Alumni Award Honors 31 UW Students at Convocation
Beverly G. Hollett of Le Crosse and 30 other students earned medals and prizes for outstanding university work at the annual all-university honors convocation in Memorial Union theater. A Wisconsin Alumni Association award was given to an outstanding junior, as 810 students were publicly saluted, the largest honoring in university history.
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Madison
Wis
Beverly G. Hollett
Losey Boulevard
le Crosse
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Union Theater
Miss Hollett
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Home Owners Union Sets June Meeting in City Hall
The Home Owners Union meets Tuesday June 20 at 7 30 p m in the city hall council room to plan a picnic and discuss community matters.
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Home Owners Union
City Hall
Famed Feud Pictured On Rivoli Screen
The Rivoli theater shows Roseanna McCoy the Hatfield McCoy romance with Farley Granger as Johnse Hatfield and Joan Evans in the title role. Supporting cast includes Charles Bickford and Raymond Massey. Also featuring Woman in Hiding with Ida Lupino and Howard Duff and Father of the Bride with Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy.
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Roseanna McCoy
America
Rivoli Theater
Farley Granger
Johnse Hatfield
Joan Evans
Charles Bickford
Anser’ Hatfield
Raymond Massey
Randall McCoy
Massey
Bickford
Edward Streeter
Tracy
Don Taylor
Richard Basehart
Gigi Perreau
Ida Lupino
Howard Duff
Stephen McNally
Peggy Dow
John Litel
Taylor Holmes
Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Bennett
Billie Burke
Egyptian freed man jailed for murder returns home
A man released after 20 years for murder in Egypt returned to his village to find his alleged victim alive. He strangled the man and moved the body to police, then faced trial, was sentenced to 20 years, and released immediately.
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Cairo
Sunday and Monday Screenings List Full Casts
A condensed schedule lists films for the week with featured stars. Notable pairings include Kill the Umpire starring William Bendix Una Merkel Ray Collins and Gloria Henry and Father of the Bride featuring Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett and Billie Burke.
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William Bendix
Una Merkel
Ray Collins
Gloria Henry
Charles Bickford
Paul Kelly
Bonita Granville
Richard Derr
Mrs. Mike
Dick Powell
Evelyn Keyes
William Eythe
Marjorie Reynolds
Griff Barnett
Howard St. John
Movies Showing This Week With Weekly Schedule
Sunday only Oh You Beautiful Doll features June Haver Mark Stevens and S Z Sakall. Monday and Tuesday The Dark Mirror stars Olivia de Havilland Lew Ayres Thomas Mitchell and Richard Long. One Sunday Afternoon features Dennis Morgan Dorothy Malone Janis Paige and Dan DeFore. Friday and Saturday The Big Wheel stars Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell.
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June Haver
Mark Stevens
S. Z. (Cuddles) Sakall
the Dark Mirror
Olivia de Havillan
Lew Ayres
Thomas Mitchell
Richard Long
Dennis Morgan
Dorothy Malone
Janis Paige
Dan DeFore
Mickey Rooney
Man Fatally Struck by Train in Birmingham Platform Incident
Charles Paine, 66, fainted on a Birmingham platform and fell under an express train. The engine halted after the fall. Paine was found crawling out from beneath the last coach with only a small head wound. The text also notes the fact about human rib counts.
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Birmingham
England
Charles Paine
Insect-killing Radio System Being Built in Rio de Janeiro
Dr Geraldo Woertenbag Filho announces a large scale installation using short waves to destroy grain pests. He says the process can purify the same amount of grain in 30 seconds, versus 24 hours by poisonous gas, and has conducted experiments since 1934.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Geraldo Woertenbag Filho
Woertenbag
Bendix Takes To Umpiring in Kill the Umpire at Hollywood
The riotous comedy stars William Bendix as a former player who becomes an umpire and clashes with the crowd over a championship decision. Supporting turns by Ray Collins Una Merkel and Gloria Henry complement the cast.
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America
Hollywood
William Bendix
Ray Collins
Una Merkel
Gloria Henry
Bendix
Hollywood Theater
Cardinal Mindzenty
Hungary
Charles Bickford
Paul Kelly
Bonita Granville
Richard Derr
Mrs. Mike
Wilds of
Canada
Evelyn Keyes
Mike
Dick Powell
Senators push bill to curb gambling amid Vila del Mar bids
In Vila del Mar a bid process for lucrative casino concessions faces delay as two radical senators introduce a bill to end legalized gambling nationwide. They argue gambling since its 18 year legalization has produced evils and ruined families, proposing higher taxes to cover city losses.
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Chile
Vila del Mar
Senate
Senores
Ulises Correa
Hernan Figueroa Anguita
Australian Weaver Arrives from England to Work in Sydney Mill
Mrs. Sarah Moore aged 75, a weaver, has arrived from England to take up work in a Sydney mill.
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Sarah Moore
England
Sydney
Australia
Bars Pinned On City UW Man Jack P Waidelich
La Crosse, Wisconsin resident Jack P Waidelich was among 109 Army and Navy ROTC cadet graduates receiving commissions at UW Madison. The class included 82 Army second lieutenants, 19 Air Force officers, two Marines, and six Navy ensigns. Waidelich earned the Army second lieutenant commission.
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Madison
Wis
Jack P. Waidelich
la Crosse
Reserve Officer Training Corps
University of Wisconsin
Army
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Waidelich
Library to Close Sundays Through September
Miss Muriel Fuller librarian announces the main library will be closed on Sundays through September.
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Muriel Fuller
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Burt Lancaster
Corinne Calvet
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Steele
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