SKITCH MEETS THE PRESS
An amazing photo by William Seynour
Skitch Henderson was interviewed by the journalism campers Tuesday at a special press conference.
Tonight show veterans entertain large crowd
Three veterans of the Tonight television show, joined by a 45-piece orchestra, played to an enthusiastic near-full house last night in Hoch Auditorium.
Skitch Henderson, a guest this week at the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, was joined by Doc Severinsen and Robert Rosengarden.
Included in the formal program were "Seaway March" by Richard Rogers, "Winters Past" by William Barlow and selections from "Sweet Charity," including "Big Spender," "When Did You Know." "If My Friends Could See Me Now," "Too Many Tomorrows" and "I Love to Cry at Weddings."
SEVERINSEN WAS featured in "Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra" by Sgt. Floyd Werle.
The musicians concluded the formal program with a section entitled "Hollywood Revisited." They played such favorites as "Thanks for the Memory," "I Hear a Rhapsody," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
Interspersed throughout the concert were unprogrammed impromptu numbers by the trio and the orchestra.
Henderson has been on campus all week while he was joined here yesterday morning by Severinsen and Rosengarden.
The veteran conductor of the Tonight Show, Henderson will be guest conductor Saturday and Sunday at the three concerts scheduled by the 30th annual camp musical groups. A complete concert schedule can be found on page 5.
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Friday, July 21, 1967
Ketzel predicts
Percy is GOP's man
By ROGER LINTEMUTH
While other political experts choose the top ranking Republican Presidential candidates as shown by recent polls, Clifford P. Ketzel picks a dark horse candidate, Charles Percy, Senator from Illinois.
Ketzel, an Associate Professor of Political Science, has been here at KU since 1961. And has been on the Democratic Precinct Committee for the last two years.
WHEN ASKED about his views on the Republican nomination race he replied, "I think Charles Percy will get it. Most important, he is quite acceptable to all. He supported Barry
Goldwater in the last election, although he is not a conservative. He comes from a large state with a great number of votes. Even though he may be lacking in experience, he has few political enemies."
IT SHOULD be noted that Percy has not declared himself interested in the nomination. While others have been in the news and public eye, Percy has remained quiet and has made no moves in any direction.
In explanation Ketzel says, "This was perhaps Percy's best move. By not making a move until later, the public knows less about his policies and can't attack him as much."
'I have got an extra ticket' starts Henderson on way
Mickey Rooney gave a 17-year-old pianist an extra ticket to Hollywood in the mid-1930's.
"I backed into show business," Skitch Henderson, the pianist, grinned to a group of high school journalism students Tuesday. "You just have to be around when the brick falls."
Henderson was playing with the now-defunct Territorial Orches-
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strong and control parts of the Republican party. Reagan is still a possibility, but lacks experience."
WEATHER
Road work is to begin
tra in Denver when Rooney and Judy Garland came to Denver on tour. Their pianist got sick; Henderson was offered the $100-a-week job.
Partly cloudy and a little warmer today is forecast by the U.S. Weather Bureau. High upper 80's. Low tonight upper 60's. Rain probability is 29 percent today.
Emery Road, the only entrance road for two apartment complexes and which often is pitted with holes two feet wide, will be paved by the time classes begin this fall.
That's not to say Henderson does not relax. At the press conference, he hoisted himself onto
NOW, PEOPLE ask Henderson if he would please catch the "bricks" they want to fall his way. He is a guest conductor of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp this week; Monday he will tape a "Password" television show; next weekend he will conduct the Hollywood Bowl. He's taping a series of six television specials for broadcast this season, and producer Alan King is trying, so far vainly, to get Henderson to act in "Once More With Feeling" on Broadway. And sometime Henderson would like to get back to Sugarbush, Vt., to see his wife and two children.
a desk, crossed his legs and began.
"Tonight' is about 80 percent honest, and that's unusual for television. We didn't have someone sitting by an idiot machine feeding in canned laughs like Lucille Ball."
That kind of honesty, though commendable, wasn't enough to hold Henderson.
George Williams, Lawrence director of public works, said work should begin in 10 days.
"I WAS FORCED into music. My mother nailed me to a piano bench when I was six. I played my first concert when I was 12 and horrified my mother so much she left me alone for two years."
"TM GLAD I did the show, but after six years . . . There are
He also proved something "Tonight Show" viewers probably suspected from watching the bearded musician toss repartee back at Johnny Carson. That's pure Henderson up there. No ghost-writers needed.
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GOV. GEORGE Romney of Michigan, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, Gov. Ronald Reagan of California and Richard M. Nixon rank high in popularity and each is spoken highly of for the top Republican ticket spot.
Ketzel said, "I think Romney started too soon and won't be the top man when the convention comes. Nixon has been defeated so would tend to be eliminated due to this. Rockefeller is probably the most qualified, but he has made a number of Goldwater enemies. The Goldwater forces are still
The road will be 27 feet wide and paved with concrete from 9th Street to West Hills Parkway, or almost to the Alpha Phi sorority house.
Contracts for the work were let in June to a Topeka firm, but work was delayed because a sewer is to be laid beneath Emery Road. The sewer will collect waste from south and east of the West Hills Apartments, ending what Williams called "some trouble" with sewage because of the increased load from the apartments.
Williams said some provision will be made to keep Emery Road open to traffic because of the apartment renters.
Print plant gets okay
By JAN CROSS
A $331,242 printing service building will be completed at KU by Feb. 5. 1968.
Keith Lawton, vice chancellor for operations, said he has recommended apparent low bids be approved. The state architect will award the contract.
The contracts call for the building to be completed within 180 days after the contract signing.
which usually happens about a week after Lawton recommends contracts be approved.
LOW BIDDERS are the S. Patti Construction Company, Kansas City, $208,300 for general construction; Reed Electric Company, Lawrence, $52,469 for electrical; and Huxtable Associates, Lawrence, $70,473, for mechanical facilities.
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