craft Fair returns Memorial weekend May 25-28 at Scriner Institute Kerrville. Over 200 Texas artists display crafts while a Learning Tent offers hands on activities for kids. The 1973 Kerrville Folk Festival runs May 25-28 with concerts and free shows at the fairgrounds. For details contact Texas Tourist Development Agency in Austin.
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Russell Smith
Texas
Scriner Institute
Kerrville
Quinlan Creek
Kerrville Municipal Auditorium
Fairground
Allen Damron
Carolyn Hester
Peter Yarrow
Peter, Paul and Mary
Texas Tourist Development Agency
P.O
Capitol Station
Austin
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Irving
Schmitter
Kmom-Tv
Kmid-Tv
Peyton Place
Kosa-Tv
Vin Scully
Merv Griffin
Walter Cronkite
Jeannie
Lucy
Doris Day
Bill Cosby
Dracula
Kbim-Tv
John Hart
Douglas Edwards
CBS News
KBIM
Prince of Darkness
Christopher Lee
Casablanca
Morocco
Hollywood
Pecos Enterprise
Elizabeth Taylor
Night Watch
Laurence Harvey
Grant
Vietnam
Minnesota
Kerrville Fair
UTPB
Lawrence B. Marsh
University of Texas
Permian Basin
College of Arts and Education
Marsh
Western Washington State College
University of Washington
Seattle
North Seattle Community College
Holy Trinity Luthern Church
Mercer Island
Wash
1IXE
WGI
By Gill Fox
President Nixon
State OS Theatre
Herbert Ro
Wooly Allen
Eee -Ann-Margret
Panavision
Warner Bros
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