World's Fair: Newsletters 8

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Word's Fair: Newsletters (7)

Aug ,1964

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Hot Dogs and Hamburgers Popular Fair Fare ••••

Soviet Scientists Visit Pair ••••

Blind Visitor and Family "See" Fair ••••

New York Power Authority Display ••••

64 Year-Old Man Pedals To Fair From Coast ••••

Jack Dempsey Visits Chrysler Exhibit ••••

Bernard Baruch Lauds Flushing Meadow Exposition ••••

500th Performance of Lea Poupees de Paris ••••

Vatican Pavilion Displays Paintings by Congdon ••••

u.s. Youth Council Hosts Visit to Fair ••••

RCA Pavilion Lounge Offers Restful Atmosphere ••••

Ranger 7 Replica at u.s, Space Park ••••

Westinghouse Time Capsules ••••

Georgie Jessel Narrates American-Israel Pavilion Display ••••

Manual for Blind Fair Visitors Issued ••••

Maryknoll Sisters Tour Fair ••••

Los Angeles Dodger Players Visit Fair ••••

Eighteen fvl1llionth Visitor ••••

Christian Science Day ••••

Puerto Rico Nationality Day Folk Festival ••••

Civil Air Patrol Day ••••

UAR Day ••••

FROM: Wm. J. Donoghue Corporation 10 Columbus Circle, N.Y.C.

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SWiSS Day., ••

Vermont Day ••••

Colorado Day ••••

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Equitable Life Assurance Society, •••

Sales Executive Day, •••

Prime Minister of Malayeia at Fair ••• ,

Malagasy Republic President Tours Fair ••• ,

Visit or Thailand Deputy Prime Minister to Fair ••••

AMP Scout Fitness Program Launched,,,,

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World's Fair Food Fact: although the exotic cuisine available

at the New York t~orld's Fair is proving a major attraction, visitors

are not neglecting the good old American standbys, The Braes Rail

organization, operators or 25 refreshment stands and 6 restaurants

at the Flushing ~teadow Pari<: expqstt.1on, has sold more than 8 million

hot doge and hamburgers since tbe Fair opened,

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"Peace Through Understanding," the theme of the New York World's

Fair, was given a noteworthy application when a group or high-ranking

Soviet scientists toured the international exposition as guests or

Fair President Robert t~oses.

The six man official party, including A.I. Churin, Chief Adminis

trator or the Soviet State Committee on Co-ordination or Scientiric

Work, and N. Sinev, Deputy Chairman or the Soviet State Committee on

Atomic Energy, had been touring the u.s., visiting government research

and development installations as part of a u.s.-soviet exchange

program,

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"The realization of a dream", an "astounding sight", and "most

amazing" were some of the comments made by Frank w. Orrell, 47-year

old blind Chattanooga (Tenn,) resident, his 17-year-old crippled son,

Donald, and his wife, Florence, who is afflicted with an eye ailment,

as they toured the New York t'lorld'a Fair recently,

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After a busy day Fairgoing, the handicapped visitors said, "Onl~

exhaustion prevented us from seeing even more." The blind Orrell,

enthusiastic over his impressions of the Fair, said: "You can't help

but feel the spirit or the World's Fair, the sound or musio, the pene

trating smell or food, the bouncing of balloons by children, and the

'pushing' of milling crowds. These things get you immediately."

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An impressive graphic display of the largest hydroelectric

complex in the western world, the Niagara and st. Lawrence Power

Projects, is attracting crowds to the exhibit sponsored by the Power

Authority of the State of New York in the New York State Pavilion at

the New York World's Fair.

The complex, completed during the nine-year tenure or Robert

Moses, now Fair President, as Power Authority Chairman, has an annual

energy output or 26 billion kilowatt hours of low-cost electricity.

More than 650,000 Fair visitors to date have toured the 3,000

square root exhibit. On view are striking photographs, including a

12-by-24 foot illuminated photo mural of Niagara Falls, dioramas and

cutaways. A recording explains how the Power Authority has utilized

water made available by a treaty with Canada to develop and operate

publicly owned power resources ot the Niagara River and the !nter

national Rapids Section of the St. Lawrence River.

The Power Authority of the State of New York is a non-profit

organization created by the legislature to develop the hydroelectric

potential of the Niagara and st. Lawrence Rivers while preserving

their beauty. No state or federal money is used by the Authority.

It has sold more than a billion dollars in revenue bonds to prudent

private investors who are being repaid out of earnings from the sale

of the Authority's low-cost power to industry, municipal, rural co

operatives and to private utilities.

The Authority is composed of five trustees appointed by the

Governor. Heading the group is James A. FitzPatrick, Plattsburgh,

N.Y., Chairman; Theodore Hill, Jr., Jefferson Valley, N.Y., Vice

Chairman; F1nla G. Crawford, Andover, N.Y.; Edmund H. Brown, Lockport,

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N.Y., and Arthur M. Richardson, Rochester, N. Y. Williams. Chapin

is the General Manager and Chief Engineer •

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A 64 year-old physical fitness enthusiast set a new distance

record tor those hardy souls who have thus far cycled to the New York

World's Fair. Willy Wright's record is not likely to be bested. The

Palm Springs~ California man took six weeks to pedal from his home to

Flushing Meadow Park. "I tried to make 100 miles each day, but the

mountains slow a fellow down," said the stalwart bicyclist.

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Jack Dempsey, one of boxing's immortals, visited the Chrysler

Exhibit at the New York World's Fair recently and gave admire~s a

sample or his famous wry wit.

To a query about what had induced him to become a professional

pugilist, the Champ replied, grinning: "I always wanted to own my

own I'estaurant.,"

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Ninety four year-old elder statesman Bernard Baruch toured the

New York World's Fair recently and commented, "I never dreamed I'd

live to see a Fair like this one."

He was accompanied by Fair President Robert Moses and Fgtr Corpo

ration advisor Judge Sam I. Roseman and Mrs. Roseman. Asked by Mr.

Moses if he would return to the Fair, the elder statesman said, "This

was the most interesting evening I've ever had. You couldn't keep me

away."

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"Lea Poupees de Parts," the smash hit puppet show at the vlalter

Krofft Theater in the New York World's Fair Amusement Area, chalked

up its 500th performance recently.

The Sid and Marty Krofft production features 250 French dolls

who sing, dance, swim, ice-skate and entertain in the Ztegfteld

manner. The one hour revue plays five shows a day, with siX on week-

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Ten abstract paintings on a religious theme by William Congdon

have been put on display in the Vatican Pavilion at the New York

World's Fair. Among the \'torks displayed are "The Eucharist," "The

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Congdon, presently residing in Assist, Italy, has paintings

hanging in museums all over the world, including the Whitney Museum

and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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More than 300 youths from some 100 nations, guests of the u.s. Youth Council here to attend the World Assembly or Youth at the

University of Massachusetts, Anmerst, toured the New York World 1s

Fair recently.

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The "Staging Lounge" in the RCA Pavilion at the New York World's

Fair is a wonderful place for a visitor to rest his tired teet and

at the same time be entertained 1n soothing, relaxing fashion.

Classical and popular music is piped through hidden loud speakers

set in the walls high up around the pleasantly draped, air-conditioned

room, which is darkened to just the right degree for TV, and the color

television is shown in this room from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

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A full scale replica of the Ranger 7 spacecraft which photo

graphed the moon's surface was placed on temporary display at the

u.s. Space Park at the New York World's Fair along with tour of the

photos or the moon taken by Ranger 1.

The u.s. Space Park at the Fair is sponsored by the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department ot Defense.

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Future archeologists probing the site or the New York World's

Fair will owe a debt of gratitude to the Westinghouse Electric Corpo•

ration.

The company's Time Capsule Pavilion, located in the international

exposition's Federal and States Area, features three cycloramic

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displays showing many of the contents or a 1938 Time Capsule, a record

ot progress over the past 25 years, and a 5,000-year calendar ofstgnif•

icant historical events.

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The original Capsule is buried at this same

Time Capsule II will be buried there on Oct. 16, 1965. Contents

ot the new capsule will go on display at the pavilion during the Fair•s

1965 season.

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11A Journey Through 4,000 Years ot Jewish History," the audio

visual tour taken by visitors to the American-Israel Pavilion at the

New York World's Fair, has a taped narration by Georgie Jessel,

veteran entertainer.

The taped narration has ten sections, each relating to a different

aspect or Jewish history, from the Biblical era to modern Israel.

Pavilion guides point out displays related to the narrative.

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A pamphlet to guide blind visitors at the New York World's Fair,

titled "A Fingertip Trip Through The Fair," has been published by

Convention Planners, Inc.

The only such aid for the sightless, the new publication presents

an itinerary of exhibits which can be most easily toured -- and

enjoyed -- by the blind. It also lists dining places and entertain

ments.

The idea for the pamphlet originated with Mr. Al Sperber, Presi•

dent of Convention Planners, Inc., who is himself blind.

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Fifty seven l\7aryknoll Sisters from more than a dozen nations

visited the New York World's Fair recently as guests of Mr. and Mrs.

James A. Roe of Queens (N.Y.).

The Sisters, who had gathered from all over the world to attend

a conclave at the Order's establishment in Ossining, N.Y., spent a

day at the Fair that included visits to many foreign pavilions and a

Mass at the Vatican Pavilion. The group was headed by Mother General

Mary Colman. A daughter of Mr. Roe, their host, is a Maryknoll Sister.

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Eight members of the Los Angeles Dodgers spent a day at the New

York World's Fair recently, \'Ially Moon, Darrell Griffith, Mauey Willa,

Jim Brewer, Tommy Davis, Howie Reed, Larry Miller and Joe Moeller saw

the film "Triumph of Man" at the Travelers Insurance Pavilion, The

players lunched at the Millstone Restaurant in the New England States

Exhibition, where they received World's Fair Medallions from Fair

Sports Director William Adams. After lunch, they toured the General

Motors and Denmark Pavilions,

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Two o.I.'s stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, were the lucky 18

millionth visitors to the New York World's Fair.

Priv.ate Michael R. Davis, 64 Pleasant Street, Athol, Mass., and

Private Robert J. Permoda, 443 Schiller Street, Buffalo, N,Y,, were

making their first visit to Flushing Meadow Park when they were greeted

by Fair official Leigh Chamberlain and told that they were to be ac

corded a VIP tour complete with special aide, automobile, and topped

with a three hour luau at the Hawaiian EJmibit.

The occasion proved providential, The servicemen, on a weekend

pass from their base, revealed that they had only six dollars between

them.

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Christian Science Day at the New York World's Fair drew 12,000

people to Singer Bowl. It was one of the largest crowds to attend an

event at the Fair's open-air stadium. They came to hear a one-hour

talk by Herbert E. Rieke of Indianapolis, Indiana, a member of the

Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

Mr, Rieke told his audience that "one of the greatest desires in

the hearts of men is to establish and maintain harmonious relation

ships with others," and said that "the only sure way to peaceful

relationships is through an understanding of man's relationship to God:

After the Singer Bowl ceremony, thousands visited the Christian

Science Pavilion in the International Area. The Pavilion, staffed by

volunteers from all over the world, is a striking structure shaped like

a 7-point star.

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Puerto Rican Nationality Day at the New York t·lorld' s Fair was

characterized by a colorful whirl of island music and dancing. At a

festival in The Pavilion, Puerto Ricans residing in the New York metro

politan area enjoyed a 2-hour evening program featuring popular Joe

Valle and his orchestra, singer Ruth Fernandez, dancers Polly and Jimmy

Rogers of "West Side Story" fame, a native combo headed by Ladi Marinez,

soprano Amalia Duarte, and Puerto Rican actress Miriam Colon.

Miss Magdalia Jordan, San Juan Festival Queen and a student at the

University of Puerto Rico, was introduced to the gathering. The cele

bration marked th~ 12th anniversary of the creation of the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico.

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Civil Air Patrol Day at the New York World's Fair was celebrated

with an official ceremony at the Federal Pavilion in honor of the 17th

Annual International Air Cadet Exchange Program.

One hundred and forty-five young airmen from 22 countries partici

pated in the celebration. At the Federal Pavilion, Fair Executive Vice

President General William E. Potter presented a World's Fair Silver

Medallion·to Colonel ~aul W. Turner of the Civil Air Patrol. Also

present for the occasion were Colonel Jess Strauss, Commander of CAP•s

New York Wing, and Major Dorothy L. Welker of the CAP. Colonel Strauss

_presented CAP New York Wing public service award ceritficates to the

Fair Corporation and the u. s. World's Fair Commission.

FQllowing the presentation ceremony, and luncheon at the Pavilion

or Mexfco1 the 145-.air cadets toured several major Fair pavilions, in ..

eluding the U, s. Space Park.

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United Arab Republic Day at the New York Worldts Fair r~ntly

was th~ occasion for a reception and buffet dinner hosted by the U.A.R.

Consul General in New York, Mr. Mohamed Kamel Ahmed, at the U.A.B.

Pavilion.

Heading the list of 300 dignitaries who attended the affAir: His

Excellency Dr. Mostafa Kamel, Ambassador of the U.A.R. to the U.S.;

His Excellency Mohamed Awad El Kouny, Ambassador to the United Nations

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and head of the U,A.R, Permanent Delegation; His Excellency Ambassador

Amtn Hilmy II, Deputy Permanent Representative of the U.A.R. to the

United Nations.

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The Swiss Pavilion at the New York World's Fair celebrated Swiss

Independence Day by inviting a group of 45 orphans to enjoy some of

the delights the Fair provides for children.

The youngsters, from the Bethlehem-Lutheran Orphanage in Staten

Island, and their counselors participated in Swiss Pavilion flag

raising ceremonies marking the official opening of "Swiss Day 11 at the

Fair, and were provided with balloons, samples of cheese, boxes of

chocolate and all the ice cream they could eat.

Their tour included a visit to the Ford Pavilion, a ride through

Disney's "Small World" in Pepsi Cola's Pavilion, the Swiss Sky Ride,

the porpoise show at the Florida Pavilion and lunch in the African

Pavilion's "Treehouse" restaurant.

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Vermont's 40 year-old Governor Philip H. Hoff, keynoted Vermont

State Day at the New York World's Fair.

After receiving a World's Fair Silver Medallion from Fair President

Robert Moses, the Vermonter donned a pair of five foot skis and exe

euted an intricate "side step" manuever down a 35 foot, 30-degree nylon

carpeted "snow slide" in front of the New England States Exhibit. He

also christened a subway oar "State of Vermont, 11

At the ceremonies marking his state's day at the international

exposition, Governor Hoff called the Fair "a most delightful spectacle

which shows the world of today and tomorrow." He added: "I can't

conceive anybody in this country or abroad who is able to visit the

World's Fair not doing so."

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Colorado State Day at the New York World's Fair was celebrated

with special ceremonies at the Fair's Federal Pavilion where an offi

cial delegation from the Centennial State was greeted by General

William E. Potter, Fair &~ecutive Vice President.

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u. s. Senator Gordon L, Allott headed the delegation that included

19 year-old Kathleen Knight, "f·1ias Colorado" and Chief Justice of the

Colorado Supreme Court Robert H. McWilliams.

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Ceremonies marking the l05th anniversary of the Equitable Life

Assurance Society of the u.s. were celebrated at the Equitable

exhibit at the New York World's Fair,

James F. Oates Jr., chairman of the board, greeted more than 500

leading agents and their families attending the anniversary "Day" held

under a tent adjoining the exhibit, The Choral Group from Equitable's

New York home office entertained the guests. Box lunches, novelty

"skimmer" hats and balloons for the children gave the affair a picnic

atmosphere.

General William E. Potter, Executive Vice President of the World's

Fatr extended birthday greetings and welcomed the group on behalf of

Fair President Robert Moses,

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At a luncheon marking Sales Executive Day at the New York World's

Fair, members of the sales Executive Club of New York paid tribute to

a young lady who has done an outstanding selling Job for the Flushing

Meadow exposition.

Miss Anne McKeon, who is "Miss World's Fair Summer Festival Queen"

and has traveled to nearly every state in the Union on behalf of the

international e:tpoeition, received a "Supersalesman Award" from the

club's president, John Timothy Collins.

After the luncheon at the Top of the Fair restaurant in the Fair's

Port Authority Building, members of the sales organization toured Fair

pavilions,

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The Prime Minister of Malaysia, His Excellency Prince Tunku Abdul

Rahman, visited the New York World's Fair on the occasion of Malaysia

Day at the international exposition.

The Prime Minister's visit was highlighted by a visit to his

nation's colorful pavilion at the Fair and the presentation of a

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World's Fair Gold Medallion by Governor Charles Poletti, the Fair's

vice president for international affairs. There were also receptions

at the Federal Pavilion and the Official Women•s Hospitality Center

in the Purex Penthouse of the Better Living Center. Accompanying him

was His Excellency Dato Ong Yoke Lin, Malaysian Ambassador to the u.s. Dr. Ralph Bunche was among the dignitaries who greeted the Prime

Minister during his Fair visit.

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His Excellency Philibert Tsiranana, President of the Malagasy

Republic, toured the New York World's Fair recently and was presented

with the World's Fair Gold Medallion by Thomas J. Deegan, Jr., chairman

of the Fair's executive committee.

The Malagasy Republic, once the French overseas territory of

Madagascar, is a large island off the African east coast.

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Thailand,

His Excellency General Praphat Charusathian, visited the New York

World's Fair recently.

After a welcome by Fair officials, the Prime Minister toured the

Pavilion of Thailand, the Federal Pavilion, and other major exhibits.

A luncheon was tendered him by the Fair Corporation at the Pavilion

of Malaysia.

In the evening, the Prime Hinister was the guest of honor at a

reception and dinner in the "Nid of Thailand," the restaurant in his

nation•s pavilion.

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The American Machine & Foundry Company launched its $30,000

"Sports That Last A Lifetime" fitness program for Explorer Scouts at


At the AMF Monorail site, the first check for $2,750, raised by

setting aside the eightieth penny from each Monorail fare, was p~e

sented by AMF chairman Carter Burgess to Charles ~1cCabe, member of

the BSA National Executive Board and chairman of the Scout's New York

World's Fair Committee.

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"Sports That Last A Lifetime" medallions will be won bJ Explorers

who equal or surpass standards set in bowling, golf, swimming~ and

physical fitness established jointly by the Boy Scouts ot America and

the AMP Company.

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MUSIC AT THE WORLD'S FAIR


August 3, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 3 --Visitors to the World's Fair

have shown a tremendous response to the free public dance programs

presented regularly by the nation's leading maestros on the Flushing

Meadow Fairgrounds.

Music tempos to suit every mood are offered by famous orchestras

in the "dance under the stars 11 presentations, with Guy Lombardo and

his Royal Canadians playing six nights weekly, Tuesday through Sunday,

at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion.

The Singer Bowl has also been a popular stomping place for the

world's most popular jazz stars and will also become a ballroom for

"sw1ngers 11 for the first time on Aug. 5, with the public invited to

dance to the music of Duke Ellington and his 15-man orchestra.

The dance sessions will follow a jazz festival starring Ellington

and Dave Brubeck and his popular quartet.

The Singer Bowl will echo to the rhythm of a "new beat" on Friday,

Aug. 7, when it becomes the scene of a Jamaica "ska 11 party featuring

the songs and music of several pop artists and groups.

The music trend changes on r~onday, Aug. 18_, at the Singer Bowl,

when Grand opera will be presented for the first time. Students of

the music school of Indiana University will stage the first of two

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More than 400 people have been literally hopping at the Carousel

Park in the Lake Amusement Area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights

from 1 to 9 P.M., to the strains of the Crestmen, a popular 5-piece

recording combo. The combo plays everything from rock 'n' roll to

fox trots. The combo started playing there on July 19 and has had the

park "jumping" at the sessions held three nights a week.

Dixieland Jazz will be a new feature of the park starting Sunday,

August 2. A jazz combo will entertain the patrons ot the park every

Sunday afternoon.

"Fair Is Fair", composed by Richard Rodgers, is the theme song

tor the World's Fair, but the music of every nation is in evidence for

touring visitors in the various pavilions.

One of the most popular musical features of the exposition is the

Cities Service World's Fair Band of America, which travels throughout

the grounds in its unique bandwagon, playing as it rolls and providing

at least six concerts daily.

conducted by the renowned bandmaster, Paul Lavalle, the 50-piece

band plays anything from jazz to the classics, from the twist to

stirring marches.

Fraternal organizations, colleges and high schools have all con

tributed to the daily presentation of music at the Fair, along with

ethnic groups and foreign exhibitors expressing their cultural

heritage through music.

Every musical phase is represented, including the barbershop

quartet. From Monday, August 31, through Friday, September 4, the

Mid-Atlantic District Association of the Society for the Preservation

and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America will have

two male choruses entertaining at the Fair each evening.

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August 3, 1964

WORLD 1S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

NEW YORK WORLD 1S FAIR, Aug. 4 -- There will be highlights on the

Pair's program of daily events for Wednesday that will be a treat to

the eyes, ears, dancing feet and for camera buffs. At 10 A.M. twenty

five foreign beauty queens, contestants 1n the International Beauty

Pageant at Long Beach, Calif., will begin their day at the Fair. From

8 to 9:30 P.M., there will be a free concert followed by an hour of

free dancing at the Singer Bowl. The concert will feature the music

of the Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington bands.

Although the music of Duke Ellington has been an American (and

world-wide) institution for decades, Ellington's greatest renown is as

a composer. Almost 20 years ago in one of Ripley's "Believe It Or Not"

cartoons, it was stated that it would take 2-l/2 days of steady play

ing, without repeating, to play all of Duke's compositions. In view

of the great flow of the proverbial water under the bridge and composi

tions from the talented Ellington pen, Duke was recently asked to up

date this estimate. His reply was, "we don't count them --we just

compose them". Although his popular compositions like "Solitude", 111A'

Train 1111

11Black and Tan Fantasy", "Mood Indigo", "Caravans"~~ etc. are

well known, he has also composed the words and music (as well as doing

the choreography, producing and directing) for the Stratford

Shakespearean production of 11Timon of Athens". He also did the score


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f'ol' the National Theater's production of' the Turcaret classic, "Lesage".

In addition he has composed the scores for such movies as "Anatomy of'

a Murder" and "Paris Blues". He has written the scores for operettas,

musical comedies and plays including his own productions of "Beggars'

Holiday" and "My People". He and his band have done command perform

ances on many occasions before the rulers of' many countries.

Brubeck, one of the leading exponents of' modern jazz, recently

played at the White House at President Lyndon B. Johnson's request on

the occasion of a visit by King Hussein or Jordan (just prior to his

visit to the world's Fair). He and his group have toured the Middle

East for the State Department and he also has the distinction or having

appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. He has made many appearances

with symphony orchestras blending the idiom of modern jazz with that

of' classical music.

Fa1rgoers can do a double "take" -- "Take Five" and "Take the 1A'

Train" -- on Wednesday night. Brubeck and Ellington respectively are

sure to render these standards during their dual concert. Brubeck and

his group will play from 8 to 9 P.M.; Ellington will play in concert

from 9 to 9:30 P.M., and for dancing from 9:30 to 10:30 P.M.

The 25 foreign contestants in the International Beauty Pageant

will spend the morning touring pavilions near the Cla1rol Color

Carousel, cutting a color video tape at the RCA Pavilion at 11 A.M.

and having a 12:30 luncheon at the Belgium Village. They will tour

the Fair during the afternoon and depart via helicopter at 5 P.M. for

Kennedy Airport.

Suffolk County, N. Y. Day will be celebrated at the New York State

Pavilion beginning at 11 A.M. with the St. James, N. Y., Royalaires

Drum and Bugle Corps, repeating at 2:30 P.M. At 11:30 A.M. and 3:30

P.M., the Avolese Accordion Band of' Commack, N. Y., will entertain.

At Noon and 4 P.M., the Junior Wing No. 101, Vasa Order of America,

Swedish Folk Dancers of Greenlawn, N. Y., will dance. The Hi Fi 1s

from Kings Park, N. Y., will play from 12:30 to 5:30 P.M. At 1 P.M,

and again at 5 P.M., the Blue Wanderers Drum and Bugle Corps from

Blue Point, N. Y., will perform. The Vibrations of Huntington, N. Y.,

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play at 2 and 6:30 P.M., The Mighty Gospel Keys of Southampton, N. Y.,

entertain at 3 and 1 P.M., and at 4:30 and 7:30 P.M., the Beverly Hill

School Vocal Group from South Huntington, N. Y,, sings. From 8 P.M.

until the 10 P.M. closing the Long Island Square Dancers Federation

entertains.

At the New England States Exhibition at 1:30 and again at 3:30

P.M., the Milford, Conn., Youth Band Concert will be held.

The Rotary Club luncheon and meeting will be hosted, beginning

at Noon, by the Derby-Shelton, Conn., 798 and the Guilford, Conn., 798

Rotary Clubs at the Texas Pavilions Restaurant.

Charles Coiner, Midtown Galleries artist and pioneer in commis

sioning fine art for advertising purposes, will be guest lecturer in

the Decorating Theatre in the Pavilion of American Interiors on

Wednesday, August 5, at 2:30 P.Mo Mr. Coiner will discuss "Nature

and Art in Your Home". He will demonstrate his painting techniques

and portray the artist at work.

"Dialogues in Depth 11 , a program from the Hall of Education, will

feature an interview with Hy Gardner, noted columnist and television

personality, at 7 P.M. "Dialogue in Depth" interviews are released

over Channel 31. The Fireworks and Fountain display at the Fountain of the Planets

begins at 9 P.M. with the "Patriotic Show 11•

There will be music for listening at 7:15 P.M. when Paul Lavalle

conducts the Band or America at the Court of the Universe, Pool of

Industry. Free music for dancing will be presented by Guy Lombardo

and his Royal Canadians from 9:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. at the Tiparillo

Band Pavilion.

An "Employees' Party" featuring danoing at the Rathskeller in the

Belgium Village will be open to all Fair employees and their guests at

a fee of $1. These parties will be held each Wednesday from 10 P,M.

to the Fair 1s closing.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 4 -- The 20th million person passed

through the World's Fair Main Gate No. 1 (Gotham Plaza), this afternoon

at exactly 3:25 P.M.

Robert (Bob) H. Brown, his wife, Betty, and their four children,

from Bedford, Indiana, "couldn't believe our good fortune" when

informed by William Berns, Vice President or Communications and Public

Relations at the Fair, that they had "just won more than $2,000 in

assorted gifts 11•

"Gee", "Wow", were the comments made when the gifts "earned" were

described to him. From the Belgium Village came a Val St. Lambert

crystal vase valued at $1,000; from Delta Airlines a set of Hartman

luggage costing more than $100; from the Lebanon Pavilion, a mosaic

box of cedar of Lebanon wood inlaid in ivory and mother of pearl, a

ladies leather handbag, hand-printed in 22 carat gold, a handmade

Buffalo knife and a Lebanon doll dressed in folk costume.

