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...Angeles' splendid new Music Center, 1,500 members of the Retail Clerks Union sat in red-plush comfort beneath crystal chandeliers. Before getting down to the business of a union meeting, they heard a concert climaxed by a specialized composition called The Shopping Center Blues. They chuckled appreciatively when Local Leader Joe Silva explained that his hoarseness was caused by "executive flu " De Silva noted that a minority of the Music Center's board had protested that a union meeting was not the sort of "cultural" activity for which the $32.2 million center (including $25,000 contributed...
...Third Day. Looking agitated, George Peppard climbs through a broken guardrail, glances below at the riverbank where his Lincoln Continental and a take-home cocktail waitress have come to a bad end. He staggers off to a plush roadhouse where he is eyed knowingly by the bartender, the pianist, and his waiting chauffeur. He blinks, confused, unable to place faces but sensing in the situation something familiar. The familiar something is, of course, amnesia-the basic blackout of more suspense melodramas than most moviegoers care to remember...
...nonstudent at Cal can nap to recorded music on the plush sofas of the softly carpeted student union lounge, attend class lectures-and even ask questions in class. He can borrow a friend's registration card, get free medical treatment, attend free movies. He can sun himself near the union fountain, lunch on cheap sandwiches and pie at the outdoor Terrace, bang on bongo drums on the Lower Plaza. "Berkeley is one of the best places I know of to drop out of the system and yet survive," says Dr. David H. Powelson, director of the campus psychiatric clinic...
...plush importance of the Loeb, with its cushioned seats instead of the wooden dining hall chairs, John Lithgow's freewheeling staging seems more careful and reserved. He has polished off his actors' rough spots and kept up a smooth and brisk pace, letting his fine performers show off without overshadowing the weaker ones...
...success of Ford's Thunderbird ($4,486 for a two-door hardtop), Detroit has made such entries as the Buick Riviera ($4,408), the Oldsmobile Starfire ($4,148) and Chrysler's 300-L ($4,168). The new sports cars combine racy lines, bucket seats and consoles, and plush, gadget-filled interiors, can cost more than the least expensive Cadillac, when accessories are added. Cadillac goes higher than any other car, however: its Seventy-Five limousine costs $9,960, and a raft of accessories can drive the price of a Cadillac as high...