Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1960 — Page 12
'12---The Indianapolis Renrder/ July 2,1960
'OBSERVATIONS'
By G. LOGAN BENNETT “ME OW!“ Last nftfltt 1 did nbt sleep a wink . . . Because of a squalling oat So since she would not let me rest ... I started squalling back Of course I couldn’t see the beast ... A building blocked my
view two.
But anyway, weird somds Went forth . . . Twas from us bawling I did not understand a word . . . Puss sent out on the air But evidentl) what I said . . . Were words to raise her hair 1 tried to put real ‘oomph’ in- mine . . . And Puss replied in
glee
We wailed and moaned in dirge-like tones . . . ’Twas quite a
feline spree
But today, a friend, while talking ... Did speak about a cat Who’d bawled, and squalled, at him last night . . . And he had
squalled right hack. , .
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THREE SOULS IN SUMMER FESTIVAL JUtY 9 AT CASINO The National League Debutantes Inc. will present a Summer Festival Saturday nite, July 9, at the Walker Casino. Hours are from 9 till 1 a.m. Featured on the trala entertainment bill are the popular Three Souls plus a snappy floor show. The fashionable girls’ club is all set to give Naptown pleasure lovers an enjoyable evening of fun and merriment. The Three Souls have made a name for themselves here because of their unique musical styling and their individual solo playing. They are sure to offer musical numbers that will make your evening an enjoyable one. Tickets are now on sale at The Indianapolis Recorder and by members of the National League Debutantes, Inc., one of Naptown’s leading social clubs.
'KING' ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF KELL-COLE COMBO Nat King Cole announces the formation of Kell-Cole Productions for the production of theatrical feature films, television properties and stage ventures. The first property under the Kell-Cole banner will be “Don’t Send Flowers,” an original screen play by Les Pine, dealing with the dramatic events in the life of a jazz musician. A forthcoming Broadway venture, an original musical concept, tentatively called, “I’m With You” by Ray Rash and Dottie Wayne, will be co-produced by the Kell-Cole Company in association with Paul Gregory. Plans npw call for an eight to 10-week tour of the nation, commencing in late September with a Broadway bow fpllowing. Ike Jones" will serve as executive producer of the film activi-
ties.
TOWN’S ‘MUGGERS’ MUST when the sucker attempts to GO...All segments of the Nap- draw the curtain on. the finale town population... sadly deplore (find the girl) he is cursed, the seemingly wanton attack on cajoled and sometimes man-han-the Catholic priest t'other mid- died at or almost in the apartnite in downtown Indianapolis... ment where he is sent.. .Because, It was the second such attack in believe it or not, Flying Susie or that area...the other being the Buckwheat Cakes don’t live there attack made on newsman Jep and never did ...and the place is Cadou Sr. and his wife...Both tenanted by decent law-abiding of these unfortunate incidents Negro citizens... These things DO happened around the statehouse happen frequently over on this ... and side of the tracks .. and any perWE ALL KNOW that as long a ^, le hindsight can as man breathes the breath of readjly dig what s going on when life there’ll be crime...but we they see Negro men hollering at certainly ought to be able to do ^hitq male motorists at all hours something to minimize these nite- nl »? ’' ’ » nd what snakes it ly attacks on citizens of this baili- bad, they 11 pull over to the curb wick...Certainly the Police De- or drive around the corner m partment can do more than it t * 1 ® da [ k * or a heart-to-heart talk has been doing in the past to with th .® P r ® c « re f , f an . ^ stop this outbreak of crime that t he gals) who tells him of the has gripped the city. ^ luscious browm queens he WE HAVE BEEN preaching h£iy^ ^ S ° ^
here (and we ain’t no reverend) y *
for lots of years that what this WHEN THE POLICE, colored man’s town needs MOST...IS .. and white, break up this sort of walking PATROLMEN.. .especial- thing, they’ll have most of the ly in the mile-square .. Indiana problem licked .. and you won’t Ave and other troubled areas read so much about ofays being
