Ancient Art of Puppetry Good to Krofft Brothers
Hollywood pioneers Sid and Marty Krofft built a world class puppet show enterprise. The Krofft Enterprises team designs costumes props and effects for clients including amusement parks TV sponsors and advertisers. They employ over 100 artisans entertain about 36 000 daily and project this year’s gross near 1 million. The brothers began in Europe and Las Vegas after borrowing 20000 to create 3 foot puppets for Les Poupees de Paris.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Sid
Marty Krofft
Victor Mature
Walt Disney
Disney
Krofft Enterprises, Inc
Georgia
Texas
Tony
Kroffts
Long Beach
Paul Bunyan
Athens
Peter
Europe
Marty
Montreal
Las Vegas
Paris
San Fernando Valley
Time Magazine
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Diner Patron Leaves $2000 Tip Card in Bloomingdale
Doris Lapierre recalls a hurried noon visit on August 16 when a customer left a $2000 tip as a winning service station game card. She will collect the check today and remembers the man had a sandwich and macaroni salad.
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Bloomingdale
N.Y
Doris Lapierre
Crochet Afghan Pattern Offer From 1969 Catalog
Readers urged to mail 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents postage to Alice Brooks at the Winchester Evening Star for Jiffy crochet afghan designs and other needlecraft books and patterns from a 1969 New York catalog.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Economic Downturn Hasn't Been Sighted
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports no clear signs of a recession as July retail sales stay strong, consumer spending remains high despite tax increases, and high savings support continued spending though a looming $16 billion mix of tax hikes and spending cuts could slow the boom before winter.
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John Cunniff
New York
Sindlinger & Co
Sindlinger
Niagara Falls lit by twenty giant searchlights nightly
A spectacle shines over Niagara Falls as twenty searchlights illuminate the falls with fourteen colored shades each night. A 1951 Wichita hailstorm caused more than 14 million dollars in property damage.
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Niagara Falls
Wichita, Kan
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