Roadshow Film Trend Fades as 1969 Schedule Emerges
Hollywood faces cooling roadshow fever as studios plan 1969 lineups. Major titles like Justine Hello Dolly and Romeo and Juliet signal continued but uneven faith in costly, long-run releases. Despite profits, high costs and inconsistent hits deter most roadshows, with studios from Fox to MGM weighing future risk.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood (Ap
Julie Andrews
Sound of Music
Rosemary
Twentieth Century-Fox
Justine
Lawrence Durell
Dolly
David Merrick
Furlong Meaning From Furrow Length Origin
The term furlong traces to the furrow length in a field and equals one eighth of a statute mile. The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes this etymology and its agricultural origin.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eight side dart dress patterns in new pattern catalog
Sizzling with fashion news this catalog offers eight versions of the side dart dress in Print Pattern 4810 with half sizes listed. Prices are sixty-five cents each plus postage, and readers can mail in to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star for mail order details and a Spring Summer Pattern Catalog.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Pifer Printing Co
Five admirals lead Navy inquiry into Pueblo seizure
CORONADO California five admirals preside over a Navy court of inquiry into North Korea s capture of the USS Pueblo a year after the event The panel will decide if the ship entered North Korean waters before being boarded and whether the crew acted bravely or under blame while in captivity
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Coronado
Calif
North Korea
Lloyd M. Bucher
Thomas I. Moorer
Naval Operations
Navy
Bucher
U.S
Moorer
Pueblo
Yo Do Island
Court of Inquiry
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Edward R. Murphy
Sea of Japan
U.S. Pacific Command
SCLC Director Says Ray Innocent of King Slaying
Philadelphia AP report notes Rev. James Bevel, SCLC nonviolent education and action wing director, proclaims James Earl Ray innocent of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. murder. Bevel cites no evidence but plans to aid Ray legally if needed. He attended at Lorraine Motel site and offered to take Ray’s case without fee.
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Philadelphia
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nonviolent Education
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
James Bevel
Bevel
SCLC
Ray
Lorraine
Dr. King
King
Memphis
Tenn
London
Itta Bena, Miss
Mississippi
Plane Search Suspended Off Florida Coast
Searchers have suspended efforts to locate a missing light aircraft that vanished January 8 with two Virginians aboard. The wreckage found in 30 feet of water off the Florida coast shifted and was lost in rough seas, preventing positive identification due to weather and sharks.
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Warner Robins, Ga
Eastern Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center
Robins Air Force Base
Florida
Chesterfield County
Phil E. Trimmer
Roland Beverely Kelley
Camemonwealth
Richemond
Denver
United
Warren H. le Roy
Airlines
Vernon le Roy
J,e
J.V. le Roy
Chicago
Keith Ostrander
Newbury Park
Calif
Arnold Leverson
Scandinavian Airlines System
Los Angeles
Copier cost inquiry with tiered pricing notes
Reader asks about copier cost analysis and provides example pricing: 50 copies for 2.75, 100 copies for 3.25, 500 copies for 7.25. No additional context or source details.
Peak of frauds in the United States before 1930
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes financial frauds peaked in the US between World War I and 1929 with an estimated annual loss of about 1.7 billion dollars in financial ventures.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Theologian Among 38 Dead in Plane Crash
A United Air Lines Boeing 727 crashed after takeoff from Los Angeles on a stormy night. The wreckage and fuel slicks were found in the Pacific with 38 dead and 11 more entombed in a nearby jet. Families from Wisconsin and Colorado mourn while searchers weather heavy seas and rain. The cargo included a theology school president and a college coed among the deceased.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
U.S
United Air Lines
Denver
Colo
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United
Lowell B. Swan
Iliff School of Theology
Harvey H. Pothoff
Swan
Iliff
Claremont School of Theology
Pothoff
No Reading Aloud Causes Disturbance at Kansas City Library
Police escorted 29 year old John E. Walker from the downtown Kansas City Public Library Friday night and charged him with disturbing the peace for reading aloud from the Bible in the main lobby.
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Kansas City
John E. Waler
Walker
Pharos of Alexandria One of the Ancient Wonders
The Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria Egypt stood from the third century B C until the Middle Ages and was celebrated as a wonder of the ancient world.
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Pharos OF
Alexandria
Pharos
Egypt
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