Barter Theatre's Hard Path to Fame in Virginia
The Barter Theatre of Virginia rose from Abingdon's barter system to national prominence after a $10,000 Virginia Conservation Commission grant. Founder Bob Porterfield reopened the theatre, touring 20 states after a successful Abingdon summer, beginning with You Can't Take It With You on November 1.
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Virginia Conservation Commission
Bob Porterfield
Virginia
America
Broadway
Times Square
Martha Washington College
Cumbow China Decorating
Nell Harrison
John Golden
Prentice Abbott
North Carolina Eyes 1951 General Assembly Contests
North Carolina voters show unprecedented interest in the 1951 general assembly as census redistricting looms and potential congressional changes loom. Governors and lawmakers debate districting, judicial boundaries, and the Go Forward program amid a tense political climate.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
Congress
Scott
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Edwin Pate
United States Senate
Aes Ee
Blueprint for a dream community of the future
A critic imagines an ideal city where plans shape peace and order. The plan features strict rules, two sidewalks, a 24 foot wall, five cent ice cream, two Sundays, paired taxis, parks per square mile, and generous vacations for all including mothers. It satirically tests governance and social norms.
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New York
Midway High Point Theater Schedule Highlights
The Midway High Point theater lists a week of Color By Technicolor features starting Sunday October 30 with Fighter Squadron and Edmund O Brien. It continues with Sorry Wrong Number and City Of Little Men, then The Three Musketeers with Lana Turner and Gene Kelly, plus My Little Chickadee and Casa Blanca among other cartoons and shorts.
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Edmund O’brien
Robert Stack
Noment
TOM & Jerry
Pete Smith
Barbara Stanwyck
Burt Lancaster
Three Musketeers
Lana Turner
June Allyson
Gene Kelly
Woody Woodpecker
Ingrid Bergman
Humphrey Bogart
W. C. Fields
Mae West
Edgar Kennedy
California speeds civil service hires for junior staff
California's civil service system now tests and hires lower echelon state employees in about a week. Junior and intermediate typists and stenographers are processed rapidly by the state employment service, speeding appointments.
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Sacramento
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California
Em.oyes
State
Freezing Plant Lays Cornerstone At Esbjerg
The cornerstone was laid at Esbjerg for a massive freezing and cold storage plant claimed to be the largest in Northern Europe. It is described as a major boon for Denmark's agricultural exports. The report also notes concern over the Sahara desert expanding southward.
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Esbjerg
Jutland
INS
Esjerg
Europe
Denmark
Sahara Desert
Ancient Sea Covered Arizona Petrified Forest
The petrified forest of Arizona is thought to have been submerged by a sea, after which plant tissue turned to stone. In the far north, surface thawing leaves permafrost to notable depths, with underground layers remaining frozen.
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Arizona
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