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Actor Cyril Ritchard calls her "Acidy Cassidy." Director Tyrone Guthrie finds her "vicious and irresponsible." Contralto Marie Powers once threatened to clout her in the snoot, and had to be restrained from doing so. The object of these strong sentiments is the Chicago Tribune's deceptively frail Claudia Cassidy, whose barbed pen has made her the most widely read and feared critic of the lively arts in the Midwest. She has written finish to many a career in Chicago, notably those of two local conductors who left after continual Cassidy pannings...
Last week word got out that Claudia Cassidy, 65, will retire Dec. 1. Many people were relieved. They honored her for the high standards that she set, which in turn caused producers and impresarios to think twice before sending second-rate road companies to Chicago, but they felt that she had achieved too much power...
Midnight in Jerusalem. Playwright James Baldwin, Negro Actress (Raisin in the Sun) Claudia McNeil, and the rest of the cast of Baldwin's touring Amen Corner arrived at Israel's new National Museum for a special post-performance visit. The others dutifully viewed the artifacts and prepared to leave, but Claudia had discovered the antique jewelry and stood mooning over the ancient necklaces, rings and Yemenite bridal costumes. "Leave me alone," she murmured as they tried to pry her away. "I'm staying here all night." Museum Director Teddy Kollek finally brought her out of the trance...
...whether the bathing suit had a top. Seattle's Steve Krause, 15, surprised everybody including himself ("I never dreamed that I would swim that fast") when he splashed to a new world record of 16 min. 58.6 sec. in the 1,500-meter freestyle. California's Claudia Kolb, 15, won the women's 100-meter breast stroke, the 200-meter breast stroke and the 200-meter individual medley, topped it off by helping her Santa Clara Swim Club team to victory in the 400-meter medley relay. Then there was a trio of precocious14-year-olds...
Unable to aerate his conscience, the adulterer decides to smother it with chinchilla. Claudia adores the coat, never suspecting that she will soon have to shoulder her husband's guilt as well. Suddenly, it occurs to Tognazzi that his wife may be no better than anyone else's. She is young, beautiful, a treasure coveted by his doctor, his lawyer, his gardener, and that antique dealer who -but, of course! Now he begins to see, or thinks he sees, the guile in her innocence. He starts checking the mileage of her midget car, monitors her phone calls...