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...long-playing bandleader and record company executive, who made or produced more discs-some 9,000 titles-than anyone else; in Roslyn, N.Y. Dardanella, a heavy-beat foxtrot that Selvin recorded in 1919, was the first disc to sell 1 million copies. He helped launch many stars, overseeing Bing Crosby's first solo recording; during one instrumental break, Selvin recalled, "I suggested that Crosby whistle. He's been whistling ever since...
DIED. Carl Ebert, 93, German-born opera manager and stage director; in Santa Monica, Calif. Originally an actor, Ebert moved into the then relatively new field of opera management in Darmstadt in 1927, with as his assistant Rudolf Bing, who later went on to run New York City's Metropolitan Opera for 22 years. Later, Ebert helped found the Glyndebourne Opera Festival and led the Berlin Municipal Opera before and after the Hitler era (which he spent in Britain and the U.S.) until his retirement...
...struggles with the obstetrician. Male doctors are not exactly the heroes of this book. For all is not peaceful birthing rooms and tranquil, exultant deliveries, as older mothers once hoped. According to Cole, women who have placed their faith in the teachings of Fernand Lamaze, Frederick Leboyer, Elizabeth Bing and other advocates of natural childbirth will, almost automatically, find themselves in an adversary position when they enter the hospital. She writes: "The truth is that childbirth in America is getting more unnatural every day. A woman expecting her first baby today has a 25% chance of delivering by caesarean. Even...
...Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) based its decision on "a technical investigation of the clubs' links to the university," Howard Bing, supervisor in charge of the investigation, said last Thursday...
...Turner and I come from different worlds," Schorr said. Comparing Turner with CBS president William S. Paley, he said Turner built his communications empire on the "cheapest and tawdriest kinds of entertainment," noting that Paley had begun with shows carrying Jack Benny and Bing Crosby...