Also: cameras to the individual family members from the Kodak

Pavilion; gold earrings and cuff links to each of them, in addition to

a vegetable blender valued at $70, from the Transportation and Travel

Pavilion, World of Ancient Gold; a dinner at the Festival of Gas as

guests of Restaurant Associates; cocktails, etc., at the Glass Tower

Restaurant of the Pavilion of American Interiors, where they viewed

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tickets to "Around the World in 80 Days" at Jones Beach1 and a Goodyear

Blimp ride above New York City.

Accompanying Bob and his wtre were two daughters 1 two-year-old

Lisa and 14-year-old Marilyn1 and sons, 6-year-old Rhett and 9-year-old

Reese. Bob ts Assistant Vice President or the Stone City National Bank.

The Browns arrived in New York City yesterday (Monday) and had planned

to spend the "rest or the week at the World's Fair".

They came to the Fair for two reasons 1 said Mr. Brown, the good

things they heard about in the Mid-West 1 and because it marks "the 30th

anniversary of the last World's Fair we saw. That was in Chicago in

1934".

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WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug, 4 -- Special Days at the Fair on

Thursday will include: American Accordionists' Association Day; the

fifth day of American Field Service week; National 4th Infantry (Ivy)

Division Association Day; State Chief Justices' Day; Women's Law Day;

Yates County Day and Metuchen Day.

The American Accordionists' Association will hold an "Accordion

Festival" made up of programs embracing three separate types of music

at the World's Fair Pavilion. At 10 A.M. there will be intermediate

band competition, at 12:30 P.M. jazz competition and at 1:30 P.M.

orchestra competition. In addition to these competitions, there will

be a concert by the Conservatory Accordion Orchestra from 11 to 11:30

A.M. at the base of the Swiss Sky Ride near the Federal Pavilion.

Metuchen Day ceremonies at the New Jersey Tercentenary Pavilion

from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 P.M., will include remarks by Mayor Robert

Flanagan of Metuchen; the crowning of 17-year-old Marie Toth as

"Metuchen Queen"; entertainment by the Metuchen Summer Music School

Band and Orchestra; the Metuchen H.s. Footlightera; Sharon's Range

rettes, Mid-Atlantic Baton and Drill Team Champions; the Ultra-Sonics,

a jazz quartet; the Casuals, a vocal quartet; the Sentimentalists, a

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The New York State Pavilion will be celebrating Yates County Day

with a full program of entertainment in its Special Events Avea. Among

the groups participating will be The Varitones, a 50-member vocal and

instrumental group from Penn Yan Academy in Yates County, performing at

12:15, 3:30 and 7:30 P.M.

Other New York State talent performing throughout the day will be

Roy and Mick,folk singers from Carle Place, at 12:45, 2:45 and 6:45P.M.;

the George Connelly Dancers with the Vonels, a rock 'n' roll group from

Richmond Hill at 1:30 and 4 P.M.; Miss Terry Krupicka 1 1963 New York

State Junior Twirling Champion, with the Tremolos, an instrumental group

from Flushing at 5:45 and 8 P.M. and the 4th Dimensions from Whitestone

at 9 P,M.

There will be four programs saluting the u. s. Air Force. At the

Court of the Universe, the McGuire Air Force Band, the USAF Drill Team

and the USAF Pipe Band will perform at 11:30 A~M. At 1:30 P.M. at the

Court of the Universe, the Stewart Air Force Band along with the USAF

Drill Team and Pipe Band will perform. At 3:30 and 5:30 P.M. the u. s. Air Force Pipe Band in Billy Mitchell Tartan Kilts (chosen in honor of

Billy Mitchell) will play for the u. s. Honor Guard and Drill Team at

the Federal Pavilion.

At noon the Rotary Club luncheon and meeting at the Texas Pavilions

Restaurant will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Roxbury, N. J., 747, and

co-hosted by the Rotary Club of Netcong-Stanhope, N. J,, 747.

At 1:30 and 3:30 P.M. the historical Mattatuck Fife and Drum Corps,

of Waterbury, Conn., will march and present a concert, They Will be

dressed in authentic colonial costumes.

At 2 P,M. the St. Fidelia Majestic Knights will perform at the

New York City Building and the Hedgesville, w. va. H~S, Band will be

performing at the Federal Pavilion at the same time.

The Children's Community Chorus of Tonawanda, N. Y, 1 will perform

at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion at 2:30 P.M.

The National Beauty Culturists League will hold a tea from 3 to

5 P.M. at the Official Women's Hospitality Center in the Purex Pent

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The Dynamic Maturity Pavilion will hold their monthly drawing tor

a tree 50·day tour of Europe at 3:30 P.M. The drawing will be made by

the July winners, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hagmann of west Orange1 N. J.

This contest is open to persons 55 years old or over who are members of

the American Association of Retired Persons or of the National Retired

Teachers Association. Membership for both these organizations can be

obtained at the Dynamic Maturity Pavilion.

The "Great Masters" show will be presented at the Fountain of

Planets at the Court of the Universe at 9 P.M., right after the Band of

America, conducted by Paul Lavalle, concludes its 7:15 to 8:40 P,M. tree

twilight concert.

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians will provide music tor free

public dancing from 9:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M.

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August 5, 1964

~~YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 5 -- A Festival of Accordion Music -

spanning a 12-hour period and featuring more than 500 artists of the

accordion -~will be presented in the Singer Bowl at the World's Fair,

Friday, August 7.

Among the stars of the unusual music marathon will be the

Harmonicats and the popular jazz group, the Art Van Damm Trio.

Co-stars will be "Skeets" Langley, world 1 s champion aocordionis t;

Charles Magnante, accordion star of radio, television, and the stage,

and Beverly Roberts, female accordion champion of the United States.

The accordion extravaganza will begin at 10 A.M. and run until

10 P.M., with no admission charge for visitors to the Fair.

It will follow a day-long competition on Thursday in which 2,700

young accordionists from throughout the United States will seek

national solo and ensemble championships at the World's Fair Pavilion

and at the Hotel Commodore in Manhattan.

The aeries of events is sponsored by the American Accordionists'

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August 5, 1964

WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR# Aug. 5 -- Friday at the Fair has been

designated Arizona-Sonora Recognition Day; the second day of the Women's

Track and Field Olympic Trials at Downing Stadium; the second American

Accordionists• Association Day; the final day of American Field Service

Week; Galaxies Day at the N. J. Tercentenary Pavilion; Musto Pot-Pourri

(sic) Day at the N. Y. State Pavilion# and Salute to the u. s. Air Force

Day.

Arizona-Sonora Recognition Day is part of a mutual cultural and

trade relations program between the State of Sonora, Mexico and Arizona.

The aim of the program is to develop knowledge about products needed

and products produced by these two states in order to stimulate

reciprocal trading and eventually a Common Market between them.

The Governor of Arizona, the Hon. Paul Fannin, and the Governor of

Sonora, the Hon. Luis Encinas, will head a delegation of 250 (125 from

Arizona, 125 from Sonora) to the Fair. After being greeted at the New

Amsterdam Gate (No. 2) at 10:45 A.M. by Fair officials# the party will

participate in Arizona-Sonora Recognition Day Ceremonies at the Mexican

Pavilion starting at 11 A.M. Following this ceremony# the party will

attend a reception and luncheon at the Terrace Club at 12:15 P.M. and

tour the Fairgrounds afterward. The day's program at the Fair will

conclude with a 6:15 P.M. luau at the Restaurant of the Five Volcanoes

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After a full program or accordion competition, the second consecu

tive American Accordionists• Association Day will be climaxed with a

three-hour "Accordion Cavalcade" which will be highlighted by a concert

by a 500-piece accordion band in Singer Bowl beginning at 7 P.M. During

the day the Association will stage an "Accordion Festival" which will

include Senior Band Competition from 10 A.M. to Noon, and Band Competi

tion at the World's Fair Pavilion from 1:30 to 3:30P.M. The "Cavalcade"

at night, will feature Jerry Murad 1 s Harmonicats in addition to the 500-

piece accordion band at the Singer Bowl.

The Salute to the United States Air Force Day Program will be

divided between the Federal Pavilion and the Court of the Universe. A

program by the Stewart Air Force Base Band and performances by the

USAF Drill Team and the USAF Pipe Band will be given at 11 A,M. and

3 P.M. at the Court or the Universe and a performance by the McGuire

Air Force Base Band and the USAF Drill Team will be given there at

1:30 P.M. The program at the Federal Pavilion will feature the Air

Force Band and the Singing Sergeants at 2 and 4 P.M. and the United

States Air Force Pipe Band in Mitchell Tartan Kilts, and the u. s. Honor Guard and Drill Team performing at 3:30 and 5:30 P.M. The day's

program will be highlighted by a joint concert featuring the Stewart

and McGuire Air Force Base Bands at 5 P.M. at the Court of the Universe.

The New Jersey Tercentenary Pavilion will celebrate Galaxies Day.

The Galaxies, a rock •n• roll quartet from Trenton, N. Jo, will perform

from 1 to 2 P,M. The program will feature Art Sheedy as M.c., and

organ interlude music by Bolton Holmes. The program will be color

video taped at 7 P.M. at the RCA Pavilion.

Music Pot-Pourri Day at the New York State Pavilion will feature

programs by The Constellations, a rock •n• roll group from Flushing;

The Trolls, a male quartet combo from Hastings-on-Hudson; The Del-Tones,

an instrumental and vocal rock 'n' roll group from the Bronx; The

Inspirations, a rock 1n' roll combo from Laurelton; The Problems, an

instrumental combo from Maspeth; Frank Abel and the Vanguards, a jazz

and dance band from Roosevelt, and The Collegians, an instrumental

group from Maspeth.

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August 5~ 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR~ Aug. 5 -- They say that figures never lie.

That's why authorities at the Wisconsin Pavilion at the New York World's

Fair are proclaiming far and wide the huge success of their exhibit.

Wisconsin apparently has come up with a formula that ts responsible

tor the popularity of its attractions, according to General William E.

Potter, Executive Vice President of the World's Fair. "They provide

Fairgoers with good food at low prices, wholesome entertainment, a

trout fishing pool, and even a children's theatre, among other things,"

he says.

Wisconsin's participation is geared to the old adage, 'You find a

need and fill it.' That's exactly what they've done, added the Fair

official, who is in charge of state exhibits.

"Since opening day, we've had more than 4~million visitors, have

sold more than 1-million steaks in our Tad's Restaurant, and experienced

difficulty accommodating the throngs trying to get into our old

fashioned Beer Garden," says pavilion president Charles (Chuck) Saunders

of Green Bay, Wis.

One of the last to sign for space at the Fair, six months before

opening date, the Wisconsin Pavilion is one of the top attractions, It

features an outdoor theme and displays the state's principal assets,

from fishing to beer and logging to cheese.

In its 59,336 square feet of space, the Pavilion has a complex of

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"Cartoon Give Aways" will stage the Comics Council, Inc.'s Friday

program at the Better Living Center's Beech-Nut Theatre at 6 P.M.

There will be a color video taping of the program at the RCA Pavilion

at 1 P.M. This week's program will feature the following famous

cartoonists drawing their cartoons: Walt Kelly, "Pogo"; Frank Roberge,

"Mr. Fitts Flatts",; Greig Flessel, "David Crane", and Mike Berry, King

Features Syndicate gag cartoonist.

Joe E. Ross of the TV show "Car 54, Where A1~e You?", will be host

at the Cavalcade of Cars Exhibit at the Travel and Transportation

Pavilion from l to 10 P.M.

The New England States Exhibition will stage a program that will

include the 4-H Clubs Band of Mass. in concert; Portuguese folk dancing;

a fashion show, and a pageant contrasting colonial and present-day

living, The Schaefer Sports Host, Joey Archer, outstanding middleweight

boxer6

Will be at the Schaefer Center from Noon to 3 P,M, and from 5

to 7 P.M. In addition, he will cut a color video tape at the RCA

Pavilion at 11 A.M.

The Missouri Pavilion will present the Wohl Steperettes Drill

Team of St, Louis, Mo,, at 2:30 P.M. The Dunbar, w. Va. High School

Band will play at the Federal Pavilion at 6 P.Me and the St. Paul the

Apostle Girl's Drum Corps of New York City will play at the Tiparillo

Band Pavilion at 7 P.M.

Music for listening: the Band of America conducted by Paul Lavalle

from 7:15 to 8:40 P.M. at the Fountain of the Planets, Court of the

Universe just prior to the evening's mechanical fountain, lights and

fireworks display, featuring the "Broadway" show, at 9 P.M.

Music for dancing: Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians playing

"The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven" nightly, except Monday, for

free public dancing at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion from 9:30 P.M. to

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Tad's Restaurant, decorated in a "Gay 90's" motif ts one of the

principal draws. It features steaks (imported from Wisconsin), flame

grilled to individual taste, with a salad, baked potato and garlic

toasted roll, for only $1.19. The lines are long but the wait is never

more than fifteen minutes, according to Saunders.

Wisconsin's famous brewing industry is represented to the Fairgoer

1n an old-fashioned Beer Garden with sawdust floor, chilled steins and

banjo music. Manned entirely by college boys and girls, the Beer

Garden is probably the liveliest place at the Fair, drawing heavily

from the young element, particularly the collegians.

Here you can get a beef or ham dinner for $1.95. No food is sold

after 8 P.M., only beer. With the Red Garter Banjo Band furnishing the

exciting music, the Fairgoer gets into the mood instantly, and the hand

clapping and stomping goes on until 2 A.M. There's no dancing. As a

Dartmouth student said, "This is an inexpensive way of being together

in an atmosphere we enjoy so much, 11

Another attraction is the Exhibit Pavilion, a rectangular building

that features displays of outstanding manufactured products imagina

tively displayed with Wisconsin's vast recreational, agricultural and

industrial facilities. Here you can buy cheese, pizza, milk shakes,

waffles, ice cream, fudge and many other items using Wisconsin-only

material and products. The Children's Theatre, showing, through

cartoons, the manufacturing of hot dogs, sausages and other meat

products made by Oscar Mayer is always jammed with youngsters.

There are terraces for outdoor dining near a reflecting pool,

where fly-casting for choice trout, eight to fourteen inches, is

offered. For 75 cents, the angler gets rod and reel and a baited hook

and is given fifteen minutes to lure any of the Wisconsin trout, whioh

is then fried for him. A tagged fish nets the lucky angler a handsome

prize. The pool is stocked with more than 350 fish.

Another highlight of the Wisconsin exhibit is the world's largest

cheese, a 17~-ton Cheddar, made near Denmark, Wis., to exemplify the

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341 591 pounds. The little shops, such as the "Indian Trading Post", the

"Cheese Shack", the "Sugar House", the "Souvenir Store", are busy sell

ing Wisconsin items.

There•s also the Wisconsin Rotunda, an impressive glass tepee

shaped building symbolizing the state's Indian loreo This uniquely

designed building, 48 feet in diam~ter, 46 feet high and topped by a

spire lettered "Wisconsin," soars 80 feet above the ground. It contains

the official state exhibit and features Wisconsin's recreational, agri

cultural and industrial facilities.

What makes the Wisconsin Pavilion's success more noteworthy is the

raot that it is financed entirely by private enterprise. Even though

the contract was signed less than 6 months before the Fair's opening,

the investors were able to accomplish all of this without any state

appropriation for the construction, operation, maintenance and demoli

tion of the building at the end of the 1965 Fair season. According to

President Saunders, the investment is $1,200,000.

In the words of Saunders, who has been participating in county and

state fairs, including one in Hawaii and the World's Fair in Seattle,

for fifteen years, "You'll never see another fair like that in New York.

For $2.00 you're getting a $20 bill's worth! You get your biggest

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who played for their boat passage from the Netherlands to see the

New York World's Fair, will display their talents this weekend

(Saturday and Sunday, August 8-9) at the New York World's Fair.

The seven piece combo, all university students who learned their

jazz in the Netherlands -- where jazz is the present crave, will

entertain at the Seven-Up Pavilion from 11 A,M. to Noon and in the

afternoon from 4 to 5 P,M, they will play at the T1par1llo Band

Pavilion,

The home of Dixieland Jazz, Bourbon Street, has invited the group

to play there Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, August 9, 10, and 11, from

2 to 3 P.M.

The combo includes three law students, two graduate medical

students, an architectural student and a mathematics major. They

arrived in New York aboard a Holland-America Line boat July 22 and

have been staying at the Sloan House YMCA in New York City where they

have given several concerts.

Attending different universities in Holland, they were brought

together through their mutual interest in jazz and after their school

semesters were over, decided this would be a good way to see the Fair.

Included in the group are: Hein Pentinga, 23, clarinet; Klaus

Pentinga, 19, trombone; Rtnus Kooyman, 21, trumpet; Louk van Kesel,

banjo; Bert Fleers, drums; Frans Wytema, bass, and Karel van Lelybed,

piano. They are managed by Jan Belman.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 6 -- Monday, August 10, Will be

Sir Llancelot Day at the New York world's Fair~ commemorating the

visit of Sir Llancelot, a rare pure white Peruvian llama, the

symbol or prosperity in South America. The golden cheeked animal

Will be the guest or the directors of the three million dollar

World of Ancient Gold Exhibit in the Travel and Transportation

Building.

Sir Llancelot will arrive at the World of Ancient Gold at

10:30 A,M. when a group of lovely dancers from the Centralamerica

Panama Pavilion will welcome him. He will then tour the Fair in

a white Cadillac convertible until 2 P.M. when he will return to

the World of Ancient Gold.

The exhibit features a pure gold pre-Columbian priceless

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WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 10

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 7 -- The long list of Special Days

at the Fair on Monday includes: Florida State Day (the second day of

Florida Week); Hunterdon County Agz•icul tural and Pemberton Rotary Day

(at theN. J. Tercentenary Pavilion); the first day of Inventions Week;

Kansas City Education Association Day; Play Schools Day; Rohm & Haas

Employees Recreation Association Day; Wichita City Teachers Associa

tion Day; YM-YWHA Youth Day and Long Beach-Atlantic Beach-Point Lookout

Day (at the New York State Pavilion). In addition, it will be a day

when children under 12, accompanied by an adult, will be admitted to

the Fair for just 25 cents!

At 6:45 P.M., Lowell Thomas, world-famous commentator, traveller

and author, will host world's Fair President Robert Moses on his

nationwide broadcast originating from the Hall of Free Enterprise,

which is the American Economic Foundation's Pavilion at the World's

Fair.

Florida Day ceremonies will be highlighted by the visit of

Governor Farris Bryant. He will arrive at 10 A.M. at the Meadow Lake

Gate (No. 5) where he will be greeted by Fair officials. At 11:45 A.M.

he will be presented the Fair silver medallion by Gen. w. E. Potter,

Fair Executive Vice President at the Porpoise Stadium in the Florida

Pavilion in the Lake Amusement Area. At 12:30 P.M. the Pakistan

Pavilion singers and dancers will perform in the Exhibition Hall ot

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the Florida Pavilion, and at 1:30 and 7:30 P.M., the Hialeah H.S. Band

will play at the Porpoise Stadium.

As a feature of Sir Llancelot Lay at the Fair, a Peruvian llama

named Sir Llancelot will arrive at the world of Ancient Gold Exhibit

in the Travel and Transportation Pavilion at 10:30 A.M. Later, he will

tour the Fairgrounds. At 1:30 P,M. there will be a color video taping

of Sir Llancelot at the RCA Exhibit,

At 11 A,M. the New York Jets football team will arrive at New

Amsterdam Gate (No. 2) to tour the Fairgrounds. Each player will be

presented with a world's Fair medallion at a luncheon at New England

States Exhibition, Millstone Restaurant at 12:30 P.M.

The YM-YWHA Youth Day program will feature a program of music and

dancing by day campers from among the 2,300 youngsters visiting the

Fair. The Hunterdon county Agricultural and Pemberton Rotary Day

program at the N. J. Tercentenary Pavilion will include concerts by

the Hunterdon County Symphony Band at 2, 5 and 7 P.M.; a public address

by Mr. Ralph Miller in which he will outline the operations of the

Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders (other members: William

Ammerman, president, and Chester Errico), and music by the Drifters

or Pemberton at 3, 6 and 8 P.M.

Long Beach-Atlantic Beach-Point Lookout Day at the New York State

Pavilion will be celebrated with a day-long program by talented groups

from New York State,

At 1:30 and 3:30 P.~1. at the New England States Exhibition, the

Granite State Graniteers of Rochester-Dover, N. H,, a drum and bugle

corps, will execute precision drill formations with lively marching

songs.

The Baptist Youth Choir of Louisville, Ky. will perform at the

Federal Pavilion at 2 P,M. At that same time, the St. Camillus Drum

Corps will perform at the New York City Pavilion.

The evening proeram at the Fair will include a band concert by

the Band of America conducted by Paul Lavalle at the Fountain of the

Planets, Court of the Universe from 7:15 to 8:40 P.M. followed by the

rountain-t1reworks-mue1c display I "Broadway" at 9 p.M.

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August 7, 1964

WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 7 -- Sunday will be Conference of

American Armies Day and the first day of Florida week at the Fair.

It will also be Milwaukee Bar Association Day; Oregon State Bar

Association Day; and, Chenango county Day at the New York state

Pavilion. Highlight of the day will be the visit of the delegates to the

conference of American Armies to the Fair. Sixteen central and South

American countries will be represented in the delegation which in

cludes Commanders tn Chief of Armies, Ministers of Defense, Army

Chiefs of Staff and Commanding Generals, They will arrive at the New

Amsterdam Gate (No. 2) at 10:30 A,II1, and will be welcomed by Dr.

Roberto G. deMendoza and Miss Selma Herbert, Fair Assistant Chiefs of

Protocol. They will visit the Federal Pavilion, the Venezuelan

Pavilion, the Centralamertca-Panama Pavilion, the Caribbean Pavilion,

General Electric "Progressland" Exhibit, the Women's HospitalitY

Center in the Purex Penthouse of the Better Living Center for lunch,

the Vatican City Pavilion, the Pepsi-Cola Exhibit, the General Motors

Futurama II Exhibit, the u. s. Space Park and the Pavilion of Spain,

At 4 P.M., the American Square Dance Association will present a

program at the Federal Pavilion, About 800 square dancers from all

over the u. s. will perform, with members of the Long Island Square

Dancers Association as callers.

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A Sunday morning worship service sponsored by the Protestant

Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will be held at the Protestant and

Orthodox Center. Rev. John Malcolm Haight, Rector of Grace Episcopal

Church of Massapequa, will deliver the sermon. The Men 1s and Boys'

Choir of Grace Episcopal Church of Jamaica will sing.

The Chenango County Day program at the New York State Pavilion

will begin at 10:30 A.M. with a program of band music by the Chenango

All County Band, with members from Norwich High School, Oxford Central

School, Bainbridge-Guilford Central School and Sherburne Central

School. Appearing throughout the day will be such groups as the

Chenango Choristers, a religious and spiritual folk-singing group from

'xford; the cavaliers, a rock 1 n1 roll group from New Hyde Park; the

T-Birds, a rock •n• roll vocal and instrumental group from Merrick;

the Highlighters; the Torquays and the TWilighters, singing Beatle

songs. From 5:30 to 10:30 P.M. a musical program, titled "Voices of

Youth", will be presented,

The Tiparillo Band Pavilion will present the Bartlett H. s. Band

of Webster, Mass. at 2:30 P.M.; the Dutch Student Jazz Band Concert at

4 P.M., and the Columbia u. Band, Teachers' College Concert Choir at

7 P.M. The Dutch Student Band is a seven-piece Dixieland-style jazz

combo, which played for its boat passage from Holland to the World•s

Fair. The combo includes th~ee law students, two graduate medical

students, an architectural student and a mathematics major. In addi

tion to the concert at the Ttparillo Band Pavilion, they will play at

the Seven-Up Pavilion from 11 A.M. to Noon and at Bourbon Street from

2 to 3 P.M.

Bibletown, u.s.A. will present its weekly program at the Federal

Pavilion at 2:30 P.M. The program will be color video taped at the

RCA Pavilion at 6 P.M.

Paul Lavalle will conduct the Band of America in its twilight

concert at the Fountain of the Planets, Court of the Universe from

7:15 to 8:40P.M. just prior to the nightly Fountain Show ( 11 Fam111.ar

Melodies" this Sunday night) at 9 P.M.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug, 7 --"Happy Birthday," will echo

throughout the Montana Pavilion at the New York World's Fair on Tuesday, I

(August 11), at 11:30 A.M., when fifty underprivileged youngsters, aged

8 through 13, from the Boys' Club of New York will be honored guests at

the seventh birthday party for Sally, Treasure State Hereford, who gave

birth last June 23 to the bull calf, Golden Nugget, at the Fair.

Prior to the activities at the Fair, the East Side children, led

by Col. Paul Akst (USAF), Director of the New York City Selective

Service and an alumnus of the BC, will present a lifetime honorary

membership card and a Boys• Club sports uniform to Fair President

Robert Moses in the Administration Building at 10:15 A.M.

"Mr. Moses has long dedicated his career to the betterment of l'·

youth and we, as East Siders, are enjoying the harvest of his bene

ficial efforts," says Boys' Club Director George Gomes. Mr. Gomes will

be joined by several trustees of the Boys' Club, including DWight (Pete)

Davis, son of the founder and donor of the Davis Cup for international

tennis, in their day at the Fair for the underprivileged children.

Following the presentation to Mr. Moses, the boys will be greeted

at Gate No. 2 at 10:30 A.r.1., by real Montana cowboys and "Miss Montana

Centennial", 21-year-old Bonnie Jo Robbins.

They will then parade to the RCA Pavilion to appear on color tele-

vision over the world's Fair closed-circuit network. Golden Nugget,

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representing his celebrated mother1 Golden Heiress II (Sally's regis

tered name), and Beauregard1 the one-month old "son" of Elsie of

Borden's tame, will also parade. On behalf of his mother Elsie,

Beauregard will present an Alfafa Birthday cake to Sally and a 60-pound

birthday cake tor the East Siders.

At the "Happy Birthday Party" at the Montana Pavilion, the boys

will present a huge replica of an honorary membership card to Sally.

Cowboy Howard Turney will turn over the Montana Bar-B-Q corral to the

youngsters tor a feast of hamburgers, roast beef, french fries, root

beer and chocolate milk.

Following their vtsit at the "Museum of the West" and the Montana

Centennial Train, the party will tour the grounds with stops at Illinois,

Wisconsin, Sinclair's Dinoland and Avis Antique cars.

