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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1960
Page
10
In Austrey England the Rev James Pratt 64 defies a Rural Council order by painting the house number 75 in Chinese to protest the instruction to display street numbers. The council considers fines but is stumped as Pratt cites language limits. The report also notes Pratt’s past as a Chinese missionary and references Wagner opera Tristan and Isolde.
A dense, OCR style TV guide fragment lists programs across Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. Entries name shows like Wagon Train, Price Is Right, Perry Como, and Batman era broadcasts with brief notes on guests and plot points, plus a running feature on upcoming dramas and films.
Daily broadcast lineup lists 6:00 News 9:00 Millionaire 6:15 Jule tivtn 9:30 We Got A Sec 6:40 Amos and Andy 10:00 Trele Theater 7:00 UD Hiway Patrol 11:00 News 7:30 Lineup 11:15 Theatre is 8:30 Man Into Space.
The page lists film showings with schedules for Wednesday January 27 and Thursday January 28 including titles like British Agent Devil Doll Mad Holiday Mad At The World I'm From Missouri No Time For Love Birth Of The Blues The Depraved My Dear Mrs Aldach Sworn Enemy His Woman Midnight Five to Cairo with times from early morning to late night across multiple venues.
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