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BOSTON<br />
Jnterstate Theatres' general manager Chris<br />
Joyce reports that John DcrderLan, formerly<br />
manager at the Milford complex, has<br />
been named district manager in charge of<br />
the western Massachusetts and Connecticut<br />
theatres. He wUl headquarter at Milford.<br />
Carl Goldman, executive secretary for<br />
Theatre Owners of New England, drove up<br />
to Wentworth-by-the-Sea. Portsmouth, N.H.,<br />
to check out details for the TONE convention<br />
Monday (25) through Wednesday (27).<br />
Carl said reservations were coming in fast<br />
and a large crowd was expected.<br />
The 14th annual Foxboro "Night at the<br />
Races" takes place Wednesday (13). sponsored<br />
by Communications-Cinema Lodge<br />
B'nai B'rith, and Boston's Filmrow will be<br />
well represented. The yearly event, offered<br />
through the courtesy of E.M. Loew and the<br />
Bay State Raceway, is a major attraction of<br />
the season. George Roberts of Theatre Management<br />
will do the handicapping. Alan<br />
Hockberg is treasurer and advises it is best<br />
to make reservations as soon as possible because<br />
the maximum is 100 gue&ts.<br />
The Pikers Club boys were at lunch as<br />
usual one day recently and Harold Levin<br />
sat down with a bowl of chowder and six<br />
packs of crackers. He turned away for a<br />
moment and discovered three ipacks were<br />
missing. Harold got excited and everyone<br />
present denied seeing anything so he got up<br />
and picked up another batch for his<br />
chowder. All things considered, we recall<br />
Marty Zide was sitting beside him and<br />
was having crackers with his coffee.<br />
There was plenty of excitement around<br />
the film district on Broadway near Piedmont<br />
and Winchester streets. The Boston Licensing<br />
Board has ordered two gay-oriented<br />
bars, Jacque's and The Other Side, to relocate<br />
after complaints from Bay Village<br />
neighbors. If the bars do not move, they<br />
face .suspension of their liquor licenses. The<br />
residents claimed a criminal element has<br />
been drawn into the area.<br />
Sack's Pi Alley Cinema is finishing an<br />
18th week with "Tommy," the rock opera<br />
. . . "Jaws," in a seventh week at the<br />
Charles and at Framingham. Burlington,<br />
Danvers and Dedham cinemas, will open at<br />
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