Lena Horne Drops Dallas Engagement Over Local Dispute
Lena Horne cancels an upcoming Dallas engagement of her Tony Award winning musical to avoid involvement in a racial dispute tied to a charity show for Action for Cultural Arts. City officials had criticized ticket prices from 50 to 600 dollars as discriminatory against blacks.
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Weatherization work and Nobel Peace Prize note headline
The scene shows an insulation mechanic and coworker blowing insulation into a twin home attic as part of a weatherization program by a Philadelphia gas company. Mexican Ambassador Alfonso Garcia Robles, Nobel Peace Prize winner, returns to work at the United Nations and is greeted by an associate before addressing the Disarmament Committee.
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