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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...century. It was the first man-made planet-a Russian rocket. "On January 2, 1959," Moscow radio proclaimed, "a cosmic rocket was launched toward the moon. The launching again demonstrates to the world the outstanding achievements of Soviet science and technology." The rocket, Moscow added, was a multi-stage rig that weighed 3,245 lbs., with a 796.5-lb. payload of instruments (see SCIENCE) and pennants bearing the U.S.S.R. coat of arms. Its speed: 25,000 m.p.h. The rocket missed the moon by 4,660 miles-about the distance from Moscow to Manhattan...
...playing Victor Milgrim, the Mephistophelean movie producer. Jason Robards Sr. gives an equally moving performance as Hallidy's benevolent publisher. This is the senior Robards' first appearance on the stage in nineteen years. The rest of the supporting roles are adequately handled, as is David Pressman's direction. The multi-purpose sets of Ben Edwards deserve special attention...
...most adventurous big-money backer modern art has ever known was the late Solomon R. Guggenheim, multi millionaire mining magnate (Alaskan copper, Chilean nitrate, Bolivian tin) who late in life switched from collecting traditional Dutch masters to avant-garde art under the tutelage of his good friend and mentor, Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, set up Manhattan's Museum of Non-Objective Painting. Two years ago his nephew, Harry F. Guggenheim, announced a biennial, round-the-world search for new paintings, established a purse of $10,000 for first prize...
After a high-speed trip to East Cambridge, Kennedy arrived at Macarelli's Restaurant, where he ate a multi-course Italian dinner with members of the City Council and East Cambridge residents who jammed the eatery. After the meal, Vellucci introduced the Senator, who proposed a toast to "Sal" Macarelli, the host...
Director Saslavsky has run this multi-gaited film at a graceful trot midway between all-out comedy and lead-footed sentimentality. As the repentant Papa, Yves Montand contributes most to the picture's warm stability; but it is skinny-shanked Yves Noel, as the boy, who rates credit for its glow...