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Died. Dame Edith Evans, 88, legendary British actress; in Goudhurst, England. Evans' repertory ranged from Shakespearean tragedy to modern comedy; she created several roles for George Bernard Shaw, who wrote The Millionairess especially for her. Dame Edith made her film debut at the age of 60 in a 1948 version of Pushkin's The Queen of Spades. Her other films included Look Back in Anger, The Nun's Story, Tom Jones and The Whisperers. Evans started acting in amateur theater productions while working as an apprentice milliner in London. She caught the eye of Director William Poel...
...juvenile delinquent be "cured" simply by hard work and discipline? Many social workers think not. The average delinquent, they argue, needs psychiatric care as well. Recently, Britain's penal authorities have been operating on the opposite theory: at "detention centers" at Kidlington, near Oxford, and Goudhurst in Kent, they have been putting delinquents through a rugged "basic training" course with surprising success. Last week, despite scattered criticism, the Prison Commission went ahead with plans to establish two new detention centers...
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