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. . Dr.<br />
BUFFALO<br />
Earl L. Hubbard jr., managing director.<br />
Granada, announces he has started a number<br />
of stunts in exploiting, in advance, the<br />
coming of "Zeppelin" to his screen June<br />
23. He has arranged two store window displays<br />
with zeppelins and old-type model airplanes,<br />
a model plane contest for old planes,<br />
a contest with two area model stores which<br />
includes 40x60s in the windows, an advance<br />
preview in the Sunday Courier-Express and<br />
special stories in many high school, college<br />
and university papers . John R. Fitzgerald<br />
and Leo W. Waldert of Rochester<br />
have been re-elected to the executive committee<br />
of the Better Vision Institute, a national<br />
organization of which Harry E.<br />
Hooley and B. G. Twohig, both of Bausch<br />
& Lomb. developers of CinemaEcope. are<br />
treasurer and assistant treasurer, respectively.<br />
Meredith MacRae and her husband Greg<br />
Mullavey, stars of screen and TV. were special<br />
guests at the fifth annual Dogwood<br />
Festival in Dansville Saturday (15). Both<br />
traveled the entire parade route.<br />
Anthony J. Mercurio, Paramount branch<br />
manager, journeyed to New York City<br />
Wednesday (121 to attend the first of three<br />
regional meetings of division and branch<br />
managers. Ted Zephro. special sales assistant,<br />
presided at the first conference, which<br />
was held in Gotham. Mercurio said the<br />
agenda at the meetings included discussion<br />
of summer release policies on "Love Story"<br />
and several new features.<br />
Jerry Westergren, managing director of<br />
the Dipson Colvin Theatre on Kenmore<br />
Avenue, reports excellent business with the<br />
reissued "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."<br />
rated G and attracting many families to the<br />
Colvin boxoffice. Westergren expects to<br />
break records over the Memorial Day holidays.<br />
Ronald L. Offhaus has been elected president<br />
of the western New York chapter of<br />
the Muscular Dystrophy Ass'ns of America<br />
at the annual meeting in the Statler Hilton.<br />
SPECIAL TRAILERS<br />
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"a greatly beefed-up news staff" by next fall,<br />
when the new owner and a group of local<br />
investors take over the 5.000-watt. fulltime<br />
AM facility. Formal application for<br />
transfer of the station's license from WEBR.<br />
Inc., to Queen City Radio Corp. has been<br />
filed with the FCC. One of the prominent<br />
account executives of WEBR is<br />
Jerry Edelslein.<br />
second assistant chief barker of Variety<br />
Club Tent 7.<br />
Middletown Motorists Are<br />
'Distracted' by Drive-in<br />
MIDDLETOWN, PA.—After a meeting<br />
with attorney Jay Ochroch. representing<br />
Fox Enterprises' Roosevelt Drive-in, Gerard<br />
Scannell, Middletown supervisor, reported<br />
that there had been "meaningful dialog"<br />
about the problem of certain movies<br />
distracting motorists on Route 1. A followup<br />
conference was scheduled.<br />
Scannell added that Fox is aware of how<br />
Middletown's citizens feel about the films<br />
being shown at the drive-in and said that a<br />
remedy for the situation would be to have a<br />
shield erected around the airer to obscure<br />
the screen from motorists and nearby homeowners.<br />
Other types of "obscuring devices"<br />
also are being considered, Scannell said.<br />
Mixed Audience Reactions<br />
COLCHESTER, ENGLAND — Unless<br />
accompanied by girls, boys have been<br />
banned from midnight, "sex film" shows at<br />
an Essex motion picture house. The manager<br />
said the boys made too much noise<br />
shouting salty comments about love scenes,<br />
pointing out that when they were with a<br />
girl, it kept them quiet.<br />
Film Has Special Interest<br />
TUNKHANNOCK, PA.— The Wild<br />
Country," featured recently at the Star-Lite<br />
Drive-in. was a film of more-than-ordinary<br />
interest for some area residents. The picture<br />
was filmed within ten miles of the<br />
