Joey Bishop Show Renewal Extends ABC Contract to 1969
AP reports Joey Bishop marks one year on ABC with a 39 week contract extension into fall 1969. Bishop reflects on slow start, network dynamics, and a recent audience boost from promoting a charity benefit raising ticket sales from 4000 to 27000.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood (Ap
Joey Bishop
ABC
Bishop
Falary
Carson Country
Joey
Jack Paar
Merv Griffin
Johnny Carson
Mike Douglas
Cleveland
Vine Street
NBC
Brubeck Debuts Religious Composition With Cincinnati Orchestra
Dave Brubeck premiering The Light in the Wilderness with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Miami University Choir. The 47 year old pianist improvised on piano as critics praised the work blending serious and popular elements. Planned performances include Northwestern University and Red Rocks convention, with previous choral reading in Chapel Hill not counting as a premiere.
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Cincinnati
Dave Brubeck
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Miami University of Oxford
Ohio
Dayton
Brubeck
Jesus
Northwestern University
American Guild of Organists
Red Rocks
Colo
Chapel Hill
N.C
CSU scientist touts cheaper soybean hamburger
Ken Oakleaf of Colorado State University told a lunch of 140 attendees that soybean hamburger could be produced at half the cost of beef. He noted possible taste differences but urged focus on the large teenage market.
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Sterling, Cole
Ken Oakleaf
Colorado State University
First Floating Musical Festival Sets Sail on Mediterranean Cruise
The 18 day May cruise aboard the Renaissance will feature daily shipboard and shore concerts for 400 passengers. The voyage includes Monte Carlo receptions with Monaco royals, and performances by Igor Oistrakh, Thomas Schippers, Byron Janis, Andres Segovia, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janos Starker, and Jean Pierre Rampal at venues in Monaco Sicily Mallorca and Monastir with shipboard recitals.
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Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Renaissance
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Igor Oistrakh
Thomas Schippers
Monaco Opera House
Byron Janis
Chopin
Chartreuse
Valldemosa
Mallorca
Andres Segovia
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Ribat of Monastir
Hammamet
Sicily
Janos Starker
Jean Pierre Rampal
Taormina
Mt. Etna
Starker and
Rampal
Mrs King a Familiar Figure to Followers of Husband Crusades
In Atlanta, Coretta Scott King reflects on her husband Martin Luther King Jr’s death during the funeral day. She greets arriving family, endures last minute duties, and shares comfort with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The widow notes God’s will guiding continued civil rights work and raises her four children Yolanda 12 Martin 10 Dexter 7 Bernice 5.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Bernice
Mrs. King
John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline
Dixie
Coretta Scott King
Perry County
Ala
Copastor
Montgomery
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Coretta King
King
National Council of Negro Women
American Jewish Congress
Six Children Die in Fire in Rabbin Gap Georgia
In Rabin Gap Georgia six children perished when their two story home burned on Wednesday night. Their mother Mrs Billy Darnell and a 16 year old son Hubbard escaped. Mrs Darnell woke the children and attempted to summon volunteer firefighters as flames blocked the upstairs staircase. The children identified were Sue 18 Lester 15 Gladys 13 Rose Ann 11 Dale 10 and Kay 8. The father was away at his job at the time.
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Rabin Gap
North Georgia
Billy Darnell
Hubert
Darnell
Clayton
Sue
Lester
Gladys
Rose Ann
Dale
Kay
Keith Darnell
Atlanta
Richmond Woman Leaps From Lee Bridge Into James River
A 49 year old Richmond woman Mary Wright York jumped from the Lee Bridge into the James River in what police call an apparent self inflicted death attempt. She swam to shore and was treated at a hospital for a minor shoulder injury and released.
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Richmond (Ap
Richmond
James River
Lee Bridge
Mary Wright York
Interstate Highway Right of Way Surpasses Delaware Size
The Interstate Highway System uses 1.6 million acres of land for right of way, an area larger than the state of Delaware.
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Delaware
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White House
Geneva
Gallup
Mrs, King
Husband
Roy Harper
Paul Bell
Maurice McDonald
Shenandoah’ Nationa
Vrginia
F.D.I.C
Howard Johnsons
George Washington Hotel
Chrysler
TOF Paotors Corpora
America
Dart
Dodge
Pine Motor Co., Inc
South Braddock St
Winchester, Virginia
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