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August 10, 1964

WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 10 -- A Jamaica Ska Party will be

held in the Fair's Singer Bowl on Wednesday from 6 to 10 P.M. It will

also be the 4th day of Florida week; the third day of Inventions Week;

the second day of Essex County week (at the N. J. Tercentenary

Pavilion); Thailand Day; Podiatry Day (at the Hall of Education);

Comedy Day (at the N. Y. State Pavilion) and Connecticut Polish Day

(at the New England States Exhibition).

The Jamaica Ska Party in Singer Bowl, another in the series of

top attractions being presented free to Fairgoers, will feature the

introduction of the "Ska", a sensational new dance craze, by the

Jamaicans (BWI) who created it. Starred on the show will be Millie

Small, whose Ska-beat recording of "My Boy Lollipop" has been a best

selling record for the past 14 weeks. Included on the program Will

be Byron Lee and his 12-piece Jamaica Ska Band; Jimmy Cliff, a popular

vocalist; the Blues Busters, and several talented dancers who will be

flown to the Fair from Kingston, Jamaica, especially for the concert.

Thailand Day will be celebrated at the Thailand Pavilion with a

6 to 8 P.M. invitational reception hosted by Deputy Commissioner

General Sangar Sukhabut. From 6:15 to 6:45 P.M. in front of the

Thailand Pavilion, classic Thai dances will be performed by girls in

traditional costumes. These girls are daughters of Thai diplomats

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Comedy Day at the New York State Pavilion will be a day-long

aeries of chuckles, giggles and guffaws, as a continuous program of

humorous entertainment including the joke-telling and mimicry champion~

ships will be staged. The laughs will begin at Noon with an outline

of the program by Frank Lee Wilde, resident satirist, and George Q.

Lewis, Executive Director of the Humor Societies of America. Thro·ugh

out the day, humor will be heard from comedians representing various

forms of comedy. The Raconteurs, joke-telling championship partici

pants; The Future Funnymen, young performers under 21; "Pop Comedy,

Conversations in Comedy and The Laughing Chorale", a new direction in

comedy; The Improvisers, improvisation championship participants; the

Essay Comics; the Sit-Down Comics; the Writers-in-Comedy; The Humor

Exchange; Comedy Teams; Folk Singing Comedy, and from 9 to 10 P,M.~

the Comedy Teams and the finals of the mimicry championships and the

joke-telling championships.

An toe-cream eating contest for youngsters from 7 to 10 years old

will be held in the Galaxy cafeteria atop the Transportation and Travel

Pavilion at 2:30 P.M. William G. Moultray, owner of the 2,500-seat

Galaxy cafeteria, will head the judging panel. The kids will compete

for the first prize of a puppy by racing against the clock and each

other to finish a specified number of plates of ice cream.

A program of special interest to those who "do" the Fair on foot

will be offered from 9 A,M. to Noon at the Hall of Education:

"Podiatry Day" featuring short lectures, illustrated by slides and

films, on foot care.

Teen-age beauties from 13 to 16 years old will attend lectures

by Jacqueline Brandwein, beauty editor of Ingenue Magazine at the

Cosmetology Hall of Fame terrace behind the Clairol Pavilion at Noon,

2 and 4 P.M. Tapings of Miss Brandwein's interviews with teen-agers

will be made at the RCA Pavilion at 10 A.M. and at 5 P.M.

The Tiparillo Band Pavilion will present the International Music

Camp Band of North Dakota at Noon; the Riptides Drum and Bugle corps

of Copiague, L. I,, at 2:30P.M.; the Modernettes of New London, Conn.

at 4 P.M., and, the nightly attraction for free public dancing, Guy

Lombardo and his Royal Canadians from 9:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M.

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Connecticut Polish Day at the Fair will be held in the New England

States Exhibition. On the program at 1:30 and 3:30 P,M. wtll be a

gymnastic team and a drum corps from the Polish Falcon's Nest No, 68

(Meriden); the Gwizda of Hartford presenting authentic costumed Polish

dances, and the Polonia Choir of New Britain.

The Noon luncheon and meeting at the Hawaiian Pavilion's

Restaurant of the Five Volcanos will be hosted by the Rotary Club of

Jamaica, N. Y., 725, wtth the Rotary Club of Pearl River, N. Y., 721,

as co-host.

At 2 P.M. in the New York City Pavilion there will be square

dancing under the sponsorship or the New York City Department of Parks,

The second Essex County Day program in the N, J. Tercentenary

Pavilion will include programs by Evelyn Simpson and Honey Gordon,

folk singers accompanied by George Gordon at 5 and 7 P,M.; Henry Maged,

folk singer at 5:30 P.M.; Chico Mendoza and his calypso band at 6 and

8:30 P.M.; the Celestial Choir, under the direction ot Minerva Bell,

presented by George Hudson Productions; the Felton Sisters, and Ora

Williams and her group singing spiritual and gospel songs at 7:30 P.M.

The "Patriotic" show will be presented at the Fountain or the

Planets, Court of the Universe following the Band of America's twilight

concert conducted by Paul Lavalle from 7:15 to 8:40 P.M.

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NEW YORK 1964~1965 WORLD'S FAIR NEWSLETTER NO, 47

Official Opening of Picturesque Belgian Village (Mr. Moses and Mayor of Dsmme) •• ,.

Jones Beach Marine Theater Day., ••

Keefe Family Visits ••••

Wisconsin Pavilion a Big Success ••••

Brubeck-Ellington Concert •••• Future Events at Singer Bowl ••••

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' A~izona-Sonora Recognition Day & Arizona State Day ••••

Cities Service World's Fair Band of America.,,.

New York Irish Feis ••••

Governor of Western Nigeria ••••

Blind Pastor at Protestant Center ••••

Operation Enterprise Day ••••

Camp Fire Girls Day.,,.

Sandy Lane at Kodak Pavilion., ••

International Beauty Contestants visit,, ••

20th Million Visitor ••••

Sudanese Painters Show at Fair ••••

Pavilion of Dynamic Maturity Free Trip Winners ••••

Justices and Court Officers Vistt ••••

Gimbels Souvenir Ashtray •••• National True Sisters Day •••• Panama Vistt President at Fair •••• Bill Russell Sports Host ••••

Tw~rling Contest Finals, ••• 4~ Club at New England States •••• World Peace Day Ceremontes ••••

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The Picturesque Belgian Village, a 134-builcling complex that is

rapidly becoming a major attraction at the New York World's Fair, was

officially opened recently.

The village 6 which might be described as a 14th century Flemish

painting come alive, transports the visitor hundreds of years back in

ttme and thousands of miles overseas to Flanders. In remarks made at

the opening ceremonies, Fair President Robert Moses said the effort

"to reproduce faithfully the cobblestones, sidewalks, facades and

atmosphere of a Belgian village" was "a triumph of architecture."

Adding to the air of authenticity that pervades the village was

the presence at the official opening of Louis Houtave, Mayor of Damme6

the Belgian town whose town hall served as the model for the one at

the Picturesque Belgian Village. Mayor Houtave told the crowd assem

bled for the ceremony in the village's Town Hall Square that he was

"pleased to see Belgium so authentically reproduced here."

Also at the ceremony were Alphonse de Rijdt, architect or the

village, Andrew Forthomme, Belgian Consul General, and many members

of the World's Fair Executive Committee.

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Jones Beach Marine Theatre Day at the New York World's Fair, and

the 35th anniversary of the open!ng of New York's Jones Beach State

Park, were jointly celebrated recently at Fair ceremonies.

Guy Lombardo, producer of the Jones Beach Marine Theatre World's

Fair show, "Around the World in 80 Days 6 " and gaily garbed cast

members presented bottles of Jones Beach sand as gestures of friend

Sllip to representatives of the Pavilions of Mexico, the Caribbean,

Florida, Hawaii, Japan and Polynesia, all representing areas noted

for beautiful beaches.

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A story that began with a letter to New York's Mayor Robert F.

Wagner in early 1963 requesting information on the New York World's

Fair ended recently with a I111Chigan f'amily of five enjoying a gala

time at the Fair.

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The letter, written by Mrs. w. H. Keefe of 1630 Sheridan Street1

Niles, Michigan, mentioned that her three children then aged 12, 10

and 7, had been saving pennies in a bleach bottle to finance a trip

to the Fair. The Mayor passed the letter along to Fair Corporation

officials, who forwarded the requested information to Mrs. Keefe. An

exchange of correspondence between Mrs. Keefe and Fair officials

followed. A telephone call to the Keefe family by a Fair official in

July of this year elicited the information that family plans for their

Fair trip were being formulated, and that the bottle, with a slot and

a sign reading "Put a penny there for the •64 Fair," was filling up

rapidly. The family calculated that every 30 pennies represented 16

miles of the distance from Niles to Flushing Meadow Park (based on

16 miles per gallon in the family car).

Subsequent arrangements resulted in the arrival of the Keefe

family, Mr. & Mrs., 12-year-old Kevin, 10-year-old Barry, and ?-year

old Kathy, at the National City Bank at the Fair, where they traded

3,300 pennies for $33. They then enjoyed a VIP tour of the exposition

accompanied by the Fair's Director of Publicity, Peter J. McDonnell.

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The Wisconsin Pavilion Directors at the New York World's Fair

are proud of the popularity of their exhibit. Since opening day, the

Pavilion has had more than 4-million visitors, sold more than one

million steaks in Tad's Restaurant and is catering to capacity crowds

in their old fashioned Beer Garden.

According to Gen, William E. Potter, Executive Vice President of

the Fair, "the Wisconsin Pavilion has come up with a successful

formula ••• provide folks with good food at low prices, wholesome enter•

tainment, a trout fishing pool and even a children's theatre, among

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Jazz enthusiasts turned out tn record numbers to hear a dual

concert by Duke Ellington and the Dave Brubeck Quartet in the New York

world Fair's outdoor Singer Bowl. The near capacity crowd of 13,000

was the largest to attend an event in the Bowl since the opening of

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The playing was brilliant and, in the worda of one Fair o~tioial,

"the audience's response was terrific; we have heard nothing like it

here or anywhere else at the Fair."

Following the concert~ the huge Bowl was turned into a dance

floor for the spectators, with the Duke and his men supplying the

music. As with all events held at the Singer Bowl~ there was no ad

mission charge.

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Music -- highlighted by a grand opera and a concert by a jazz

immortal -- continues to dominate the calendar or events scheduled

at the World's Fair Singer Bowl. Admission is free to fatrgoers.

Music with a Caribbean beat that "booms enough to shake the

earth" will be a feature of the Jamaica "Ska" party to be held in

the Bowl Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Grand opera will make ita first appearance 1n the Bowl Aug. 17-

18 when the University of Indiana presents two performances of

"Turandot" by Puccini.

Benny Goodman and his orchestra will present the Jazz concert

and also will play for the free dancing program at the Singer Bowl

on Saturday, Aug. 22.

Other scheduled Bowl events include: Scottish Nationality Day

Folk Festival on Aug. 16; Lithuanian Day Folk Festival Aug. 23, and

a five-day series or Olympic Wrestling Trials Aug. 24 through Aug. 28.

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"Arizona-Sonora Recognition Day" at the New York World r s Fair

tightened ties already existing between Arizona and the neighboring

Mexican state of Sonora.

As part of a five-year program designed to stimulate trade and

cultural exchange, Arizona Governor Paul Fannin and Sonora Governor

Luis Encinas led delegations from their respective states to the

international exposition. In successive ceremonies at the New Mexico

and Mexican pavilions, the governors extolled their good neighbor

policy. Governor Fannin said that "the border between our two states

Joins rather than divides us," and Governor Encinas spoke or the

strengthened ties that bind them.

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At a luncheon at the Top or the Fair restaurant 1 the governors

received proclamations of the official occasion from General William

E. Potter1 Executive Vice President of the Fair.

The good neighbor theme was continued the following day when both

governors and their delegations participated in ceremonies marking

"Arizona State Day" at the Fair.

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Music adds to the gaiety of a Fair and the Cities Service World's

Fair Band of Amerioa 1 conducted by Paul Lavalle, is one of the moat

popular features at the Flushing Meadow fairgrounds.

It provided at least six concerts daily on its rolling bandwagon,

with the closing concert each evening performed before the Fountain of

Planets in the Court of the Universe immediately preceding the lighted

fountain display and fireworks. The 50-piece band participates in

dedications and other official functions at the Fair.

Jazz music, classics, twist music and stirring marches are in

cluded in the daily presentations conducted by Mr. Lavalle.

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The Singer Bowl at the New York World's Fair resounded with the

sounds of traditional Irish music when the United Irish Counties

Association of New York celebrated a "feis" day at Flushing Meadow

Park.

Harpists, tenors, choristers and kilted dancers were featured

at the Gaelic festival at which the Honorable John 01Brien, Irish

Consul General in New York, and Judge James J. Comerford, President

of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, spoke.

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The Governor of Western Nigeria, His Excellency Sir Odeleya

Fadahunsi, and Lady Fadahunsi, visited tha New York World's Fair

recently.

~he Governor and his official party, including Chief s.o. Adebo 1

Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, toured ten

pavilions and lunched at the Pavilion of the Republic of Guinea.

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Nigeria is represented 1n the Pavilion or Africa at the Fair.

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The Protestant-Orthodox Center at the New York World's Fair waa

the scene recently of an unusual inter-denominational service. The

principals and many or the worshipers are blind.

The preacher for the service was Dr. Dale c. Reeker, a blind

Lutheran pastor from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who is now secretary

for service to the blind or the American Bible Society. Scripture

lessons were read from a braille bible, and the two soloists are

blind. A braille order or worship was distributed to the congregation.

Among those present were representatives from eight countries.

The service was sponsored by the John Milton Society, which is

dedicated to a world-wide ministry to the blind.

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71 prize-winning newspaper carrier boys from 55 papers in 22

states and Nova Scotia were guests or Newspaper Enterprise Associa

tion on 11 0perat1on Enterprise Day" at the World's Fair recently.

The Fair visit marked the completion or a seven-day tour of the

eastern coast by the teen-age party.

The World's Fair tour included visits to Ford, General Motors,

Transportation and Travel (Navy-Marine Exhibit), Vatican City,

DuPont, IBM, General Electric, Johnson r s \vax, and RCA.

At the RCA Pavilion, the youngsters appeared on color television

over the World t s Fair closed-circuit network. r~urray Davis, assistant

to Fair President Robert Moses greeted the party on TV and accepted a

statue carved of Hawaii's famous monkey pod wood for Mr. Moses. It

was presented by two Hawaiian boys, Russell Izu and William Cox.

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A thousand Camp Fire Girls from every section of the country,

converged on the New York World's Fair to celebrate Camp Fire Girls


Following ceremonies at the Bell System Pavilion, and a video

taping of a Candlelight Ceremonial at the RCA Pavilion, the girls

enjoyed a Hootenanny featuring the Serendipity Singers.

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Officers and board members of the Camp Fire Girls honored seven

women at a luncheon in the Women's Hospitality Center, located in the

Purex Penthouse of the Better Living center. The luncheon marked the

second of the Women's Hospitality Centerra special Honor Days and

recognized women's contributions to home and community.

The women chosen by the camp Fire Girls themselves for the second

Honor Day recognition were: Mrs. Helen Beardsley of Carmel 1 Calif, 1

for rearing twenty children; Dr. Mary Ingraham Bunting, Pre(!ldent of

Radcliffe College and the only women appointed to the Atomic Energy

Commission; Mrs. Constance Stathakos Condos of Dallas, Tex.,, honored

for her work with the handicapped; Mrs. LOis Boren Scholes of Alfred1

N.Y.1

cited for her work with youth music groups; Mrst Bernice Wood

of Marysville, Calif,, selected for her work in mental health and

education.

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The Kodak Pavilion at the New York World's Fair was the scene

recently of a Lilliputian press conference when Sandy Lane, 11 year

old star of the Pavilion' a documentaz'Y film, "The Searching Eye," was

interviewed by children whose parents are members of the press corps

covering the international exposition.

At the press conference was veteran Hollywood producer Sol

Lesser, who said that he will star Sandy in a major TV series now

being prepared.

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Beauty queens from nineteen nations graced the New York World's

Fair when contestants for the title 11Miss International Beauty, 1965"

in the forthcoming International Beauty Pageant at Long Beaoh1

California, visited Flushing Meadow Park.

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The 20th million visitor to the New York World's Fair, Robert H,

Brown of Bedford, Indiana, accompanied by his wife, Betty, and their

four children, passed through Gotham Gate at Flushing Meadow Park

recently.

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The surprised family e':pressed disbelief at their good fortune

when met by William Berns, Fair Vice President for Communications and

Public Relatione, and informed that they had won more than $2,000 worth

or assorted gifts presented by Fair exhibitors.

Besides the gifts, the family was treated to a performance of Guy

Lombardo's "Around The t'iorld In 80 Days" at the Jones Beach Martne

Theatre; the use of a World's Fair limousine for the drive to the per

formance; dinner and cocktails at Fair restaurants; a Goodyear Blimp

Ride above New York.

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The first group e;~ibition in the United States of paintings by

Hving Sudanese artists opened recently in the Sudan Pavilion at the

New York World's Fair.

The works of thirteen modern artists from the African republic

drew exceptionally favorable comments from art critics and others who

previewed them at a reception at the pavilion. The works will be ex

hibited for one month.

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Mutschler of 104-40 Queens Boulevard,

Forest Hills, New York, were the lucky winners of a 50-day European

trip, the prize in a drawing at the Pavilion of Dynamic Maturity at.


The American Association of Retired Persons and the National

Retired Teachers Association are Joint sponsors of the pavilion and

of six drawings for free European vacations during the 1964 World's

Fair season. Members of either organization are eligible for the

drawings. The Mutschlers are the winners of the third drawing of

the series.

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TWo hundred members or the National Conference of Chief Justices

and Court Administrative Officers visited the New York World's Fair

recently. The legal officials attended a Luau in the Hawaiian

Pavilion's Restaurant of the Five Volcanoeso The organization held

ita annual convention in New York City.

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Gimbela ot New York is introducing an excluatve and limited

edition of a World's Fair souvenir ashtray., especially designed for

th~ store.

The ashtray features an abstract watercolor motif of the city.,

highlighted by the Empire State Building and surrounding skyscrapers.

It is edged in 14 Kt. gold and measures approx1mately.5 inches in

diameter.

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The United Order or True Sisters., Inc., one of the oldest national

women's fraternal organizations in the United States 1 held ita annual

meeting at the New Yorlc World's Fair to celebrate the 50th anniversary

of National True Sisters Day.

Mrs. Harry A. Greene 1 national president of the organization1

remarked., in part., to the over 900 members attending a luncheon in the

Rathskeller of the Fair's Belgian Village that., "Probably no other

organization has been more intimately entwined with service to the

helpless., oppressed and afflicted than ours. God gave us great gifts

of heart., head and hand, How we have used them and shall continue to

use them are our gifts to Him." F. J. McCarthy1 vice president,

Thomas J. Deegan Company, representing the Fair, addressed the ladie&

and presented a certificate to Mrs. Greene., signed by Fair President

Robert r~oses 1 welcoming the group on behalf of Fair officials.

The 118 year old organization, which has 26 lodges in the .. New

York City Area, conducts a program of service and philantrophy on

both national and community levels.

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Jose D. Bazan., V'ice President of Panama and his w1fe 1 spent a

busy day at the World's Fair "just seeing the sights" recently. With

them were Clifford Maduro 1 president of the Colon Free Zone and his

wife 1 and Andrew Weil, who represents Colon in the United States, and

his wife.

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Bill Russell, the all-pro center of the Boston Celtics basketball

team, served as sports host at the N. Y. World's Fair Schaefer Center

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last week. The former All-America at San Francisco u, who was twtoe

voted "most valuable" NBA ~layer, and also sparked the Celttcs to

world championships in six of seven play-offs, greeted visitors,

signed autographs and implanted his handprints in cement at the Center.

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More than 1,500 teenage and younger girls from throughout the

United States and Canada came to the World's Fair to compete for

national and world championships in twirling and baton and drum corps

competition.

In day-long contests in the Singer Bowl, the Golden Arrow Drum

and Baton Corps or Tulsa, Olt:la., won the senior national drum and baton

corps championship, and 16-year-old Marty Sixsmith of Pittsburgh, Pa.,

won the title as the world's senior twirling champion.

To climax the three-day competition, 35 girls took part in a

beauty pageant in the World's Fair Pavilion to vie for the title of

"Miss Majorette or America." It was won by Judy Watson of Pensacola,

Florida.

All the events were sponsored by the National Baton Twirling

Association or Janesville, \•lise •

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Members or the Massachusetts 4-H Club gave a variety show for

the visitors to the New England States Exhibition at the World's Fair.

The exhibitions on the Village Green included Polish dances in authen•

tic costumes, a fashion show by dressmaking contestants, and a pageant

depicting the contributions made by youth to significant events in

American History. The ~loburn, Mas a. 4-H Club Band accompanied the

dancers and later gave a epeciel concert of martial music and popular

songs.

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The New York Council for a Sane Nuclear Policy celebrated World

Peace Day at the New York World 1s Fair Hall of Education.

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Wisconsin Pavilion a Big Success ••••

Brubeck-Ellington Concert ••••

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Governor of western Nigeria ••••

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The Picturesque Belgian Village, a 134-buildtng complex that is

rapidly becoming a major attraction at the New York World's Fair, was

officially opened recently.

The village, which might be described as a 14th century Flemish

painting come alive, transports the visitor hundreds of years back in

time and thousands of miles overseas to Flanders. In remarks made at

the opening ceremonies, Fair President Robert Moses said the effort

"to reproduce faithfully the cobblestones, sidewalks, facades and

atmosphere of a Belgian village" was "a triumph or architecture."

Adding to the air of authenticity that pervades the village was

the presence at the official opening of Louis Houtave, Mayor of Damme 1

the Belgian town whose town hall served as the model for the one at

the Picturesque Belgian Village. Mayor Houtave told the crowd assem

bled for the ceremony in the village's Town Hall Square that he was

"pleased to see Belgium so authentically reproduced here."

Also at the ceremony were Alphonse de Rijdt~ architect of the

village, Andrew Forthomme, Belgian Consul General, and many members

of the World's Fair Executive Committee.

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Jones Beach Marine Theatre Day at the New York World's Fair, and

the 35th anniversary of the opening of New York's Jones Beach State

Park1 were jointly celebrated recently at Fair ceremonies.

Guy Lombardo, producer of the Jones Beach Marine Theatre World's

Fair show, "Around the World in 80 Days," and gaily garbed cast

members presented bottles of Jones Beach sand as gestures or friend

ship to representatives of the Pavilions of Mexico, the Caribbean,

Florida, Hawaii, Japan and Polynesia, all representing areas noted

for beautiful beaches.

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A story that began with a letter to New York's Mayor Robert F.

Wagner in early 1963 requesting information on the New York World's

Fair ended recently with a Michigan family of five enjoying a gala

time at the Fair.

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The letter, written by Mrs. w. H. Keefe of 1630 Sheridan Street,

Niles, Michigan, mentioned that her three children then aged 12, 10

and 7, had been saving pennies in a bleach bottle to finance a trip

to the Fair. The Mayor passed the letter along to Fair Corporation

officials, who forwarded the requested information to Mrs. Keefe. An

exchange of correspondence between Mrs. Keefe and Fair officials

followed. A telephone call to the Keefe family by a Fair official in

July of this year elicited the information that family plans for their

Fair trip were being formulated, and that the bottle, with a slot and

a sign reading "Put a penny there for the •64 Fair," was filling up

rapidly. The family calculated that every 30 pennies represented 16

miles of the distance from Niles to Flushing Meadow Park (based on

16 miles per gallon in the family car).

Subsequent arrangements resulted in the arrival of the Keefe

family, Mr. & Mrs,, 12-year-old Kevin, 10-year-old Barry, and 7-year

old Kathy, at the National City Bank at the Fair, where they traded

3,300 pennies for $33. They then enjoyed a VIP tour of the exposition

accompanied by the Fair's Director or Publicity, Peter J. McDonnell.

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The Wisconsin Pavilion Directors at the New York World's Fair

are proud of the popularity of their exhibit. Since opening day, the

Pavilion has had more than 4-million visitors, sold more than one

million steaks in Tad's Restaurant and is catering to capacity crowds

in their old fashioned Beer Garden.

According to Gen. William E. Potter, Executive Vice President of

the Fair., "the Wisconsin Pavilion has come up with a successful

formula ••• provide folks with good food at low prices, wholesome enter

tainment, a trout fishing pool and even a children's theatre, among

other things."

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Jazz enthusiasts turned out tn record numbers to hear a dual

concert by Duke Ellington and the Dave Brubeck Quartet in the New York

World Pair's outdoor Singer Bowl. The near capacity crowd of 13,000

was the largest to attend an event in the Bowl since the opening of

the Fair in April. (more)

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The playing was brilliant and, in the words of one Fair official,

"the audience's response was terrific; we have heard nothing like it

here or anywhere else at the Fair."

Following the concert, the huge Bowl was turned into a dance

floor for the spectators, with the Duke and his men supplying the

music. As with all events held at the Singer Bowl, there was no ad

mission charge.

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Music -~ highlighted by a grand opera and a concert by a jazz

immortal -- continues to dominate the calendar of events scheduled

at the Worldts Fair Singer Bowl. Admission is free to fairgoere.

Music with a Caribbean beat that "booms enough to shaka the

earth" will be a feature of the Jamaica "Ska" party to be held in

the Bowl Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Grand opera will make its first appearance in the Bowl Aug. 17-

18 when the University of Indiana presents two performances of

"Turandot" by Puccini.

Benny Goodman and his orchestra will present the jazz concert

and also will play for the free dancing program at the Singer Bowl

on Saturday, Aug. 22.

Other scheduled Bowl events include: Scottish Nationality Day

Folk Festival on Aug. 16; Lithuanian Day Folk Festival Aug. 23, and

a five-day series of Olympic Wrestling Trials Aug, 24 through Aug. 28.

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"Arizona-Sonora Recognition Day" at the New York World's Fair

tightened ties already existing between Arizona and the neighboring

Mexican state of Sonora.

As part of a five-year program designed to stimulate trade and

cultural exchange, Arizona Governor Paul Fannin and Sonora Governor

Luis Encinas led delegations from their respective states to the

international exposition. In successive ceremonies at the New Mexico

and Mexican pavilions, the governors extolled their good neighbor

policy. Governor Fannin said that "the border between our two states

joins rather than divides us," and Governor Encinas spoke of' the

strengthened ties that bind them.

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At a luncheon at the Top ot the Fair restaurant~ the governors

received proclamations or the official occasion from General William

E. Fetter, Executive Vice President of the Fair.

The good neighbor theme was continued the following day when both

governors and their delegations participated in ceremonies marking

"Arizona State Day" at the Fair.

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Music adds to the gaiety of a Fair and the Cities Service World's

Fair Band of America, conducted by Paul Lavalle, is one of the most

popular features at the Flushing Meadow fairgrounds.

