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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1962
Page
3
The Vatican Ecumenical Council approved a decree on Orthodoxy and began debate on the nature of the Roman Catholic Church. A unity document titled Ut Unum Sint was approved by 2088 to 46, with many ballots abstaining.
New York. Robert Moses resigns from five state posts after a dispute with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller over giving up control to Laurence Rockefeller. He quits as chair of the State Council of Parks and four other authorities, remaining only in NYC related roles including the World’s Fair Corp. president and Triborough Bridge Authority head. Rockefeller calls Moses remarks about Laurence Rockefeller “injurious.”
Edwin L. Mechem resigns as New Mexico governor to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by Dennis Chavez death. Chavez had held the seat since 1935. Mechem’s appointment creates a Republican presence in a Democratic state, with Black sworn in as governor and Mechem set to serve until the 1964 election.
In Munich Germany Pablo Picasso, the famed artist, received an unusual commission to paint cinema advertising for the West German Gloria Film Co. The request is tied to promoting Berthold Brecht's Three Penny Opera film.
Actor Charles Laughton, aged 63, left Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where he had been treated for spring cancer since July 30. A hospital spokesman gave no reason beyond his wish to go home, as he departed Friday with wife Elsa Lanchester. his condition had worsened recently and he was heavily sedated.
In Philadelphia the orphan's court reviewed Fabian Forte's four year earnings of about 760000 with assets under 100000. Harold D. Saylor sought approval of Jack Spina of New York and Heverlyn Hills as manager, replacing MDD Enterprises whose contract ended last June. Spina, who also manages Pat Boone, would take ten percent of gross income until February 1964.
Pieristoria Pretti a 34 year old clerk in Alessandria admitted impersonating a high official to ride first class on a Rome train. He told a conductor he was interior under secretary, sat in deluxe seating, then was exposed by two suspicious passengers. The judge fined him 80 000 lire about 123 dollars.
Patrick Farrow, 19, son of Maureen O'Sullivan and John Varrow, pleaded innocent at arraignment on a narcotics charge in Santa Monica. Trial was set for February 4 as Melisande in London’s opera debut. the reception was warm, with critics noting a strong London portrayal and intense moments in the fourth act.
In a sunny Easter scene at the White House South Lawn Ramon Villeda Morales arrives as John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline observe from windows. The two year old, in a bright red snowsuit, stares, points, and claps as the presidential salute fills the air, then wanders with his nurse toward his father’s speech as officials applaud below.
UPI reports New York producers plan a gala to mark Kennedy’s anniversary at the Armory with stars Judy Garland Danny Kaye Carol Burnett and Sidney Poitier. They aim to fix acoustics with new amplifiers and stage repositioning to replicate Madison Square Garden effects. Proceeds will help erase debt from the 1982 Democratic campaign.
Ernest Ansermet conducts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York marking Claude Debussy's birth anniversary. The Pelleas et Melisande cast features Anna Moffo as Melisande and George London as Golaud with Theodor Apprian, Blanche Thebom, and Jerome Hines in key roles.
SANTA MONICA Calif UPI Actor Dick Powell is expected to be released from St John's Hospital Monday after treatment for a muscular spasm of the back brought on by a cold doctors said Powell is improving and may leave the facility soon
Lakewood presented a choreographic version of Avis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass at the Lakewood High School Auditorium. Nancy Clare Fischer directed and choreographed with Norm Wreltzer producing. The program featured music from Stravinsky to Grieg and a cast of child and young dancer performers led by Betty Lynn Budzak as Alice and Norman Dunbar as her companion. Don Bradburn starred as the King of the Sea with distinctive Dragonfly artistry by Linde Palmer.
Irregular list of artists and titles appears to mix song names and performers with garbled text. The readable portions reference legends, performances, and potential track names without coherent structure or clear event details.
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