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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
12
In Hollywood the Vista Theater matinee drew 35 men seated alone with scattered patrons in the lobby awaiting the program as local anger grows over indecent films.
Residents attend Shenefield reunion while a Vista Theater lineup showcases risqué films. The article notes industry figures and LA court actions on nude cinema, with Paramount’s Freeman defending Hollywood’s image and studios facing public pressure. Tomorrow: a report on how the nude film industry operates.
Port land residents report visits and family gatherings over Labor Day weekend. Mr and Mrs Ray Larson of Owosso Michigan spent a week with his parents. Prof and Mrs Earl Henderson of Wheeling West Virginia joined Elva Henderson. Ralph Murray of West Virginia visited his mother Mrs Ed Deem. Herman Wolfe and daughter Mrs Herb Sayre of Racine visited Frances Jewett who attended the funeral of her cousin David Ashworth of Long Bottom.
Anti Castro leader Nelson Figueras Blanco died before a firing squad on Tuesday. He was the twelfth execution carried out in Cuba since September 9.
Local residents and guests visited relatives in Straitsville and nearby towns over the weekend. Names include Mitchells, Ed wards, Lanning, Nutter, Strain, Shaffer, James, Denny, and Mills among others with hospital patient Clyde Smith at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville.
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