Opera Star Sutherland Receives Curtain Calls in London
Joan Sutherland of New York's Metropolitan Opera earned a dozen curtain calls as Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar at Sadler's Wells London. She reportedly earns 2800 dollars per performance and sang for free Wednesday night due to a Handel Society connection. Actress Jayne Mansfield to marshal Martinsburg centennial parade in West Virginia this weekend, expected crowd about 80,000.
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New York
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Sadler's Wells Theater
London
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Handel Society
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley- Martinsburg
Brenda Lee Wins Court OK To Sign 30 Year Decca Pact
Nashville Tennessee court approved a 30 year contract with Decca Records for 18 year old singer Brenda Lee guaranteeing at least 35000 dollars per year. Court permission was required because Miss Lee is under age.
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Nashville
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Decca Records, Inc
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Churchill Receives Kentucky Gift in Southampton
Sir Winston Churchill was made a Kentucky colonel and arrived in Southampton with a state gift a five gallon keg of bourbon. The ceremony included the certificate and the bourbon presented as a gesture from Kentucky authorities.
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Kentucky
Southampton
England
Italian Chamber of Deputies elects Brunetto Bucciarelli Ducci
In Rome on Wednesday Brunetto Bucciarelli Ducci was elected president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He succeeds Giovanni Leone who becomes Italy's new premier. Both men are members of the Christian Democratic party.
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Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Giovanni Leone
Italy
Morgan Counts Falkville in Local Notes
Mrs. Alice Summerford and family announce the adoption of a daughter Joy Ellen. Rev J T Ridgeway and family moved to Decatur. Mr and Mrs Gene Douglas announce Joy Ellen adoption. Mr and Mrs Pope Eden moved to Gadsden to teach at Gadsden High School. Mrs Will Thompson bought the Ridgeway house. Mr and Mrs M D Laughmiller attended a Athens high school reunion. Mr and Mrs Bill Walden and family visited here with W T Walling and Carl Brown. Mrs Price Gray home after hospital stay. E L McGlocklin family visiting her parents L A Douglas and relatives. Mrs Drinkard Shelton vacationing in Florida.
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Athens
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W. T. Walling
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Price Gray
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
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L. A. Douglas
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