Opera Star Eileen Farrell Discovers Water Dowser Talent
Diva soprano Eileen Farrell, vacationing in Greenville Maine with husband Robert Reagan and their children, reveals a water dowser gift. She locates clear water with a forked apple wood stick, saying the tug at her hands signals underground water, while she plans an October appearance in St Louis.
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Greenville, Maine
Eileen Farrell
Robert Reagan
Robert, Jr
Kathleen
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Staten Island
N.Y
Movie rights sold for Broadway comedy Help Stamp Out Marriage
The Theater Guild has sold film rights to the Broadway-bound comedy Help Stamp Out Marriage by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. The London production Say Who You Are runs two years and opens in New York Sept 29 directed by George Abbott. MGM handles the film deal with a price ladder from 150000 down payment to a possible 350000 depending on run length.
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New York
Theater Guild
Keith Waterhouse
Willis Hall
London
Geroge Abbott
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Crochet afghan pattern 7493 uses ribbed texture and flower circles
Combine a rainbow of scraps into an afghan with ribbed texture and flower like charm. Sunshine bright yarn and five and a half inch motifs are crocheted in slipper stitch to join for a showpiece using knitting worsted Pattern 7493 directions.
Visiting a Chinese Family Reveals Life Under Mao
An AP report from Peking details a Swedish student's visit to a steelworker's home. The father earns about 90 yuan monthly and talks of a stable life with meals, medical care, and a willingness to work hard for a perceived brighter future under Mao Tze tung.
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Per Kronvall
Peking
China
Associated Press
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Joey Bishop to Host Late TV Talk Show
Hollywood reports Joey Bishop will host an 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. five nights weekly on ABC. taped in Hollywood the show aims to revive live programming after the dominance of late movies, with no set format or staff yet and no definite guests.
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Joey Bishop
Hollywood
Bishop
Columbia
ABC
New York
Jack Paar
Paar
Bagley Revisits New York Pop Archives for Shows
Ben Bagley is compiling and producing a review titled The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter. The piece had an off Broadway run and later editions on the West Coast and in London, with a bus-track tour starting in October. He plans further projects on Gershwin Berlin and a future work based on Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
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New York
Ben Bagley
Bagley
Cole Porter
West Coast
London
Gershwin
Berlin
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
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Bob Thomas
Swift Homes
Mahlon Effinger
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Swift Homes, Inc
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Elizabeth, Pa
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Loudoun St
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
Loudoun
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