It provided at least six concerts daily on its rolling bandwagon,

with the closing concert each evening performed before the Fountain of

Planets in the Court of the Universe immediately preceding the lighted

fountain display and fireworks. The 50-piece band participates in

dedications and other official functions at the Fair.

Jazz musio, classics, twist music and stirring marches are in

cluded in the daily presentations conducted by Mr. Lavalle.

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The Singer Bowl at the New York World's Fair resounded with the

sounds of traditional Irish music when the United Irish Counties

Association of New York celebrated a "feis" day at Flushing Meadow

Park.

Harpists, tenors, choristers and kilted dancers were featured

at the Gaelic festival at which the Honorable John O'Brien, Irish

Consul General in New York, and Judge James J. Comerford, President

ot the Ancient Order of Hibernians, spoke.

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The Governor of Western Nigeria, His Excellency Sir Odeleya

Fadahunsi, and Lady Fadahunsi, visited th~ New York World's Fair

recently.

The Governor and his official party, including Chief s.o. Adebo,

Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, toured ten

pavilions and lunched at the Pavilion of the Republic of Guinea.

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Nigeria is represented in the Pavilion of Africa at the Fair.

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The Protestant-Orthodox Center at the New York World's Fair wae

the scene recently of an unusual inter-denominational service. The

principals and many or the worshipers are blind.

The preacher for the service was Dr. Dale c. Recker1 a blind

Lutheran pastor from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who is now secretary

for service to the blind of the American Bible Society. Scripture

lessons were read from a braille bible, and the two soloists are

blind. A braille order or worship was distributed to the congregation.

Among those present were representatives from eight countries.

The service was sponsored by the John Milton Society, which is

dedicated to a world-wide ministry to the blind.

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71 prize-winning newspaper carrier boys from 55 papers in 22

states and Nova Scotia were guests or Newspaper Enterprise Associa

tion on "Operation Enterprise Day" at the World's Fair recently.

The Fair visit marked the completion of a seven-day tour of the

eastern coast by the teen-age party.

The World's Fair tour included visits to Ford, General Motors,

Transportation and Travel {Navy-Marine Exhibit), Vatican City,

DuPont, IBM1 General Electric, Johnson's Wax, and RCA.

At the RCA Pavilion, the youngsters appeared on color television

over the World's Fair closed-circuit network. Murray Davis, assistant

to Fair President Robert Moses greeted the party on TV and accepted a

statue carved or Hawaii's famous monkey pod wood for Mr~ Moses. It

was presented by two Hawaiian boys, Russell Izu and William Cox.

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A thousand Camp Fire Girls from every section of the country,

converged on the New York i~orld•s Fair to celebrate Camp Fire Girls


Following ceremonies at the Bell System Pavilion, and a video

taping of a Candlelight Ceremonial at the RCA Pavilion, the girls

enjoyed a Hootenanny featu~ing the Serendipity Singers.

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Officers and board members of the Camp Fire Girls honored seven

women at a luncheon in the Women's Hospitality Center1 located tn the

Purex Penthouse of the Better Living Center. The luncheon marked the

second of the Women's Hospitality Center's special Honor Days and

recognized women's contributions to home and community.

The women chosen by the Camp Fire Girls themselves tor the second

Honor Day recognition were: Mrs. Helen Beardsley of Carmel, Calif. 1

for rearing twenty children; Dr. Mary Ingraham Bunting, President of

Radcliffe College and the only women appointed to the Atomic Energy

Commission; Mrs. Constance Stathakos Condos of Dallas, Tex., honored

tor her work with the handicapped; Mrs. LOts Boren Scholes of Alfred,

N.Y., cited for her work with youth music groups; Mrs. Bernice Wood

of Marysville, Calif., selected tor her work tn mental health and

education.

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The Kodak Pavilion at the New York World's Fair was the scene

recently of a Lilliputian press conference when Sandy Lane1 11 year•

old star of the Pavilion's documentary film 1 "The Searching Eye~" was

interviewed by children whose parents are members of the press corps

covering the international exposition.

At the press conference was veteran Hollywood producer Sol

Lesser1

who said that he will star Sandy in a major TV series now

being prepared.

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Beauty queens from nineteen nations graced the New York World's

Fair when contestants for the title 11Miss International Beauty., 196511

in the forthcoming International Beauty Pageant at Long Beach,

California, visited Flushing Meadow Park.

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The 20th million visitor to the New York World's Fair, Robert H.

Brown of Bedford1

Indiana, accompanied by his wife 1 Betty, and their

tour children1

passed through Gotham Gate at Flushing Meadow Park

recently.

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The surprised family expressed disbelief at their good fortune

when met by William Berns, Fair Vice President for Communications and

Public Relations, and informed that they had won more than $2,000 worth

of assorted gifts presented by Fair exhibitors.

Besides the gifts, the family was treated to a performance of Guy

Lotnbardors "Around 'l'he l'lorld In So Days" at the Jones Beach Marine

Theatre; the use of a World's Fair limousine for the drive to the per

tormanceJ dinner and cocktails at Fair restaurants; a Goodyear Blimp

Ride above New York.

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The first group exhibition in the United States of paintings by

living Sudanese artists opened recently in the Sudan Pavilion at the

New York World's Fair.

The works of thirteen modern artists from the African republic

drew exceptionally favorable comments from art critics and others who

previewed them at a reception at the pavilion. The works will be ex

hibited for one month.

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Mr, and Mrs. Richard A. Mutschler of 104-40 Queens Boulevard,

Forest Hills 1 New York, were the lucky winners of a 50-day European

trip, the prize in a drawing at the Pavilion of Dynamic Maturity at


The American Association of Retired Persons and the National

Retired Teachers Association are Joint sponsors of the pavilion and

of six drawings for free European vacations during the 1964 World's

Fair season. Members of either organization are eligible for the

drawings. The Mutsohlers are the winners or the third drawing or

the series.

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Two hundred members of the National Conference of Chief Justices

and Court Administrative Officers visited the New York World's Fair

recently. The legal officials attended a Luau in the Hawaiian

Pavilion's Restaurant of the Five Volcanoes. The organization held

its annual convention in New York City.

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Gimbels ~f New York is introducing an exclusive and limited

edition of a World's Fair souvenir ashtray, especially designed for

the store.

The ashtray features an abstract watercolor motif of the city,

highlighted by the Empire State Building and surrounding skyscrapers.

It is edged in 14 ICt. gold and measures approximately.5 inches in

diameter,

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The United Order of True Sisters, Inc., one of the oldest national

womenrs fraternal organizations in the United States, held its annual

meeting at the New Yorlc World's Fair to celebrate the 50th anniversary

of National True Sisters Day.

Mrs, Harry A. Greene, national president of the organization,

remarked, in part, to the over 900 members attending a luncheon in the

Rathskeller of the Fair's Belgian Village that, "Probably no other

organization has been more intimately entwined with service to the

helpless, oppressed and afflicted than ours. God gave us great gifts

ot heart., head and hand. How we have used them and shall continue to

use them are our gifts to Him." F. J. McCarthy, vice presic.e~t,

Thomas J. Deegan Company, representing the Fair, addressed the .ladies

and presented a certificate to Mrs. Greene, signed by Fair President

Robert I<loses, welcoming the gro~~ on behalf of ·Fair officials.

The 118 year old organization, which has 26 lodges in the~New

York City Area, conducts a program of service and philantrophy on

both national and community levels.

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Jose D. Bazan, Vice President of Panama and his wife, spent a

busy day at the World's Fair "just seeing the sights" recently. With

them were Clifford Maduro, president of the Colon Free Zone and his

wife, and Andrew Weil, who represents Colon in the United States., and

his wife.

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Bill Russell, the all-pro center of the Boston Celtics basketball

team, served as sports host at the N. Y. World's Fair Schaefer Center

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last week. The former All-America at San Francisco U1 who was twice

voted "most valuable" NBA player, and also sparked the Celtics to

world championships in six of seven play-offs, greeted visitors,

signed autographs and implanted his handprints in cement at the center.

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More than 1,500 teenage and younger girls from throughout the

United States and Canada came to the World's Fair to compete for

national and world championships in twirling and baton and drum corps

competi t1on.

In day-long contests in the Singer Bowl, the Golden Arrow Drum

and Baton Corps of Tulsa, Olcla., won the senior national drum and baton

corps champioqship, and 16-year-old Marty Sixsmith of Pittsburgh, Pa.,

won the title as the world's senior twirling champion.

To climax the three-day competition 1 35 girls took part in a

beauty pageant in the World's Fair Pavilion to vie for the title of

"Miss Majorette of America." It was won by Judy Watson of Pensacola,

Florida.

All the events were sponsored by the National Baton Twirling

Association of Janesville 1 tvisc.

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Members of the Massachusetts 4-H Club gave a variety show for

the visitors to the New England States Exhibition at the World's Fair.

The exhibitions on the Village Green included Polish dances in authen•

tic costumes, a fashion show by dressmaking contestants, and a pageant

depicting the contributions made by youth to significant events in

American History. The ~loburn, Mass. 4-H Club Band accompanied the

dancers and later gave a special concert of martial music and popular

songs.

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The New York Council for a Sane Nuclear Policy celebrated World

Peace Day at the New York World's Fair Hall of Education.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR~ Aug. 11 --Washington D. C.'s National

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a spiritual focal point for the

nation's Catholics, will celebrate "National Shrine Day" at the Fair's

Vatican Pavilion on Saturday~ August 15~ with a program of special

masses, exhibits, and a Candlelight Procession.

The program coincides with the Feast of the Assumption. Special

Masses, open to the public~ will be celebrated in the Vatican Pavilion

chapel at the following hours: 10 A.M., Noon, 4, 5 and 6 P.M.

At 8 P.M., a Solemn Benediction will begin the outdoor Candlelight

Procession, which will end with the placing of a garland of flowers at

the feet of the Pieta on view at the pavilion. The Most Reverend John

J. Dougherty, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, will preach and preside at

the Procession.

Continuous showings of the half-hour film "Our Lady 1 s Shrine"

will be presented at the pavilion during the day. Other special

exhibits will include the showing or colored slides~ a display of

black and white photographs, and the free distribution of 100,000

prayer-cards.

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WORLD'S FAIR CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PANAMA CANAL

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 11 -- Fifty years after the opening

of the Panama Canal on August 15, 1914, the New York World's Fair will

present a program commemorating the event at the Tiparillo Band

Pavilion beginning at 4 P.M., Saturday.

Gen. William E. Potter, Fair Executive Vice President, will

accept special greetings from Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor of the

Canal Zone, along with that Government's official medallion and a

bound copy of the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book.

Gen. Potter himself was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from

1956 to 1960.

Entertainment will be provided by Lucho Azcarraga and his Quintet.

Azcarraga, a Panamanian, is one of Latin America's leading recordtng

stars, and this will be his first performance in this country.

One of the highlights of the progran1 \v:l.ll be the appearance of a

group of 65 members of the United Students of America, representing

Chile, Argentina, Ecuador~ Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica and

Puerto Rico, who will sing and dance in native costume.

As part of the festivities, the Postal Division of the Canal Zone

Will present a special display in the Fair's Pan American Highway

Gardena. Commemorative Panama Canal Postage Stamps and First Day

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WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 13

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 11 -- Thursday will be Better Homes

and Gardens Day; the fifth day of Florida Week; the fourth day of

Inventions Week; the third day of Essex County Week (at the N. J.

Tercentenary Pavilion) and, Dutchess county Day (at the New York State

Pavilion).

Better Homes and Gardens Day will represent the House of Good

Taste's public appreciation of the 18-page spread on the exhibit which

appears in the September issue of the magazine. The "Day" Will be

attended by the ten top editors of BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS; the

architects, designers and decorators of the House of Good Taste; Lady

Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, president of the host pavilion, and execu

tives of the approximately 150 participating sponsors of the House of

Good Taste exhibit. The program will start with a reception at 12:30

P.M., followed by a 1 P.M. luncheon in Jim Downey's House of Good

Taste Restaurant. Martin Stone, Director of the Fair's Industrial

Area, will be guest speaker at the luncheon.

From 3 to 5:30 P.M., the Better Homes and Gardens party will

conduct Fair visitors on tours of the House of Good Taste.

Dutchess County Day at the New York State Pavilion will be

celebrated with an 11 A.M. to 10 P.M. talent show which will include

the following: the Wappinger (Falls) Central H.S, Concert Band; The


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Sportsmen, a rock 'n' roll singing group from Poughkeepsie; Lenny

Frank and the Rhythm Rockers; The Estelle ana Alfonso Dancers, dance

pantomime and twirling (from Poughkeepsie); Ernie Bruno and the Tri

Tonea; The Galaxies; "DO·C·DO" Square Dance Club of Poughkeepsie; the

Jay-Vees, rhythm-vocal group, and the Torqueys, a rock 'n' roll group,

both from Poughkeepsie, A highlight of the day will be the 2:30 P.M.

radio broadcast over station WEOK-FM by Dutchess County Day performers.

Hosts for the day at the Protestant and Orthodox Center's Baptist

Exhibit Will be Senor Roger G. Duck and Miss Sue Snider, Southern

Baptist missionaries to Colombia and Ghana respectively.

The program for the third day of Essex County Week at the New

Jersey Tercentenary Pavilion will include performances by the

following: Henry Maged, folk singer; Fred Grimm, pianist; The

Entertainers, music and comedy acts; Evelyn Simpson and Honey Anderson,

folk singers; Phil Terry, comedian; Bobby woods, M,C., and the Stage

Six Productions Program from 8 to 10 P.M.

Matne artiste will be presented at the New England States Exh1bi

t1on1s Steeple Court at 2 and 3:30 P.M. The following will demonstrate

their painting techniques -- George A. Curtis, William Then, Laurence

P. Sisson, Jeanne Dale Bearce, Philip Olmes, Jean Quick Eberle, Denny

Winters and James Elliot,

At 11 A,M. at the RCA Pavilion, an interview with Howard Schwartz,

composer of "Dancing in the Dark", will be color video taped. The

1 P.M. taping will star the Gikles Dancers from the Belgian Village;

and at 3 P.M., the taping of Bibletown, U,SoA., will feature an inter

view of West Point football coach, Paul Dietzel, by Dr. Ira Lee

Eshleman.

Service club meetings at Noon: The Kiwanis Club luncheon and

meeting, hosted by the Tarrytown Kiwanis Club, will be held at the

British Lion Pub; the Rotary Club luncheon and meeting hosted by the

Harrison, N. J., 747 club, and co-hosted by the Kearney, N. J., 747

club, will be held at the Restaurant of the Five Volcanos in the State

of Hawaii Exhibit in the Lake Amusement Area.

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The Tiparillo Band Pavilion will host The Talented Teen Troupe, a

variety show from Itasca, Ill., at 1 P,M.; the Nebulas, a rock 'n' roll

group from Kennett Square, Pa., at 2:30 P.M.; the William Tennent H.s.

Dance Band from Johnsville, Pa., at 4 and 7 P.M. and,. as their nightly,

except Monday, feature, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians from

9:30 P,M_. to 12:30 A.M. playing for free public dancing.

The William Tennent H,S, Band will also play at the Federal

Pavilion at 2 P,M., and the Nebulas will perform at the World's Fair

Pavilion at 2:30 P.M.

An International Hospitality Headquarters Party, primarily for

employees of foreign pavilions, will be held at the Official Women's

Hospitality Center in the Purex Penthouse of the Better Living Center

from 10 P,M. to 12:30 A,M.

The twilight concert by the Band of America, conducted by Paul

Lavalle, at the Fountain of the Planets, Court Of the Universe, Will

be held from 7:15 to 8:40 P,M. just prior to the 9 P,M, fountain show,

"Great Masters".

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Augo 12 -- Friday at the Fair will be

Pakistan National Day; the sixth day of Flor:l.da Week; the fifth day or

Inventions Week; State Capital Life Insurance Co. (Raleigh, N. c.) Day;

the fourth day of Essex County Week (N. J. Tercentenary Pavilion) and,

Dutchess County Day (N. Y. State Pavilion).

Pakistan National Day will be observed at a 6 to 8 P.M. invita

tional Pakistan Independence Day reception at the Pakistan Pavilion.

The 4th Essex County Day will again be celebrated with a day-long

alate of entertainment starting at ll A.M. at the N. J. Tercentenary

Pavilion. Featured in the program, which lasts until 8:30 P.M., will

be entertainment by folk singers, vocalists, a pianist, a singing

group and a group which will present music and comedy acta,

Dutchess County Day at the New York State Pavilion will also be

the raison d'etre for a continuous 10:30 A.M. to 10 P.M. program by&

a school band; a school mixed chorus; a dance band; singing groups; a

folk singer; an instrumental group; a 4-H Club Chorus; a group that

will sing country and "bluegrass" music; a square dance club; a folk

music group and a vocalist -- all talent from Poughkeepsie and the

Dutchess County area. At 2:30 P.M., the Dutchess County performers

will broadcast a condensed two-hour version of the day's program back

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Mark, who assembled and scheduled the talent for the Dutchess county

Days, Will act as M.c., not only for the radio broadcast, but also for

the entire program.

The weekly program of the Newspaper Comics Council, "Cartoon Give

aways", during which famous cartoonists draw their popular cartoons,

will be held at the organization's exhibit at the Better Living Center

from 6 to 7 P.M. Featured on this week's program will be Bob Montana,

drawing "Archie"; Frank Johnson, "Einstein", and Doug Bergstedt, an

editorial cartoonist for King Features. Between Noon and 3 P,M., the

same group will appear for a color video taping of their talents at the

RCA Pavilion,

Sports Host at the Schaefer Center this week-end will be Sid

Gordon, slugging star for the New York Giants. The former baseball

great Will appear from Noon to 3 P.M., and from 5 to 7 P.M. He, too,

will cut a color video tape at the RCA Pavilion at ll A.M.

The New England States Exhibition has scheduled the Rhode Island

State Ballet in "Salute to the Fair", a progr.s:n of d::1nc1ng from colonia:

times to the 20th century in colorful pioneer and folk costumes.

Performances will be at 1:30 and 3:30 P.M.

The Mountain Lion Band from Charleston, W, Va. 1 High School will

play at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion at 2:30 P.M., and at the Federal

Pavilion at 4 and 6 P.M.

Other programs at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion will include the

Hyde Park Baptist Chapel Choir or Austin, Tex., at 1 P.M.; the

Aristocrats ot Song, from Chicago, Ill., at 7 P,M. and1 Guy Lombardo

and his Royal Canadians, playing for free public dancing from 9:30 P.M.

to 12:30 A.M,

The Noon Rotary Clubs' luncheon and meeting at the Restaurant of

the Five Volcanos in the State of Hawaii Exhibit in the Lake Amusement

Area will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Milford, Del., 764 1 and co

hosted by the Rotary Club of Toms River, N. J., 751,

Paul Lavalle will conduct the Band of America in its twilight

concert at the Fountain of the Planets, Court of the Universe, from

7:15 to 8:40 P.M. The 9 P,M. fountain show at this site will be the

"Broadway" show.

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August 12, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD 1S FAIR, Aug. 12 -· Some 85 hosts and hostesses

in native costume representing various International Pavilions of the

New York World's Fair will fly to Washington Friday, August 14, to

participate in the first of two tours arranged by the Fair Corporation

as part of its new International Hospitality Center program.

The visit will include tours of the National Archives, the

Capitol, the State Department, Arlington Cemetery and the National

Gallery. At 4 P.M. the group will visit the White House.

A reception and buffet supper given by the Hotel Association of

Washington and the washington Convention and Visitors Bureau at the

Gramercy Inn will follow with washington officials and embassy

representatives in attendance.

Included in the pavilions represented on the tour are: Berlin,

Caribbean, China, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan,

Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Thailand and

Venezuela.

The International Visitors Information Service and The Hospitality

and Information Service have planned the entire visit in cooperation

with the Fair Corporation,

Schedule attached,

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7:15 A,M.

8:00 A,M,

9:15 A.M.

9:45 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

12:30 P.M.

3:00 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

5:00 P.M.

6:15 P.M.

7:00 P.M.

9:30 P,M.

10:00 P.M.

11:00 P.M.

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International staff members meet at World's Fair at New Amsterdam Gate (No. 2).

Departure for La Guardia Airport.

Flight to Washington.

Arrival in Washington Airport.

National Archives {Bill of Rights, tour of the Justice Department).

Capitol (tour the Capitol and observation of the Senate in session).

State Department {tour) then lunch.

Arlington Cemetery -- Lee Mansion -- Kennedy Grave (wreath ceremony at the grave).

White House

Drive to Mall -- visit to the National Gallery.

Drive past Embassy Row (Massachusetts Avenue) and through Georgetown.

Reception at the Gramercy Inn and buffet supper (here they will be greeted by Washington officials and embassy representatives).

Return to Airport.

Departure

Arrive back at La Guardia Airport.

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you --" are more than just the words of a song now for several hundred

young people in the International Pavilions of the World •s Fair.

A recently launched International Hospitality Service has

brightened the lives of these youngsters by providing them with a

social center for their off duty hours where they can meet and learn

about each other and their American counterparts.

It all began when Robert Moses, President of the Fair, heard

reports that many of the hosts, guides, restaurant workers and enter

tainers from foreign lands expressed a desire to meet other young

people. Though surrounded by streams of people all day, theirs were

only the transitory, impersonal relationships made in the line of duty.

Language difficulties added to the innate shyness of those who had

always led sheltered lives, and social mores proscribed the freedom

of action customary among American youth.

In addition there was a realization that these young people would

be the focus of attention when they returned home. They would be

expected to interpret America to their own people. Yet they had seen

almost nothing or our country or even New York City.

Mary Jane McCaffree, director of women's activities for the Fair,

was handed the responsibility of formulating a program which would not

only foster a spontaneous mingling, but would also introduce the

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Working with representatives of the Fair's International Division

and Public Relations Department, Mrs. McCaffree enlisted the enthusi

astic support of pavilion managers and the Women's Advisory Council.

Quarters were provided, temporarily, in the lounge of the Women's

Hospitality Center, located in the Purex Penthouse of the Better Living

Center, and volunteers from the corps of press aides and protocol

guides offered their services as hosts and hostesses at a series of

afternoon parties which kicked off the program.

The youngsters were taken on a trip of the Stock Exchange, a

swimming party was arranged on a private estate in Roslyn, Long Island,

and tn the offing are several beach parties, visits to theaters and

other cultural institutions, and boat trips around Manhattan.

The cooperation of the Midtown International Center and UN

Hospitality Service was enlisted to make arrangements for invitations

to American homes.

At the suggestion of the managers of the Pavilions of Spain and

Japan, the two largest employers in the International Area, Thursday

evening "get-togethers 11 were initiated.

As news of the program spread, several of the Industrial Pavilions

volunteered to provide free soft drinks and young Americans, working in

various pavilions at the Fair, were invited to join the parties.

The majority of the International Pavilion guests are in their

early twenties. The men, as a rule, show up in business suits, but

the girls overwhelmingly prefer their flattering -- and ult1•a feminine

national dress. The sexes are about evenly divided at the parties.

Mrs. MoCaffree finds the crowd an unusually well-mannered one.

Though there is provision for dancing, just talking -- forming and

reforming conversational groups -- seems to offer the greatest enjoy

ment.

The youngsters are beginning to take an initiative in making

their own contribution towards the Socials. They have volunteered to

entertain the rest and provide national food delicacies they are

particularly proud of.

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As a highlight or the program, two air trips to Washington, D.o., on August 14 and 21, have been arranged, They will visit the National

Archives, the Capitol, Arlington Cemetery, National Gallery,. and the

White Houae and they will be greeted at a reception by Washington

officials and embassy representatives,

Eventually, the Fair's International Hospitality Center hopes to

aerve all or the approximately 4,000 employees in the International

Pavilions creating, in its fashion, a manifestation or "Peace through

Understanding."

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August 13, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR1 Aug. 13 -- A basketball carnival, showing

outstanding amateur youth quintets from Metropolitan New York and

Philadelphia 1 and winding up with an exhibition contest between pro•

resstonal stars from the National Basketball Associatton 1 will take

place Saturday, August 151 at the Singer Bowl of the New York World's

Fair.

The program will start at 4 P.M, 1 continue for five hours and is

free to Fairgoers. It is sponsored by the Courtsmen A.A., Inc,, and

run in conjunction with the Recreation Division of the New York City

Department of Parks, The Fair games are a part of the youth program

of the Courtsmen A.A., Inc., a non-profit philanthropic organization

which conducts such summer events for youngsters as the Ray Felix

tournament.

Among the pro court stars, who are expected to thrill Fairgoers

with their artistry, are 7 ft. l in. Wilt Chamberlain 1 sensational

all-time record scorer in the NBA 1 his "assist man" Guy Rodgers, and

Al Attles, all of the San Francisco Warriors.

Other top performers include Art Heyman, former Duke luminary1

who was fourth high-scorer for the Knicks in his rookie year last

season, h~s Knicks teammates, Johnny Green and Tom Hoover 1 and former

NYU intercollegiate star1 Tom Sanders, now a member of the champion

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For the followers of the Knicks, the game also will gtve them an

opportunity to see the club's newest draft choices in action. These

include Willis Reed or Grambling College (La.), Howard Komives ot

Bowling Green (Ohio), who led all college scorers last season with a

game average of 33.5 points, and Fred Crawford of St. Bonaventure

(N. Y. ).

Opening the marathon basketball program will be games between

young championship teams representing New York and Philadelphia.

These Will be in the midgets' division, 12-13 years of age; juniors,

14-15J high school, 16-17, and seniors, 18-21.

All the pros and officials are volunteering their services. As

Walter Kennedy, president of the National Basketball Association says,

"They are doing it all for the kids."

Founded in 1959 by former college and professional athletes to

help guide youngsters on and orr the fields of sport, the Courtsmen

A.A., Inc. has granted more than 35 scholarships to needy youngsters.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 13 -- Academy Award winner

Gregory Peck will visit the American Cancer Society exhibit

at the Fair's Hall of Science on Saturday, August 15, at

10:30 A,M., where he will view "Time for Life, 11 a film, in

which he stars, made for the Society.

Peck will enter the Fairgrounds at New Amsterdam Gate

(No. 2) and go directly to the Hall of Science, After the

film showing, he will go to the Pavilion of Spain (11:15 A.M.)

where he will view the Salvador Dali "Art In Jewels" exhibit,

which benefits the American cancer Society, the American Heart

Association and the Institute of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation.

Following his visit to the Dali exhibit, he will visit

the Johnson's Wax Pavilion.


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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 13 -- On Scottish Nationality

Day at the Fair (Sunday, Aug. 16), Scotland's foremost enter

tainer, Andy Stewart, "The Scottish Soldier, 11 and Sally Logan,

the bonnie lass o~ Scottish song, will headline a program of

song and dance at the Singer Bowl.

