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Playing in a cocktail lounge in Detroit not long ago, Jazz Pianist Calvin Jackson was asked by a couple of well-oiled ring-siders what he was trying to say. Take Laura, said Calvin: "Musically you can put her anyplace you want to-in the woods, at sea, in a bar, in the Village or in Soho. I'll show you." When he had played through Laura once, one ringsider turned to the other. "By damn," he said, "she's in the woods...
...Laura can truly be put in the woods -that is, played as a kind of jazz pastorale-Calvin Jackson is the man to do it. More than just a highly accomplished pianist, he has the ability to ring intricate changes on familiar themes, evoke images of startling clarity, be congenial with both jazz and classics. Although much admired by jazzmen, he has remained largely unknown to the public. But last week Pianist-Arranger Jackson was finally coming into his own. His album of Jazz Variations on Movie Themes was a surprise hit with disk jockeys. He was busy scoring...
...daughters, Laura, 13, and Juliana, 9, watched on TV while Alan Shepard blasted off last week, Louise never doubted that he would survive the challenge. Or so she said, as she wiped away her nervous tears when word came that her husband was safe. She had been resigned to the ordeal ever since he put in for space-flight training. The day that he got his orders to join Project Mercury, Christian Scientist Alan Shepard had a serious talk with his wife, harping on the security that an astronaut could never have. Louise listened for a while and said: "What...
Gone with the wind are the stars of the film, Clark Gable and Leslie Howard. Ward Bond is dead and gone, and so are George Reeves, Hattie McDaniel, Laura Hope Crews, Ona Munson and ten other members of the featured cast. Margaret Mitchell, who wrote the famous book the movie was adapted from, is dead, and so is Sidney Howard, the playwright who wrote most of the adaptation. Victor Fleming, who directed the picture, is dead too. Hollywood itself is practically dead. But Gone With the Wind goes on forever...
Although only a thin layer of ice remained on the river, Laura J. Walther '63 wandered onto the ice until she fell through 20 feet from shore. Her date dashed across the ice only to fall through himself. Earl L. Holloway '63 and James J. Combs '63 led the rescue effort by crawling on their stomachs and using a lacrosse stick...