European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Post 4 the stars and stripes monday january 13, 1969 1h4ihhhhhnlhk ii ii 1a v / a a a w a j i i t Tii Poitier Heads Box office list eur Sobeih Ami of Poitier Newman Andrews Wayne Eastwood Martin Mcqueen Lemmon Marvin Taylor by Vernon Scott Hollywood up Eliza Beth Taylor and Richard Burton Are slipping in the most important category of All the Box office. In 1967 Liz was rated sixth anther Welsh husband ninth in world earnings by the reliable Quigle publication poll of motion picture theater owners. For 1968, the 37th annual balloting of the exhibitors showed miss Taylor sliding Down to 10thspot and Burton dropping All the Way out of the top 10 Down to19th. The no. 1 Box office Star according to the men who count the tickets and the Money is Sidney Poitier. He is the first Black actor Ever to head the list. Poitier had three pictures go ing for him to sir with love guess who s coming to dinner and for love of the Burtons had that great bomb Boom going for them. Burton Connery following Poitier in the top 10were, to order. Paul Newman third the previous Yea Juli Andrews no. 1. In 1w7john Wayne Clint Eastwood Dean Martin Steve Mcqueen Jack Lemmon Lee Marvin and miss Taylor Marvin too slipped. He Wasno. 2 behind miss Andrews in John Wayne set a record in the poll of exhibitors. The big Guy landed among the top 10 for the19th time eclipsing the durability of Gary Coopet who during his lifetime was among the top 10 Box office attractions for 18years. Clark Gable placed 16 times in the magic Circle. Newcomer in 1968 to the top 10 years ago 10 was Clint Eastwood whose Spaghetti westerns and the Vio Lent hang pm High had the customers lining up. Jack Lemmon doubtless on the strength of the Odd couple returned to the top 10, he was13th in 1967. Sean Connery who became famous playing James Bond decided he did t need secret agent007 t any .More., he was Bond going for him con Nery plummeted from fifth in1967 to 16th in the balloting in 1968.some familiar names popped up again this year in the second10 in the poll newcomer Faye d u n a w a placed no. 11. Next in order were Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Doris Day Burton Connery Jane Fonda Katharine Hepburn Warren Beatty and Audrey Hep Burn. It s interesting to note that Only two actresses made the top 10, yet Femme stars manage to capture half of the second 10. Fascinating too is the com Parison of the top 10 Box office attractions a decade ago with the1968. Toppers. In 1958 the top 10 Gham Ford. We Taylor Jerry Lewis Marlon Brando Hock Hudson William Holden Brigitte Bardot Yurt Brynner Jam Sstewart and Frank Sinatra. Only Elizabeth Taylor has sur Vived at the top and she is hang ing on by her fingernails in 10thplace. Nixon inauguration mitts $2.5-Miiiiort Price tag by Louis Cassels Washington up Rich Ard Milhous Nixon will become the 37th president of the unite states Jan. 20 at the Climax of three Days of inaugural festivities combining the Best and worst features of a Coronation a Cir Cus and a political Victory Cele republicans it will be the first such Celebration in 12 years and they intend to make the Mostof it. Nixon s inauguration will be the most expensive in , with an estimated Cost of $2.5 million. By comparison Lyndon b. Johnson s in 1965 Cost $2.1 million and John f. Kennedy s in 1961 Cost $1.6 million. 35-word oath Only $400,000 of the inaugural Cost will come out of the tax payers pockets. That is the sum appropriated by Congress for the official swearing in ceremony on the Steps of the Capitol at which Nixon will take the 35-word oath prescribed by article ii of the Constitution. The remaining $2.1 million willbe spent by the inaugural com Mittee a private group headed by innkeeper j. Willard Marriott on such traditional trimmings Ashe inaugural gala the inaugural concert the inaugural Parade and the inaugural Ball. The com Mittee Hopes to recoup this out Lay from admission charges to these events and from the Sale of official souvenirs. Not included in the $2.5-Millionprice tag Are the hefty sums that individuals will spend on hotel rooms meals entertainment transportation new clothes an hairdos. No great extravagance would be required for an out of town couple to pay upwards of teen Ager seeks office Bel Ungham mass. A Todd r. Hennessy 18, has filed nominating papers to run for town Park commissioner in the March election. I can see nothing illegal inthe youth s seeking the elective office said Lee Ambler the town counsel. But i can t Over look the possibility that if he selected any Legal contract entered into by the Park commissioner would be void because he is a Todd is a Junior in mount Academy where he has u top Scholastic record. His Mother Marie 36, is run Ning for tax collector. A Infra gets planes cheap Lisbon up the unite states government has sold four Globe master cargo aircraft originally Worth millions of dollars to a new York based biafran re Lief organization for $4,000 each biafran Relief sources in Lisbon said saturday $1,000 for the privilege of saying i was hotels Are refusing to accept reservations for any period Shorter than three Days fou Days in some of the More luxurious establishments to attend any of the major events inaugural visitors will need special invitations usually free or tickets costing from $4to $100, depending on the event and the location of the stands erected in the Capitol Plaza will provide seats for about 18,000 invited guests. Six Sites about 30,000 people will be a Leto squeeze into the six Sites of the inaugural Ball. They will pay$70 a couple for the privilege of getting a glimpse of the new president and mrs. Nixon who have promised to drop in on each of the six parties during the Long to the official pro Gram the inaugural Parade will Start promptly at 2 . Est and last for no More than hours. In 1952, Dwight d. Eisenhower s inaugural Parade ran four hours and 39 minutes partly because of the dilatory Progress of an elephant named miss Burma who kept meandering away from the line of March to flirt wit the spectators. Every state will be represent Din Nixon s Parade by a band or float or both. Altogether there will be 53 bands and floats. Antipoverty thefts fraud bilks . Poor of millions paper says new York a thievery and administrative confusion in the City s $122 million a year Antipoverty program have cheated new York City s poor of millions of dollars the new York times reported sunday. The newspaper said one major plot involved the theft of $1.75 million and possibly More by a group of Young men from Durham n.c., within the City Shuman resources administration who rigged computers to print phony checks. The four were charged with grand larceny the paper said. Secret account another Case the times account said concerned a plan to Transfer four checks Tota Ingmore than $1 million from Era accounts to a secret Bank account in Zurich Switzerland. It s so bad it will take 10years to find out what s really been going on inside the human resources administration the times quoted an assistant District attorney who studied the Agency for four months the Era was formed 87 months ago to run the City s Antipoverty and welfare pro Grams the times said City and fed eral investigators discovered mismanagement and dishonesty in the Antipoverty program Ana that in some cases City officials destroyed important Era records. The report said District attorney Frank Hogan and the department of investigation Are looking into the disappearance of social Security payment withheld from thousands of neighbourhood youth corps pay checks but never forwarded to the Federal government. The times quoted investigators As saying the Durham group s alleged conspiracy involved the printing of checks for persons who did not exist. The four men Charles Clin ton payroll director of the corps and three men who worked under urn Sidney Hull Wakefield Thompson and Oscar Williams were charged with grand Lar Ceny. Coy d. Smith formerly the youth corps chief fiscal officer and also of Durham was arrested with them. None of the men has been indicted the paper said. Their Ages Range from 23 to 30. The times said Mitchell , Era administrator made Clear in an interview wit the newspaper his major inter eat was in getting program moving not in setting up rigid financial controls
