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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1966

Page

6

Television Schedule Highlights Nightly Movie Lineup

The listing catalogues film titles and star casts for a weekly TV schedule. Featured are The White Squaw with David Brian, Lord of the Jungle with Johnny Sheffield, and Sink the Bismarck starring Dana Wynter and Kenneth More among many others across morning and late night slots.

David Brian Bing Crosby Johnny Sheffield Wayne Morris Carefge Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Dana Wynter Kenneth More I Am the Law Edward G. Robinson Barbaral O'Neill Ray Milland Jean Peters Fred MacMurray Robert Mitchum Farley Granger Shelley Winters

Prisoner Confesses at Laos Interrogation Center

At 15 Nguyen Huu Xuan, a captured North Vietnamese soldier, sits in a khaki uniform during interrogation in Vientiane. He was conscripted last September and sent to aid the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. He was captured December 22 near Thakkek on the Mekong River. He recalls a family disrupted by bombing and recalls training and promised promotion.

John Cantwell Vientiane Laos Southeast Asia Nguyen Huu Xuan Hanoi South Viet Nam Nguyen Mekong Thakkek

That Dam Cat delights in Disney charm with Dean Jones

The film That Dam Cat stars Dean Jones as an FBI agent tracking a kidnapped case while allergic to cats. Haley Mills and Dorothy Provine provide lively cat driven mischief with D.C. the Siamese cat causing neighborhood chaos at the Randall household. Showing at the Princess, the family friendly comedy blends humor with a chase plot.

Walt Disney Dam Cat Decatur Dean Jones Dean Cat D.C Zeke Kelso Haley Mills Patti Randall Haley Dorothy Provine

Beach Ball premieres with Eddy Byrnes in a bikini laden romp

The new rock and roll film Beach Ball opens at Thunderbird Theater starring Eddy Byrnes Chris Noel and Robert Logan with Technicolor production by Bart Patton and Lennie Weinrib The Supremes sing the title song as the movie showcases dance song and lively teen antics including skin diving drag racing and sky diving footage.

Thunderbird Theater Eddy Byrnes Chris Noel Robert Logan Edd Byrnes Brooklyn New York

Boeing-Boeing arrives in Decatur with stars Lewis and Curtis

Boeing-Boeing opens Thursday at the Bowline Theater featuring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis as rival Casanovas. Dany Laval, Christiane Schmidtmer, Suzan na Leigh headline the trio of hostesses with Thelma Ritter as the housekeeper shaping the romantic farce set in Paris. Hal Wallis produces with Edward Anhalt writing. Edith Head costumes the leading ladies.

Jerry Lewis Tony Curtis Boeing-Boeing Bowline Theater Curtis Lewis Paris Europe Dany Laval West Berlin Jerry Hollywood Wallis Edward Anhalt Becket Anhalt Marc Camoletti City of Lights Orly Airport Bois de Boulogne Champs Elysees Etoile Arc de Triomphe Place de Conogarde Cathedral of Notre Dame Edith Head Miss Head Cristiano

American Singers Find Broad Career Path in Germany

Lee Venora debuts as Madame Butterfly in Berlin while Loren Driscoll sings Pinkerton. Americans in a 84 soloist company find Germany rich with opera houses and ample work, contrasting with scarce home opportunities. Several performers like Maria Gray William Dooley and Charles O Neil praise the bel canto career lure and steady stages in West Germany.

Otto Doelling Berlin Lee Venora Trumbull, Conn West Berlin State Opera Loren Driscoll Scottsbluff Neb Driscoll Lt.Pinkerton Miss Venora West Germany Vienna United States Germany Maria Gray Berkeley Calif Miss Gray Italy Metropolitan Opera William Dooley Modesto Dooley Met West Berlin Opera Europe

Rudy Vallee Quietly Battles Choreographers And Directors

The aging star Rudy Vallee says many people try to boss him and he craves independence. He recalls how directors constantly want to reorder his performances while song publishers alone trusted his business sense. He prides himself as a time efficient, careful man who tips only when necessary.

New York Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee Island Park

Hidden Treasure con game hits Champaign street scam

In Champaign Illinois an apparent con game dubbed Hidden Treasure uses a man claiming to need reading help with a letter about $500 cached in the city. The scam evolves as victims are asked to stake money as good faith to claim the windfall. Sgt. Bates notes variations and the common thread of sharing the prize.

Champaign Ill William V. Bates

Government budgets 1.7 billion for 1966 Food for Peace program

The government allocates 1.7 billion dollars for the 1966 Food for Peace program to supply surplus agricultural products to hungry people worldwide.

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