Thunderbird Drive-In Opens Wednesday in Decatur
Decatur gets a second drive-in theater The Thunderbird costing over $100 000 will open Wednesday at 6 p m two miles west of the city on Highway 24 Bowline Corp manager J A Duncan says the theater seats 450 cars features up to date projection and snack bar and will show shorter engagements than the Bowline U S 31 offering greater variety to patrons
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Decatur
Bowline Corp
J. A. Duncan
Bowline
Texas
Duncan
Highway
U.S. 31
Professional Soldiers Die Fighting in Viet Nam Ambush
Four American advisers were killed in a Viet Cong ambush in South Vietnam, including Capt. Byron Stone and Lt. James Coyle, as they fought to protect Vietnamese forces. The deaths underscored advisers' vulnerability and rising anti ambush measures as Viet Cong attacks increased.
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Peter Arnett Bentre
South Viet Nam
Byron C. Stone
Mobile
Ala
William D. H. Ragin
Arlington
K. Tom Ward
Fayetteville
N.C
Destiny
James M. Coyle
Rockville
Coyle
South
Viet Nam
Ward
What Has Become Of Bona Fide Stage Star Or Matinee Idol
Press NEW HOPE Pennsylvania AP writer argues that true stage stars are disappearing as television personalities take leading roles in summer theaters. He notes Eli Wallach as the last major postwar male theater star and cites Julie Harris Barbara Bel Geddes and others as theater roots for stars now rising elsewhere.
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New Hope, Pa
Bucks County Playhouse
Jane Cowl
Sylvia Sidney
Kay Francis
Tallulah Bankhead
Miriam Hopkins
Dennis King
Basil Rathbone
Philip Marivale
Grant Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Edward Everett Horton
Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Gordon
Helen Hayes
Iaa Claire
Katharine Cornell
the Lunts
Robert Morse
Jhas Alfred Drake
Carol Channing
Gwen Verdon
Barbra Streisand
Cme
Art Carney
Jackie Gleason
Shelley Berman
Betsy Palmer
U.S. Soldiers Ambushed After Path to Village Destruction
Four Americans and several units moved seven miles to a burned village in Kien Hoa Province, 45 miles from Saigon. Two ranger companies and two infantry companies were sent to survey damage on a highway where they were attacked by Viet Cong forces. officials say the Viet Cong planned the ambush but a detour led to the fatal loss.
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Kien Hoa
Saigon
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Bowline Drive
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Hollywood
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Elizabeth Ashley
Sandy Dennis
Hatfiel Drive-In
Athens, Alabama
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McHale
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Borgnine
Joe Flynn
Tim Conway
Frank Gill
One
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Gary Vinson
Billy Sands
Edson Stroll
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Willes Brown
Surose
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