Bread and Circuses at Columbus Statehouse Show
Campaign reform debate turns into a farce as seven Democratic members skip the 10 a.m. vote. Stan Aronoff leads a 7-7 split, with subcommittee chair Paul Matia condemning the proceedings as a mockery of the legislative process. The scene at the Statehouse leaves public confidence battered while hinting that a full campaign finance bill may fail in a partisan future.
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Columbus
Statehouse
Legislative Service Commission
Ringling Brothers
Subcommittee
Paul Matia
Westlake
Aronoff
House
Senate
Bold revolutionist launching series of classic plays
Ely Landau, head of the American Film Theater, announces an eight month national repertory series presenting eight classic plays in 508 theaters from Portland Maine to Santa Rosa California. The lineup includes Rhinoceros, The Iceman Cometh, A Delicate Balance, Lost in the Stars, The Three Sisters, and Luther with cast details and production notes.
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Ely Landau
American Film Theater
Paris
Portland
Maine
West
Santa Rosa
Alif
Landau
AFT
Eugene Ionesco
John Frankenheimer
Eugene O'Neill
Lee Marvin
Frederic March
Robert Ryan
Jeff Bridges
Bradford Dillman
Katherine Hepburn
Paul Scofield
Alan Bates
Olivier
Joan Plowright
National Theater Company of Great Britain
Stacy Keach
Luther
Guy Green
Edward Anhalt
Bear climbs tree at Warner Bros Jungle Habitat
Charles Hull head game ranger at Warner Bros Jungle Habitat in West Milford New Jersey prunes trees in the bear compound as a 400 pound North American black bear climbs a tree. Hull cannot climb and ends with his feet off the ground as the bear loses interest and walks away.
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Charles Hull
Warner Bros
West Milford
N.J
Hull
UPI
Akron U hall opens with flexible design for varied arts
Akron University unveils a three in one hall blending performance spaces for symphony chorus mime opera drama and dance. The reinforced concrete structure shields from street noise while interior features include adjustable acoustic curtains a 44 ton ceiling and a 3000 seat capacity at its highest, down to 900 when lowered.
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Akron Symphony
University
Akron
Italian and Dutch bidding in bridge match yields 650 and 810
Garozzo North and Forquet South of Italy used Nea politan Club bids with 11 showing two aces and a king. After a diamond lead Forquet secured eleven tricks for 650. At another table DeLeeuw North Rhitzblum South of Holland reached 3NT with 13 tricks for 810, punishing the Italian pair for overprecision and clever bidding.
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Garozzo
Forquet
Italy
North
West
DeLeeuw
Rhitzblum
Holland
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Leaning Tower of Pisa and Its Surreal Fixes
A columnist recounts Italian official Travaglini and Signor Sacchetti debating how to stop Pisa’s leaning tower from falling. They joke about jacks, helium, and even building a mirrored northern tower, while noting dates and the tower’s measured lean. The piece ends with a grim prediction the tower will fall in 2254.
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Washington
Giovanni Travaglini
Tower
Pisa
Signor Travaglini
Rome
Peal
Frank Sacchetti
Pittsfield
Mass
Pitts-a-field
Guiseppe Bonanno
U.S
Bonanno
Sacchetti
Jean
Saccheti
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Travaglini
Italy
Taranto
Messina
Tower of
Zale Award honors Wilkens at UT Austin dinner
Lady Bird Johnson presents the $25,000 Zale Award to Roy Wilkens executive director of the NAACP at a private University of Texas at Austin dinner. The prize, started in 1972, honors a person for significant contributions to mankind in their field and will be renamed the LBJ Award. Wilkens is being recognized for civil rights work.
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Lady Bird Johnson
Roy Wilkens
NAACP
Joe C. Thompson
University of Texas At Austin
LBJ
Wilkens
Angela seeks prison reform and women's movement calls
Angela Davis urged a unified movement among women for prison reform during a daylong Women in Prison conference at Princeton University New Jersey. Davis, who spent 16 months in prison on murder kidnap and conspiracy charges, emphasized building broad solidarity to scratch the surface of reform.
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Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Princeton University
New Jersey
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Louise Sweeney
Science Monitor
New York, N.Y
Maldive
Indian Ocean
MTN
Eee
Jockson
Melvin Frank
Brian
Taunt Pictures Presents
Pes Or
Arnon
Avon Lake
SSS
Ares
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Asl
Hitler
Alec Grhinress
U. Hall
Vakqjis
SOUTH
Hearts
Blitzblum
Rama
Turnpike
Elizabeth Taylor
PG. & Company
Bloo Aghuy
Romi
Jim Bishop
Angelita
Spain
Badajoz
Maria de Los Angeles
Hernandez
Angel Esteban Laverez
Higuera la Real
Angela
Samuel Fox
Maryland Drug Abuse Administration
Archdiocese of
Baltimore
Maurice Blackwell
Donald Sterling
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
United States
Sterling
Blackwell
Howard Cosell
American Broadcasting Company
San Diego
Calif
Ernest Schindler
Scott
Cosell
Maytag
Holbrook & Smith CO
Elyria
WY Maytag
Broadway Lorain
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