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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1964

Page

8

Skinny Santas in Hollywood Prompt Bitter Holiday Mood

Hollywood buzz notes skinny Santa Clauses among actors on diets, casting chefs, and calendar pressures. Gisele MacKenzie laments skeletal Santa on Regis show while barbecues and Sunset Strip billboards push holiday humor. Other Hollywood items cover Preminger restricting Jill Haworth, Liz Taylor in Paris, and multiple film and stage projects with stars like Bobby Morse and Jerry Lewis.

California Santa Claus Sunset Strip Panty Claus Bobby Morse New York New Jersey

Driving West Earl Clinton Family Feels Déjà Vu at Turnpike Diner

While traveling west this summer Earl Clinton his wife and their 5 year old daughter repeatedly stopped at a turnpike restaurant chain for meals. On one stop the daughter gazed around and said we rode all day and here we are again capturing the sense of endless travel and routine.

Louisville Earl Clinton

TV Outlook Weekend Schedule With Celebrity Appearances

Cynthia Low ery recommends weekend viewing with The Jack Paar Show on NBC tonight from 10 to 11 p.m. Judy Garland and Robert Morley appear, taped in England. Saturday features The Nobel Prize Awards on ABC 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday premieres The 20th Century on CBS 6 to 6:30 p.m. with the question Who Killed Anne Frank raised.

Cynthia Lowery Jack Paar NBC Judy Garland Robert Morley England ABC 20Th Century CBS Anne Frank

Pa Kettle Star Percy Kilbride Dies After Surgery

AP reports Pa Kettle actor Percy Kilbride, 76, died in Los Angeles after brain surgery following a September car accident in which Frank Belmont was killed. Kilbride, famed for The Egg and I and the Ma and Pa Kettle films, faced arteriosclerosis and pneumonia before his death at Chase Sanitarium.

Los Angeles Percy Kilbride Pa Kettle Chase Sanitarium Good Samaritan Hospital Hollywood Barkley Noble Kilbride John L. Crowley Thurspas Marjorie Maine Miss Main Hollywood Boulevard Frank Belmont Belmont Sanitarium

New Vault Alarm Installed At Nebraska Statehouse

The Nebraska Statehouse state treasury vault now has a modern burglar detection device replacing the one from the building’s era. State Treasurer P Merle Humphries earlier found the old system unreliable but now acknowledges the upgrade.

Lincoln, Neb Nebraska Statehouse Statehouse P. Merle Humphries

Flowering Vine chapter introduces Tessie and Cecily meet

Tessie declares herself psyche working for Dr. Cheney while Cecily frets over her new circle. Andre Mendel praises Cecily’s furniture finds as Madame Pinchon weighs buying a Francoise Seignoret chair. Cecily confronts memories of John Manetti as suspense builds for tomorrow’s continuation.

Tessie Dupree Cecily Pinchon Psyche Tessie Madame Pinchon Lindquist Cecily Cheney Delia Andre Mendle Conti Street Eloie Pinchon Andre Ndre Bondurant House Francoise Seignoret Chippendale Sheraton New England Octavian Thompson Petit Salon Bondurant Luke Simon Beaufort Canal Street Jason John Manetti Eloie

Burglary Not Profitable Due to Check Payments Say Police

A brief column notes that burglars face low profits since 99 percent of office receipts arrive as checks. Any cash taken is deposited daily in a commercial bank, reducing the value of theft and easing tracing.

Daylight Hours and Sunrise Sunset Variations

Fragmentary notes show conflicting times for sunrise sunset across days. Entries mention 6 A M to 11 P M and 4 55 A M to Midnight plus references to sunrise to sunset and midnight to sunset.

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