Touch of Silk Delights Bark Mill First Nighters
The Bark Mill Theater stages Betty Roland and Bentley Kinney's Touch of Silk. Jeanne Davidson and Beatrice O Connell star amid a strong cast including Harrington Smith and Irvan O Connell with direction by Mrs. L A Patten. The play, a world premiere, showcases varied emotions and a vivid outback setting.
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Bentley Kinney
Winchester
Betty Roland
Mr. Kinney
Bark Mill Theater
Kinney
Bark Mill
L. A. Patten
Robert Wibberley
Jim Davidson
Caroline Wetzel
Mrs. Davidson
Jeanne
Winchester Little Theater
Mac McNally
Arry
Constable
Dick Lord
Ritchie
Gwynne Jones
Davidsons
J. Caspar
Jeff Chandler Improves After Emergency Surgery
In Vulver City California a hospital spokesman says actor Jeff Chandler, 42, is improving and resting comfortably. He was moved from critical to stable after a second emergency operation for abdominal bleeding caused by surgery for a slipped spinal disc on May 13. Marjorie Chandler, his former wife, says he’s doing beautifully under the circumstances.
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Vulver City
Calif
Jeff Chandler
Chandler
Marjorie Chandler
Girl Finds Explosives In Automobile
Bonnie Peak ten discovers dynamite wired to explode when car lights switch on in Pittsburgh. Arthur Peak, 43, drove the car about an hour before the girl alerted authorities. Peak safely removed the girl and drove to police who disconnected the dynamite. The second item reports Frank Perry and Eleanor Bayer forming a production company. Mrs. Perry authored Third Best Sport and will adapt Momento Mori from Muriel Sparks for Broadway.
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Pittsburgh
Bonnie Peak
Arthur Peak
Peak
New York
Frank Perry
Eleanor Bayer
Virginia farm price outlook and crop market trends
Virginia agriculture notes a volatile cattle market with a downward price drift from last winter, while fed cattle volumes rise and corn prices show a modest rise toward harvest. Lamb markets suggest mid June marketing as peak prices approach, with Virginia prime lambs around 20.50 and various grades near 17.50 to 19.75.
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Virginia
Chicago
Richmond
Texas
California
Two Strikers Sentenced to Fines and Jail Time
In Hillsville Virginia two Teamsters members Robert E Blevins and John A Sutherland were fined and sentenced to jail after cursing a non union truck driver at a Galax terminal They appealed to Carroll County Circuit Court and were released on 1000 bond pending appeal Blevins received six months and 250 dollars while Sutherland got three months and 150 dollars for provoking a breach of the peace during the April month incident involving Martinsville drivers and Virgina Carolina Trucking Co. and Roy Stone Transfer Co. custody.
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Hillsville
Teamsters Union
Robert E. Blevins
John A. Sutherland
Carroll County
Dale la Rue
la Rue
Blevins
Sutherland
James A. Pratt
Martinsville
Galax
Teamsters
Roy Stone
Joan Davis Estate Placed Under Beverly Wills Administration
Los Angeles AP reports comedienne Joan Davis' estate, valued at $1 million, placed under the administration of her daughter Beverly Wills, 27. The daughter's petition was filed in court seeking the appointment.
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Los Angeles
Comeienne
Joan Davis
Beverly Wills
Miss Davis dies of heart attack in Palm Springs
Miss Davis died May 23 at her Palm Springs home from a heart attack. She was granted Monday as she left no will and had been divorced from Si Wills, the former vaudevillian now a stock broker. PLEA FOR PATIENCE. Sign from Buffalo service station uses risqué humor about dressing, reflecting a local street mayhem of humor and delays.
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Miss Davis
Palm Springs
Miss Wills
Si Wills
Vaudevillian
Goodwill Truck to Collect Donations June 29
Goodwill Industries truck from Roanoke will collect used clothing shoes toys rags and furniture in this city on June 29. People may write to Goodwill Industries 3125 Salem Turnpike Roanoke to arrange pickup. The charity employs about 80 disabled workers who launder dry clean repair and sell donated items.
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Goodwill Industries
Roanoke
Salem Turnpike
N.w
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Jeanne Davidson
Paris
Ilene Baddour
Miss Baddour
Brooklyn
Beatrice O’connel
Davidson
Australia
Mrs. O'Connell
Harrington Smith
Cliff Osborne
Mr. Smith
Irvan O'Connell
Dr. Wilson
By Bill Louthan
W. H. Louthan, Jr
Boscawen
R .T. Bryarly
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
Loudoun St
W. Alan Peery
Mgi
Hansbrough & Carter
N. LouDoun
St. John L
William L. Perry
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. W. Arthur
E. St
Virginia Department
Andean Mountains
Peru
Comedienne’s
Mile S
Stephens City
Lupton Orchard
Buffalo
N. Y
Tonight & Wed
Dan Dnley
Shirley Jones
Ee CinemaScope
Ritler
Earl L. Mason
Capitol
Marlon Brando Karl “One Eyed Jacks
Ien
M-G-M
George Pal
Phenaeike
de Somes Hall - Taylor - Dall
D.S.T
Winchester Drive-In Theatre
North
Winchester Drive-In
Eastman
Auth Steel
Sol Baker Damea
Rebchn
Willow
Valley Age
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