Zany Year In Film Capital
In Hollywood 1965 brought a flurry of movietown antics and domestic confusions plus an uncommon number of deaths, reflecting a year of unusual happenings in the film capital. The piece catalogs the era’s notable misadventures and somber endings shaping Hollywood’s year.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Nat King Cole
Clara Bow
Jeanette MacDonald
Stan Laurel
Linda Darnell
Judy Holliday
Dorothy Dandridge
Zachary Scott
Spike Jones
David O. Selznick
Steve Cochran
Constance Bennett
Everett Sloan
Dinah Shore
June Allyson
Nancy Sinatra
Jane Wyman
Stuart Whitman
Nick Adams
Kathy Nolan
Phyllis Diller
Ernie Borgnine
Ethel Merman
Patricia Neal
Jayne Mansfield
Elizabeth Montgomery
Joanne Woodward
Miss Neal
Dorothy Malone
Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews
Mia Farrow
Frank Sinatra
Princess Margaret
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte
Wendell Corey
Santa Monica
Steve Allen
Jimmy Roosevelt
Congress
Ronald Reagan
California
1966 Watch List of Biggest News Stories
Dick West lists ten anticipated major events for 1966 spanning politics, space and culture. Notable items include Humphrey's Japan visit and invite to Washington, Nixon’s U.S. tour, Johnson surgery plans, and a Mao era space venture. The column blends national and entertainment headlines with a satirical, reflective tone.
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Washington
UPI
Dgoggag Dare
Hubert H. Humphrey
Japan
United States
Johnson
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
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Department of the Interior
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Vostok
State Division of
Capitol Building
Charleston
West Virginia
Pinecrest Sanitorium
Division of Purchases
Clarence E. Johnson
Goss Goss
Clara Bell
Eccles
Melton Mortuary
Thomas L. Snuffer
Ethel Carr
Buria
Sunset Memorial Park
Massey Massey
Roy
Bostick Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ray Franklin
B. L. Moss
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Bainbridge Bainbridge
Mary Ellen
Beckley
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Vance Drive
Dewey A. Wilson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Toorists
Dias Ees
Sander
Edger
Todd
Beaver
Sophia
Claude Meador
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Affinity Union Hall
David McKinney
Harper Road
Call Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Porter Street
Beau
City Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Grant
Home Modernization CO
Northeastern Institute
Raleigh County Bank
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Stitute OF Graphic Arts
P. O. Box
Nashville 2
Tennessee
Pat H. Wheeler
City Avenue
Wright
Dial
Hotpoint
Maytag
RCA
Westinghouse & Others
Sparks TV & Appliance CO
Prince St
John W. Eye CO
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Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
Lstead’s
Radio 1
EPAIR
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Willey A. Hinton
W. Va
Oceana
Jan Campbell Music Co
Raleigh Insurance Agency
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Pineville
Mullens
Kenneth Meadows
Shady Spring
William Brown
Woodlawn Avenue
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Mabscott
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Fayette Street
Leas
Sprague
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Will Henry Burrell
Rural Acres Drive
Dan Mullens
Richmond
Kanawha
Rai County Bank
el Chico
W. W. Va
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Huntington Athletic Club
Ninth Street
Huntington
Charles House
Temple Street Street
The
National Association of Barber Schools
Huntington Barber College
Third Ave
F. Ray Power
State Capitol Building
R. L
Stinson
Myers Ave
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
Fairlawn Avenue
Montgomery Ward
Skelton Tipple
Tony's Super Market
Skelton
New “Ranch
Blue Circle
Bradley
Horse Head
Pen Mountain Ranch
Raleigh County
Grandview
Table Rock Grocery
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Call
Pense & Britt Hdw
Whitesville
Globe Machine Co
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J. W. Huddle
Electrolux Corp
Temple St. Beckley
American Hardware & Lumber Co
Zenith TV
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Ashworth
Neville St
Miami
Carey
Mary Carter
Pioneer
Wildcat
Rural Equipment CO
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Hall Furn
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Valley Dr. North
Marty
PACK
S. Fayette
NEW Webster’s Illustrated Dictionaries
Beckley Post- Herald
Raleigh Register
Neenanee
Beckley Glass CO
F. W. Stewart Corp
Geneset Motors
A. C
Greene, Lewis Chevrolet
Lb. Best Furniture
S. Fayette Street
Electrolux
McCulloch Chain
Basham’s
White Oak
Beckley Paint CO
South Fayette Street
Norge Appliances Sales & Service
DOY Appliances & TV
Valley Drive
N. Ph
W. Oo
Remington
KLAUS
McCreery St
Baldwin
Orig
Beckley Music Center
Main St
Bunker Hill
Oak Hill
C. W. James
Prosperity
S. Eisenhower
Bank of Raleigh
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Bolt
Idry
Doe
D. B. Stover
Akers
Taylor
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Westwood Drive
Aetia
Moran
Mt. Ho Road
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Windale
Tank Branch
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Pee Ghener
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Powerhouse
Fairbanks Ward
McCulloch
Emerson
G. E
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Colony Drug & A & P
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Ben’s Army Store
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Peoples Finance Co
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