Also featured at the open-air fete, scheduled to start

at 5 P.M., will be Stan Hamilton and his Clansmen, a Scottish

country dance band. I~ssed pipers and drummers and Highland

dancers will round out the program.

Admission to the gala at the Fair's Singer Bowl is free

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 13 -- The New York Journal

American Sandlot Baseball Squad, seventy players between

seventeen and nineteen years-old, will visit the Fair on

Sunday, August 16.

The boys will arrive at the Fairgrounds by chartered bus

at 1:30 P.M. They will tour pavilions and exhibits in the

Fair 1s Transportation Area in a body. Later1

they will split

into smaller groups and visit exhibits in other areas.

They are scheduled to leave the Fairgrounds at 8 P.M.


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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 13 -- Visiting the New York

World's Fair on their honeymoon, a Lake Forest, Illinois, couple

became the 22 millionth and one persons to enter the Fair.

The surprised newlyweds, Audrie and Geoffrey Drisson, were

greeted at the Fair's Meadow Lake Gate (No. 5) by W.L. Stenegaaed,

executive vice president of the Florida World's Fair Authority,

and the newly-crowned ~11se Florida, Prtaoilla Joan Schnarr.

Mr. Stensgaaed presented the bride with a shell plant as he took

the couple on a tour of the pavilion.

They were then taken on a whirlwind tour as guests of the

Fair. They visited the General Cigar Favilion, Julimar Farms,

the Oregon Timber Carnival, had dinner at the International Cafe

in the Better Living Center and concluded with a visit to the

Montana Exhibit where they were given free hats.

Mr. and Mrs. Drisson arrived at the Kennedy Airport at

2 P.M. and came directly to the Fair for the lucky and unexpected

3 P.M. greeting. They are taking a late flight to Bermuda tonight

where they will honeymoon.

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August 13, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug, 13 -- A special booth will

be set up by the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation

in Convention Hall, Atlantic City, during the forthcoming

National Democratic Convention. The booth will open on

Saturday, August 22, and remain until Friday, August 28, for

the convenience of accredited members of the press and their

immediate families.

The booth will handle requests by the press to visit

the World's Fair on August 28 through August 30. Motor coach

transportation from Atlantic City to New York City will be

provided by the General Tire and Rubber Company, and passes

to the World's Fair will be issued to the press and their

families. In addition, assistance will be provided in obtain

ing hotel reservations in the New York area as well as easy

access to Fair exhibits.

Representatives of the Thomas J. Deegan Company and the

William J. Donoghue Corporation will be on hand to take care

of press requests.


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August 13, 1964

WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 13 -- Special Days at the Fair on

Saturday include Panama Canal Day (at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion);

National Shrine Day (at the Vatican Pavilion); Korea National Day;

Croatian Day (at the N. Y. State Pavilion); Turkic Tatar Day (at the

World's Fair Pavilion); United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners

of America Day; the final Day of Florida Week; the sixth Day of

Inventions Week; Cranford, N. J. Day, and1 South River Day and

Sayreville Day (at the N. J. Tercentenary Pavilion).

National Shrine Day will be celebrated at the Vatican Pavilion

by the holding of masses for the Feast of the Assumption at 10 A.M.,

Noon, 3, 4 and 6 P.M. At 8 P.M. Shrine Day ceremonies will be in the

form of a solemn Benediction and Candlelight Procession at the Vatican

Pavilion. The Most Reverend John Dougherty, President of Seton Hall

u. and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese or Newark, will preside.

The World's Fair will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the

opening of the Panama Canal on Aug. 15, 1914, with a program beginning

at 4 P.M. at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion. As a highlight of this

program, Fair executive vice president, Gen. William E. Potter, who

was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1956 to 1960, will accept

special greetings, an official medallion from the Canal Zone govern

ment and a bound copy of the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book from

Robert J. Fleming, Jr., present Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.

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Entertainment for the celebration will be provided by Lucho

Azcarraga and his quintet. Azcarraga, a Panamanian and one of Latin

America's leading recording stars~ will be performing in this country

for the first time.

Sixty-five members of the United Students of America~ an organiza•

tion representing various Latin American countries~ will sing and

dance in native costume.

The Postal Division of the Canal Zone will have first-day covers

of Commemorative Panama Canal Postage Stamps on sale at the Fair's

Pan American Highway Gardens from Aug, 15 through 19. A special dis

play of these stamps will be a feature at this exhibit on Panama canal

Day.

Croatian Day entertainment at the New York State Pavilion will

begin with an 11 A,M, program (to be repeated at 3 and 6 P.M8) by St.

Cecilia's Choir~ Sts, Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church of

New York City. At 12:30 (and again at 4:30 and 7:30 P.M.) the st.

Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Steelton, Pa., will give a special

"Marian" program of ethnic dancing by its Kolo club in honor of the

Feast of the Assumption.

Sports fans will be offered a rare free treat from 4 to 11 P.M.

in the Singer Bowl where the courtsmen Athletic Association Basketball

Exhibition will be held, Featured will be a game between several top

NBA stars, headed by Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain., the NBA 1s all-time

high scorer and two of his San Francisco Warrior teammates~ Guy

Rodgers and Al Attles. Also playing will be the Knicks' Art Heyman

(former Duke All-American), Johnny Green and Tom Hoover, as well as

ex-NYU ace Tom "Specs" Sanders of the world-champion Boston Celtics.

All eyes will be focused on the Knicks' two draft choices, Willis Reed,

of Grambling College (La.)~ and Howard Komives, of Bowling Green

(Ohio). the nation's high (collegiate) scorer, and how they will fare

against the established NBA stars. Preceding this exhibition, there

will be several games between outstanding amateur teams from

Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia.

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At 10:30 A.M., Academy Award-winning movie star, Gregor.y Peck,

will visit the American Cancer Society's Exhibit at the Hall of Science

to eee the Society's movie "Time for Life" in which he stars. After

wards he will tour the Fairgrounds stopping to see the Salvador Dali

Exhibit, "Art in Jewels," at the Pavilion of Spain, and the Johnson's

Wax Exhibit's film, "To Be Alive".

The 'l'urkic Tatar Nationality Day FOlk Festival will be held at

the World's Fair Pavilion between 8 and 10 P.M. This evening of ethnic

songs and dances will be staged by Turkic Tatar communities in the

u.s., made up of refugees from Soviet rule who fled their native

countries after world Wars I and II.

Sports Host Sid Gordon will be joined at the Schaefer Sports

Center by the Meta• friend Jim Bunning of the league-leading Phillieo

from Noon to 2 P.M. Bunning recently achieved baseball immortality by

pitching a perfect game against the Meta.

Meanwhile starting at 8 P.M. in nearby Shea Stadium, the Meta

will try to halt the runaway progress of the league-leading Phillies,

Fairgoers may return to the Fair free after the game by getting their

wrists stamped when exiting from the Fair.

A pipe smoking contest, in which more than 100 men and women will

compete for the pipe smoking championship of the world, will be held

at the Wisconsin Pavilion at 2 P,Mo This contest is being run under

the auspices or the Pipe and Tobacco Council.

Professor Lau Ta-po, noted Chinese artist, will demonstrate his

skill in Chinese painting at the Pavilion of the Republic of China at

3, 4 and 7:30 P.M.


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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 14 -- The special booth to

be operated by the New York world 1s Fair at the Democratic

National Convention 1n Atlantic City, will be equipped to

receive press requests. The telephone number in Atlantic City

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, August 14 -- Close to 100 members of the

Aviation/Space Writers Association, from many parts of the country,

plan a busy day at the New York World's Fair on Monday, August 17,

1964. As an early part of the Fair's observance of National Aviation

Day (Aug. 19), the writers will mark the 35th anniversary of air

passenger service by making a tour of aerospace and air transport

exhibits at the Fair.

Eastern Airlines Senior Vice President and General Manager

Arthur D. Lewis, New York City, will be the principal speaker at the

luncheon-meeting to be held at the Malaysian Pavilion Restaurant.

Special honors will be paid to three pioneers who were aboard the

Eastern Air Transport Ford Trimotor flight which inaugurated New York

City's first scheduled passenger and airmail service out of the old

North Beach Airport, now LaGuardia, on August 18, 1930. Recognition

also will be given to National Aviation Day designated for Wednesday,

August 19, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Elmer H. Sperry Jr., Hilton, Conn., first passenger and well

known inventor, will join with Capt. E. H. (Pete) Parker, Summit 6

N. J., and his co-pilot John B. Armstrong, Miami, Fla., both retired

after long careers in the air, in recalling that first flight nearly

ten years before New York City boasted a municipal airport. Mr.

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air navigation and night flying, and are presently guiding our explora

tion of outer space and missiles to the moon.

Pilot Parker recalls that the "Tin Goose" carried only 11

passengers, five pounds of airmail and a spare tailwheel in the 12th

seat, and served six cities, New York, Newark, Camden (Philadelphia),

Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.

"They rated the 'Tin Goose' at 120 miles an hour cruising," the

veteran captain says, "but I could never get more than 90 out or it,

an~ a headwind slowed us to about 40 or 50. On our first flight we

bucked a headwind to camden from Newark. It slowed our Ford Trimotor

so that four-wheeled Fords on the highway which served as my 'flying

beam 1 zipped past going in the same direction."

In the beginning there was one flight daily, except Sunday,

serving a round trip to six cities over a 310-mile route each way. A

total of 22 passengers made the round trip. The time one way was 4

hours 35 minutes. "Today," says Pilot Parker, "Eastern's newe3t trt

motors, Boeing 727 Whisperjeta, can fly 2,175 miles from LaGuardia to

Mexico City with nine times as many passengers in five minutes less

time."

Before the luncheon, the AWA members will visit the Fair's u~ s. Space Park and the Eastern Airlines Exhibit at 10 A~M~, enjoy a coffee

"break" at the TWA display in the Transportation and Travel Pavilion,

view the sights of the \~orld's Fair from the air through the courtesy

of the World's Fair Sightseeing Helicopters, operated by New York Air•

ways or United Aircraft International, from the Port Authority Heliport

and see the "Trip to the Moon" in the T&T Building.

Following lunch, the writers will visit the Missouri Pavilion to

see the "Spirt t of St. Louis", a replica of the special Ryan monoplane

flown by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris, May 20-21 1 1927.

Visits to the New York City Building for a simulated helicopter ride

over a model of the City with its 800,000 structures, to the Hall of

Science {Navigation equipment), General Motors (Allison engines, etc.)

and Chrysler (missiles) are included in their agenda.

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From 100 miles an hour to 600 miles an hour, from ll Eastern

passengers to 118 million, from one flight to 11 456 a day, from zero

to a billion dollars a year, from a fog over Staten Island (inaugural

flight) to closeup photos of the moon -- THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS

AVIATION AND SPACE WRITERS WILL RELIVE ~~ THEY ASSEMBLE MONDAY AT

THE WORLD'S FAIR WITH THE PIONEERS WHO STARTED IT ALL!

Schedule follows:

9 :30·9: 45 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

10:30·11:00 A.M,

11:00-12:00 Noon

12:30-2:00 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

3:15 P.M.

4:15 P.M.

5:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.

AWA members arrive at Gate No. 2, where they should be met by 3 Press Aides.

Visit NASA Space Park and Eastern Airlines Exhibit.

Coffee Break at TWA Exhibit in the Transportation and Travel Pavilion.

Helicopter trips over World's Fair, courtesy of WF's sightseeing Helicopter Service. Also see Port Authority Exhibit.

Luncheon and ceremonies at Malaysian Pavilion where Arthur D. Lewis, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Eastern Airlines, will be principal speaker; honored guests will include Captain E. H. (Pete) Parker, Summit, N.J. 1

pilot; Captain John B. Armstrong, Miami, Fla., co-pilot, and Elmer H. Sperry, Jr., Wilton, Conn., first passenger and wellknown inventor1 who were aboard Eastern Air Transport Ford Trimotor flight inaugurating New York City's first scheduled passenger and airmail service out of the old North Beach Airport (now LaGuardia) on August 18, 1930.

Visit New York City Building for simulated helicopter ride over the City.

Visit Missouri Building. See "Spirit of St. Louis" replica.

Visit General Motors. See Allison Engine, etc.

Visit Chrysler Exhibit (missiles).

Hall of Science: Navigation Equipment,

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WORW•S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

NEW YORK WORID•S FAIR, Aug. 14 -- Among the "Special Days 11 at

the Fair on Sunday,_ Scottish Nationality Day Folk Festival in Singer

Bowl, from 5 to 8 P.M., will offer a rare chance to see and hear a

stirring spectacle of' rousing, joyful Scottish highland and country

music. The awesome "skirl of the pipes" will be performed by: 100

pipers and drummers; 32 highland dancers; four sets of' Scottish

country dancers, accompanied by Stan Hamilton and his Clansmen from

Ontario, Canada -- all ceremoniously dressed in traditional highland

costumes and colorful tartans of' the ancient clans of Scotland.

The highlight of the evening will be the appearance of Scotland's

foremost entertainer, Andy Stewart, the "Scottish Soldier", who is

"jetting" from Scotland to Singer Bowl for this special appearance.

Other Special Days to be celebrated on Sunday: Alpha Kappa Alpha

Day; Soap Box Derby Championrs Day; United Scottish Clans of New York

New Jersey Day; Vacationers Club of America Day; Rutgers University

Rangers Day, and New York State Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Day.

At Noon, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Day ceremonial observances at the

Top-of-the-Fair Restaurant in honor of the outstanding Negro women of

the last century will pay tribute to Miss Marian Anderson, honorary

member of the sorority. The world-famous contralto will attend the

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The Rutgers University Rangers will demonstrate karate and hand

to-hand self-defense maneuvers at the N.J. Tercentenary Pavilion at

11 31 51 7 and 9 P.M. Appearing at each performance with the Rangers

will be the "Valiants", a rook 'n' roll group from Plainfield.

The Lucho Azoarraga Band from Panama, continuing their celebration

of the Panama Canal•s 50th anniversary, will perform Panamanian music

and traditional dances at various points around the Fair. They will be

at the Pan American Highway Gardens at 2 P.M.; the Centralamerica

Panama Pavilion at 4 P.M., and the Court of the Universe at 6 P.M.

Among the groups performing for New York State Fife, Drum and

Bugle Corps Day,. from 11 s15 A.M. to 10 P.M. at the New York State

Pavilion, will be 1 The Candleirs, precision drill champions of Mighty

Monarch Elks (NYC); St. Michael's Archangels Drum and Bugle Corps

(Flushing); Thunderstreaks Drum and Bugle Corps (Bellmore);· St. Leo's

Cadets (Corona); St. Clement•s Drum Corps (so. Ozone Park); The Ascots

Drum and Bugle Corps (Sea Cliff); 109th Precinct Youth Council Rebels

Concert Drum and Bugle Corps; St. Fidelis Majestic Knights, fife, drum

and bugle corps with Color Guard (College Point); Colonial Ancient Fife

and Drum Junior-Senior Corps (Bethpage); OUr Lady of Czentochowa

Ramblers, drum and bugle corps (Brooklyn); Hewlett-Woodmere Police

Boys Drum and Bugle Corps; St. Brigid•s Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps

(Westbury); Skylarks Drum and Bugle Corps (Holbrook), and the Smithtown

Freelancers and Smithtown Plebes of the Sndthtown Drum and Bugle Corps.

Religious services at the Fair on Sunday will include& Sunday

morning worship conducted by the Salvation Army, with music by the

Salvation Army Singers and Brass Ensemble, at the Protestant and

Orthodox Center Theatre at 11 A.M.; the Bibletown, U.S.A. program

featuring church bands and choirs from Bocaraton, Fla., at 2:30 P.M.

In the Federal Pavilion, and the New England Armenian Chorus Concert

of Sacred and Secular Music, sponsored by the Armenian Church of

runerica at 2 P.M. in the Protestant and Orthodox Center Theatre.

The Tiparillo Band Pavilion will present the Central Parkway Youth

Symphonic Band from the YMCA of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio,

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and OUy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians playing for tree public

dancing from 9:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M.

The 86-piece MOntana Band~ first place winners in the Pasadena

Tournament or Roses Parade last year~ will continue to play at the

MOntana Big Sky Count~ Pavilion and to salute various exhibitor states

by playing at their pavilions. The band's schedule: lt30-Montana;

l:45•HOllywood; 2:00-New Jersey; 2:15-Wisconsin; 2:25-M1ssouri; 2:40-

Alaska; ·3:15 Bourbon Street, and from 6 to 7 P.M.~ the Federal

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WORLD'S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 17

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 14 -- The State of Indiana, as their

contribution to the World's Fair, will present a program of live opera

free to Fairgoers when Indiana University Opera Theater presents

'"l'urandot" in the Singer Bowl from 9:30 P.M. to midnight on Monday

(Indiana State Day) and Tuesday. This presentation of Puccini's most

lavish opera will come to the Fair after having been presented four

times on the largest outdoor stage in the world at Indiana Universityrs

Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.

Featured in the title role will be Margaret Harshaw, supported by

a cast or more than 200, and a lOO·pieoe symphony orchestra conducted

by Ixler Solomon. Special outdoor settings and stage designs for the

opera at the Singer Bowl have been created by Mario Oristini.

Other Special Days on Mondays Indonesian Independence Day; AC

Spark Plug Division of General MOtors Day; HUghes Club Day; Joseph

Schlitz Brewing Co. Day; Orange County Day (N.Y. State Pavilion).

Indonesian Independence Day at the World's Fair will be celebrated

at the Indonesian Pavilion and its Theatre-Restaurant between 6:30 and

8:30 P.M. A reception will be held for U.N. dignitaries and other

guests. A special two-hour cultural performance by the entire troupe

or Indonesian dancers, singers and musicians will be held. Among the

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~. and Mrs. Ralph Bunohe, Uhder Secretary to the U.N.; M. and Mme.

Roger Seydoux# French Ambassador to the U.N.; Mr. and Mrs. Silvert

Nielsen~ President ot the U.N. Security Council; Mr. and Mrs. Lee

St~assberg ot Actor•s Studio; Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Bennett, Former U.N.

Administrator in West New Guinea; Major General Raikkye, Military

Advisor to the U.N. Secretary General; Mr. Roy Neuberger; Mr. Harvey

CUshman; Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Kerstein, Director ot L1nooln Center;

Mr. Armason, artist and Mr. Waldo Rasmussen, artist.

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WORLD 1 S FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 20

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 18 -- A king-sized traffic jam should

develop around the World's Fair Unisphere at about 10:30 A.M. on

Thursday. The beloved, redoubtable New Yorl( Mete will pause there and

then during their "Day" at the Fair to give out autographed sheets and

photos to their fans.

Other special ''Days" at the Fair on Thursday include: General

MOtors Locomotive Delivery Day; American Institute of Planners• Day;

National Supreme Council, A.&A.S.R. Masons, Inc. Day; Betail Jewelers

of America Day; National District Attorneys' Day; Camden County Week

(4th day), and Schuyler County Day.

As a highlight of General Motors Locomotive Delivery Day, Seaboard

Railroad will return to General MOtors Corporation, the railroad

engine which was on display at General Mbtors Futurama in the 1939-40

World's Fair. In exchange for this historic engine, Seaboard Railroad

will take delivery or a new Electro-Motive engine at the L.I.R.R.

tracks near the Montana Pavilion at 11:30 A.M. Fair President Robert

Moses and members of the cast of "Fade Out, Fade In" will participate

in the ceremonies.

The Mete will arrive at the Fair at 10:15 A.M. via New Amsterdam

Gate (No. 2), and after their Unisphere appearance, will visit the

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at 11:45 A.M. A 12:30 P.M. luncheon at the Millstone Restaurant in the

New England States Exhibition will be hosted by United Air Lines.

After lunch, the Mets will visit the United Air Lines Exhibit at

la45 P.M.; General MOtors Futurama II (2:15 P.M.); The New York City

Pavilion (3 P.M.); the State of Hawaii ~ibit (4 P.M.): the AMF

MOnorail {5 P.M.); and the Coca-Cola Pavilion (5:45P.M.). They will

depart via Gate No. 2 at 6:15 P.M.

Miss Pauline Trigere will conduct a special fashion show in honor

of Retail Jewelers of America Day at the Fair at 4 P.M. in the Crystal

Palace or Fashion in the Better Living Center. This show, which will

be held on the closing day of the annual Retail Jewelers Convention in

New York, will be sponsored by Idnde Stars, an exhibitor in the Crystal

Palace of Fashion. A feature of that exhibit is "The World's Fair

Necklace", valued at $25,000. The value of the jewelry which Miss

Tr1gere will display on her models, in coordination with beautiful

gowns, is $750,000.

A day-long program of entertainment featuring talent from Schuyler

County has been scheduled at the New York State Pavilion in celebration

of Schuyler County Day.

At 11:15 A.M., Dr. Matsch of the Austrian Mission to the U.N. will

speak on "Peace for Use in OUter Space" at the Illinois Pavilion, and

at l P.M., Ginn! Clemens, folk singer from Chicago, will entertain.

The American Institute of Planners will hold a special meeting

sponsored by the Port of New York Authority at the Federal Pavilion at

1 P.M. In the same pavilion at 4 P.M., the Women's Army Corps Band

will play in concert.

Between 6 and 8 P.M., there will be a color video taping at the

RCA Pavilion of Sol Yaged and his Jazz Quintet from Bourbon Street.

At twilight, the Band of America, directed by Paul Lavalle, will

play at the Fountain of the Planets, Court of the Universe, from 7:15

to 8:40 P.M., Just prior to the fountain display for the evening "Great

Masters", at 9 P.M. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians will begin

playing for free public dancing at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion at

9:30 P.M., and will continue until 12:30 A.M.

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.August 18, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 18 -- Ceremonies attendant to

Hawaii Statehood Day at the Fair (Friday, Aug, 21), coinciding

with the fifth anniversar.y of Hawaii's Statehood, will be high

lighted by the presentation of an Hawaii State Silver Medallion

to Fair President Robert Moses.

The presentation will be made by former Lt. Governor James

K. Kealoha, currently Executive Officer of the Hawaiian Exhibit

at the Fair. It will follow tae presentation of the World's

Pair Silver Medallion to Governor Kealoha by Mr. Moses.

Both presentations will take place in the Aloha Theatre of

the Hawaiian Pavilion at 11:30 A.M.

The celebration of Hawaii Statehood Day will commence at

10:30 A.M. when the official Hawaiian delegation will be greeted

at the Fair's New Amsterdam Gate (No. 2) by Gen. William E.

Potter, Fair Executive Vice President and Gates Davison, Fair

Deputy Chief of Protocol.

Included in the State•s delegation are the famous Kamehameha

Alumni Glee Club, "Miss Hawaii of 1964 ", 18-year-old Le1naala

Tervya, and Maiku A1u and her hula dancers,

The Glee Club will march from Gate No. 2 through the Fair

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g1ve a one-hour concert at 11:45 A.M., following the medallion

presentation ceremonies. At 4 P.M., the group will perform at

·the Federal Pavilionts Kennedy Plaza, and at 6:30 P.M. in the

Restaurant of the Five Volcanos 1n the Hawaiian Pavilion.

~ Lombardo will also receive a special medallion from the

State of Hawaii for his contribution to the State of Hawaii in

producing "Paradise Isle" at the Jones Beach Theatre in 61/62.

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August 19, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug, 19 •• Some three hundred veterans

of the U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division, the unit whose World

War II battle honors include the Leyte landing, the liberation of

Manila and the 3,700 Allied civilian internees held by the Japanese

in that city•s Santo Tomas University, will assemble at the New

York World's Fair to commemorate these dramatic events on Friday,

Aug. 21.

The day has been designated "First Cavalry Division Association

Day" by the Fair.

At 10 A.M. they will be Joined at the Fair's Philippine Pavil

ion by survivors of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, of the Battle

of Corregidor, of the Bataan "death march 11 , and by u.s. and

Philippine officers and officials, for ceremonies honoring those

who suffered and prevailed during those historic days.

The 10 A.M. ceremonies, at which Fair President Robert MOses

will speak, will be hosted by MaJ. Gen. Alfred G. Tuckerman. Brig.

Gen. William Bradley, former First Cavalry Division Commander, and

Ambassador Richard c. Patterson, Jr., Fair Chief of Protocol, will

also speak.

Col. Charles E. Brady, the First Cavalry officer who negotiated

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Cozaregidor rock to internees and survivors of the Bataan "death

march" participating in Fzaiday•s ceremonies,

Honozaed guests at the ceremonies will include Lt. Oen. R. w. Porter~ Jr., Commanding General, First Army in New York, and Maj.

Oen. William c. Chase, commander of the First Cavalry Division

''Flying Column" which captured Santo Tomas. The First Army Band

will participate in the commemorative ceremonies.

First Cavalry Division Association Day at the Fair will be the

highlight of the Association's four-day-long 17th Annual Reunion

beginning Thursday in New York City.

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August 19, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD•S FAIR, Aug. 19 -- The final tryouts to select

the strongest teams for the u. s. O~ymp1c Weightlifting Squad in the

XVIII Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 10-24, will be contested

tomorrow (Friday) in the World's Fair Pavilion. Admission is free.

Other Olympic finals are also slated within the next few weeks

in wrestling, water polo, rowing, gymnastics, swimming and diving,

cycling~ volleyball and canoeing. There will be no charge for the

events conducted on the exposition grounds at Flushing Meadow Park.

More than 60 of the country's outstanding lifters have qualified

for the competition starting at noon tomorrow and finishing Saturday.

Matches will be in eight classes, The appearance or three former

Olympic titleholders will highlight the weightlifting tournament.

Tommy Kono, Hawaii, 1952 lightweight ruler, Norbert Schemansky

of Detroit, 1952 middle heavyweight champion, and Isaac Berger of New

York, the 1956 lightweight titleholder, will seek further Olympic

laurels. Other favored contenders are Joseph Puleo, middleweight,

Bill March, York, Pa., middle heavyweight, and Tony Garey, lightweight

winner -- all 1963 Pan-American champions.

The World's Fair Singer Bowl will be the scene of Olympic wres

tling tryouts starting Monday and continuing through Friday.

This will mark the finale of five Olympic tryouts held at the

World's Fair, which serves as co-sponsor with the New York City's

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There also will be a trio of Olympians from the 1960 team on

hand tor the wrestling, which will be in free st~le and Greco-Roman.

Eliot Gray Simons, fl~eight free st~le, Russ Camilleri, Greco-Roman

middleweight, and Dan Brand, light heavyweight free st~le, showed

their fine form in the recent National A.A.U. championships, also

held at the World's Fair, b~ winning five gold medals among them.

In addition to these veteran grapplers, other favorites include

Greg Ruth 1n the 154-pound free style and Private Jim Raschke. The

former, a student at the University ot Oklahoma, carried off the

national title, and Raschke, ex-University of Nebraska ace, won both

heavyweight crowns for a "double" in tree style and Greco-Roman.

