Classic stars pace 1940s film lineup at State Theatre
Guinness returns to screen in Major One style drama Fifty Years after The Bridge on the River Kwai Sir Alec Guinness headlines the lineup with a glowing account of a Brooklyn widow joining her diplomat son in Japan amid a trade dispute Five Guns to Tombstone delivers a brisk western with James Brown as Billy Wade and Jerry Lewis stars in a Cinderella spoof CinderFella a Technicolor comedy at the State Theatre this Friday and Saturday
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Japan
Tokyo
Tombstone
Zenith Pictures
United Artists
State Theatre
James Brown
Billy Wade
Billy
Yee
Edward L. Cahn
Jerry Lewis
Edwynn
Winters duo among 550 applying for NTSU degrees
Mrs Dianne Davis and Jerry Strickland of Winters are among 550 seniors who have applied for bachelor’s degrees to be awarded at North Texas State University June 1. Davis seeks a bachelor of science in elementary education while Strickland, a 1957 Winters High School graduate, pursues a bachelor of arts in government.
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Dianne Davis
Jerry Strickland
Winters
North Texas State University
Davis
Floyd Sims
State St
Winters High School
Strickland
Stedman C. Strickland
Pampa
Texas
Winters High School Graduate Completes Fort Sill Training
Pvt. Ronny L. Burns son of Wallace L. Burns of Winters completed eight weeks of advanced individual training as a cannoneer at the Field Artillery Training Center Fort Sill Oklahoma on April 27. The 22 year old soldier, a 1958 Winters High School graduate, is also son of Ruth L. Hamilton of Odessa.
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Ronny L. Burns
Army
Wallace L. Burns
Rt. 1
Winters
Field Artillery Training Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Ruth L. Hamilton
S. Grant St
Odessa
Winters High School
Cinder Fella Modernizes Fairy Tale with New Cast
Jerry produces for Paramount a revamped Cinderella tale. Ed Wynn plays the Fairy Godfather Judith Anderson is the wicked stepmother Henry Silva and Robert Hutton portray the mean stepsons Anna Maria Alberghetti appears as The Princess. The gender edits update the familiar story.
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Paramount
Judith Anderson
Wicked Stepmother
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Princess
Jerry
Ed Wynn
Henry Silva
Robert Hutton
Runnels County Group Sets Plans At May 9 Meeting
Members of the Runnels County Program Building Committee met in Winters City Hall on May 9 to draft standing rules fix a meeting time and place and outline county extension work. They voted to sponsor the Runnels County Historical Society with Mrs Edgar Boelsche as chair and to back a county wide youth program and home economics public relations agriculture and urban affairs programs. The next meeting will be in Ballinger in June.
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Runnels County Program Building Committee
Winters
Runnels County Historical Society
Edgar Boelsche
Ballinger
Senate kills debate on literacy tests in civil rights fight
A 53 to 43 Senate vote ends movement to cut off debate on a bill outlawing literacy tests for voters. Critics warned it could be unconstitutional or set an arbitrary 6th grade standard. The outcome signals a likely end to civil rights measures this session, with election-year politics and voter strategy cited as factors. The piece also notes highway safety remains a major concern with speed and driver error blamed for most accidents, citing 1961 figures.
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Senate
Bobby Kennedy
Miss Janice Richie and Phillip Petmeckey to Wed in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs J F Richie of Abilene announce the engagement of their daughter Janice to Phillip Petmeckey son of Mr and Mrs E H Petmeckey of San Antonio The marriage vows will be renewed June 29 at 730 pm in the First Baptist Church chapel in San Antonio Janice is a Winters High School and Baylor University graduate and teaches at Olmos Elementary School Phillip is a Burbank High School graduate who attended San Antonio Junior College and works as a draftsman for the San Antonio City Water Board.
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Janice Richie
Phillip Petmeckey
San Antonio
J. F. Richie
South 20Th St
Abilene
Janice
E. H. Petmeckey
San
First Baptist Church
Winters High School
Baylor University
Olmos
Burbank High School
Speeding crashes claim many lives and injuries last year
The text cites high tolls from speeding related crashes with 37 600 death lists and 3 million injuries, urging drivers to pledge no traffic accidents daily. It also notes Brig Gen John W White of Uvaldean origin is assigned to command the Air Force Special Weapons Center at Kirkland AFB in Albuquerque after three years at Wright Patterson AFB.
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John W. White
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Kirkland Afb
Alburquerque
Wright-Patterson Afb
Dayton
Bill Seals To Undergo Heart Surgery In May
Mr and Mrs Bill Seals of Big Spring travel to Cleveland Ohio on May 15 for heart surgery by Dr Claude S Beck at University Hospital 2065 Adelbert Road The operation aims to create new vascular openings after five heart attacks since Oct 1958 He is brother to Marvin Wayne Guy Seals and Mrs Hallis Presley
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Bill Seals
Big Spring
M. T. Bridwell
Cleveland
Ohio
Claude S. Beck
Seals
Marvin
Wayne
Guy Seals
Hallis Presley
University Hospital
Adelbert Road
Enterprise Classified Ads Readership Sparks Ads Boom
Readers and hundreds of locals are flocking to Enterprise classified ads as a powerful channel for listings and opportunities. The paper reports rising engagement and widespread use of ad sections across towns.
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IAA
Ridly Wisdom
Len
Bros. Technicolor
Ray Danton Rhue
Brooka Japanese Indus
Loffice
Lature No
K Office
Ray Danton
Madlyn Rhue
Warner Bros. Technicolor
NTSU
Runnels
Washington Newsletter
Upholstery & Used Furniture Co
Auto Mats
North Main
Winters, Texas
Chevrolet
Corseir Monsa
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