Word: sid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...schmalzerettas of the '20s called The Student Gypsy, or The Prince of Lieder-krcmz. Starring Eileen (Little Mary) Brennan, this one is for Broadway (Jan. 31). England's red-brick musical, Stop The World-I Want to Get Off, is a rags-to-Establishment story (Oct. 3). Sid Caesar has eight roles-four husbands, four lovers-in Little Me, based on Patrick (Auntie Mame) Dennis' book...
...Arkansas' Orval Faubus went sleepless on election night. Seeking a fifth two-year term, Faubus faced five opponents in the Democratic primary. Observers thought the vote would be tight, and many had visions of a runoff election against Segregationist Congressman Dale Alford or moderate ex-Governor Sid McMath. As it turned out, Faubus could have stood in bed: he pulled in about 52% of the votes, more than the combined total won by Alford, McMath and three other also-rans. The one place where his opposition beat him was Pulaski County, home of Little Rock (where 42 Negro students...
...metaphors drawn from ranching life. But spiritual need is only one reason why people attend. Some are drawn by nostalgia for the Old West; for others, the annual revival is an important social event-sometimes a family's only opportunity to see old friends in the county. Says Sid Burchard, a Texas ranch owner who has been attending since he was eight: "The camp meeting brings people to God when nothing else will...
...needle their rivals, they have dubbed "glass cans.'' At 3½? apiece, throw-away bottles are more expensive than reusable ones, and cost-more to ship than cans. But largely because of their convenience, throw-away bottles last year took 1.3% of the soft-drink container market. Sid F. Davis, vice president of Owens-Illinois Glass, thinks that by 1970 throw-away bottles and cans will each get about 10% of the soft-drink business. How the public feels about bottles v. cans is hard to tell-obscured by the contradictory market surveys rolled out by the steelmakers...
Comedy is having a comeback, and some of television's great names are returning after doleful absences. Jackie Gleason will revive The Honeymooners (with a new supporting cast) as part of his resurrected Jackie Gleason Show. Both Sid Caesar and Lucille Ball are returning in shows named after them, and Jack Paar's abdication ends with the new weekly Jack Paar Show...