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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1960
Page
6
Mrs Clothilde Opera Gobbi, a 104 year old longtime performer at the Metropolitan Opera since it opened in 1883, died Monday.
Public service listing presents a schedule of starting lines for features and films at Long Beach venues. It includes titles such as Submarine Sezlavk, Forbidden, Sons and Lovers, Home Before, Captain's Vale, and Earth related shows with varied start times like 6 25 and 9 40, along with auditorium references and numeric codes. The fragmentary text also mentions theatres or screens and rotating programs in a period newspaper style.
Ward Bond, 55, died of a heart attack Saturday in Dallas. John Wayne and others spoke at the Field Photo Farm memorial service in Reseda San Fernando Valley. Bond’s Wagon Train co stars attended as pallbearers. Bob Horton sent condolences to Bond’s widow.
The Civic Light Opera schedules auditions on November 16 and 17 at 518 East Fourth Street. The production of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar will require a large cast of principals and a sizable ensemble, and is open to talented nonprofessionals.
In Manhattan a blaze tore through the 40 floor New Yorker hotel forcing 200 guests to flee. One man died of a heart attack and 19 others were overcome by smoke as five fire companies and rescue squads battled the unoccupied sixth floor suite fire. Firemen evacuated choking guests while the blaze spread down a hall before being confined.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 33rd annual ceremony will be held in Santa Monica next year. The move follows concerns about superior seating and parking at the Hollywood venue. The Los Angeles County venue valued at over 11 billion dollars in net annual Oscar show impact, with the 1960 61 figure rising 7.87 percent over the prior year.
The White House announced that President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week. No new date was provided.
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