Fernando Lamas turns to singing and Broadway pairing
Hollywood reports Fernando Lamas shifts from serious acting to singing prompted by MGM and later TV and Broadway roles. He’ll star with Ethel Merman in Happy Hunting and plans a New York yearlong lease with wife Ariene Dahl as career leverage. Cleo Moore discusses California politics. Kirk Douglas sues Walt Disney for privacy violations over Disney training films.
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Hollywood
Fernando Lamas
Argentina
MGM
NBC
Fernando
Ethel Merman
Merman
Ariene Dahl
New York
Los Angeles
Walt Disney
Kirk Douglas
Disney
Douglas
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Disney Film Show Draws Clash Over Private Visit
The Disney home visit tale involves Michael Douglas with actor Keefe Brasselle ordered to pay $650 monthly child support. A narcotics charge against Lester Ferguson was dismissed as police stop and evidence issues were questioned by Municipal Judge Leo Freund.
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Los Angeles
Keefe Brasselle
Norma
Superior Court
Elmer D. Doyle
Brasselle
Doyle
Lester Ferguson
Bobby Driscoll
Driscoll
Ferguson
Leo Freund
Ed Sullivan Stays Hospitalized, Misses TV Show
Ed Sullivan remains in the hospital for two more days after a car crash. A hospital bulletin notes he spent a comfortable night but cannot appear on his next scheduled show. His extended stay is due to a preexisting chest cold with rib injuries from the collision.
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Ed Sullivan
Derby
Conn
F-Tv
Sullivan
Entertainers Named for GOP Convention in San Francisco
Star performers including Ethel Merman Rosalind Russell Irene Dunne Jane Powell John Charles Thomas Howard Keel and Gene Archer to entertain at the Republican National Convention opening August 20 at the Cow Palace San Francisco. An unrelated note mentions a May 8 1952 Air Force plane achieving the first successful North Pole landing.
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Cow Palace
George Murphy
Ethel Merman
Rosalind Russel
Irene Dunne
Jane Powell
John Charles Thomas
Howard Keel
Gene Archer
Metropolitan Opera
Air Force
North Pole
Theater Week explores American cultural exchange tours abroad
The American National Theatre and Academy runs the Project as a State Department cultural exchange. Robert C. Schnitzer leads a show program traveling from Broadway to Bali. The ANT adds shows, aims to boost U.S. cultural prestige, and has staged about two million dollars in annual tours across 100 cities including Lisbon, Vienna, Cairo, and Burma.
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William Glover
New York
Broadway
Bali
Amer
American National Theatre and Academy
State Department
Robert C. Schnitzer
Schnitzer
U.S
Lisbon
Vienna
Cairo
Kfar Shmariaku
Sousse
Sitif
Dizzy Gillespie
Pakistan
Tom Two Arrows
Iroquois
Burma
Indonesia
India
Congress
U S A Expands Nuclear Program and Weapons Research
The Atomic Energy Commission reports notable progress in the U S nuclear program for six months ending June 30. It notes expansion of plants and production potential for defense weapons, advances in submarine construction, and leadership in uranium production. Research labs at Los Alamos and Livermore pursue new principles for weapons and peaceful power. New cancer treatments using atomic energy are reported.
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Frank Carey
Washington
United
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
United States
AEC
Tion
Iumore
Ily
Canada
Belgian Congo
Los Alamos
N.M
Livermore
Calif
Weekend storms claim fifteen Japanese lives
Weekend storms and heavy surf killed at least 15 people in Japan as weather battered coastal areas and inland communities. Authorities warned of dangerous seas and urged caution while rescue crews searched affected towns.
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Tokyo
British Federation Unites Caribbean Isles
Queen approves act establishing a British federation over 13 Caribbean islands. A West Indian parliament will gain administrative judicial and economic powers with elections by March 1968. Britain retains defense foreign relations and some financial control. Island governors receive congratulations from Alan Lenox-Boyd.
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London
Elizabeth II
North
South America
Alan Lenox-Boyd
Barbados
Jamaica
Antigua
Montserrat
St. Christopher
Nevis
Anguilla
Trinidad, Tobago
Dominica
Grenada
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Britain
New Hampshire GOP Endorses Nixon for Re nomination
The New Hampshire Republican State Committee unanimously endorses Vice President Richard Nixon for renomination at a meeting attended by over 100 committee members. The endorsement signals solid party support for Nixon ahead of the primary season.
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Concord
Nixon
New Hampshire
Republican State Committee
Vanda’s Big Top Circus Show on CBS-TV Saturdays
TV News profile on Charles Vanda head of WCAU TV who hosts Big Top on CBS at noon Eastern. The piece notes his Philadelphia armory show draws large crowds, his view on circus survival amid financial strain, and hints at future TV and touring plans including a Kentucky appearance.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Charles Vanda
Cbs-Tv
National Guard Armory
Philadelphia
Wonderful Brass Band
Joe Basile
Vanda
Wes
Brothers Circus
Kentucky
Louisville
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