Football moves in as welcome relief to summer reruns
UPI reports a busy weekly TV slate with NFL preseason contests on CBS and NBC, plus CBS and ABC films and series. Highlights include the Browns vs 49ers preseason game, Star Trek reruns, The Avengers, Hawaii Five-O returns, and golf coverage from Dayton with final PGA rounds.
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Truth cinema and underground films reshape the industry
New York reports a revolt in filmmaking driven by cinema verite and direct cinema. Pioneers like the Maysles brothers show how portable 16mm gear yields truthful, unscripted stories such as Salesman, proving low budget, high quality can succeed at the box office.
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Jonas Mekas
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Shirley Clarke
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Joseph Strick
Ulysses
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Amram Nowak
Mitchell
Houston
Nowak
David Maysles
Albert
Bill Cosby takes coaching role in TV comeback
Hollywood reports Bill Cosby preparing The Bill Cosby Show for NBC as a high school coach. The star describes a study in human behavior with prejudice as a theme and aims to use a diverse writing and production team to broaden representation.
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Village clergyman a hit composer at off Broadway
The Rev. Al Carmines of Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village writes and performs music between 1 and 5 a.m. while serving as pastor by day. His two off Broadway musicals Peace and Promenade have gained success as he maintains his ministry and directs Judson Poet's Theater, which has produced 80 plays since its founding.
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Ministry
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Union Theological Seminary
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New York
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al Carmines
Finns Drink More Alcohol After Beer Sale Legalization
Finns increased alcohol consumption by 50 percent in the first quarter of 1969 as cafes and grocery stores began selling medium strength beer. The Bureau of Statistics reports Finns now spend about 7 percent of their income on alcoholic beverages.
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Local club fined for false advertising in promotions
A Kuopio night club owner was fined 100 marks after hiring four local dancers and billing them as Eastern exotic dancers. The court found the advertising misleading, as the performers were locals not from the East.
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