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...PRODUCERS. For his first film, Writer-Comedian Mel Brooks weaves his gags around two canny Broadway con men who set out to make a fortune by staging a flop. The result, despite its bad moments, is some of the funniest American cinema comedy in years...
...Some 20 victims met their fate-burial alive-at the end of a death march from the Redemptorist Church, where they had sought refuge, to Ap Lang Xa Con more than two miles away. Among them was Tran Dien, one of Hue's five Senators in the National Assembly in Saigon...
...PRODUCERS. Two canny Broadway con men set out to make a fortune by staging a flop in this first film by Writer-Comedian Mel Brooks, which, despite a few bad moments, offers some of the funniest American cinema comedy in years...
...virulent problem. The problem was racial prejudice, and the man who sparked the explosion, as it turned out, was only saying what a great many Britons think: that non-whites are not welcome in 98%-white Britain. Before the week was out, race had become the most heated and con troversial subject of the year-and an issue that may well influence the next election...
...some newsmen to overstep their charter. Recently, Los Angeles' KNBC sent a film team to Claremont Men's College to shoot a debate on Viet Nam, and caused a ruckus when the students' spotted the newsmen unpacking half a dozen posters with pro and con war slogans. Later, a spokesman for KNBC admitted that the posters were intended as "colorful additions to the set." On other occasions, a TV cameraman induced protesters to burn a city bus, while another persuaded two hippies to attempt to block President Johnson's entrance into a Washington club...