Holbrook to film Mark Twain TV special after seven years
Hal Holbrook, famed for his one man Mark Twain show, explains why he now agrees to a CBS color special to avoid being typecast. He aims for 90 minutes to preserve character depth, seeks full artistic freedom, and plans to tape with a small studio audience. He also signs for The Glass Menagerie TV adaptation and emphasizes Twain’s timely antiwar writings.
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Robert Musel
New York
UPI
Hal Holbrook
Denison University
Mark Twain
Holbrook
CBS
Twain
N.Y. Lincoln Center Repertory Company
David Susskind
Rediffusion
Tennessee Williams
Rediffusion Studios
London
Xerox
Philippines
Merle Oberon Keeps Real Jewelry Guarded In Hollywood
Merle Oberon travels Warner Bros with half a million dollars of her own gems insured for protection. A studio guard follows her at all times between dressing room and sound stage, and the stones are locked in a safe at night. She notes real gems photograph better and insists possessions matter little to her.
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Hollywood
UPI
Merle Oberon
Warner Bros. Studio
Miss Oberon
Merle
Hermione Gingold
Beverly Hills
Acapulco
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Mexico
California
Europe
Johnson Dirksen clash looms over civil rights housing bill
President Johnson faces a potential deepening battle with Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen over a civil rights bill including housing discrimination. House approval, Dirksen opposition, and Southern filibusters threaten the measure, with Johnson weighing talks concessions or a head-on fight to force a vote.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
League of Nations
Chicago
Lansing
Mich
Grenada
Miss
LBJ
House
Johnson
Dirksen
Washington
Congress
Illinois
Romance of FDR and Lucy Mercer Revealed in Book
A relative of Lucy Mercer confirms a bittersweet romance with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The claim notes Roosevelt wanted to marry Mercer but Eleanor would not consent to a divorce, a point elaborated in Jonathan Daniels’s forthcoming book The Time Between the Wars.
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New York
UPI
Lucy Page Mercer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United Press International
Roosevelt
Miss Mercer
Eleanor
Franklin
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N.C
News and Observer
Rutherford
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
Elliott
Miami Beach
Daniels
Farmers hold rat hunting contest in Quang Ngai
Local farmers killed 100000 rats in an extermination contest Tu Van Dao won the first prize a plow rice and fertilizer for personally killing 4500 rats contest reported today by UPI
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Quang Ngai
Viet Nam
UPI
Tu van Dao
Lynda Johnson job hunts in New York like any other girl
Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, arrives in New York with Secret Service escort and press statements. She meets McCall's editor Robert Stein, tours Broadway, museums, and nightlife with actor George Hamilton, while Hamilton serenades her and patrons sing. The visit includes interviews and informal job talk, with no formal offers yet.
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Lynda
New York
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Secret Service
McCall’s Magazine
Ford Foundation
George Hamilton
Robert Stein
McCall's
Miss Johnson
Chez Vito
Hamilton
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