Local arts and events mix of films plays and appearances
Red Barn Players stage Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie as Charles Rightmer stars. Oklahoma screenings include How the West Was Won previews and Lawrence of Arabia opening. Elvis Viva Las Vegas and Night Must Fall remake teased. Road show with The Don Shirley Trio comes to Lawton. Easter tours guide Dogwood displays in Tahlequah and Sallisaw.
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Charles Rightmer
Cameron College
Conrad Birdie
Red Barn
Wichita Falls
Texas
Walt Disney
Prairie Seal Island
Tviewing
Prairie Dog Village
Wichitas
Buffalo
Seals
Cinerama
Oklahoma
Oke City
Cooper Theatre
Sammy Davis Jr
Lawton
Peace Corps Brigade
Don
Bev Boucher
Santiago
Chile
Glenn Corbett
Marty Milner
Tahlequah
Sallisaw
Elvis Presley
MGM
Have
John Cooper
Don Shirley
Norman
Coopers
John’s
Fort Sill
Hunt Club
TV In Review Good Scripts Hard To Find Show Proves By Cyn
TV critic Cynthia Lowry finds teleplays this season obsessed with mental illness and melodrama. The Shark on NBC's Show of the Week features a homicidal maniac and a guilt laden plot where a man saved another from a shark nine years earlier. The finale hints at danger but strains credibility as a madman threatens a family. The Masters golf tournament offers the weekend's top suspense with a tense final round and near-par play among leading pros.
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New York
NBC
Fred
Anthony Franciosa
Graham House
Harry Graham
Harry
Skip Homeier
Post Talent Contest Set Tuesday at Fort Sill Theatre
Talent revue at 8 15 p m Tuesday in Theatre No 3 features all Army entertainment produced by Special Services. Free to military personnel and guests, the event crowns post prelim winners who seek Fourth Army advancement with a 13 piece dance orchestra and performances by the Fort Sill Soldier's Chorus under director Marvin Jenkins.
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SILL
Fort Sill
Fourth Army
RT Sill
Special Services Entertainment Division
Gene Brooks
John
Ugly American film stirs debate and Brando shines
AP review notes The Ugly American updates a controversial novel with Marlon Brando as the ambassador and George Englund directing. The film provokes thought about American policy and foreign affairs, while Bye Bye Birdie provides lighter competition with strong performances, especially Ann-Margret and Paul Lynde.
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Hollywood
George Englund
Stewart Stern
Marlon Brando
Brando
England
Congress
Indian Sea
Oklahoma Pharmacists Convention Set for April in Oklahoma City
McCall's official Walter Cousins Jr. will speak at the 56th annual Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association convention in Oklahoma City April 16 to 18. About 600 pharmacists are expected to attend.
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Oklahoma City
Walter Cousins Jr
McCall’s Magazine
Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association
Choir To Give Church Concert At Bethlehem Baptist Church
The Coleridge-Taylor choral society of Bishop College Dallas Texas will present a concert at Bethlehem Baptist church 105 N. First at 7 30 p m Tuesday Admission is free The choir begins an extended tour of more than 5000 miles with stops in Oklahoma Missouri Nebraska Colorado California and other Western states on Monday
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Coleridge - Taylor Choral Society
Bishop College
Dallas
Tex
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Lawton
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
California
Edmondson to Keynote OSU Government Week 3rd Annual Event
Senator Howard Edmondson will give the keynote at Oklahoma State University for Government Week. Governor Henry Bellman will address a banquet the next evening. The program honors the late Senator Robert Kerr with the theme Oklahoma Politics.
Wilsons 1913 Address Spurs Landmark Laws
President Wilson’s 1913 Congress address touched off a rapid policy push yielding major reforms. Tariff reductions, the first income tax, the Federal Reserve system, the Clayton Antitrust Acts and the Federal Trade Commission reshaped government, with party tensions and cross‑state divides shaping the passage.
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Larry Osius Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
John Adams
Wilson
Federal Reserve Banking System
Federal Trade Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Senate
Wilson Democrats
National Bank
House
Federal Reserve Board
James MacGregor Burns
Comanche Prepares Vote on Four Bond Issues
Comanche citizens will vote April 16 on four bond proposals totaling 165000 dollars. The measures include 100000 for a junior high school building 30000 for fire equipment and a new station 21000 for water system improvements and 14000 for sewer system upgrades.
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Comanche
UPI
Easter Pageant Driving Caution Urged Near Lawton
Oklahoma safety officials call for careful travel during Easter weekend as about 30 000 people are expected for the 38th Wichita Mountains pageant at the Wildlife Refuge. Troopers will assist motorists near Lawton Tulsa and pageant areas and monitor for violations.
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Oklahoma
Robert Lester
Highway Patrol
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Lawton
Tulsa
Lester
The
Holyty
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