Fair stage lineup features bear acts and Harris headliners
The Du Quoin State Fair Aug 26 to Sept 1 showcases TV favorites Harris Gentry and The Kids Next Door with Gentle Ben and Inspector Hadley live on stage. Don Rice and Lou Breese plus orchestra, plus two Grand Ole Opry shows, Lawrence Welk finale. Also notes a science fact about comets and astronomical units.
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Phil Harris
Robbie Gentry
Gentle Ben
Inspector Hadley
Daktari
Don Rice
Lou Breese
Harris
Jack Benny
South
Miss Gentry
Billie Joe
Kids Next Door
Harris-Gentry
Lawrence Welk
Man Throws Sticks at Carbondale Woman’s Boat
A Carbondale man allegedly aimed a horse drawn wagon at a home this week and threw sticks at the residence. The sticks missed the children but scratched the woman’s boat, police were told.
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Carbondale
Richard Terrell Wins State Fair Art Award
Richard Terrell of Carlinville won the $550 first prize in the professional art exhibit at the Illinois State Fair for an oil painting. Win Jones of Barrington won the watercolor first prize with Rain Scene. Mrs. Pearl Georg said 125 of 400 entries were displayed. Rose Russell of Jacksonville received a governor’s trophy for Grist mill at Salem. Rosemary Burdick of Pekin won amateur oil painting Spoon River and Carole Westart of Princeville won watercolor desolation.
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Springfield
Richard Terrell
Carlinville
Win Jones
Barrington
Pearl Georg
Rose Russell
Jacksonville
Samuel H. Shapiro
Salem
Bes
Illinois
Rosemary Burdick
Pekii
Spoon River
Carole Westart
Princeville
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Murphysboro
Frigidaire
RCA Color TV
S. Illinois
Carbonidale & TV Mart
Mid-America Theatres
Rivierart
Herrin
AR Pictures International
Fromi
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
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Charles K. Feldman
del Uke
United Artists
Arrondale
Murphysbor
Mike Nichols
Joseph E. Levine
Benjamin
Technicolor
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Arthur Cohn Vittorio DE Sica
Shirley Maclaine
Alan Arkin Rossano Brazzi
Michael Caine
Vittorio Gassman
Peter Sellers Colon
Marion
Paramount Pcives
Witla
Willam Castle
Ira Levin
Meduca
Ruth Gordon
Sidney Blackmer
Maunce Evans l
Ralph Bellamy
Roman Polanski
Ture
Cabana Club
Mr. Hunker
Eddie
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Guitarist
Hunker
Pala
Buddy Rogers
Jim White
Keith Pierce
Noah Farr
Jpam
Oince
Westmore Dr
Libby Wimberly
Carl Dean
Las Vegas
Vflusrce
W. Main
Vr Sot
Meron Rosenberg
Gordon Douglas
Abet Wenne
Em Panavision
West Jackson
Supremes
Temptations
Barbra Streisand
Rusty Warren
Buck Owens
Ray Charles
Dionne Warwick
Richard Harris
Mardale Shopping Center
Anne Bancroft
Dustin Hoffman
Ann Margaret
Marlow
Katie
Samson
Dun Gan Technicolor Panavigion
Atma Ver
Michael Anderson, JR
Paramount Pictures
Cecile Demilles
Son Delilah
Paramount
Victor Mature
Hedy Lamarr
George Sanders
Giant City Park
Jim and
Fern Depper
Makanda
Ill
Ian Ffm
National General Pictures
Joseph Janni
Terence Stamp
Dave Carol White
Cok
Tony Richardson
Tom Jones
Albert Finney
Tia
Albert R’broccol
Harry Saltzman
Panavision’ Technicolor
Mirisch Corporation
David Swift
Cold Deluxe Panavision
Yim
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