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Died. Ted Shawn, 80, doyen of modern dance in the U.S.; of a heart attack; in Orlando, Fla. Shawn was studying for the ministry when an attack of diphtheria left his legs paralyzed. The prescribed therapy-ballet exercises-worked so well that Shawn decided to "evangelize" through dance. Though the hulking six-footer's early performances were greeted with sneers, Shawn found an ally in the late Ruth St. Denis; they were married in 1914. Together they reigned during the 1920s as the nation's top modern dance team, their repertory drawing heavily on American and ethnic themes...
...Manhattan, the casting for the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (TIME, Nov. 9) has been mostly showbiz. Long lines of hopefuls crowded outside the Mark Hellinger Theater last week to read for parts in a touring concert company that goes on the road July 12. Jesus will be Shawn Phillips (left), a blond, bearded Texan with silky hair almost to his waist. Yvonne Elliman, star of the Decca recording, will play Mary Magdalene. Judas will be played by black, talented Carl Anderson, a good bet to graduate to the Broadway production next fall. Some of the country's Jesus...
John the Bold. The source of what is now known as the Kennedy determination to "work harder than anyone else" was, as nearly everyone knows, the garrulous mayor of Boston. John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald prided himself on an ancestor named "Shawn a Boo" (John the Bold) and took as his slogan: "What I undertake, I do. What I want, I get." Honey Fitz proudly took Rose with him everywhere, and the girl never forgot that she was the mayor's daughter. She quoted her father so often that friends nicknamed her "Father says...
Epstein, a 35-year-old political-science instructor at Harvard, was assigned to track down the truth of the police-Panther issue by New Yorker Editor William Shawn. He not only deflated the Garry figure but also took the press as a whole to task for failing to carefully check claims that enthusiastic partisans such as Garry make for their cause...
...When Shawn turns 19, he is attached to the Youth Services Bureau. He plays concerts, persuading other captive kids to groove on the state. Full of self-contempt, he deserts and is caught, then stockaded. He is now radicalized...