Other upcondng Ol~pic tryouts include water polo, swimming and

diving at Astoria Pool in Queens, Aug. 25-Sept. 6, with some 1,000

top men and women aquatic stars participating in the three-sport

13-day water carnival.

The men's and women's Ol~pio g~astic tryouts, Aug. 26-29, at

the u.s. Merchant Marine Acade~, Kings Point, L.I.; cycling (speed

races), Aug. 31-Sept. 3, at the Stern K1ssena Park, Queens; volleybal~

Sept. 2-5, at Queens College, Flushing; cycling (road races) at

Central Park, Sept. 5-6, and canoeing for men and women at Orchard

Beach, Bronx, Sept. 12-13, wind up the "Olympic Days" in the metro

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August 19, 1964

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 19 -- Notables from the world of

aport, entertainment, literature and religion will be represented on

the IAthuania Day program at the New York World's Fair on Sunday,

Aug. 23.

Miss Ruta Lee, screen and television star, who recently freed

her grandmother from behind the Iron Curtain, will be Mistress of

Ceremonies for the Lithuania Day program to be held in the Singer Bowl.

MOre than 20,000 L1thuanian-Americans are expected to attend.

A memorial wreath·l~ing ceremony at the ~thuan1an Wayside Cross,

located at Meditation Lane and Avenue of Africa, will inaugurate the

program at noon. ~his will be followed by a Mass in the Singer Bowl

at 12:30 P.M., to be celebrated by Lithuanian Bishop Vincent Brizgys.

Following the Mass, 1,400 choristers and more than 700 folk

dancers will parade into the Singer Bowl to present the cultural songs

and dances of their homeland.

The Hon. Joseph Kajeckas, Charge d'Affaires for Lithuania in the

United States, will deliver the keynote address. John Unitas, quarter

back star of the Baltimore Colts, and Major John Yesulaitis, former

director of the U.S. Air Force Band, will also speak at the Singer

Bowl ceremonies. The entire program will be telecast in color by RCA

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 19 -- Friday at the Fair has been

designated as Hawaii Statehood Day; the first day of the Olympic

We1ght11fting Trials; Antigua Day; First Cavalry Division Association

Day; Greene County Day, and the fifth day of Camden County Week.

Hawaii Statehood Day ceremonies will be held in commemoration of

the fifth anniversary of Hawaii's being proclaimed a State by President

Eisenhower on Aug. 21, 1959. A highlight of the ceremonies will be an

exchange of silver medallions between Fair President Robert MOses and

former Lt. Gov. of Hawaii James K. Kealoha, now Executive Officer of

the State of Hawaii Exhibit. This exchange will take place at the

Aloha Theatre, State of Hawaii Exhibit in the Lake Amusement Area at

11:30 A.M.

The official Hawaii Statehood Day party, which will include the

Hon. Valentine Marciel, Comptroller of the State of Hawaii; Ralph

Honda, Member, State of Hawaii New York World's Fair Committee, and

the Kamehameha Alumni H.S. Glee Club, will arrive at the New Amsterdam

Gate (No. 2) at 10:30 A.M. Here they will be greeted by Michael R.

Pender, Director of State Exhibits and by Gates Davison, Fair Deputy

Chief of Protocol.

There will be a 1 P.M. luncheon hosted by the Fair at the

Restaurant or the Five Volcanos, State of Hawaii Exhibit, and, as a

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will perform at the 11:30 A.M. program at the Aloha Theatre, and again

at 4 P.M. at the Federal Pavilion.

First Cavalry Division Association Day will be attended by some

300 veterans of that unit whose World War II combat honors include

the Leyte landing, the liberation of Manila and 3,700 Allied civilian

internees held by the Japanese in that city•s Santo Tomas University.

Fair President Robert MOses will address the group at ceremonies

at 10 A.M. at the Philippine Pavilion. It will be attended by survi

vors of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, the Battle of Corregidor and

the Bataan "death march. "

Maj. Gen. Alfred G. Tuckerman, Brig. Gen. William Bradley and

Ambassador Richard c. Patterson, Jr., will also speak.

One of the finest examples of "Peace Through Understanding" will

take place at the New England States Exhibition at 10:30 P.M. when

the pavilion will re-open after its 10 P.M. closing to host over 400

employees of 33 international pavilions at the Fair. It will be a

multi-lingual, multi-costumed affair at which songs, music and dances

from the far corners of the earth will mingle. The get-together,

labelled International Day, has been planned as an expression of the

traditional hospitality and friendship of New Englanders and as an

opportunity for the development of understanding by having fun to

gether. Traditional New England food will be served at the party.

The Antigua Steel Band, which won the British West Indies Cham

pionship, will appear from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the Seven-Up Pavilion

and from 7 to 8 P.M. at the Tiparillo Band Pavilion.

As part of the Fair's Olympic Trials program, the Olympic Weight

lifting Trials will be held at the World•s Fair Pavilion from noon to

5 P.M.

The Sports Host at the Schaefer Center from noon to 3 P.M. and

from 5 to 7 P.M. each day throughout the weekend, will be the famed

''Big 0," Oscar Robertson, of the Cincinnati Royals. Proclaimed by

many sports writers and coaches to be the best all-round basketball

player in the world, Oscar was star of the 1960 Olympic team, three

times All-American at Cincinnati U., and an All-Pro star in the NBA •

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UNISPHERE8

--PEACE THROUGH UNOE~STANOING

C IQP;!I

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

WORLD's F"AIR, N.Y. 11380 AREA CODi 212- WF" 4-1964 CABLE WORLDSFAIR

ROBERT MOSES

August 19, 1964 ~ ~ ~D~

,, . \\ . ,y~ MEMORANDUM TO PAUL S~RVANE ~

FROM ROBERT MOSES

By way of explanation, I was enormously impressed by tile number, appearance, behavior and happiness of the small children at the Fair last Monday, and therefore after talks with the operation people, sent out the telegrams as to adding Friday to the twenty-five cent Monday.

As to the school kids with teachers in 1965, we can add about two weeks by beginning at the opening of the Fair. As to the family tickets, strongly recommended by G. M. and other big exhibitors, I am inclined to favor something along this line in connection with the advance sale we are planning. We can talk about this a little later.

President

RM:vr

. ,commufiications Department ''Pre$~ Building New Yor'k World's Fair Corporation 'World·' s Fair, New York 11380

Miss Leona Jonpoll City Hall !low Yorl\ 1 :;c·•t Yor:, .JOJ7 P-1

Cammunications Department Press Building New York World's Fair Corporation World's Fair, New York 11380

LEPANTO NEWS RECORD, POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS FRI. JUNE I9, 1964

Editor Takes World's Fair In "Capsule Form" For 12 Hours An American Airlines ticket in high style along tJ1.e Magic level exhilbit was crevoted to the we foood ikind and courteous

of $56.85 from Memphis' Inter- Skyway through a "time twt- technology of modern commun- PEOI>le. national Al.rporlt to New York nel" .. the wheel of industry, ioations .:liltt its h;istory of contin- Of inte --~ t ~e j·~ .. Ol.ty, a· lifiocent sub\¥3Y !are from the e:x:hlD.lit poi:nted out, was IW\1S devi!Oprnent SUCh as the . · r.,... 0 eva,-- ._. downtown Mlanbnttan, .and a $2 started when a OaJVe-man oontriv- one we enjoy now in our area mg from the crowds In the per-ticket at the wor.JJd's Fair tum· ed a crude wheel of stone, and ' ticuar areas, was the Intema-atile, ad!mitted thJe weekly new- it was devel.qled down thlrough Just as our parents related the Uon:tl p:llvillons where countries ~ editor 1oto a World of .!Jhe :&gle$, to oam-ry us into thts wonders of other World's iairs, from thro~hout the worlds dis-Today and TolOOIT.l'OW. hdgney industrialized and mech- so will thL" gencro.tion of yoUJJlg ~1ayed their ~res in batt.aal'·

lt was eveeybb.ing tthe anized ertl of today All of the people tell it to their children hltc smal·l ibu:llkiings eond often• D'1eClli:ls bad proclaimed magn-~ to d~rot mBn>s ascend· and grandchildlren and what times there were adjacent patios ilfioon.t, atupendous, ::OlUilllcll. ancy from an Olll1maJ. kingdom could !be more ·thrilling than that lloir eating and a closer peopleam.azine, cultiJrol and in ~ were created iby Walt Disney I~ whfuh we ;•iewed, people talking to-<people (."()Clli1ottltbl 1n instances, gaudy, but eveeytihd.n.g fact two sets of hands appee; to over the telephone and looking keeping with the Fair's one I 9lllW and did WQS in "capsuie have guided ·the whole world's stradght into the face of their world symbol. lfo11m" for 12 continuous hours, Fadr into its luring ~de oonversaltionallst ·. · I still don't We;J~ty and footsore, I sat on 90 you can't take my word for those of New York's Moses and tmdierStand television, so how one of the benches across trorn i~, there was nevar eno1.1(!1h time OaliJomi:a's Disney. Disney's could I !IP"IlflP such .a phenomenal the F<>untrun Lake display, and d!or ~- You must .go and txn.Lch Is everywhere to the de- feat. We i~ gazed in .amaze- let my fri.end wander on ~)!refersee ~r ~u.r.seJf arnd you will be Lt(dht of ewryone. It was terri- ~nt a~ ~rrded t.J:~e Idea of ring ·to watclh lblte people erom gliad you did. After all, you have fiic. . sweatmg out that line to try every part of the worlo' pa!i8 in tmtU the fall~ 1966. lt out. reNiew .. ~er .aU, wbalt would

Firat Look Bell Tel~ne System giiiVe As for the Eastman Kodak ex- tlhe e:xhilbits be without 1lbe peo. 'llhe first ·look alfter entering us another rest£ul period .. a hilbit .. it was among my favor!.- pie .. nothin&l And it was peo

the fllli.rgrounds of approx!imllllte- 1:5-irninute a!l"llll&hair ride in the .tJes, for here a klind eJChdlbiltor pie who MWkenod me erom a ~ 540 acres, Is like that of BillY upper st01:y of the building. We heLped in the solluition of a minr- si<tltinlg-upri:ghit doze . . a group Stlate Fair. only on a scale all liStened c.grain by way of ear- or trou!ble with nl3' camera and of Americans who were IBueh· out cxf proportion in CIOOJIPillriSon phones .as the nar.rotOO" told the rprovld.ed irufonnaltion ocr untoJ.d ing at rn;y pbenomenal :teat and

at a coat of what must be bil- stoitY of the telephone .. a lower valiue. Here, as in 'IIUI'IliY' places, (Continued on back page) ocr do'Uialrs. There :is every

It() Beet depoodi.ng 0111 what you want to view, ood so ldttle time in. wbidl. to do it, and there

Is an aiitematire, Ulllless :twwc three t.hinll!s, ample ~e moooy, am1l ample

walking capacity. out of the maze of exhilbits

viewed at random and without plannillg on my part and

of a newspaper friend, it generaUy ogreed, the beSt

saw, were "for free." Name-1~, General Motor's Fluturama, rthe Ford Exlhilbi~, Bdl'll Tele-

System, General Electric, Eru!rt.trtan Kodla•!t; and countless

were given cll!I'sory once-

LEPANTO NEWS RECORD FRI. JUNE !9, !964

Worlds F•lr - I (Coll'tinUed from page one) ~ It oo co~ film. We Jlll.1&bed .tolethet' aDd ~·I, 'floot,ootes.'

Aeain we p.dled oo to the' Oooa Oola and PC!I,1d.C0la exblbl'IIIP end were refreshed with :tileD- refreshintg dTlDlat and ~ ahibl.ta aDd I lW'8S r8niDded of en .incident durln8 DIU 1980 t.rip in Moscow, Russia when with a group of newspaper people we t.clm'ed their acblevanent park aDd dol-tired and weary we stqJped to buy a cold drink. but tbere was no cold drinks, Clllly wanD peaa' juice. Wbat a 'bonanZa' these two finDs would reap in RUIBia.

'.I'hcre was a Greyboond trip tbat revealed more sights and IOUDdlll as we passed by the exbibitu of 81) natio.. and 57 r;:avili1ioos of culture, IJIIJSic, arl, .religion, industrY. -you name, 1.t 8Dd it was there, but it would ' bave taken 30 days to see it. Only tii1W, baCk borne, does the real pic:Nre begin to unfold in penoram.fc vieoN and the startl-- realization of tbe wonderful, exdti!J.I era in whk:b we are living. - EBtber Blndursky

NEWARK SUNDAY NEWS, JULY !2, !964

Parking at the Fair ----------·-----

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - The emergence of a highly sophisticated, electroni<:ally controlled parlting operation at the New York World's Fair was reveled today with the announcement by Stuart Constable, vice· president in dulrge of operations for the Fair, that the l,OOO,OOOth car had been clocked into one of the Fair's four parting lots.

With thousands of travelers from all over the country arriving by private automobile at the Fair daily, the orderly handling of traffic and parking, thO\IIIl careMlY planned long be!.. tbe Fair opened, has since undergone many refine· menta. : The four parking facilities 'have a capacity of more than 120.000 ears. A new guidance . system greets the traveler long 'before he reaches the Fairgroun!ls. Fifteen electronically; controlled orange and blue signs. , witb green bulb arrows reach 'out for five miles in aD direc· tiOns to help the visitor. The signs are operated by the Queens Traffic Control Depanment in Long Island City under the direction ol1tte World's Fair parting supervisor who coordi· nates up-to-tile-minUte .information from NtW York City police

and traffic bureaus with reports\lthat the number or can uJeCI from the parking areas. by a potential of 300.000 to 400.000

At each or the four Jot11 ob· visitors can be handled l!!fi· servers with binoculars perched ciently. on 20.foot high towers watch The four parlting areas run by the flow of cars into their areas the Fair with 111ggestlons as to and . keep in c~nstant touch by how the)' may belt be Ulf'Al by mob1le radio With the supervisor villtorl follow: ~o .that there is a.n orderly feed· 1. Tile t,llkar l'lallllll w m mto each p;rrkmg section. til ......,_ Partway, ..a.

Oa a normal day with Fair i' t1 tile ~ 11 .....atteftdaace betweea 211,111 llleiMied u 1111& _.... fer aad 251,111 more thaa 15,111 tra111e eoalq rr.. U..ute can can be expected to enter ' New York ... Hew ~ its parldag ladlltles, nlcll tvet' tile Ina·....._ ... are opera,ted for the Fair by 'I'IINp Meek llrtdpl. Piakertoa s Natloaal Detect!\'e 1 z. ne z.-.ar ....,._. AreacJ. I Stred ...... ., .. FU In anticipation. however. or' II ree-mw I• ,......;

greater crowds and a possible eo.1111 fn. ...,. IAII day when all lots may be filled, IJJud m Ntrellera ...... arrangementl have been made vard. to divert .the overflow to a 1.500-j J. Tile 5.-at Eo& .... ear parkmg area recently corn-~ ., w 11 ~ ,_ a.e pleted at the Marina on nushing Va Wyck £111••• em. Bay, west of the Fairgrounds. .._

1

The Marina u ju5t off Grand l Central Partway at ill intersec-' t. 1'1le tslkar Wei& JleU. tiOD with Northern Boulevard! ., I.e .._ ~ ee.aml and Whltettone Partnray. I l'adEnJF .... : _.._

. : Ne ..... ~·- to aDd frolr ~um rate for the day ati !be Fairpolmd pta 11 ....0

the Marina lot.. thougb not under\ able at the two Meadow 1a11 Fair CorporatiOn management.~ _.. • .. _ will be the 11ame SUI ..s.~--': .... ...., F'lulbbllmu. AD 1110 . . ....... ..,..1 tiODI ol Clle ...uer l..a'lrnla at Faa loti. Street lot are dole eaaaP t;

With tbe added capacity of the! tbe gate., fbat ba1 ~ Karina area. World'l Fair park·! tlorl 11 IIIIIIICIIIIIJ ing autborttiel are cxmridenti •

Saturday, July 25, 1964 qtDr .ltlanta ~oamal

----Worlds' Fair Religious Centers:----.

OLD CALIFORNIA CHURCH REVIVES CHURCH HISTORY

Thl8 t1 the second of eight arllcle.s on the major rellgiot.l.s pav1Uona at the Neto Yorlc World'• Fmr. Mr. Webb, on Atlanta natWc who is now pas· tor of Sandtown Baptist Church, visited the lair after alteflding the Southern Bapli.st C011ventlon earlier thtl aum· mer.

By REV. GUY WERB An insight intn a major

branch of Christianity, Orthodm:• .. , not l.on •veil kaow1. to

· many Ati<tn· tans Is avail able at the Russian Orthodox Pavll· ion at the New York World's Fair.

Though similar in most respects to Roman Catholics, the

n. •• ~ ..... ~ Catiwlk~ ar1• not un-der the Pope of Rome and have nationalistic emnhases within t h e i r organizaUon· al structures, honoring sec· tiona1 leaders called Patrl· archs.

The R u s s I a n Orthodox Church historically grew to be the largest segment of Greek Orthodoxy, others being the Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian and Antlochan churches.

A FtJLL.SCALE replica of the Fort Ross, Callf., Russian Orthodox Chapel (the old· est in America besides the one In Alaska) is the featured pavilion building.

The restored original I~ nmr a state hisloriral m:•nllmcnl. The Fort Ross St :•' ~ Park pre· serves the fort community hePdquarter;; of ttussian furriers who ht:n,cd sea otters in cOAstal wntcrs.

En-;hrined within the fair's replica is the ve11eratcd, gem· encrusted, five-century · old

J. 1li:Dt .\\tlanta]ournal

Holy Icon of Our Lady of Kazan valued at a half million dollars. ,

Icons (also spelled ikons) are pictures or Images of Christ, the Virgin Mary or one of the saints to which religious devotion 'has beeh at· tached. They are considered holy.

'Ibis displayed Icon dated from 1300 is a picture of the Virgin Mary and Child origl· nating in Kazan, Russia. Brought by conquering troops to Moscow, It was enshrined in the Kazan Cathedral built in 1630 in the Kremlin.

ALL THE PAINTING except the faces of the Virgin and Child is covered l:y a 1630 rizza which 1s a metal covering. By the rr.pousse technif]ue the thin metal is formed in relief by being beaten up from the reverse side. To the original jewels Catherine the Great added a new crown of diamonds about 1750. Now 1,109 gems adorn 1 he icon which Is only 10 by 1'3 inches.

After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the icon was sold into private hands. On loan to the pavilion, the Icon is the object or a funds drive to restore it to the Russian Orthodox Gre~k Catholic Church of America, exhibit

Saturday, July 25, 1964

sponsors. The Church iJ1 America separated from the Moscow Patriarchate in 1924 because of Communist lnfll· tration. In San Francisco the Shrine of Our Lady of Kazan is to be built to enshrine permanently the leon.

With over 500 churches the Russian Orthodox Church has a million and a half members in North and South America and Japan.

IN AN ADJOINING kiosk at the Fair color reprodnc· lions and books on Orthodoxy may be purchased.

Brought to America by im· migrants, Orthodox churches of all nationalistic affiliations have continued through their descendants' efforts. Current ecumenical emphases and American Indigenous loyalty over that to the "old coun· tries," however, II producing a movement to combine all Orthodox churches within our shores into one Ameriean Orthodox Church.

The day may soon come when we in America will not speak of our nation's religious affiliations as Protestant, Catholic or Jt>\vish only, but mav add a fourth m a j or grouping, Orthodox.

NEXT SATURD.W: The Billy Graham Pavilion.

THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR YOU HAVE TO SEE IT, TO BELIEV

NEWARK SUNDAY NEWS, JULY !2,!964

World's Fair Movies Many and Good A.nd Best of All,

Most Are Free

By ALEXANDER 1\III.Cll Never has there been an PX·

position ofrering so many movies. or movies so good. as the 1964 New York World's Fair.

And ncVl'r ha1·~ movies been shown in so many ways - front, side. aho1c, below and wrap-around. Some of lhr techniques im·olvrd a1·e quite new. Best of all, most or them are free.

It was nothing like this a quarter of a century a~o when this correspondent roamed the 1939 World's Fair on lhe same site, seeing everything th~t was to be seen. Movil.'s Wl'l'e few and far hclwt•l'n lhl'n.

Out or the hundrt•ds of f1lms now on view in pavilions of the fail' (the Continental ln· surance Companies of New York and Newm·k havt• gi\'!•11 up their attl'mpt at da~·lighl showin~s outside lht•ir pavilion), best h~· far. in m~· op111· ion, is "To Be Alin•." at lht• .Johnson's Wax I'Xhihit.

The word is.aln•adv abroad. and th(' public, toti, hv It·.~ vote, has chost•n thl' i>.ietui·p as the fair's outstanding ef· fort of its kind. People hy the hundreds flock to the curiously-archrd pavilion to stand in lim• for a chancr to see the 17~~-minute mas!Prl'iece. . .

"TO BE ,\LJVE." which is ahout the joy of Jiving, em· ploys a new techniqu<' -three pictures side tw sidl', simultaneously screened by three projectors.

This sounds like Cin<'ranw. but isn't, hecaus!' no effort is made to join the three pic· lures. The seJwns are about a fool ap~rt. l'l'!'atmg the ef· feel of two nrtical har" hetween. One gets usl'd t .. ll•t'lll quickly. and hardly knows lh<')"rc tlll're.

The thrt>P scrf'PilS can he liSl'd to pro_jrct the full 1 It'll'

of one scene. or for thre<' spparate p1cture~ of the same suhject or rrlaterl OIH'S . .-\ gwl Cor example tnes tim•!' differ· ent hairdos at the same time -and a last ride downhill sttll gives the stomarh·tightrning effect of the famed Cinerama roller·t'Odstet· ride.

Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid, who produced the picture. han· no story lim• in it. Instead. II is simt>ly about ~·oungslcrs the world over in the ecstacv or play llnd fun - as a Jesson to the hu1·ry-up world or ad· nits. There are sct•nes from New York's tenrments. the Amcrinm countryside, ItalY. Africa; It is all in color. it ·is beautiful. it is free, and it is non-commercial. . . .

SECOND PL.\CE would go lo "Pat·able," a 221:,-minutc rolor film at the theater in lhc Protestant and 01·thodox

Cente1·. This picture, wh1ch has already hl'en inrol\·pd in SOiliP l'Onll'O\'!'I'SI', IS <I lllOd· ern-clay ret>l'l'Sl'litation of thl' Crue1fixion. It was pmuuced 1

b)' Fred A. Nilt•s. The point of contention has 1

been 0\'PI' the repl'esPntat inn of Christ as a whHe-faced l'lown in a cirrus operatrd by Magnus the· Gn•<Jt (Herod). Considering thl' reverpnce and good taste in which the pic· lure IS dont>, lhe argumPnt seems 0\'CI'hlown. particularly since the actions of the "clown" are anything but clownish. Clarenee 1\litl'hell of th(' Srcond City Company, i Chicago, plays this central 1

figure. Thr picture. whic·h has a

mus1cal sound track. is silent otlwnnsr rXl'l'pt for the Agony 011 the Cross. Jt is exl'l'Pilonail)' w!'ll done, w1th many of the characjrrs and !Tt· ridt•nts of the :'lew TP,tament storY shown in a nrcus Sl'l·

ling: Filming was at the C1r· l'Us World 1\luseum grounds in

, Baraboo. Wis., hrMne of tohe

1 Ringling Brothers show.

Becaust• of the eontrovrrsy, thrre was some question at first as to wlwther "Par·

· ahtr" would hl' kept on. Most ! fl'ill'itously, thr d<'rision has I bl'en made that thr film is to 1 r.tav. At first. offerl'ing'> were : an:rplrd from sJwctatorG but ! now th<'l'r is a ~0-cenl admis-1 sion charge. 1 (There are two free religious ! films immediatrly on hand. · An IR-minute "What Is Chris·

tianity''" i~ now bein.~ shown ; on hehaif of the Chnrrhl's of : Christ. sharmg theater space · with "Parable" until its own

sereening area l"an be prepared. In the Billy Graham parilion nearby, that e\·ange.

list !PcturPs <Jbout the n!'ed for rP!igion in ":\fan in the Fifth Dimension." In color. lh!' pic· lure runs for 2R minutes. F.ar· phones are offered for f;imu·. tam•ous translations in other languages.)

TIIIRD PLAl:F. • goes to an unpretentious little film. some R' ~ minutes long, shown for fn•e by United Airlines in its bandbox .Jl'terama Theater in the Transportation and Travel Pal'ilion. Called "From Here to There," it is by Saul Bass. who has bern associated with many big-lime Hollywood ef· forts.

The gem depicts the poig· nancy of goodbyes at an air· port, and the gladness of greetings when the traveler anives at his destination. In b<'tween arc some startling!~· lovely lamlscapt•s to be seen from the air.

Hating fourth is "To the Moon und Beyond." a Cinerama picture shown al lhc same T&T building (admis· sion 75 cents). The showing of this science film. with sprc· tacular \'iews or the heavrns and waiNs, is on the insirte of a huge Ol'erhead dome, the spectator seated below. One needs a limber neck to look around; the chairs don't bend back, as thr~· should.

Kodak's Tower Theal!•r of· fl'rs "The Searching Eye," a Cree 2:1-minute color picture. also by Bass. that rates fifth placl'. and regretfully so. since hopes had been high this would be the fair's top Ciim attraction. The theme is a small boy's wonder at nature and its works. Particularly good are time telescoping vit•ws of the opening up or flower petals.

N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN FRI. JULY ?4,!964

Upstairs at Kodak, its Eastman subsidiary has a free picture on chemicals, chiefly interesting for momentary riews or an old Chaplin film and the movie "Cleopatra." Several other small movies are shown in open booths around this pavilion, one of them with a preview of scenes from a new picture, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." I saw enough of the latter to decide not k> go.

• • • AN INTERESTING !ilm, In· coJ·poratlng scenes of atomic bomb blasts, is to be round at the Sermons from Science pavilion, which a.Jso offers stage demonstrations featuring an insulated gentleman whose body becomes a conductor for high-voltage electricity, All showings at this re· Jigious exhibit are free.

Two wrap-around movies are aYailable to Cairgoers with movie screens on ali sides. The Port of New York Authority has one (no charge) at its heliport while New York State's costs 25 cents.

At the PA, 10 screens are used with the spectator stand· ing in the center. It is some· what. bewildl'ring until one realizes the thing to do is to face the way the lead camera does. Scenes were taken by 10 camPras in a circle atop cars and in planes.

The P A effort is devoted to scenes around authoritv terri· tory in New York an·d New Jersey, and there are striking Yiews of the harbor shared by the two stales. One scene was taken along Broad Street in Newark.

