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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1961

Page

6

Tony Curtis Stars in The Great Impostor at Bowline Theater

Tony Curtis shines as Ferdinand Demara Jr. in Universal-International's The Great Impostor opening tonight at Bowline Theater. Cast includes Edmund O'Brien Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey and Sue Anne Langdon. Curtis conveys Demara's dramatic deception from classroom fraud to miracle surgeon in Korea with compelling nuance.

Tony Curtis Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr Universal-International Bowline Theater Curtis Edmund O'Brien Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Demara Marine Corps Royal Canadian Navy Malden Miss Blackman Hollywood Sue Anne Langdon Henry “Hank” Mancini Peter Gunn Robert Arthur Robert Mulligan Liam O’brien Robert Burks A.S.C Alexander Golitzen Joseph Gershenson Sue Langdon Bowline Drive-in Fred Demora Life Magazine

Russia Plans 100 Million Polio Vaccinations This Year

Moscow reports Soviet scientists plan to administer 100 million polio shots in the current year. Tass notes the previous year saw 90 million people vaccinated.

Russia Moscow Tass Soviet Union

Unique Saga Of Circus By Top Cast Of Favorites

The Big Show blends realism of life under the big-top with a stark family drama of tyranny. Esther Williams Cliff Robertson Nehemia Persoff and Robert Vaughn star in Cinema Scope color at the Princess Theater as circus acts dazzle audiences while a father's demand for loyalty propels the family toward destruction.

Esther Williams Cliff Robertson Nehemia Persoff Robert Vaughn Mergie Dean Princess Theatre 20Th Century- Fox Princess Theater Nehemiah Persoff Bruno Everard Europe Bruno Hillary Allen Cliff Klaus Everard Circus Margia Dean James B. Clark Ted Sherde

Radio and TV Schedule Log Highlights Daily Listings

A long OCR style log lists numerous radio and television broadcasts across multiple stations and days. Program times include News, Gospel programs, church services, music shows, and sports, with many named programs and hosts.

Freedom Riders bond clears as Jackson breach of peace case opens

Lucretia Collins, a Tennessee A&I senior, posts a $50 bond and becomes the first of 27 integrationists to gain freedom after attempting to use white facilities at a Jackson bus station. The group faced breach of peace charges. most await appeals or fines. Collins plans to graduate Sunday night and depart for Memphis then Nashville.

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Freedom Riders stir Alabama editorials amid unrest

A reader letters page praises Alabama newspaper leadership during mob rule fears and notes planned Freedom Riders trips to Jackson. Officials warn escorts cost and manpower limits, amid reports of riders from Nashville and a violent Montgomery incident drawing U.S. marshals to Alabama's capital.

Decatur Ala Alabama Nashville Tenn Jackson Mississippi Freedom Riders Montgomery

7 366 Earthquakes Logged In Mexico Valley

Jesus Figueroa of Acubaya Seismological Station notes 7 366 earthquakes were recorded in the Valley of Mexico from 1909 to 1959, with only a few causing serious damage.

Mexico City Jesus Figueroa Acubaya Valley of Mexico

Alabama leadership called to Montgomery in wake of Auburn plea

A reader expresses that Birmingham papers have set a standard and urges Alabama leaders to heed the Auburn students plea reported by Decatur Daily on May 24. The letter praises a reprinted Anniston editorial and urges legislative action in Montgomery.

Birmingham Anniston Alabama Auburn Decatur Daily Montgomery

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