Veteran Actor Monty Woolley Dies at 74 in Albany
Monty Woolley veteran stage and screen actor died at Albany Medical Center aged 74 after a period of declining health. He lived in Saratoga Springs years and considered it his home town. He was famed for The Beard and for playing Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
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Albany
N.Y
Monty Woolley
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Woolley
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Hospital
Lima
Peru
Mario Si
Woolley Starred In The Man Who Came to Dinner Role
The actor originated Sheridan Whiteside on Broadway in Man Who Came to Dinner and later played the same character in the film adaptation and a 1954 television production.
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Woolley
Sheridan Whiteside
Oshkosh Professor To Head Guidance Assn
Dr. Gordon Drake, education professor at Oshkosh State College, was elected president of the Wisconsin Personnel and Guidance Association at its Saturday meeting in Wausau. The session's theme asked how guidance personnel can meet future dynamic challenges. Harvey Schwandner, Milwaukee Sentinel editor, stressed the enduring importance of print in preserving democracy amid changing media.
Solly Violinsky Broadway Writer Dies at 78
Solly Violinsky a 78 year old Broadway gag writer song writer and vaudeville performer died Sunday of cancer Born Soly Ginsberg in Russia he was a noted figure in stage entertainment.
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Binghamton, N.Y
Solly Violinsky
Violinsky
Soly Ginsberg
Russia
From the Mailbag Sees Automation As Threat To Families
A NY columnist notes automation strains family harmony as workers vent on spouses. Other items reference ancient Egypt cures, pencil checks, star sizes, tax status in NE and NJ, dental links to emotions, a quip by Helen Rowland, and odd statutes and daily newspaper spending.
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New York
Egypt
Albertson inaugurated as youngest Stevens Point State president
Dr James H. Albertson was inaugurated as the eighth president of Stevens Point State College. He urged curriculum reappraisal to fit a changing society, calling for a liberal education by integrating humanities social sciences and natural sciences. At 37 he is the system's youngest president. The Rev Cyrus Albertson gave the invocation. About 1,000 people attended the field house ceremony with regents present.
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Stevens Point
James H. Albertson
Stevens Point State College
Albertson
Wisconsin State College System
Cyrus Albertson
Seattle
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Briton Goes On Trial In Moscow On Tuesday
British businessman Greville Wynne, 42, goes on trial in Moscow Tuesday charged with spying on the Soviet Union. The maximum penalty is death, but no foreigner is known to have received the death sentence for espionage. Wynne's wife Sheila arrived Sunday to attend Moscow's big show trial since Gary Powers' 1960 case.
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Greville Wynne
Soviet Union
Wynne
Sheila
Francis Gary Powers
Pearson Calls UK Visit Pleasant and Successful
Ottawa AP says Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson termed his London trip very pleasant and successful from his point of view. He plans informal talks with President Kennedy during a Hyannis Port weekend visit.
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Lester B. Pearson
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Canada
London
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Terrorists Set Fire to Venezuelan Plant
Ten pro Communist terrorists set fire Sunday to the Union Grafica food packaging plant in Caracas, subsidiary of the Food Containing Corp of Chicago, causing about $500000 in damage.
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Venezuela
Union Grafica Food Packaging
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Food Containing Corp of Chicago
Odd Bits Chomped by Sharks and White House Matrimony
A quirky clipping notes sharks swallow almost anything from tin cans to a full-grown dog. It quotes Arnold H. Glason on life expectancy and mail service then pivots to a joke about marriage and presidential bachelors, mentioning James Buchanan.
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Arnold H. Glason
White House
James Buchanan
Thom
Jefferson and Van Buren Elected to Presidency
The article notes that Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren were elected to the U.S. presidency, highlighting the political outcome and the leaders involved.
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Martin van Buren
U.s.presidency
Report Soviet Rocket Base In Red China
Chinese Nationalist military sources doubt a Hong Kong report that the Chinese Communists have a Soviet manned rocket base near Nanking. The Kung Sheung Daily News said the base is equipped with intermediate missiles trained to ward Formosa, the Philippines and Japan.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hong Kong
Nanking
Kung Sheung Daily News
Philippines
Japan
Summit School PTA Sets Evening on Tuesday
Summit School on French Island will not allow room visitation during the 7 30 p m PTA meeting. Parents may view an all student art exhibit and then hear a program of instrumental and vocal music.
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Summit School
French Island
PTA
Local rummage and sale notices around town
Universal Photo Service offers film processing at 514 State Street with satisfaction guaranteed. Neighborhood sale features an outboard motor bunk beds sectional couch clothing and household items. Rummage events include 400 No Losey Street May 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2819 Quarry Place garage sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Additional sale at 2145 Winnebago with clothing sizes 13 to 16 and other items.
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Universal Photo Service
State Street
Losey
Quarry Place
Cass
Main
Winnebago
Oakdale Cooperative Electric Awarded $100000 LOAN
Rural Electrification Administration approved a 100000 loan for the Oakdale Cooperative Electric Association to finance wiring and purchase of electrical and plumbing appliances for rural consumers. W. E. Rabe Sr. of Tomah is president and Lloyd McCaskey of Oakdale is manager.
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Oakdale
Wis
Oakdale Cooperative Electrical Association
Rural Electrification Administration
Ninth Dist
Lester Johnson
Washington, D.C
W. E. Rabe Sr
Tomah
Lloyd McCaskey
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