Vivien Leigh Returns to Dixie Film Role in Ship of Fools
Hollywood star Vivien Leigh, recovered from illness, joins Stanley Kramer’s Ship of Fools as a Virginian. She discusses accents, past Southern roles, and rest after a collapse in New York. Leigh recalls war service and prior stage work while eager to resume acting.
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Vivien Leigh
Dixie
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Stanley Kramer
Miss Leigh
New York
Tovarich
Used car prices rise in Q1 while Portugal income cited
The National Association of Automobile Dealers reports the average price of a used car sold in the first quarter this year was 866 dollars, up from 832 dollars in the same period last year. Separately, Portugal's per capita income is 265 dollars.
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National Association of Automobile Dealers
Portugal
Community Visitors and Relatives Share Weekend Gatherings
OPDYKE Gala Pickett returns after weeks in hospital. numerous relatives from Lincoln Illinois Bonnie Ewing Mt Vernon and beyond visit and dine. Art White household hosts Charles A White Jr and family of East St. Louis. Nora Quayle Eunice Payne John Estes visit. Laylen Richardson family camps at Pounds Hollow with Sue Ann Puntney Karen Becky McGee. Additional visits include Foster Davis family Orlando Ham Tony Burnett and families. Irvin Pooles host Jackie Chicago Fred Young Kell. Don Lerch party from Herrin. Wilma Sanny and family visit Shriners Hospital in St. Louis. Tom Pace hosts Arthur Keele Kenneth Kelley and grandchildren Micheal Cary Kathleen. Hottensen visitors from Crewe Corvr Missouri Velda Boswell Thelma Jean.
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Gala Pickett
E. Brookshire
R. Cole
Lincoln, Ill
H. Pickett
Bonnie
Trelly Prowell
Ewing
M. Chvokopich
Bessie Clinton
W. Campbell
Asa Summers
Mt. Vernon
Charles A. White Jr
E. St. Louis
Ill
Sue Ann Puntney
Karen
Becky McGee
Pounds Hollow
Foster Davis
Barbara
Nora Lee
Orlando Ham
Tony Burnett
Irvin Pooles
Jackie
Chicago
Fred Young
Kell
M. Lisenby
Rose Poole
Bruce Miller
Stanley Poole
Don Lerch
Herrin
C. E. Cook
Wilma Sanny
Pat
Larry
Shelby
Mike
St. Louis
Linda
Shriners Hospital
Tom Pace
Arthur Keele
Brazil
Ind
Kenneth Kelley
Micheal
Cary
Kathleen
Clarence Oppelt
Hottensens
Bob Vineyard
U S Industries Elects Negro Director
Samuel R. Pierce Jr a Negro lawyer was elected a director of U S Industries Inc a manufacturing firm with about 120 million in annual sales His law partner Theodore W Kheel said Pierce is the first Negro to hold a policy making role in a large American internationally active company The move is noted as based on qualification not race and the firm has no Negro business.
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New York
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
U.S. Industries, Inc
Theodore W. Kheel
Monday Pierce
Kheel
U.S. Industries
Dirksen Fears City Control Of Both Houses
Senator Everett M Dirksen expressed concern that a Supreme Court ruling requiring population based apportionment could let large cities like Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Los Angeles control both houses of their state legislatures He estimated about 44 states would be affected by the decision and his staff would study a possible constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Los Angeles
SIU to Train 1,000 Unemployed in federal aid program
Southern Illinois University will organize testing and training facilities to launch a large program funded by a $1,194,000 Area Redevelopment Act grant. The plan, approved June 17, covers about 1,000 unemployed people, mainly coal miners, in Franklin and Williamson counties, including $150,000 for aptitude testing and pre-vocational preparation.
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Carbondale, Ill
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Franklin
Williamson
Training for 250 illiterate workers at SIU institute
The state’s vocational education director names the SIU Vocational Technical Institute as the training agency for about 250 workers assessed as occupationally illiterate. Four distinct occupational categories will be offered under the program.
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SIU Vocational Technical Institute
Mlinois
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