Broadway Awards Race Busy With Confusion and Hype
Broadway faces a spring rush of prizes and controversy as critics fans and industry insiders await honors for top plays and musicals. Tony Pulitzer and Drama Critics Circle awards stir debate over definitions deadlines and likely winners as My Fair Lady and Damn Yankee emerge as likely top bets.
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New York
American Theatre Wing
Anstoinette Perry
T Haliswood
Pulitzers Committee
Donaldson T Awards
Drama Critic Circle
Theatre Wing
Strom
Diary of Panne Frrak
Frank
West Virginia Mountainsamd More Heights and Local Happenings
The state lists at least 115 elevations of 4000 feet or more with Spruce Knob at 4860 feet. McDowell County eyes a 1.3 million bond for a new school building. WV farmers posted the lowest net income in the nation at 31 dollars per farm. Grafton marks its centennial with bearded “Brothers of the Brush” pledge. WVU extension demos push mechanical tree planters across several counties. A pistol meet is set for April 18 in Charleston. Capon River plans seek development as a vacation area with attendees from state and federal agencies. Shinnston sets April 5 election day for local offices.
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Pocahontas County
Wood, Mercer Students Win Scholarships
Three Parkersburg High School and two Beaver High students joined eight WVU scholarship winners from eight districts in a state high school drama and forensic festival. Winners include David Warfield best actor Marguerite Roberts best actress Kim Smith best technical theater entry Jerry Rector and Fillmore McPherson in debate Janice Jeffries best prose interpretation Button Dudding best extemporaneous speaker Craig Michel won oratory under judges from Marietta College and WVU.
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Beaver High
Bluefield
West Virginia University Board of Governors
David Warfield
Parkersburg
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Elkins
Kim Smith
Wallace
Jerry Rector
Fillmore McPherson
Bluefield Beaver
Janice Jeffries
Button Dudding
Craig Michel
Mor- Zanhiein
W. J. Friederich
Marietta College
Ohio
WVII
Nicodemus and Caiaphas Question Jesus in Temple Debate
Witnesses recount statements about destroying the temple and rebuilding another, as Caiaphas presses Jesus for an answer. Nicodemus watches with calm presence while Jesus remains silent under stern questioning.
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Nicodemus
Caiaphas
Merman Appears in TV Drama and Musical Plans
Ethel Merman denies retirement rumors and discusses her TV work on G. E. Theatre and U. S. Steel Hour. She also plans Broadway musicals and notes husband Bob Six’s Continental Airlines role. The Denver area star lives with children and values television at home.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Ethel Merman
Miss Merman
G. E. Theatre
U.S. Steel Hour
Bob
Bob Six
Continental Airlines
Ethel
Bobby
Cherry Hills
Denver
Scrivener
Colorado
Woman With a Hoe Refuses Retirement, Plans to Work
In Tampa Florida a tall white woman with a hoe receives a social security card and learns she is eligible for old age retirement benefits extended to farmers. She states she will not retire until she dies at 77, doing most farm work herself.
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Rosa ‘Hamilton
Exercise key to staying slim linked to activity levels
A study of 56 high school girls in a Boston suburb finds activity level may matter more than diet for weight. Normal-weight girls spent more time in active pursuits and dancing, while chubby girls spent more time resting and less in vigorous activity.
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Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
Boston
Mary Louise Johinson
University of Washington
Seattle
Bertha S. Burke
Jean Mayer
Harvard University School of Public Health
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Charleston
United
Gas Co
Charleston Group
Columbia Gas System
Booddies
Michael Chen
Frank Baer
Normal
Funeral notices for Rose Johnson and Joseph E Lekliter
Rose Johnson of Sprague died at 5 p.m. Saturday en route to a local hospital. Funeral service Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Freewill Baptist Church Sprague with two ministers officiating. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Joseph E Lekliter of Landisburg died at 6 10 a.m. Monday in a local hospital. body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Macel Jean
Sprague
Rosé & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Neville Street
Freewill Baptist Church
Henry Pritt
Florence Kessler
Sunset Memorial Park
Kerry
Wea
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral
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White Elephants Sell Fast in Beckley Classified Ads
A friendly beast with a memory is used in vain as a proverb about white elephants. Beckley Newspapers Classified Ads claim any unwanted item can be converted to cash quickly and cheaply, promoting ad placement at 3321 for the Classified Act.
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Beckley
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