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...invaded by an army of Ed Murrow's electronic gremlins only two hours after Frankie had moved in. Kicking off his fourth season on Person to Person (CBS), Murrow positioned his cameras in every cranny of Sinatra's two-bedroom Japanese house, with its elaborate hi-fi gadgets, Bing Crosby recordings, a TV set that swings out of its niche to front any chair in the room, and a huge kitchen, chock-full of pizzas. Sinatra bounced around each room with assured grace, talking pure Sinatrese. Samples: "I'm very large down in Australia." Pointing...
...standard" repertory of late 18th century and 19th century music and even the cool counterpoint of the preclassical masters. Some of the moderns prove to be profitable indeed. The reason: contemporary composers favor brilliant or unusual orchestral effects, and such effects are just dandy for showing off hi-fi phonograph equipment. Thus the battle of modern music appears to have reached its turning point, and the composers who pioneered during the '20s and '30s and their followers are about to enjoy victory...
...Bloomington behind thick hedges of shrubbery and books, was a well-known figure in the academic world, equally well known in what he called the underworld of New York's Times Square, where he and his Ph.D. associates had conducted widespread interviews. Apart from a passion for hi-fi music, he was driven by a 16-hour-a-day dedication to his work. Said his wife once in a famous aside: "I hardly ever see him at night any more since he took...
...They're union made."). He likes classical music the hi-fi way, seeks out exotic jazz dives when he gets a chance, lunches periodically at Pittsburgh's tony Duquesne Club. Three years ago he was honored by the biggest names of Pittsburgh on Dave McDonald Day. At home he works for the local Community Chest, the Rosalia Foundling & Maternity Hospital, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Parents' Athletic Council of Mount Lebanon. He is a member of the Government's Export-Import Bank advisory committee, and was a member of the Randall Commission, which surveyed foreign economic...
...fi recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture blasted out into the cool spring air over Harvard Square, 2,000 Harvard (and other) students rioted, tossed bags full of water and a typewriter or two out of windows, and demonstrated against Cambridge Council Member Alfred Vellucci. who had suggested that Harvard be made a separate state "like the Vatican in Rome." Vellucci had already been voted down when he proposed to a city council meeting that Harvard's land be taken "by eminent domain" to be used as parking areas, which the city needs. The student riot was allegedly...