...21st and Boulevard... 19th and robbed in our districts at ungodly . , College... 26th and Martindale, hours of morn while waiting for ??. n ute plus a short vacation, etc. traffic lights to change ..WL Hls included .Maxme Cook, IT IS HARD to imagin. that ^7 she^raas Tnd "ha^e ^ aU M“TnrTroU?r?%1
pened 'Tn jU. ‘*>out getting
And the one that TOOK the CAKE f ^ Mr^Lucy Mle Wathen wiH be out*" Straub with In'amKd just how thf writer felt...and hostess at her daughter’s wedout of Strauss witn an armioaa would di- din ^ reception Saturday, July 9. of suits ..and walked several rno “ l “ in ® wme we wouia ai Sarah Maxine Martin block, before being ,pott«l b,r a ^“police suTion the g^oom-Eugen’e /en“na!. rr'.^t n^ ^ hfK? ^^^.t^robtrcan WHO ARE THE TOP WAIT“dooi" 1 rfhi. ro 0 r 1 ro , ? e t n h i „rin h, thI ^ofay'w^Ik^cn^ to wake tip Rip Van Winkle who fl u » re especially along nation claim against a private & *Ipw of wears But not the Avenoo, West St., Senate club that employs only Negro enough toTi.^Voar gendarme, Ave., 21st and Boulevard and up waiters They took their case on rubber (tires! It is nossible and down College.. .This is a to the Michigan state Fair Em?bat thT two incident! referred MUST...This thing can beployment Practices Commission Jo it the Sl of this niffle wiuW LICKED! (whatchabet) ' . . .and a spokesman for the comw h«Ve hanoened ff P there W^re NEGRbES OWE it to them- mish said the club management walking’ patrolmen 'ii^V^* t? point. <>«t the persons claimed -lored wait were i B hfTntrj. t n. t 1o^f D b r°rr and f’o^r “'niS'S ^o^ ^^E^E^BE^^^rrr^.'.Father”, WP JII«T CAN'T imderatjrnd vorite policeman and tell him Hines, noted jazz pianist?.. .Well, whv a citv L bit as o^?s always what y° u heard or think and ^ be sure ar.u dig his “Earl’s Pearls',” wafts until the * bird has flown work it out...It might be just “Love Me or Leave Me,’ “You the cooo before doin’ somethine th ® lead th ®y ar ® lookin S for... Can Depend on Me,” “Rosetta,” about it . and we d still say crimes Cann , 0t ' 0 " do " e th ‘ 3 sort of «sist^ by Calvin Newborn, guiof this nature could be averted thing, .for who knows.. .you or tar; Carl Pruitt, bass, and W,lif there were walking (not loaf- f.° ul \ kin m, k ht be the neItt v,c - 1,a ” f"f. , , ing) patrolmen in the downtown * in \ S vn 'rnn t t GRAND PATRIARC H of the
. AND, TOO, some of our top Negro labor movement. . .That s
if IS A KNOWN fact that all P olic ® brass 8 P® nd ® ntirel y to ° Asa Philip Randolph at 71...A types of addicts, sex perverts and much ti me trying to catch an fighter for civil rights...In an what-have-you hang around the ,solat ® d ca Fj d « am ®. m article in The New York Times Statehouse and Bus Terminal 8 Pe ctable Negro s home _.While on Randolph, the writer said: ...and have been doing so for others are constantly on the alert “ H is magisterial mien, Biblical years.. .Just why this condition Ior Negroes with white women eloquence and accumulated moral hasn’t been cleaned up is any- •;- and aU tb ®^ 1 "’® £ n ™ e * s authority have kept him the ralbody’s guess...And so long as nmg rampant thrbughout the city. i yin g center for all elements in these conditions are allowed to to see police cars the turbulent Negro community.” prevail there’ll be more muggins, P al * ed * lon « the ma ‘[| ^ SINCE 1925 he has headed the assaults, etc., on our decent citi- frortt of . .P 1 ® 06 ^, on the alle £ ed Pullman Porters and has been zens . seamy side while muggers are principally responsible for raisTHE GOOD citizens of Nap- havin S a “ e,d da y - Let’s have j n g their basic monthly wage town ..both white and black Jf® r ® , w 9. lkin » Patrolmen as of from $67 .5o t o a present level of
Jon Thomas, Jazz Organist, Joins ABC-Paramom
Fabulous Fabalena Returns To Pink Poodle; 3 Shows Nitely The fabulous and exciting Fab- vslayift’ ’em nitely at the Pink alena and the songsational b'ues Poodle, Naptown’s top entertain-
singer Laura Johnson, are really ment spot
deeply deplore these incidents.
