Leopard Bites Opera Tenor During Audition Stretch
At Sadler's Wells Opera House a live Bengal leopard named Shapur was used in a production test. Tenor Charles Craig, preparing for the role Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, was bitten on the arm after stroking the animal. The audition yielded only a low growl, prompting doubts about the planned live-beast scene and possible cast changes.
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Dooley Sues Over Telephone Book Omission of Name
Maj William Burt files a $50,000 damage suit claiming the Bell Telephone Company failed to list Maj Robert J Dooley of Flushing in the Pentagon directory. Dooley is assigned to the executive aircraft unit used by President Kennedy and other senior officials at Bolling Air Force Base.
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Ex Yugoslav Official Released From Jail
Belgrade Yugoslavia Milovan Djilas former vice president and noted critic of communism returned home on parole after serving four years of a nine year term. He won conditional release following an appeal to the Federal Executive Council.
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Laotian Forces Advance Near Pho Khoun Road Junction
Government units from Vientiane push toward Pho Khoun road junction within 10 miles, closing on the rebel stronghold at Plaine des Jarres. Reports say Luang Prabang forces move north, rebels counterattack from Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang, while Capt. Kong Le’s guerrillas threaten Tha Thom and Pak Sang as both sides maneuver.
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Cuba Executes Two as Defenses Dismantled
Fidel Castro's firing squads executed two more Cubans at La Cubana Prison after conviction on terrorism and sabotage charges. Seven other descendants were given 30 year terms, while the regime began dismantling some defenses following a 20 day invasion scare. Castro prepared a speech welcoming demobilized militia as anti invasion drives continued.
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Newswriter Acquitted in Slaying
Hermann Missouri crime reporter's acquittal ends murder trial. Theodore C Link, 58, veteran St Louis Post-Dispatch journalist, was cleared on the first ballot of a two count charge in the fatal July term at a summer home near St Albans. The defendant argued self defense.
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Kennedy Gala Revue Illuminates Inauguration Night
Washington coverage recalls Julie F Kennedy hosting a star studded gala for John F Kennedy hours before the oath. Snowbound crowds, late arrivals, and performances by Sinatra Merman Fitzgerald Cole Belafonte marked the event. Kennedy and Johnson urged unity in defending the Constitution as the night stretched into the early morning.
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