Seven cametas were used for the New York State film with effects just as over: whelming. Here too one stands in the center - and longs for a swiv<"l chair. The scenes arP or that state and its vari· ous attractions. In one 9Cene, thousands of apples everywhere O\'erwhelm the specta· tor.

The movie underfoot is "The Chemil•al Man," presented by Abbott Laboratories in the Hall of Science. Spectators ring a pit to watch an animated film on the marlwls of molN·nlnr actiVIty which create and sustain ltfe. Three-dimensional modC'Is light up to show the eomplexities of the genes in man. It IS one of the best of thP many scientifiC showings at. the fa1r.

0\E R.\TIIER amazing M· fe<"l iG achirrNI at the ll S. panlion. where a ride-glide goes past 130 screens of l'arious shapes and sizes. SpPctators, con\'eyed in mov· ing grandstands. find them· selves on a collision course with a large screen - only to have the screen move out or the way at the last possible moml!nt. its picture neverthe· lt>ss remaining intact.

A movie shown separately at this pavilion is well worth seeing: "Voyage to Amerira.''

movl!'~. or mov1es ~n !!nne!, as the 196·1!\cl, Yotl\ \\'o1. J's Fair.

And ncvt•r have mtl\'ies been shown in so many ways - front, side. Hhove, below and wrap-around. Some of the techniqul.'s involved are quite new. Best or all, most or thl'm are free.

It was nothing like this a quarter of a century ago when this correspondl.'nt roamed the 1939 World's Fair on the same site, seeing everything that was to be seen. Movies were few and far betwel.'n then.

Out of the hundreds of films now on view in pavilions of the fair (the Continl.'ntal In· surance Companies of New York and Nt>wark ha\'t' gil'l'll up their atlt>mpt at da~·Jight showings outside th1•ir lllll'il· ion), best by far. iu my opinion. is "To He A lin•." at thl' .Johnson's Wax t•xhihit.

The word is.alr<>ady abroad. and the publit'. too, by lt:g vote, has rhosen the picture as the fair's outstanding er · fort of its kind. People by the hundreds flock to the curious· ly-arched pavilion to stand in line for a chance to see the 17V:!·minute maslf.'l'l'iece.

"TO BE '.uivE:" which is llhout the joy of lil·ing, employs a new technique -three pictures side by sidl', simultaneously screened by three projectors.

This sounds like Cinl.'rama. hut isn't, because no effort is made to join the three pictures. The SCI'I'<'ns are about

Center. This picture, whirh has already hl'cn inroh·ed in some contl'O\'ersy, is a mod- , ern-day rt>prt•scnt at ion or the : Crucifixion. It was produced I

· by Fred A. Niles. ! The point of contention has 1

been over the representation · or Christ as a white-faced clown in a circus operat<>d by Magnus the· Great (Herod).

1 Considering the reverence and good taste in which the pic· iure is done. the argument seems overblown, particularly since the actions of the . "clown" are anything but : clownish. Clarenee Mitchell of · thl' Second City Company, I Chicago, plays this rentral

list lrcturl.'s about the need for religion in "Man in the Firth Dimension." In color, lht> picture runs for 28 minutes. F-arphones are offered for 1;imu·~o taneous translations in other languages.) . . .

1'111RD PLACE gol.'s to an unpretentious little film. some Rt.~ minutl's long, shown for frl'e by United Airlines in its bandbox .Jeterama Theater in the Transportation and Travel Pavilion. Called "From Here to There," it is by Saul Bass, who has h<><>n associated with many big-time Hollywood ef· forts.

The gem depicts the poig· nancy of goodbyes at an air·

llu)m ·~<~th a prr•·;,w of ~cenes frr,m a lll'W p1cture. "The t:n· sinkable Molly Brown." I saw enough of the latter to decide not 1o go.

• • • AN INTERESTING rllm, In· corporating scenes of atomic bomb blasts, Is to be found at the Sermons from Science pavilion, which also offers stage demonstrations featur· ing an insulated gentleman whose body becomes a con· ductor for high-voltage electricity, All showings at this religious exhibit are free.

Two wrap-around movies are available to fairgoers, "ith movie screens on all sides. The Port of New York Authority has one (no charge) at its heliport while New York State's costs 25 cents.

At the PA, 10 screens are used with the spectator standing in the center. It Is somewhat bewildering until one realizes the thing to do is to race the way the lead camera does. Scenes were taken by 10 eameras in a circle atop cars and in planes.

The P A effort Is devoted to scenes around authority terri· tory In New York and New Jersey, and there are striking views of the harbor shared by the two stales. One scene was taken along Broad Street in Newark.

ll root apart, rn•ating the ef· fect or two \'ertical bars he· twet>n. One gets used tu ttwm quirk!~·. and hardly knows thrl''re tlwt·e.

The thret> scrl'Pns can he used to pro.iert the full vit'll'

, figure. · The picture. which has a ' port, and the gladness of

grE'etings when the traveler arrives at his destination. In between are some startlinglr

musical ~ound track, is silent otherwise except for the Agony on the Cross. It is exceptionally well done, with 1

manv or tlw characrers and iJl· .

Seven camel'as were used for the New York State film, with effects just as overwhelming. Here too one stands in the cente1· - and longs Cor a swivt'l chair. The scenes are of that state and its vari· ous attractions. In one IICene, thousands of apples everywhere overwhelm the spectator.

The movie underfoot Is "The Chemical Man," presented by Abbott Laboratories in the Hall of Science. Spectators ring a pit to watch an animated film on the marheiR of molecular activity which create and sustain life. Three-dimensional modcls light up to show the complexities or the genes in me~n. It is one of the best of the many scientific showings at the fair.

, l'idl'nts of the New Testament of one scene. m· for thre<> scpat·ate pictures of the same suhj<>ct or related ones. A girl for rxamplc tril's thr<>e diCfcr· ent hairdos at the same time i -and a fast ride downhill still givrs the stomarh-tightening effect of the filmed Cinerama roller-coaster •·ide.

Francis Thompson rmd Alexander Hammid, who produced the picture. ha1·e no story lin<' in it. Insl<>ad. Jl is simt>l~· ahem! youngstrrs the world over in the erstac~· or play and fun - HS a lesson to thE' hurry-up world or ad· nits. There are scenes from New York's tenements. the American countryside. ltai~·. Mrica; It is all in color. it is hcautiful. it is free, and it i,; non-commercial. . . .

SECOND PI .. \fE woulcl go to "Pa-rable,'' n 22• ~·minute rolor film at the tlwater in the Protestant and Orthodox

storv shown in a circus sl'l · tin£ Filming was at the Cll'· eus World Museum grounds in

1 Rarahoo. Wis., htlme of Wle i Ringling Rrothers show. . Because of the controversy.

there was soml' question at first as to whether "Par· able" would hr kept on. Most feiieitously. th<> decision has bN•n madr that the film is to

1 c.ta,·. At first. offl'rPings wrre an:eptPcl from spt>l'lators hut now th<>rr is a :iO-cent admission chan:c.

(Thert' <11'1' two free religious f1tms immrdiat!'lr on hand. :\n IR··minutt' "What Is Christianit~··!" !': now being shown on behalf nf thl' C'hurrhes of Christ. sharmg theah•r space with "l'arahlr" until its own SIT!'l'ning area t·an he preparrd. In the B11ly Graham parilion n<>arhy, that e\'anr:e-

lovely landseapes to be seen from the air.

Rating fourth is "To the Moon and Beyond," a Cinerama picture shown at the same T&T building (admission 75 cents). The showing of this science film. with spec· tacular views of !he heavens and waters, is on the inside of a huge overhead dome, the spl'ctator s<>ated below. One needs a limber neck to look around; the chairs don't bend back, as lh!'Y should.

Kodak's Tower Theater offE'rs ''The Searching Eye," a frt>c 2:l-minute color picture, also hy Rass. that rates firth plac!', and regretfully so, since hopes had been high this would be the fair's top film attra('tion. The theme is a small hoy's wonder at nature and its works. Particularly good are time telescoping viPIIS of the opening up of fln1n•r p£•tals.

O:'<IE R.\THER amazing ef· fpc-! is achie\·ecl at the U.S. pa\'ilion, where a ride-glide goes past 130 screens of various shapes and sizes. Spectators. eonveyed in mov· ing grandstands. find them· selves on a collision course with a large screen - only to have the screen move out of the way at the last possible moment. its picture neverthe· (pss remaining intaet.

A movie shown separately at this pavilion is well worth seeing: "Voya_gp to Amerira.''

N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN FRI. JULY ?4,I964

LD'E BEGINS AT FORTY1

W orlll's I! air a Delight lor Elders Br ROBERT PETERSON

As SOME PEOPLE grow older, they become resist· ant to new dellghts. Their sense of curiosity

d.1mlnJshe5 and they settle Into an existence which Involves mtnlmum joys of sleeping, eating, working, and llttle else.

One might assume that everyone within easy traveling distance of the New York World's Falr would have trips scheduled to this remarkable exposition. But, after talking with a number of retired fol.lt along the Atlantic Coast, I've found perhaps 10 percent are totally Indifferent to the Fair's beckoning wonders.

"We've got no plans for going," said a woman in her early 70's who lives just two hours from the Fair. "We're not much on trave1 and are satisfied just staying at home." An r•ETEBSON old gentleman said: "I went to the last Fair 25 years ago, and don't figure there's any need to go again." And an older couple said: "It's just a lot of noise and confusion, and anyway wfve read all about it In the papers."

Fortunately, the great majority of older folk are fascinated by prospects of attending the Falr, and It's likely that 10 percent of the 70 mlillon Visitors who will attend the Fair during Its two-year run w111 be men and women well past middle-age,

Is it expensive? Not If you avoid the posh res· taurants. It costs Just $2 to get In, and three-fourths of the exhibits are free or havs just a 25c admission fcP. \ ou ; h.: 1'e to quet.,: Uj.J for l1alr a ..:u-el. v: the

shade trees otter a place to park your person, rest your feet, watch the crowds pass, and glory 1n the pulsating excitement and the vJsual architectural delights, from the magnificent proporUons of the huge U. 8. pavWon, to the red pavillon of the Chlneae Republlc, and the spare, stone almpllcity of the Spanlsh pa vllion.

Even retired folk are represented, thanks to the non-profit American Association of Retired Persona with Its gold and white bulld.lng known as "Dynamic Maturity." TbJs demonstrates that elders represent sultlclent affluence to create a handsome, mllllondollar paVill.on.

Staffed by courteoua, retired men and women It offers a splencUd retreat where Visitors can atop and rest a while as they vtew exhibits outlining the delights which age can brlng If we are wise enough to (1) plan for the years ahead, and (2) view retirement as an exciting new career.

At many exhibits there are unusual items appeal· lng to man•a curtoslty, At the Dynamic Maturity pavilion, for Instance, there's a darkened cubicle featurIng the Camera Obscura. Thls device dates back to Aristotle and utilizes an opening 1n the root wbere a lens picks up the colorful passlng scene outside and reflects 1t onto an indoor screen. The attractlo~ baa nothing to do With aglng, but It does demonstrate that people were pretty Ingenious back 1n ancient Grecian days.

A World'a Fair showa what man bas done With h1a talents. It gives us a record of h1a achievements and a guess as to what he'll accompllah in the future Aa there are only half a dozen maJor World's Fatra in a {!:~:~~,.!o~ln~. :?r:. t~~r ~~t ~~~uuldn~?.~ 1~~ n~r~tard~d

.JolmMul s \lux exlullli. The 1101 d h .. dn· :I' :1Lroc~d

and the public, tOti, hY It'" vote, has rhosen the pittui·; as the fair's outstanding ef· fort of its kind. People by the hundreds !lock to the curiously-arched pavilion to stand in line for a chance to see the 17~·minute masterpiece. . " '

"TO BE ,\LIVE," which is ahout the joy or li1·ing, employs a new technique -three pictures side by side, simultaneously screened by three projectors.

This sounds like Cinerama, but isn't, becausP no effort is made to join the three pic· lures. The screens are about a foot apart. creating the ef· feet of two vertical bars he· tween. One gets used to them quickl~·. and hardly knows the~··re th(·•·e.

The thre!' scrcPns ('an he used to project the lull vil'll'

Center. This ptcture, wh1ch has already been inrol\'ed in some tontroversy, is a moo· ern-day representation of the Crucifixion. It was produced lw Freel A. Niles.

The point of contention has been over the repres~>ntalion of Christ as a white-faced clown in a circus opcratPd by Magnus the· Great (Herod). Considering thl' reverence and good taste in which the picture is don<'. the argunll'nt seems oYerblown. particularly since the actions of thP

. "clown" are anything but : i clownish. Clarem·e 1\litchl'll of the Second City Company, I Chicago, plays this central

. figure. The picture. which has a

musical ~ound track, is silent otherwise except for the Agony on the Cross. It is ex-

' cPptionally well done, with of one scene. or lor threc srpanlle pictures of the same suhjcct or related ones. A girl for t•xample tl'it's thl'ee differ· • ent hairdos at the same time

manv of thl' chnrac!Prs and in· ' C'idl•tlls of the New Testament

storv shown in a circus setling: Filming was at the Cir· !'us World Museum grounds in

- and a fast ride downhill still gives the stoma(•h-tightening effect of the famed Cinerama roller-coaster l'ide.

Francis Thompson and Alexander llammid, who pro· duced the pkture. hare no story line in it. Instead. it is simlll~· ahout youngstrrs the world over in the eestae1· of play and fun - as a te'sson to the hurry-up world of <HI· ults. There al'e sct•nes from NE'w York's \('llPmPnts. the Americ;m rountry~idl', !tal~·. Africa; It is all in color. it is beautiful, it is free, and 11 is non-commercial. . . .

SEfOND PUCE would go to "Parahlr,'' a ~2'·•·minute color film at the theater in the Protestant and Orthodox

1 Bar;~hoo. Wis., h<Mlll' of lll1e 1 Ringling BrothNs show.

Because of the controvrrsy. th!'re was some question at first ;~s tn whether "Par· able" would he kept on. Most fE'Iicilously, thr decision has IJ!'en made that the film is to

1 ~t a~·. At first. offerrings wrrc : accf•ptrd from sppctators but I now thPr!' is a :iO-cent admis· ! sion chargl'.

<ThrrP arP l\lo free religious ! f1lms immediatPIY on liand.

.\n IR·minutP "\Vt1<1t Is Chris· tianity·:" i~ now being shown

, on in•half nf lhe C'hnrl'hPs of Christ. shan ng theal!·r space with "l'arahle" unlil its own S!'l'e<'lllng an'a \'an he pre· parPd. In the Billy Graham pal'ilion nrarh~·. that el'ange-

list IPrturrs about thr need for religion in "Man in the Fifth Dimension." In color. the pic· ture runs for 2!1 minutes. F.arphones are offered for simu·~ taneous translations in other languages.)

TIIIRI) PLAt:E 0

gocs to an unpretentious little film. some R~·~ minutes long, shown for frpe by United Airlines in its bandbox .leterama Theater in the Transportation and Travel Pavilion. Called "From Here to There," it is by Saul Bass, who has h<•rn associated with many big·time Hollywood ef· forts.

The gem depicts the poignancy of goodbyes at an air· port, and the gladness of greetings when the tl'a veler arrives at his destination. In between are some startlingly lovely landscapl's to be seen from the air.

Rating fourth is "To the Moon and Beyond." a Cinerama picture shown al the same T&T building (admission 75 cents). The showing or this science film, w1th spec· tacular views of the heavens and waters. is on the insirle of a huge overhead dome, the spectator seated below. One needs a limher neck to look around; the chairs don't bend back, as they should.

Kodak's Tower Theater of· fprs "The Searching Eye," a free 23-minute color picture, also b~· Bass. that rates filth plar!'. and regretfully so. since hopes had been high this would be the fair's top film attmrtion. The theme is a small bo~··s wonder at nature and its works. Particularly good are time telescoping \'il'l' s of the opening up of flower petals.

~ :;omc· what bPwi!drl'ing unt'l o:1r realizl•s the thing to do is to face the way the lead camera does. Scenes were taken by 10 cameras in a circle atop cars and In planes.

The P A effort Is devoted to ~cenes around authority terri· tory in New York and New .Jersey, and there are striking views of the harbor shared by the two stales. One scene was taken along Broad Street in Newark.

Seven cameras were used for the New York State film, with effects just as over· whelming. Here too one stands in the center - and longs for a swivl'l chair. The scenes are or that state and its vari· ous attractions. In one scene, thousands or apples every. where overwhelm the spectator.

The movie underfoot Is "The Chemical Man," presented by .~bbott Laboratories in the Hall or Science. Spectators ring a pit to watch an animated film on the marl>els. of molecular activity whirh create and sustain life. Three-dimensional modC'Is light up to show the complexities or the genes in m~11. It is one of the best of th!' many scientific showings at the fair.

O~E R.\THER amazing ef. fel't is achiered at the U.S. pa1·ilion. where a ride-glide goes past 130 screens of vnrious shapes and sizes. Spl'ctators, conveyed in mov· ing grandstands, lind them· selves on a collision course with a large screen - only to have the screen move out or the way at the last possible moment, its picture neverthe· lrss remaining intact.

A movie shown separately at this pavilion is well worth seeing: "Voyage to Amerira,"

N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN FRI. JULY ?4,!964

LD'E BEGINS AT FORT1.'t

World/'s I! air a Delight lor Elders By ROBERT PETERSON

AS SOME PEOPLE grow older, they become resist• ant to new delights. Their sense of curiosity

dlm1nlshes and they settle into an existence which involves mtn1mum Joys of sleeping, eating, working, and little else.

One might assume that everyone within easy travellni distance of the New York World's Fair would have trips scheduled to this remarkable exposition. But, after talklng with a number of retired folk along the Atlantic Cout, I've found perhaps 10 percent are totally indifferent to the Fair's beckoning wonders.

"We've got no plana for going," said a woman 1n her early 70's who lives just two hours from the Fair. "We're not much on trave1 and are satisfied just staying at home." An old gentleman said: "I went to the PETEBSON last Fair 25 years ago, and don't figure there's a.ny need to go again." And an older couple said: "It's just a lot of noise and confusion, and anyway w~·ve read all about it in the papers."

Fortunately, the great majority of older folk are fascinated by prospects of attending the Fair, and It's likely that 10 percent of the 70 million vlsltora who wlll attend the Falr during Jts two-year run will be men and women well past middle-age,

Is it expensive? Not 1f you avoid the posh restaurants. It costs Just $2 to get 1n, and three-fourths of the exhibits are free or have just a 25c admission fee. You'll have to queue up for half a dozen of the most popular attractions, but at the great majority of pavll1ons you can walk right in and get a capsule vlew of sclentlflc achievements, Industrial wonders, modem history, and social progress.

Plenty of comfortable l!Il'een benches under leacy

shade trees offer a place to park your person, rest your feet, watch the crowd~ pass, and glory 1n the pulsating excitement and the visual architectural dellghts, from the magnificent proportiona ot the huge U. S. pavlllon, to the red pavWon of the Chlneaa Republic, and the spare, stone almpllcity of the Spanish pavwon.

Even retired follt are represented, thanks to the non-profit American Association of Retired Persona wlth its gold and white building known as "Dynamic Maturity." Thls demonstrates t.hat elders represent sufficient affluence to create a handsome, m1111on· dollar pavillon.

Staffed by courteous, retired men and women, lt otters a aplendld retreat where vlsltors can atop and rest a while as they view exhibits outlining the dellghts which age can bring if we are wise enough to (1) plan for the years ahead, and (2) view re· tirement as an exciting new career.

At many exhibits there are unusual items appealIng to man's curtoslty. At the Dynamic Maturity pa· v1llon, tor instance, there's a darkened cubicle featuring the Camera Obscura. This device dates back to Aristotle and utilizes an opening 1n the roof where a lens plcka up the colorful passing scene outside, and reflects it onto an indoor screen. The attraction has nothing to do with aging, but it does demonstrate that people were pretty ingenious back in ancient Grecian days.

A World's Falr show.a what man has done with hJ.s talents. It gives us a record of his achievements and a guesa aa to what he'll accompllsh 1n the future. 1.4 there are only half a dozen major World's Fa.lrl tn a llfetlme, going to the Fair should not be regarded lightly but as a slgnttlcant human obligation.

Co••"V11t. ~~~. JU.., lh&IIIHO lratlleaa., lila.

It you would like a booklet "Piannlnr Your Retirement Finances," write to thiJ coiWIIJI In care of The New York JollrDai·Amerlcau, 220 South 1t., New Yorll: 10115, ellelollnr a atamped, telf-addreaed envelope ud tea cent. to eover JwuiJ1Dr eOiil.

THE QUEEN ANNE'S RECORD-OBSERVER, CENTREVILLE, MARYLAND THURS. JULY9, 1964

Lookin' Around

with DAN TABLER Last week, we carried you into upper New York State where

12 Centreville Girl Scouts set up camp for a week. The Good Wife, Jan and I bea.t a hasty retre=lt smattmg at m01quitoes and headed for New York City, the National Editorial Association Convention, and the World's Fair.

A beavy J[n)UJld fog settled over the Hudson .River as we drove down llivenide Drive at noon Wednesday on our way to the Hotel Commodore on 42nd St. The George Washington Bridge seemed suspended in cotton as we passed it and Jan could just barely make out the outlines of some ships in the channeL

I drove up in front of the hotel at what I thought would be a slack period for both traffic and people checking in and out-but apparently there is no such time in New York City during the summer. One bit of advice here: Don't go to New York this swruner and try to get a room without plenty of advance notice-and even then you may find you don't have one. We were lucky-our room was available, but it was 1mall and not air-conditioned. A brothereditor from Aberdeen, Bill Cronin, his wife Charlotte and two children, arrived just behind us and it took the hotel people hours before he was settled and his reservations were in long before we sent ours.

After a much-too-long wait in line at the reservation desk, we were able to get our luggage up 19 floors to tl1e room and we rushed back down to catch the NEA crowd leaving for the tour and briefing at the United Nations Building three blocks away.

I don't wut to tell you how to act uad what to see when you go to New York-the World's Fair is the main attraction, BUT if you do pt into the city and have 800Je time, a tour of the United NatiOnl BWiding is a must.

Because of the NEA convention we were given a special brief· ing on the work of UNESCO by Dr. Arthur Gagliotti, the director of information. He was followed by a young Austrian diplomat whose name I missed but he explained the workings of the UN in simple terms being careful at all times to show complete impartiality when discussing the various nations who make up this world body.

We-some 200 by this time had arrived with our little blue nametags-were led back through a number of doors and stairways, guarded by security officers, and back to the main lobby where we were split up into groups of 25 and led off by very

1 charming youn$ ladies in dark blue uniforms. Our guide was Miss I Pelen and she Informed rue that she was from France. I asked her later how far she walked a day and she said they had estimated about 12 miles. And then, completely without fear, I asked her age and she kinda arched her eyebrows and said, "over 20." She did tell me that her father was a French diplomat, so I imagine you need a little bit of political pull to get a job as a UN guide. The other girls appeared to be of various nationalities, as we passed many tour groups coming and going.

The Security Council was not meetiftg, but we entered the Chamber and she explained how the seating was arranged and pointed out that it was being enlarged for the next session. We did get into the Trusteeship Council hearing room and the USSR delegate was speaking al the time. You put on earphones which can then be turned to various numbers to give you English, French, German or Russian language interpreters and rou follow the hearing on the spot. Miss Pelen sa1d that the mterpreters are so expert they are -asually only about two words behind the speakers. '

Back to the hotel, my request for an air-conditioned room put on a waiting list, which 1 never expected to see aR:lilm-:aLn didn't. We dressed and went to a reception in the East given by the U. S. Steel Corporation. Here .Jan met up with for the fir'St time and turned up her nose.

This was get-acquainted time and I ran into a number of editors who took the Canadian trip back in 1959: There was Colby and his wife, from Littleton, New Hampshire; Lcs his wife from St. James, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pulaski, New York; Jimmie Gillentine and his wife from H1!relfontl~, Te_xas; Walt Potter and his lovely wife, Kay, from Cuilpe:p1J.er. (Walt was my roommate on the trip); Ed Wessel and from New London, Iowa; and later on, Chuck Del Vaglio Connecticut showed up.

On hand also, was Colin McDonald, the tour director of trip, with the Department of Travel and Publicity for the Pnwi'""" of Ontario, and his very pretty wife, Shirley.

The Cronin.'i and the Tablers went up the street to Tad's, a small steak house that specializes in cooking 'em in the front window and the sign says "steak dinner, $1.19"-and by golly, it was good! A large T-boae, baked potato, salad artd bniad-try to cat any cheaper than that in Baltimore! ·.

It was 9 p.m. when we finished, but Bill had tickets for World's Fair and the kids just couldn't wait any longer, so we back to the hotel, walked down a couple flights of stairs and on the subway platfor111 in a matter of minutes. You follow the arrows and they lead you to bright blue new subway cars that you to the main entrance of the Fair for 15 cents in 25 on the local or 18 minutes on the express.

lly the time we arrived, the fireworks were over and was streaming out of the gates, but we shouldered our way '"""'"""'· and found that night is the mO!It beautiful time for the Fair.

Just two words right here: Fabulous and Immense. Both refer to the Fair. We walked around for a couple of hours as the gates do not actually close until 2 a.m., but all the pavilions close at 10 p.m. The lights were gorxeous, the fountains beauti· ful and all in aU, just too much for my limited vocabulary. Please go-if not this year, next year, but go-it is well worth the time and money. And frankly, most of the things to see are free and we snacked at the Brass Rail for less than it COllts in Memorial Stadium for hot dogs and hamburgers.

I might suggest that you plan on more than one day-you just· whet your appetite in one day. General Motors hosted the entire : convention.-some 850 people on Friday-and Coca-Cola had Pre• · sented us tickets for Sunday, but we were unable to get back Sundat and had to leave a lot of places to what we hope will be a return. visit next year.

Now about our Maryland Pavilion. At night it looks nice, but 1t was ju~t after I 0 p.m. a.1d we did not get to order any seafood

1 as the snack har had closed. The county exhibih are in place, but what a place! You walk alon~ a kind of a boardwalk and have to look down at the 3x:i-foot panels describing the various counties that paid $1,500 for the space. The Queen Anne's County display is as nice as the rest, but I was disappointed in the manner in which it was exhibited. We looked in the restaurant upstairs, but since we did not want to order a meal, didn't go in. It appears to be nicelv decorated and doing a good business. I understand our french-fried soft-shell clams are still not available at the snack bar, hut arc on t ltc ;eafood platter menu in the restaurant. The small la~oon ha, al •out a foot of water in it and oyster shells line the bottom. The scale wodcl of the Constellation ricles at anchor, but

r

~cc1m a little out of proportion to the rest of the building. I don't want to appear too critical of our state's pavilion, and actually it is

'ju't a; nice or 'omewhat better than other state pavilions. 'The tm11ble i~. that NL-w York Stall', Monta11a and Illinois really went. all·utlt in their pa,·ilions and they overshadow all the states.

