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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1960

Page

6

Surprise Package Delights Princess Theaters With Suave Comedy

Princess Theater screens Stanley Donen's Surprise Package a Columbia release with Yul Brynner Mitzi Gaynor and Noel Coward. Brynner plays an exiled gangster on a sunlit island who clashes with Coward as an exiled king. Screenplay by Harry Kurnitz. Donen produced and directed.

Noel Coward Mitzi Gaynor Yul Brynner Stanley Donen Columbia Pictures Princess Theater Debonair Neal Coward Havana Brynner Coward Art Buchwald Harry Kurnitz Columbia

Pay or Die profiles Mafia foe Petrosino on Bowline screen

Allied Artists presents Pay or Die at Bowline Theater tonight dramatizing New York Detective Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino killed in Palermo in 1909. The film stars Ernest Borgnine with Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. produced and directed by Richard Wilson.

Ernest Borgnine Bowline Theater New York Joseph Petrosino Palermo Sicily Allied Artists Joe Petrosino Petrosino America Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Zohra Lampert Borgnine Alan Austin Richard Wilson Marty Bowline Drive-In

Profit in accounting department signs own name

A Des Moines transportation company faces an unusual note as Ada H Proffit signs her name in the accounting department. The feature highlights a corporate profit signoff tied to a clerk named A Proffitt as the company navigates bookkeeping.

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines A. Proffitt Ada H. Proffit

Letters To Santa From Alabama Children 1960s

A collection of handwritten Santa requests from children in Alabama towns including Danville Hartselle Athens Falkville Cordar Ryan School Be good to siblings and parents. They ask for dolls train sets bicycles watches piano and toy weapons along with sweets and fruit for Christmas.

Santa Carol Jamae McElroy Hartselle Ryan School Roy Rogers Buster Neal Benny Howell Falkville Johnny Ringo Childers Bo Howell

Reapportionment Key Held By Supreme Court

Alabama debates whether to amend the state constitution to end population based reapportionment. The 1950 advisory and 1955 rulings shape the issue, with current justices split on removing the restriction. A court challenge could halt a proposed amendment and redefining representation by county faces strong resistance from major counties.

Supreme Court James J. Mayfield James S. Coleman Mayfield Robert T. Simpson Davis F. Stakely Pelham Merrill Ed Livingston Thomas S. (Buster) Lawson John L. Goodwyn Black Belt Coleman Alabama U.S. Supreme Court Tennessee

Friends invited to Woodruff gathering with picnic provisions

The notice invites friends to a Woodruff event and asks attendees to bring a picnic lunch tea plate fork and cup. The announcement emphasizes shared refreshments and gathering without detailing specific hosts or dates.

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