Life and Hard Times of Kay Starr Opens in Dougherty
A portrait unfolds of Kay Starr’s origins in Dougherty Oklahoma born 1921 to Harry Starks and Ann Starks. The early life shows a loud singing child in a community town, where psalms filled the air and a Baptist minister faced a crowded pews outside under trees.
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Kay Starr
la Femme Mystique
Dougherty
Oklahoma
Harry Starks
Ann Coll Starks
Catherine la Verne Starks
Catherine Starks
Harry
Beaumont
Texas
Galveston
Fort Worth
Dallas
Catherine
Southern
Katie
Starks
Memphis
Tennessee
Kay
Jewel Cowboys
Dave Perkins
Joe Venuti
Joe
Sally Venuti
Ann Starks
New York
Momma
the Automat
Venuti
Bob Crosby
Glenn Miller
Hollywood
Charlie Barnett
Ann
Sulphur
Kay Starr: From Hustling Beginnings to Big Star
A reminiscence of Kay Starr's rise from a Pennsylvania girl to a famous singer. The piece traces her early gigs, name changes, and pivotal breaks in Hollywood. It covers marriages, financial highs, a career comeback after laryngitis, and major hits like The Lonesomest Gal in Town and The Wheel of Fortune.
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Kay Starr
Roy Davies
M.G.M
Hollywood
Davies
Kathy
Capitol
Hal Stanley
Vic Sheen
Andrews Sisters
George Mellen
Earl Callicutt
Two Parties Essential in American Politics
The article argues that both major parties must remain strong for national welfare. It notes past GOP crises from 1936 to 1952 and traces origins to the Whig split over Kansas to Lincoln’s 1860 victory. It warns against one party rule and urges stable two party governance.
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Republican Party
Alf Landon
Eisenhower
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
GOP
Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
Whig Party
Kansas Free Soil
John Charles Fremont
Buchanan
Lincoln
Broadway Gossip Sparks New York Scandal Links
The column traces a chain from Cary Grant inviting Roddy Mann to Jamaica where Leslie Caron and Warren Beatty also visited. Roddy pens a story that triggers UK coverage and a London scandal touches Judy Garland and the Profumo era. In London Sue Lyons and Rita Gam are noted while Miles Davis breaks up his jazz group and Vaughn Meader plans a July Atlantic City date.
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Gotham
Cary Grant
Leslie Caron
Peter Hall
Warren Beatty
Cary
Roderick Mann
Jamaica
Leslie
Roddy
London
Peter
Judy Garland
United States
Stephen Ward
Profumo
New Cause Celebre
Sue Lyons
Chums
Hampton Fancher
Miles Davis
Rita Gam
Borden Stevenson
Adlai
Sandy Dennis
Garson Kanin
Vaughn Meader
Steel Pier
Atlantic City
Cryptoquote Puzzle Teases With Letter Substitutions
A sample cryptoquote presents a coded set of crossword style clues with a substitution alphabet. It notes one letter stands for another and that daily codes vary, ending with a quote about coffee. Sydney Ming Features Syndicate Lac distributes the item dated Saturday.
National Whirligig Two Candidates Show Strengths for 1964
The piece argues Goldwater holds a stronger conservative base and appeals to Southern and Northern business interests, while Scranton attracts moderates and civil rights supporters but remains largely unknown. It suggests Goldwater could beat Johnson in November, whereas Scranton would be a softer GOP image choice with uncertain impact.
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Washington
Bill Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Scranton
GOP
Johnson
Goldwater
Senate
Alabama
Wallace
Wisconsin
Indiana
Maryland
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Kennedy
TV Highlights Tuesday Schedule of Evening Films and Shorts
Tuesday’s lineup lists Humoresque and Dangerous Youth as dramas, The Saint in Palm Springs as a mystery, West Point Widow as a drama, Goodbye My Lady as a drama, Walk East of Bacon as a documentary, Lord Jeff as a historical drama, and Kronos as science fiction with air times ranging from 10:20 to 4:30 pm and late-night blocks. The schedule spotlights multiple genres including drama mystery documentary and science fiction with several titles from classic film and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
West Point
Bacon
Jeff
Television Schedule Snapshot From A City Paper
A dense listing outlines daily TV programming with times and channel notes for Monday and Tuesday. It includes news, movies, game shows, soap operas, children's programs, and religious segments featuring stations and hosts such as Captain Kangaroo, I Love Lucy, and The Price Is Right.
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King and Odie
Funny Company
McCoys
Pete and
Gladys
Fuldheim
Mike Douglas
Guiding Light
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Dear Abby
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California
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Daily Crossword
Hide
Enemy
Farewell
Manila
Axydlbaaxke
Longfellow
CTA
MVA
MVA Kahgyv
Htta Wftjkasiv
Sydney
Ming Features Syndicate
Lac
Tibet
L. Lambs
Orinoco
Big Chief
Calvin Coolidge
MR. Tweedledee Scranton
By Andrew Tully
Danny Thomas
Andy Griffith
East Side
West Side
Steve Allen
Johnny Carson
Rex Humbard
Woodrow
Franz the Toymaker
Ann Southern
Paige Palmer
B'Wana Don
Hawaiian Eye
RFC Toledo
General Hospital
Rifleman
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