Wind River Ranch. DuBois, Wyo., owned<br />
and operated by Dr. Arthur Davenport of<br />
Tunkhannock and Dr. Malcolm Davenport<br />
of DuBois.<br />
Joseph Licata said the r e was nothing the<br />
borough could do.<br />
Swedish 'Language of Love'<br />
Cleared by High Court<br />
WASHINGTON — The U. S. Supreme<br />
Court on Monday (17) suspended the in-<br />
(Continued from preceding page) He succeeds Edward R. Lieser. son of Louis<br />
Avco Embassy branch manager. Edward<br />
Lieser.<br />
Jake Stefanon, owner and operator of the<br />
was president in 1970 and now is vice-<br />
junction against showing the Swedish-made<br />
film "Language of Love" while deferring<br />
Silver Lake Drive-in, Perry, announces his president of the chapter.<br />
daughter K.rin married Charles Clarke, also<br />
a<br />
obscenity.<br />
final decision<br />
The sex<br />
on<br />
documentary,<br />
the question<br />
seized<br />
of its<br />
by<br />
of Perry, in that western New York town WEBR Radio, recently purchased from<br />
U.S. Customs in October 1969,<br />
Saturday (22). A may now be<br />
reception in the Perry the Courier-Express by Bill McKibben. will<br />
released by its U.S. distributors. Chevron<br />
Country Club followed the wedding.<br />
he on the air 24 hours a day and will boast<br />
Pictures, while the nation's highest court<br />
deliberates further.<br />
The unprecedented action, following an<br />
appeal for release by New York attorney<br />
Ephraim London for the producers, Swedish<br />
Film Production AB and Unicorn Enterprises,<br />
was approved without dissent. Despite<br />
objections by U.S. Solicitor-General<br />
Erwin Griswald, the court voted eight in<br />
favor of London's motion, none against,<br />
with Justice William J. Brennan not participating.<br />
Judged obscene by a jury on May 1, 1970,<br />
in U.S. District Court for the Southern<br />
District of New York, the decision on the<br />
sex film was reversed unanimously on Sept.<br />
15. 1970. by the U.S. Court of Appeals for<br />
the Second Circuit.<br />
Movie Theatre Is Charted<br />
For Easton, Pa., Complex<br />
EASTON, PA.—Jack W. Chartier and<br />
George S. Chartier. a father-son team, have<br />
been named developers of a $12 million<br />
commercial complex to be built in downtown<br />
Easton. it was announced by the city's<br />
redevelopment authority. Plans for the 122,-<br />
000-square-foot project on South Third<br />
Street call for a motel, office building,<br />
movie theatre, shopping mall, bowling alley<br />
and computer center.<br />
The Chartiers head Fairway Developers,<br />
builders of the multimillion-dollar Shepherd<br />
Hills Country Club Estates in Wesecosville.<br />
Cinema Addition Approved<br />
TOMS RIVER, N.J .—Newspaper publisher<br />
Joseph P. Milza has received township<br />
approval for a plan to build a 27,000-<br />
square-foot addition to the Mall Cinema.<br />
The theatre is now 7.670 square feet.<br />
Easter Services in Airer<br />
BERWICK. PA—The Family Drive-in<br />
its here was donated by owners for use by<br />
the community for sunrise services Easter<br />
Sunday.<br />
New Palace Theatre Owners<br />
UNION CITY. PA.—The Palace Theatre<br />
here was acquired by Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Vaughn McCurdy and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin<br />
Fish, effective Thursday (1). Former own-<br />
Homeowners Protest Film Fare<br />
FORT LEE, N.J.—The 210-family ers were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson.<br />
United Homeowners Ass*n of Fort lee announced<br />
that it again would write the mayor<br />
and council urging the end of what it calls<br />
Auburn Theatre to Be Razed<br />
AUBURN, N.Y.—The Auburn Theatre,<br />
pornographic films" in the borough. When<br />
Mayor<br />
along with other area<br />
make way<br />
buildings, is slated<br />
the group complained in December, to be razed to for the proposed<br />
downtown loop road. Demolition is tentatively<br />
scheduled to start in June.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: May 24, 1971
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