My JljlJ>er i'> running ~hort and time i~ running out, ~o I'U leave the relit of the trip to D.CXt wcek-i:Ome Wl bac:k.

THE QUEEN ANNE 1S RECORD-OBSERVER CENTREVILLE, MARYLAND THURS. JULY16, 1964

Lookin' Around

with DAN TABLER

with an t•xhibit on the grounds hopes to gain something including Maryland, but it has all been presented in a very high-class manner. Only at the pavilion of the nation of Sirrra Lcont~ (I think that's in Africa) did we find one of those "barkers" coJupletc with a mike to urge tht• people "gathl'r around," whill' some natin~ dancers and dnuumcrJ; did a short routine. He then trit•d to sdl tickets to the "bigger show inside,'' hut I undt•rstand sincl' that tilllt~ that Fair Counuissioncr Robert Most'S has stnpp1·d iL On•r in the AmuscIIIClll area the1c were a rouplt• of shows with harkt•t-s outside and one of thc111 ha~ siml' shut down, arronlin,.: 1o tlw papers. I can well

If you arc .getting tired of hearing about. tho: Tah":rs' :-.;E.\- sr: 1~hy: afte~ ,all, why ~ay to M'l' snllll'thiu;: when there arc so World's Fair tnp, you be tier 1111 n the pagl', t .111''' I sllll ha1e a !man) fire exlu Jlls awund · bunch of note~ here to go through before we n·tu.-n ho111c. I . (2) If you haw only ;1 da\~ or t "." sl.l\' .\\\',\\' fmlll .the long

I kinda skimmed over the fair trip Ia~t week-and actually 'lmes 111 front of ~null' of thl' ,.,luhlt,, '•HI "II! h.11 ,. ruorl' lun wan-that is about what we did-skim thru the ~rounds. It i~ really ~o 'd<Tlll.~ thmugh th('. ;~nalln IHulduh~' th:•n ~\ill Illig up ~o two hours large and so breath-taking when you arrive at any one of the 1

1 (the l:ord ~1~tor l:o111pa11\'! tn t.ll .. l· ·' llllt· 111 a ,~~>11\l'tllhll·. gates you lose time ju.~t trying to see where to ~o on )OUr map. . (,li Wa_Jt until lht· "'>1tlll'r I' ''"'lt•r. ,\\tth ~rhnol out, the You need a map--so be sure to get one before you go or buy 1 grt~und;, an· JalllliH'd ll'lth duhllc·n. n.c1111,d" Ill!' d:l\' ll't' Wt'rl'. there 'em at the Fair. the total attrndann· "·" ah""'' tn tlw I~ lllilliclll mark. But, 1f you

W c slippL-d up on the best way to tour till' ~~ ounds (;I,., ho1111(l 1 "'1 n "a 1 1• you "d I 1"' t.u 111" 11 ' ',"1"" •1 t.1hlt·. pt~>h.lhly ht•twt•cn Sej~-

has it exclusively. \\'e should h.lll' tak!'ll OJII' of tht'll l11tle opt'Jhlir tetnhcr and l~rtohcr 1!1. tlw rlo~lll).l dah• ln1 I~IIS Yl'<\1', Nt·xt year, It Glide-a-trains as a gllldc p01nh out thl' \,l!ious huildm!!s. ()r 1o11 'npenson.\pnl21 and tllll' throtu,:hll,~o•IH'I );', can splurge and get into an Escortr·t that 'l'ats ,, Jml the dll,\l'f' 1 P l Don't take· your ':"· nnh-" '"" h.lll' 1\'l;ltin'S in Flushi.ng will take you anywhere you de,i11·. at so 111\Jch an ho11r, I u .~1'1 , nr m·.1rhy, I ~~~~ not l,.llluh.u 1\llh tht'\1' ""'·P·"'k,l~t· dt•als that .mfrom gate to gate- -hop into onl' of the re~ular·"tc l;tcyhounds

1 rltlde, hotel, l•;u; ad1111,slo11 ,111d llllllld·l11p, hut 11 IS worth lookmg

that toll• !lw 1wri1,,.,,., ,r dw '!~'"''"d' 1111 .1 qll.trltT, lltlo 1f \on dnnt 1\',1111 1o hl' hotlu·11·d 1\lth \'1\lll' cllt'. It cost me I I ·I 1'1 I

infonnation. He was followed by a younll' Amtrian diplomat . name I miaaed but he explained the workings of the L"'J in · teima being caret'ul at all times to show complete impartiali

····discuasbil the various nations who make up this world

1 mi~ht sug~est _that you pl~n.nr. morr than one day-you just \\htL you1 appctne 111 oue day. General Motors hooted the entire convention-some 850 people on Fridav-and Coca-Cola had · sented us tickets for Sunday, but we were unable to get back a~~ had to leave a lot of places to what we hope will be a

We:-IC)tlle 200 by this time had arrived with our little blue VIsit next year. nametap-were lecl back through a number of doors and stair- Now about our Maryland Pavilion. At night it looks nice but .· ways,· guarded by security officers, and back to the main lobby •t was just after 10 p.m. a.1d we did not get to order any s~food · where we were split up into groups of 25 and led off by very 1 as the snack bar had closed. The county exhibits are in place, but channing younl$ ladies in dark blue uniforms. Our guide was Miss what a place! You walk along a kind of a boardwalk and have to

I Pelen an. d she udonned me that she was from France. I asked her look down at the 3x5-foot panels describing the various counties. ' later how far she walked a day and she said they had estimated that paid $1,500 for the space. The Queen Anne's County display . about)2 miles. And then, completely without fear, I asked her age is as nice as the rest, but I was disappointed in the manner in at~.d she kinda arched her eyebrows and said, "over 20." She did which it was exhibited. We looked in the restaurant upstairs, but tell ~ that her father was a French diplomat, so I imagine you since we did not want to order a meal, didn't go in. It appears to need a little bit of political pull to get a job as a UN guide. The be nicely decoratt-d and doing a good business. I understand our other girls appeared to be of various nationalities, as we passed french-frietl soft-shell clams are still not available at the snack bar, many tour groups corning and goillg. but arc on I he seafood platter menu in the re~taurant. The small ·

The Security Coun il t t' b t t d the lagoon has al,cmt a foot of water in it and oyster sftells Jine the

ChamL- ~-.,. h c: , was no mee_ nag, u we en ere bottom The stale model of the Constellation rides at anchor but

. • llft:f auu 5 e ~xplamed ,how the seating was arranged .:md seems a little out of proportion to tl1e rest of the building. I don't pomtc:d out. that It was bemi enlarge~ for .the next scsston. want to appear too critical of our state's pavilion, and actually, it is We dad get mto the Trus!eesh1p Co~ncat heanng room and the just as nice or somewhat better than other state pavilions. The USSR. delegate was spealung at the ~lme. You put on ea!Phon~ trouble is, tltat New York State, Montal'l$ and Illinois really went which can then be turned to v~aous num~M:rs to gave you all-out in their pavilions and they O\lershad U tl tat Engfish, French, Gennan or Russ1an language Interpreters and DW a 1e 8 es. you follow the hearing on the spot. Miss Pelen said that the My p;aper ~ running ~bort and time il. ruruaing out, so I'll -mterpreters are so expert they are \ISually only about two words leave the ~t of the trip to DCXt week-come on back. behind the speakers. • •

THE QUEEN ANNE'S RECORD-OBSERVER CENTREVILLE, MARYLAND THURS. JULY 16, 1964

Lookin' Around

with DAN TABLER

with an exhibit on the gr~unds hopes to gain something including Maryland, but it has all been presented in a very high-class manner. Only at the pavilion of the nation of Sierra Leone (I think that's in Africa) did we find one of those "barkers" complete with a mike to urge the people "gather around," while some native dancers and drummers did a short routine. He then tried to sell tickets to the "bigger show inside," but I understand since that time that Fair Commissioner Robert Moses has stopped it. Over in the Amuse· ment area there were a couple of shows with barkers outside ami one of them has since shut down, according to the papers, I can well

If you are getting tired of hearing about the Tablcrs' NEA- sec why-·aftcr all, why pay to sec something when there arc so World's Fair trip, you better turn the page, 'cause I still have a many free exhibit~ around? ' bunch of notes here to go through before we return home. (2) If you have only a day or two---stay away from the long

I kinda skimmed over the Fair trip last week-and actually lines in front of some of the exhibits. You will have more fun wan· that is about what we did-skim thru the grounds. 1 t is really so dering through the smaller buildings than waiting up to two hours large and so breath-taking when you arrive at any one of the (the Ford Motor Company) to take a ride in a convertible. gates you lose time just trying to see where to go on your map. ( 3) Wait until the weather is cooler. With school out, the You need a map-so be sure to get one before you go or buy grounds arc jammed with children, naturally. The day we were there 'em at the Fair. the total attendance was almost to the I 2 million mark. But if ymt

We slipped up on the best way to tour the gmunds-Greyhound can wait, you will be far more comfortable, probably bctwc~n Sep· has it exclusively. We should have taken one of their little open-air tembcr and October 18, the closing date for this year. Next year, it Glide-a-trains as a guide points out the various buildings. Or you opens on April 21 and runs through October I 7. can splurge and get into an Escorter-that seats 4-and the driver ( 4) Don't take your car, unless you have relatives in Flushing will take you anywhere you desire, at so much an hour. To get or nearby. I am not familiar with these bus-package deals that infrom gate to gate-hop into one of the regular·siw Greyhounds elude hotel, Fair admission and round-trip, but it is worth looking that tour the perimeter of the grounds for a q~arter.

1

into if you don't want to be ~thercd with your car. It cost me But we did get to see a few of the top exhibits-Bell TelcJJhone, $15 to park the car four days m Manhattan.

Gener.ll Electric and General Motors. There are more-in fact, I --o-o--()--{)-would not like to pick out the best-they all have their good points, Back in the city, we took a cab to Mamma Leone's on 46th but we did see those three that are among the most popular. In both Street for dinner one evening. I asked the cabbie what he the Bell Telephone and GM, you sit in individual moving chairs thought of Traffic Director Henry Barnes and he said he had that carry you through the "world of the futurc"-Bell docs a very done more to straighten out the traffic mess in Manhattan than fine conuuercial on communications, past, present and future, and anyone else ever had. The former Baltimore City traffic director the GM people let you glimpse at what they believe will be our land has done one thing that forever should endear him to motor-of the future. The GE exhibit is a revolving theatre. About 200 ists-he put up street signs with black letters on a white back-people go in at a time and are seated. The stage remains in one ,. ground that can be seen twice as easily as the old kind. spot while the entire theatre revolves. The presentation on each stage is by Walt Disney and the figures look real but aren't. There were 16 of us at Mamma Leone's, a well-known Italian

, rc1taurant-luckily .Ralph Hostetter, editor of the Cecil Whig in We all had our pictures snapped in front ol the tremendous 1 Elkton, had been there before and he knew the head waiter. V\'e

Unisphere in the center of the fairgrounds and gawked a~ heli· i were ushered into the wine cellar-real wine bottles complete with copters landed and took off from the Port Authority Heliport, du~t---and had a singing waiter, an accordion player and violinist one of the many wonders of the Fair. to complete the evening. The children were stuffed because you

I had to find out what the Boy Scout camp was like as 1 still ha\ c about six courses to cat your way through. The place was recall the wonderful week I spent at the 1933 \\'01ld's Fair in the j crowded when we went in at 7:30 p.m. and it was still crowded Boy Scout Camp. We found it near the Bell Telephone building, when we left three hour~ later. but I was disappointed to find that the boys did not live on· the I · Jan wanted to ~ee tlw Statue of Liberty, so we took the subway grounds. I talked with a young Brooklyn Scout in the information all the way to the llattcl)· Park, bought $2.00 worth of tickets and booth at the entrance to the Scouting area and he said they ijved ·just caught the boat which takes 20 minutes to ferry you out to ~t an Army post in Brooklyn, going back and forth each day. The ! Liberty hland where stand~ the famous lady. Inside, you can walk Scouts put on shows at various times in the day, but we did not I up or take an elevator. If you don't mind waiting, take the elevawait to see any. He told me they acted as guides and messengers, i tor; but if you have claustrophobia, stay outside. The stairs arc nar-which is about what we had to do 25 years ago. row, ~inding and very hot in the summer time. The Good Wife

Gcaeral Motors hosted the entire convention to dinner in the decided to wait for us and I wish I had done the sam~-but Jan Rathskeller of the Belgian Village-which by the way is still and I somehow made. it to the statue'~ head ~nd had a quick l.ook incomplete. It was a wonderful meal and the Rathskeller looks out of the. narrow wmdo"':s as. the wmd wh1st~etl arou~d. It 1s a just lille you would apect to find stepping out of a motion 12·story cluub and fcl'is hke 11, too . .Really, Just lookmg at the picture about Europe, complete with pretty girls in CO!itume ~tatutc from oubide i~ enough ·--the inside trip is hot, tiring and bor-aud a polka band. "'~·

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I was told the Belgium government did not want to pay the high labor costs and they \toppf~ comtrurtion of tlwir Villa~!!

I area. H~·e·•cr, the other day the m·w\paper\ npor 11·d that it wa\ going 10 be completed at a r:01t of $-J. I millirm in~tl·ad of till' oril(in.d estimate of $2.3 million.

Our retur11 to the good ole 1-:a~tern Shore wa.\ marred only by une ~top on the hot, crowded New Jersey Turnpike to rhan~r a rear tirc-delinitely not rel'OIIllllended for white &hirt and t1r. ,\II)'\\ II), it Wllh guud tu 11et home! \\'chad a wonderful trip, thank~ for coming alona.

I A couple of fair obluvatiom: ( t) There is .,.~ littlr. craq~ r ''"'"'''" i •• li<rrl. S1111', ''\'1'1)'11111'

we ing on the work of u:--rESCO by Dr. Arthr director I~Cr~. of infonnat.i.on. He waa followed by a young diplomat 1 nught su~.L:e~L th..tt )OU plan on more than one u.t>- you it."t ~- name I milaed but he explained the workings of the UN in whet your appetite in one day. General Motors hosted the entire wnple tenna being tareful at all times to show complete impartiali- convention-some 850 people on Friday-and Coca-Cola had prety when discussing the various nations who make up this world sented us tickets for Sunday but we were unable to get back Sunday body. and had to leave a lot of ,;laces to what we hope will be a return

We-some 200 by this time had arrived with our little blue visit next year. nametags-were led back through a number of doors and stair- Now about our Maryland Pavilion. At night it looks nice, but ways, guarded by security offkers, and back to the main lobby tt was jmt after I 0 p.m. a.1d we did not get to order any seafood where. we were split up into groups of 25 and led off by very 1 as the snack har had closed. The county exhibits are in place, but chamung young ladies in dark blue uniforms. Our guide was Miss what a place! You walk alon~ a kind of a boardwalk and have .to

1 Pelen and she infonned me that she was from France. I asked her look down at the :lx.'i-foot panels describing the various co~nucs later how far she walked a day and she said they had estimated that paid $1,500 for the space. The Queen Anne's County d1spl~y about 12 miles. And then, completely without fear, I asked her age is as nice as the re;t, but I was disappointed in the manner '" and she kinda arched her eyebrows and said, "over 20." She did which it wa~ exhibited. We looked in the restaurant upstairs, but tell me that her father was a French diplomat so I imagine you since we did not want to order a meal, didn't go in. It appears to need a ~ittle bit of political pull to get a job a.~ a UN guide. The be nicelv decorated and doing a good business. I understand our other gtrls appeared to be of various nationalities, as we passed french-tried soft-shell clams an~ still not available at the snack bar·. many tour groups coruing and going. hut are on I he ;eafood ))latter menu in the restaurant. The small

The Security Cou '1 t t' b d he la~oon has ahout a foot of water in it and oyster shells line the Chamber and h "I'· ":: h no t'f:ee ~' ut we entered t d botto111. The scale ruodel of the Constellation rides at anchor, but

"nted ut th ~ ~~am be" ow 1 e sed jg wahs arrange ~n ~ecm~ a little out of proportion to the rest of the building. I don't We did !.t i t! the .;as t 'ia!J ec arge .• h or ·' e next s:·~n. want to appear too critical of our state's pavilion, and actually, it is

USSil dd~ga~ k"ees ~pth o:.nc& yearmg room a h t le jmt a> nice or somewhat better than other state pavilions. The whlch can the wbes~a 10j ~ e .•me. ou leut on ea!'P one~ trouble is, U1at New York State, Montar>a and Illinois really went EngHsh Frenchen G urne Ro v:mo

1us num .rs to give yndou all-out in their pavilions and they overshadow all the states.

ii , cnnan or usstan anguage mterpreters a

~ou fo ow the hearing on the spot. Miss Pelen sa1d that the My pjiper il. running short and time b running out, so I'll mterpreters are so expert they are •ually only about two words leave the relit of the trip to w:xt week-come on back. behind the speakers. ~

THE QUEEN ANNE 1S RECORD-OBSERVER CENTREVILLE, MARYLAND THURS. JULY 16, 1964

Lookin' Around

with DAN TABLER If you are getting tired of hearing about the Tablers' NEA

World's Fair trip, you better turn the page, 'cause I still have a bunch of notes here to go through before we return home.

I kinda skimmed over the Fair trip last week-and actually that is about what we did-skim thru the grounds. It is really so large and so breath-taking when you arrive at any one of the gates you lose time just trying to see where to go on your map. You need a map--so be sure to get one before you go or buy 'em at the Fair.

_We slip~ed up on the best way to tour the grounds-Greyhound has It exclusively. We should have taken one of their little open-air Glide-a-trains as a guide points out the various buildings. Or you can splurge and get into an Escorter-that seats 4-and the driver will take you anywhere you desire, at so much an hour. To get from gate to gate-hop into one of the regular-size Greyhou!'ids that tour the perimeter of the grounds for a quarter.

with an exhibit on the grounds hopes to gain something including Maryland, but it has all been presented in a very high-class manner. Only at the pavilion of the nation of Sierra Leone (I think that's in Africa) did we find one of those "barkers" complete with a mike to urge the people "gather around," while some native dancers and drummers did a short routine. He then tried to sell tickets to the "bigger show inside," but I understand since that time that Fair Commissioner Robert Moses has stopped it. Over in the Amusement area there were a couple of shows with barkers outside and one of them has since shut down, according to tht• papers. I can well sec why---after all, why pay to sec something when there arc so many free exhibits around?

(2) If you have only a day or two--stay away from the long lines in front of some of the exhibits. You will have more fun wandering through the smaller buildings than waiting up to two hours (the Ford Motor Company) to take a ride in a convertible.

( 3) Wait until the weather is cooler. With school out, the grounds arc jammed with children, naturally. The day we were there the total attendance was almost to the 12 million mark. But, if you can wait, you will be far more comfortable, probably between September and October 18, the closing date for this year. Next year, it opens on April 21 and runs through October I 7.

( 4) Don't take your car, unless you have relatives in Flushing or nearby. I am not familiar with these bus-package deals that include hotel, Fair admission and round-trip, but it is worth looking into if you don't want to be bothered with your car. It cost me $15 to park the car four days in Manhattan. But we did get to see a few of the top exhibits-Bell Telephone,

General Electric and General Motors. There are more--in fact, I --o---o--o-o-would not like to pick out the best-they all have their good points, Back in the city, we took a cab to Mamma Leone's on 46tb but we did see those three that are among the most popular. In both Street for dinner one evening. I a~ked the cabbie what he the Bell Telephone and GM, you sit in individual moving chairs thought of Traffic Dirr.ctor Henry Barnes and he said he had that carry you through the "world of the future"-Bell docs a ver-y done more to straighten out the traffic mess in Manhattan than fine conunercial on communications, past, present and future, and anyone el~t ever had. The former Baltimore City traffic director the GM people let you glimpse at what they believe will be our land has done one thing that forever should endear him to motor-of the future. The GE exhibit is a revolving theatre. About 200 ists-he put up street signs with black letters on a white back-people go in at a time and arc seated. The stage remains in one ground that can be seen twice as ea\ily as the old kind. spot while the entire theatre revolves. The presentation on each There were 16 of us at Mamma Leone's, a well-known Italian stage is by Walt Disney and the figures look real but aren't. re~taurant--luckily Ralph Hostetter, editor of the Cecil Whig in

We all had our pictures snapped in front of the tremendous Elkton, had been there before and he knew the head waiter. We Unisphere in the center of the fairgrounds and gawked as heli- were ushered into the wine cellar-real wine bottles complete with copters landed and took off from the Port Authority Heliport, dust--and had a singing waiter, an accordion player and violinist one of the many wonders of the Fair. to complete the evening. The children were stuffed because you

I had to find out what the Boy Scout camp was like as I still ha\'c about six courses to cat your way through. The place was recall the wonderful week I spent at the 1933 World's Fair in the crowded when we went in at 7:30 p.m. and it was still crowded Boy Scout Camp. We found it ncar the Bell Telephone building, when we left three hours later. but I was disappointed to find that the boys did not live on· the Jan wanwcl to sec the Statue of Liherty, so we took the subway grounds. I talked with a young Brooklyn Scout in the information ~II the way to the Battery Park, bought _$2.00 worth of tickeb and booth at the entrance to the Scouting area and he said they l~ved J'J.st caught the boat winch takes 20 uunutes to ferry you out to ~t an Army post in Brooklyn, going back and forth each day. The 1 L1berty Island where stand; the famous. lady. ~~side, you can walk Scouts put on shows at various times in the day, but we did not ! up or ta~e an elevator. If you d?n't mmd ":'altn:_ll$', take. the elevawait to see any. He told me they acted as guides and messengers, tor; bu~ 1f _YOU have claustro~hob1a, stay outs1~e. I~~~ starrs arc nar-which is about what we had to do 25 years ago. row.' \\'mdmg ~nd very hot Ill ~he summer time. I he Good Wife

General Motors hosted the entire convention to dinner in the decided to walt for us. and I Wish I ~ad done the sanrc-~ut Jan Rathskeller of the Belgian Village-which by the way is still and I somehow made. tt to the statue·~ head ~nd had a qlllck look incomplete. It was a wonderful meal and the Rathskeller looks out of the. narww wrndo":'s as. the wmd wh1st_led arou~d. It is a 'ust like ou would ex ct to find ste in out of a motion 12-story clunb and _feels hke II, t~ .. Real_ly,_ JUSt l~.kmg at the ~icture alout Europe, :mplete with ;ret~ girls in c06tume ~tatute from uuts1dc 1s enough-the ms1de tnp 1s hot, trnng and bar-

and a polka band. mg.

I was told the Belgium government did not want to pay the high labor costs and they stopped wnstruction of their ':'illa~e area. However, the other day the newspapers repmted that rt was going to be completed at a cost of ~·l.l million instead of the ori~inal

, estimate of $2.3 million.

Our return to the good ole E&tern Shore wru. marred only by one stop on the hot, crowded New Jersey Turnpike to change ._ rear tire-definitely aot recommended for white ~hirt and tie. Auywa)·, it will> good to 11et ho111e! We bad a wonderful trip, thaub Cor coming along.

I A couple of Fair observations: (I) There is very little eras~ rommc·rci.1listn. Sun·. !'\'!'ryonc

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WORLDtS FAIR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Aug. 20 -- Saturday night the Worldts

Fair will easily be the "swingingest" place in town. Fairgoers

will be able to dance free to the music of the all-time outstand-

ing exponents of swing music and or sweet music -- Benny Goodman~

"The King of Swing," and his orchestra {in the Singer Bowl from

8 to 10 P.M.), and Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, playing

"The Sweetest Music This Side o-r Heaven" (at the Tiparillo Band

Pavilion from 9:30P.M. to 12:30 A.M.). In the afternoon at 12:30

and at 2:30 P.M., the music of this generation will be presented

free at the Auto Thrill Show in the Transportation Area when

Wr.t:Ats B. Mitchell Reed will present "The Unbeatablea," a rock rnr

roll group. Swing, sweet, rock 'n' roll -- they'll all be at the

Fair, Saturday, and free.

Special "Days" at the Fair Saturday: Lieutenant Governors•

Day; the second day of the Olympic Weightlifting Trials; Liberty

Life Day; Benny Goodman Day {with the 8 to 10 P.M. free concert in

Singer Bowl); Yugoslavia Day, and the sixth day of Camden County

Week.

A party of 20 Lieutenant Governors will tour the Fair from

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the New York State Pavilion; tour the New York State Pavilion from

1 to 1:30 P.M., and after completing their tour of the Fairgrounds,

attend a 5:30-7,30 P.M. reception at the Official Women's Hospitality

Center in the Purex Penthouse of the Better Living Center.

The second day of the final Olympic Weightlifting tryouts will

be held at the World's Fair Pavilion from noon to 5 P.M. More than

60 of the countryrs outstanding lifters will be competing for

Olympic berths in eight divisions. Among the contenders will be

three former Olympic champions: Tommy Kono, Hawaii 1 1952 light

weight champion; Norbert Schemansky, Detroit, 1952 middleweight

champion and Isaac Berger, New York City, 1956 lightweight champion.

The Lake AmUsement Area's famous puppet show, "Lee Poupees de

Paris," will innovate the practice of giving free Greyhound Bus

rides to the Lake AmUsement Area with "Poupees" tickets purchased

at their new box office near the Main Gate (No. 1).

The Postmaster General of the United States, the Han. John A.

Gronouski, his wife and official party, will tour the Fair, Saturday,

arriving at 9:40 A.M. at the Terrace Club entrance. Their tour will

take them to the following eXhibits: Time & Life Hospitality Office

in the Travel and Transportation Building; General Motors Futurama

II; Ford; Vatican Pavilion; Pepsi-Cola; Johnson's Wax; lunch at the

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of Spain; U.S. Post Office Exhibit, and the Federal Pavilion. At

this point the Postmaster General will depart. Other members of

his party will continue to tour.

The following, reported as scheduled for Friday night, will

take place Saturday night instead:

One of the finest examples of "Peace Through Understanding"

will take place at the New England States Exhibition at 10:30 P.M.

when the pavilion will re-open after its 10 P.M. closing to host

over 400 employees of 33 International Pavilions at the Fair. It

will be a multi-lingual, multi-costumed affair at which songs,

and dances from the far corners of the earth will mingle. The

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get-together1 labelled International Day1 has been planned as an

expression of the traditional hospitality and friendship of New

Englanders and as an opportunity for the development of understand·

1ng by having fun together. Traditional New England food will be

served at the party.

Paul Lavalle will conduct the Band of America in its free

twilight concert at the Pool of Industry, Court of the Universe,

from7:15 to 8:40P.M. Following the concert, at 9 P.M., will be

the nightly fountain show featuring the "College Songs" Show.


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