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Frank Sinatra has closed a deal to produce "Time of Departure" for his Essex
Company — it's the story,of rocket project X-15 and is scheduled to go before
the cameras at Edwards AFB, Calif•,this fall - with Robert Mitchum starring and
John Sturges directing.....Efrem Zimbalist Jr., private eye in TV*s "77 Sunset
Stripe" was an Amry flier in Warner!s "Bombers B-52" but will don Navy wings for
his role in "The Crowded Sky*’,
His'/co-star in the "77" series, Roger Smith, is combing Los Angeles harbor
areas looking for-a boat — he needs one to indulge in, his favorite hobby-skin
. diving,a sport he became interested in while serving with the Navy in* Honolulu,,
Still with the Navy, ;sailors from Destroyer Flotillas Four and? {Three sponsored
three fun-filled days for six-year old Jimmy ROberson of Norfolk, Va* Jimmy,
suffering from an incurable brain cancer,was a guest of Disneyland and’ while on
the coast saw his favorite cowboy star Roy Rogers at his ranch...
At a recent luncheon,. for Capt.® Edward L. Beach, commanding officer of the
Triton, worlds largest/atomic submarine, Humorist Herb' Shriner mentioned his
album, "Historic Sounds of the Nautilus Under the North Pole," to. the nofced.n
round^the-worId-traveler - describing how the record was made, .Shriner quipped
• "And'it plays under water®" '
One out-cne .in —r- Steve Lawrence leaves the Army to, resume his civilian
singing career in August and Ben Cooper, young western star, is-heading for the
Presidio of San Francisco for two weeks of active duty,,..Pfc. Peter Duchin,son
of the late famous Eddy Duchin,represented the Caribbean and Fort Clayton,Canal
Zone, as a finalist in the All-Army Entertainment Contest*
In October,1956, Air Force CaptsDavid Heritch bought tickets touMy'Fair Lady’/
Before he could use them he was suddenly called to a tour of duty in Japan.When
Heritch found he couldn't exchange the tickets, the box-office man assured him
the show would still be running when he got back,In fact, he bet ten dollars on
it* Recently, Capt* Heritch showed up and collected the tlO.'"My Fair Lady" was
closed that week by the Broadway strike,
The final title for 20th Century-fBx's version of the best-selling novel "The
Night They Burned the Mountain," by Dr, Ton Doolejp, - former Navy physician, will
be the dam© as the book.
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