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...aren't trying to preach or write down to the kids," explains Fury Producer Irving Cummings Jr. "We want to entertain them and still not contribute to their intellectual impoverishment." Though Cummings insists that Fury is not out to "win any wars," many of its fans' fathers may be reminded of the basic training films they endured during their service years. Yet youngsters have kept Fury's ratings remarkably high for 2½ years (latest Nielsen...
...American World Airways plane crash near Lisbon in 1943 all but ended the big-time careers of throaty Singer Jane (With a Song in My Heart) Froman and Accordionist Gypsy Markoff, both bound overseas to entertain troops. It was five years before Jane could walk again without crutches (she still wears an iron brace on one leg). By gritty determination Gypsy made her crippled left hand play an accordion again, never completely regained her former skill. So far, in compensation for physical injuries, each entertainer has collected from Pan Am a piddling $8,300-maximum allowable damages, under...
...sensitivity, his pianissimos feathery light, his fortissimos bold and clear, with no hint of blurring. Kogan played the concerto with no apparent effort, smiled shyly to a thunderous ovation, which brought both audience and orchestra to their feet. Said he modestly: "The piece has plenty of technical difficulties to entertain the audience...
...would like to be able to entertain everyone who wishes to attend the carnival this year," commented Dartmouth's associate dean Arthur H. Kiendl, Jr. "Unfortunately, facilities in Hanover are extremely limited and it is necessary to restrict our guests to those who have received official guests cards...
Exeter will entertain the Yardling hockey team tomorrow on the Exeter rink. The freshman sextet had an undefeated season until their 3-2 loss to Tufts last Tuesday. The Exeter game should give the Yardlings an opportunity to regain the pre-vacation polish they seemed to have lost in the Tufts game...