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Closer, cheaper and safer than the sleazy Mexican border town are three of the best theme parks in the West. When Walt Disney opened Disneyland at Anaheim in 1955, the idea was that his fantasyland would be "a travel destination" at which visitors would spend whole weekends or vacations. Many families still do, but Disneyland, like Florida's Disney World, has become a focal point from which holidaymakers can radiate out to other parks, beaches, authentic historical scenes and myriad recreations ranging from surfing and sailing to deep-sea fishing and ballooning. Thus a family with a week...
Ashe urged parents to "instill a desire for learning alongside the desire to be Walt Frazier," and called on young blacks to spend two hours in the library for every hour on the athletic field. "We have been on the same roads-sports and entertainment-too long," he continued. "We need to pull over, fill up at the library and speed away to Congress and the Supreme Court, the unions and the business world." Then, in a humorous tone but still expressing what many blacks feel is true-and what whites are coming to acknowledge-he predicted...
Taping Baretta. Not in the opinion of Universal City Studios, the movie and TV show producing arm of MCA Inc., or of Walt Disney Productions. They are suing Sony, its American subsidiary, an advertising agency, a few retail stores and one Betamax owner in a federal court in California. The complaint seeks to prevent further manufacture and sale of the Betamax, and to force impounding and destruction of Betamax tapes of programs owned by the plaintiffs. Universal, which initiated the suit and invited Disney to join, argues that taping TV shows or movies violates U.S. copyright law, even if viewers...
Before he achieved celebrity status, Billy was a homebody whose idea of distant places was an occasional vacation in Florida's Walt Disney World with Sybil and the six kids (ages five months to 20 years). Now he travels as much to get out of Plains as to garner honorariums. Says Billy: "Hell, Plains is turning into a three-ring circus." So much so that Billy has been all but driven from his familiar haunts: a discarded school bus seat blocks access to the back room of the famous service station where he quaffs his afternoon beers, and nobody...
Died. John Hubley, 62, innovative animator and creator of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo; during heart surgery; in New Haven, Conn. While working at the Walt Disney studio, Hubley contributed to many memorable full-length cartoons, including the lyrical Rite of Spring segment of Fantasia. With his wife Faith, he formed a production company in 1955; they made films explaining the works of Astronomer Harlow Shapley and Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson as well as on abstract ideas of psychology, peace, science and democracy. The first of their three Academy Awards was won in 1960 for Moon bird, a joyful cartoon that...