Word: heartbreak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Morning, an addled little idyl based on a novel of the same name by Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), has enough sentiment and heartbreak to fill several movies; what it sorely needs is a touch of cynicism and perhaps just a glimmer of recognizable truth. Hero Richard Chamberlain (TV's Dr. Kildare), struggling through law school during the 1920s, elopes with an Irish-American lass (Yvette Mimieux) whose tenement origins and uninhibited candor are purported to be rather embarrassing for him. Actually, Yvette conceals her social liabilities behind a peekaboo brogue and matching hairdo...
...just ten years ago that Elvis Presley signed his contract with RCA Victor, made a few records like Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel, and overnight became the rage and outrage of the U.S. A year later, everything from lipsticks to T shirts bore the Presley imprimatur. He made his first movie, and his take from all and sundry was estimated at $1,800,000. Then came two years in the Army to put a damper on Elvis. As an ex-G.I., he was given an ecstatic welcome home by his fans. Since then, practically no one knows anyone...
...congregation. By 785 to 75, with 125 absentee ballots still to be counted, the members voted to secede. After the vote, Father Risley submitted his resignation from the ministry to Stuart on the ground that the church was "embarking upon new canonical requirements which cannot lead to anything but heartbreak and sorrow...
...Wasn't Able to Sleep." The heartbreak and sorrow came as he predicted, but chiefly because St. John's thus made itself the only Episcopal church in the U.S. unable to accept the decision of its spiritual leaders. Many of the parishioners broke into tears when the vote was announced, and even those who plan to follow Risley on his independent course are troubled about what they have done...
...slow to acknowledge that the arms deal was born in Washington. Said a Bonn spokesman: "A statement on its part in this whole affair was only gradually wrung out of the American Government." Feeling ill-treated on all sides, and with some reason, Erhard told the Bundestag of his heartbreak at world reaction when "we thought we had grounds for hope that one would recognize our sincere attitude in our actions." Mused an asso ciate: "I have never heard the Chancel lor use the word 'sincere' so often as in the past few weeks...