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Patrice Munsel Stars In 'Merry Widow'
KANSAS CITY, Mo.,—(Special)Patrice Munsel, one of the greatest box office attractions in show business, opened last night, in "The Merry Widow" at Kansas City's Starlight theatre.
Miss Munsel, owner of a spectacular lyric coloratura voice, has smashed box-office attendance records in seven fields—opera, Las Vegas night clubs, television, concerts, the legitimate theatre and motion pictures.
Miss Munsel is making her first Starlight appearance and theatre officials have reported a brisk box office interest in the beautiful singer's initial appearance here.
She is the holder of the all time attendance record at the Dallas State Fair, having outdrawn such performers as Jack Benny and other names that spell box office magic.
The glamorous and exciting star has won more honors in varied show business fields than any other living performer—and all of this while she
Two Professors To Make Study
The Ford Foundation, through Community Studies, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., has awarded post-doctoral research fellowships to Prof. E. Gordon Ericksen and Assistant Prof. Ray P. Cuzzort, of the sociology and anthropology department They will investigate the population and social organization of Negroes of Greater Kansas City.
The grant, expected to exceed $10,000 after the addition of research staff, is part of a Ford Foundation sponsored program to encourage research of cities by faculties and the training of graduate students in this field.
"With cities rapidly becoming the natural habitat of civilized man, they represent mans' most dramatic attempt to remake the world to fit his own interests," said Prof. Ericksen. "Thus by making the city, man has been remaking himself. With modern cities assuming something of the character of a controlled experiment, they become vast social laboratories for the scientist. Investigation can be made to add up to knowledge useful to both practical people of affairs and theorists," he said.
Professors Ericksen and Cuzzort, noting the mobility of Negroes to and within Greater Kansas City will focus their efforts on the Negro labor force and middle class family after a study of the 1960 population composition.
is still under 34 years of age. She has been selected for command performances twice, once by the Queen of England and once by President Eisenhower for an official White House reception. A curvaceous married woman, she was named the nation's most eligible girl by the Bachelor Club of America prior to her marriage. Since her marriage she has been selected as the foremost mother in American music life.
Prof. Ericksen received his doctor's degree in 1947 from the University of Chicago and taught at Indiana and University of California at Los Angeles before joining the KU staff in 1949. In addition to two books on the city, he has published numerous papers on urbanism and related topics since coming to Kansas. His latest book, the "Population of the West Indies" is now being readied for publication.
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Prof. Cuzzort received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1955. He has published a monographic study on the suburban development of service trade industries and is co-author of a monograph on "Statistical Geography" now in press. He was a research associate at the Population Research and Training Center of the University of Chicago before coming to KU in 1957.
Clinton L. Warne, assistant professor of economics, has been appointed associate professor at Ohio State University in Columbus.
The beautiful singer has graced the covers of most of the major American magazines, including Life magazine twice. Time, Theatre Arts and others. Her stunning figure has made her a top subject for photographers across the nation.
During the last 15 years, there has been a 77 per cent decline in the death rate from appendicitis.
Her television show was an instantaneous hit and one of the top variety shows of the season. It enabled the vivacious, raven haired star to demonstrate her versatility before millions of people who had previously only heard about the singer.
Dr. Warne was an instructor at KU in 1950-53, taught two years at Simpson College in Iowa and returned to Kansas as assistant professor in 1956. He holds degrees from Colorado and Clark Universities and received the Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1953.
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"The Merry Widow" first became the toast of the musical world more than 50 years ago, when Franz Lehar composed the magnificent score. The magic is not in the plot—all the basic ingredients are in the show, pretty girls, dancing and romance. The story concerns a rich woman, pursued by a prince who is trying to recoup his shrinking fortune.
The magic, all major critics agree, is in the music and the dances. A newness and freshness that spells youth and love. "The Merry Widow Waltz" comes in the second act and has caused audiences for over one-half century to sit spellbound at the enchanting music and movement.
At the New York debut in 1907 the show ran for one year and was seen by 700,000 people. More than 3 million copies of the sheet music were sold in one year.
Theatre officials advise reservations by mail as soon as possible, since Miss Munsel is expected to be the major attraction of the current season. Tickets, ranging from $4 to $1.50 are available by writing Department JP, Starlight Ticket Office, 1217 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri, or by phoning GRand 1-5510. Prices are: Box — $4; Orchestra — $3.50; Loge—$3; Arena “A,” “B,” “C”—$2.50; $2.10; $1.50.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—(UPI) U.S. scientists will try again "at an early date," probably in September, to fire an unmanned Project Mercury space capsule over the Atlantic on a Atlas missile.
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The shot will repeat many of the tests scheduled for the first Atlas-Mercury combination, which failed Friday when the booster apparently blew up about 65 seconds after blast-off.
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Scientists said they could not pin down the reason immediately for the Atlas explosion. The accident sent the one-ton Mercury capsule into the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between four and 12 miles east of the cane.
Six more tests of the capsule, which will boost an American to the edge of space early next year and then into orbit around Earth in late 1961, are scheduled before the end of this year—three aboard the Atlas and three on the Army's Redstone rocket.
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Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Project Mercury director, said an abort sensing mechanism, designed to detect a malfunction, worked "in time" yesterday.
On later capsules, the mechanism would trigger rockets on a 16-foot tower above the Astronaut, in time to get him and the capsule off the Atlas and safely back to earth via parachute.
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SARASOTA, Fla. — (UPI) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, riding in a new 15 car train, has made its last departure from winter quarters here to start a new season.
When the 1960 tour closes, the circus will return to new quarters in nearby Venice. The first show will be in Omaha, Neb. Aug. 5.
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The value of meat exports from New Zealand dropped $30 million between 1958 and 1959, to a total of $205 million.
Kansas-Syracuse Game Set for TV
New York—(UPI) "The football game between Syracuse, the Nation's No. 1 team last year, and the University of Kansas Oct. 1 at Lawrence will be one of nine nationally televised "Game of the Week" programs over the American Broadcasting Co. television network, it was announced Sunday.
Kansas will be the only Big Eight Conference team to play on the network's television schedule, which also includes 12 regional televised games. The schedule opens Saturday, Sept. 17, with the University of Georgia playing at the University of Alabama, and closes Dec. 3 with Duke playing at UCLA.
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Kennedy Leads Farm Editor Survey
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Farm magazine editors polled on the Presidential choice of their readers have given a narrow edge to the Democratic candidate, Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.).
If the poll accurately reflected farmers' voting intentions in November, it could mean trouble for the Republicans who traditionally have counted on heavy support in the Midwestern farm belt and other farm areas.
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