NOW!
$409.11 while cutting their work-
and CALL upon our very compe- Th < ' N |Ln^.„ I m T„ 1 ,! in 5.is u, 3,lr 0 !2,i 6 ^
Camp d *Be,2^ i ^M 0 ndayf°Aug^ C kk’ ew^’weS* bJck be'Se
Let’s make our STREETS... P r 9 mi8 ®, s to be on ® j. 1 ",® m p 8t of financial difficulties .. Located downtown... uptown ... and all ever sponsored by tins in ^ Loop,: the Club booked such around the town eafe for pe- r e * spap j r t ° T , thc i[ nore .j j? n i azz greats as Sarah Vaughn, d *A tr ^D’p d LA m ctt t, .ta’rt k w e ould pSr‘wlk^tc^ng^Thl* B& San*y oS^"’ be the watchful ejre on motorists*® r Y1 "• '" t * rpr ! 3m * c,rcl ; lat, o | ; CANTRELL MITZS and his who perambulate slowly through| m4 t na * fer * 1 , Tbom , 13 trying to get jazzy combo are the real center of our districts at all times of nftel^JjP ®® 1 ®^ 1 ^ h I e . re . fo . r the ,/ a J a ^traction at Cy Graham’s popular in search of luscious brown fiJontdoor affair...It just could be Sunset Terrace dancery every Inkier ^ riT SfChamp Floyd Patterson . who d.y a nd Sattiday • and those volved when they do so...It i : | c 5 0Wa! - T ,-7 h ® wel1 known E / n ® st Jain sessions are really packin the B pnynmnn -io.fct tn «ee nf*v I Ernie P.) Perry, owner of the crowds in. Cruise on down this* cruising our street, and honkIng"i ap 1 l t<> J h “{* 1 p m ?, tored K New wee , k cnd and cnioy the Uzzy t,ap ' their horns at tome d»rk female if«rk for the Patterson-Johanns- pemngs.
without any thought of the feel-
JON THOMAS ... JAZZ ORGANIST Jodi Thomas, a jazz organist with Since 1955, when Jon switched something to say, is the latest and from piano to organ, he was headed newest artist added to the roster his own jazz combo in one of of stars for ABC-Paramount Rec- the leading exponents of the modords, Am-Par President Sam H. ern sound In Cincy. Clark announced in New York. Jon has recorded often on indeA native of Cincinnati, Jon has pendent labels, and one of the v. orked in and around the Southern means ABC-Paramount used to get Ohio metropolis for nearly 20 him on wax was to purchase the years. He has appeared on occasion best of his masters \vith Lddie Lockjaw Davis, Illi- Jon’s most recent recording, the £ ols . dacque t, Dakota Staton and fi rs t 0 n which he is also heard as a _ a P wn ' vocalist, is “HEARTBREAK” back-
fed with “TEASIN’”.
ABC-Paramount talent purveyors have already predicted that the tunes will one day soon hit the*
million-sale mark,
A musician since his early teens, Jon has appeared in night clubs everywhere in the East, from Buf-
falo to Atlantic City.
The new long-term deal with ABC—Paramount may open the doors for him to the really big
time.
Brigitte Bardot Appears as Slave Girl in 'Helen of Troy' at Walker Sun.
Brigitte Bardot, pert and talented young French actress, was the girl chosen to play the slave girl Andraste, in Warner Bros.’ CinemaScope production of “Helen of Troy,” re-released epic coming Sunday to the Walker Theater. This was Brigitte's first American picture, although she has been seen many times in imported French productions. She has now become as familiar to American audiences as in her native
country.
Brigitte was only 19 when she appeared in “Helen of Troy,” and has- the alluring figure of a French model, which is exactly what she was before the movies snapped her up—-a willowy five feet four and 114 pounds light. Her Jong hair, which she likes to wear in a pony tail, is reddish chestnut, and her eyes are deep hazel. “They turn as blaek as a phonograph record when I’m angry,” she says. Brigitte was born in Paris in 1934. Her father is a French industrialist, but as her mother spent most of her chilcmood in .Milan, the actress considers herself both Italian and French and speaks both languages fluently. “Helen of Troy” stars Ilossana Podesta and Jack Sernas and was directed by Robert Wise.
