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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1961

Page

6

Dondi Comes to Bowline Drive-In Tonight

The film Dondi directed by Zugsmith opens at the Bowline Drive-In Theatre. Starring David Janssen Patti Page and Gale Gordon, the picture adapts Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen’s comic strip about a war waif adopted by American soldiers and his life in the United States.

Jackie Cooper Shirley Temple David Dondi Uncle Sam Bonnie Scott Susan Kelly Miss Scott Hollywood Miss Kelly Oklahoma City Los Angeles Zugsmith Allied Artists Studio Gls Europe Patti Page Miss Page

Foreign Customer Boosts U.S. Farm Exports

Dapan is described as the American farmer's best foreign customer, purchasing large yearly quantities of raw cotton, soybeans, and barley.

Ladies Man delivers Jerry Lewis comedy and song numbers

A new Jerry Lewis film The Ladies Man arrives featuring a bashful man who ends up as a houseboy in a Hollywood boarding house of blondes brunettes and redheads. The comedy includes four songs and 31 girls chosen by Lewis during auditions.

Jerry Lewis Shary, Layne Ann McCrea Patricia Olson Gloria Tracey Paramount Helen Traubel Princess Theatre Ladies Man Jerry Bill Richmond Hollywood

Contract Set For Play Areas At Walter F. George Lock

The Army Engineers announce a $474 891 contract awarded to Thomson & Associates Inc Montgomery to build recreational facilities at 15 sites around the Walter F George Lock and Dam on the Chattahoochee River. Work to be completed by the reservoir filling next summer. The project accompanies the nearby $87 million lock and dam.

Radio Television Logs Chronicle Weekend Schedule Tangle

A dense OCR style listing of radio and TV programs across multiple stations with sign ons and offs. Contains names of programs, times, and show hosts or themes across varied channels and days, reflecting a packed schedule log.

White House aides and Kennedy’s inner circle

Washington insiders map Kennedy's power circle led by Sorensen and Bundy as potential power centers. The capsule reviews the hub and spoke staff model, noting key figures O'Donnell O'Brien Wiesner Rostow and Salinger and the limits of influence vs Kennedy's ultimate decision. The piece anticipates future policy reviews amid Cold War pressures.

Raymond J. Crowley Washington White House Kennedy Harry Hopkins Col. House Cuba Khrushchev Sherman Adams Eisenhower Ted Sorensen McGeorge Bundy Theodore Chaikin Sorensen Harvard University of Nebraska George Norris School Sorensen Bundy Honor Yale Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Cambridge Harvard Yard Rostow Jerome B. Wiesner Dearborn Mich MIT Moscow Pierre E. G. Salinger Senate Caroline Sorensen and Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry the Hop Lincoln Col Edward M. House Woodrow Wilson U.S Washington News

Nehru to Take First Real Vacation in Three Years

Prime Minister Nehru aged 71 will take a 10 day holiday starting June 8 in Manali, located in the Kulu Valley about 250 miles north of New Delhi.

Delhi India Nehru Manali Kulu New Delhi

Fort Gaines to complete project by 1963

The contract calls for access roads parking areas boat launching ramps and related facilities at seven Alabama river sites and eight Georgia sites with completion targeted in 1963.

Fort Gaines Alabama Georgia

Montgomery Police Commissioner closes reporters facilities

Advertiser says Police Commissioner L B Sullivan acted Friday to cut police reporters access to station facilities including telephones typewriters decks and chairs. The Asst Police-P said reporters would be unable to file reports while Brown urged cooperation and said a statement would be issued Monday.

Advertiser Alabama Journal L. B. Sullivan Brown Sullivan

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