These two headliners are just what the doctor ordered to spruce you up and make you feel gay over the weekend and the special Saturday afternoon matinee. Miss Johnson’s meaty blues stylings have already endeared her to hundreds of Naptown pleasure lovers, who enjoy the way she puts over her numbers with that boom boom feeling. She has what it takes to please any audience and is proving it nitely at the Pink
Food'e.
Fabulous Fabalena returns to the bistro by popular demand, having proved herself a top entertainer who knows what to give her public. She is tall.tan and terriffc . . . Just the gal to chase the blues awayv Other stars shining on the stardudded bill are the fabulous Four Sounds, Baron Harris, and Melvin Rhyne and his combo.
Helen Humes Signs With Record Firm LOS ANGELES (ANP) — Helen Humes, a leading jaat singer for the past two decades has signed a long-term contract • with Contemporary Records releasing her first album under the label, the Associated Negro Press has learned. According to information received from the company’s public relations department, .the album, recorded under exclusive contract, was the first for Miss Humes She previously recorded many singles. The album, with all-star accompaniment, features Benny Carter, trumpet; Frank Rosolino, trombone: Teddy Edwards, tenor; Andre Previn, piano: Leroy Vinnegar, bass, and Shelly Manne and Mel Lewis, drums.
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ings of the dark males who nitely witness such goings-on.
THESE
SOME OF
whites have
ired girl” or a bottle of whis...Then when they are lured
the effrontery to ask any Negro where they can find “a nice looking
colored
key
into compromising pitcheeations ...and ’beat' (robbed) for their moola (bankroll) they holler for the gendarmes (cops) and blurt out some of the most fantastic stories ever heard... And the funny part of this nitely or weekend drama... is the fact that some of our petroling gendarmes pay very little attention to the happenings ... especially the gray cops ... while the tan cops act as if they are afraid to interrupt the action. SOME OF THESE corner hustlers will go so far as to demand that the sucker turn over to him (a total stranger) his belongings* ring, watch, identification and all the money over and above what he is supposed to give to the much sought-aftar brown gal -.. T h a sucker ia then sent on a (fool’s errand) one-man mission (the hustler stays put—so the sucker thinks) to some apartment in one pf the Avenoo buildings and is told to ask for Buckwheat Cakes or Flying Susie .. And
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Masco Young's They're Talking About
EWART ABNER, the hardworking Vee-Jay Records exec., suffered a slight heart attack while attending the record manufacturers’ convention in Atlantic City, N.J.
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MAY BRITT, the well-stacked Swedish actress who’s Sammy Davis, Jr.’s wife-to-be, first clicked with American movie-go-ers as a sexy lass in “The Blue Angel” and “The Young Lions” movies. Murder, Inc.” is May's latest flick.
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GAIL JONES, the pretty and talented daughter of Lena Horne, auditioned for a top role in Sandy Wilson’s coming Broadway musical called “Valmouth.”
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JOCKO MAXWELL, the WNJR newscaster in Newark, N.J., who ranks with Sam Lacy and A. S. “Doc” Young in sports reporting know-how, has just celebrated 31 • years as a sportscaster on the Jersey radio station.
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THE BALLETS AFRICAINES, the sensational dancers who stirred up much controversy over their naked bosoms when last in the U.S.A., will return for an encore engagement early in Sep-
tember. * * *
]V}rs. william McDonald (that’s Eartha Kitt’s married name) is a cinch for a leading role in the coming Broadway musical, “Widow Paris,” which is set for a fall opening.
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JOHN THOMAS, Boston U.’s high-jumping champs, is no slouch when it comes to his studies. He’s on the Dean’s list at Boston U. right now.
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fiOBBY PETERSON, the Vee-
Tone Records star who first clicked with “The Hunch,” has another potential hit in his waxing of “You Irresistible You”.
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JOE LOUIS, and the other top fighters of the century, will soon be seen in a half-hour TV sports show, since films of all major fights were purchased by Ed Gray for a reported million dollars.
CLYDE McPHATTER, who hasn’t had a hit record in about two years, has finally quit the MGM label and switched to Mercury Records.
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EARL BOSTIC, the bandleader, who- has an extensive coin collection, has been approached to write about hik coin collecting hobby by a national magazine.
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