Dead Ringer and Mail Order Bride at State Theatre
Warner Bros release Dead Ringer stars Bette Davis in dual roles as twin sisters one rich and widowed the other a poor spinster who kills the first and takes over. Also showing Mail Order Bride an MGM frontier drama with Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea Lois Nettleton at Congress Montana. Shows Sunday through Tuesday.
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Bette Davis
Warner Bros
Miss Davis
Karl Malden
Peter Lawford
America
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hellion
Buddy Ebsen
Congress
Montana
Keir Dullea
Lois Nettleton
Ebsen
Dullea
Winters Students To Receive Degrees At McMurry College
McMurry College in Abilene will award degrees at its 40th annual commencement on June 1 in Radford Auditorium. Cassie Barron Perry Lance Ray Teten and James Merle Langford receive B S degrees, Dallas Scarborough and Dolphus Whitten Jr receive honorary and honorary law degrees respectively with Whitten as speaker. Perry is an Elementary Education major and Langford a former Winters resident.
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Cassie Barron Perry
Lance Ray Teten
James Merle Langford
McMurry College
Abilene
Radford
Dallas Scarborough
Dolphus Whitten, Jr
Oklahoma City University
Perry
Frank Johnson
Winters
The Three Stooges in Orbit at Fiesta Drive-In
The Stooges guard a submarine helicopter tank weapon crafted by a quirky landlord professor. The wildly ridiculous tale suits the trio’s comedy, playing Saturday and Sunday at Fiesta Drive-In Theatre as a sci fi spoof.
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Earth
America
Three Stooges
Orbit
Fiesta Drive-In
Stooges
Khapra beetle wiped out in Texas and U S Mexico
The Khapra beetle once feared in El Paso and across the region is reported eliminated in Texas the United States and Mexico. Officials say no new infestations have appeared since 1961 1962 though local cases remain possible. Texas and federal inspectors will monitor for future outbreaks as extensive fumigation and inspections proved highly effective. The piece also notes cancer prevention via annual health checkups and cautions about sun overexposure as a cause of lung cancer.
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Texas
United States
Mexico
el Paso
U.S
India
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Abracadabra Credited as Ancient Magic Word Origin
The term abracadabra began as a magical utterance in the second century used to expel fevers inflammations and agues.
Road to Ohio Valley Built with Early Federal Funds
The Cumberland road entering the Ohio Valley was partially financed by federal funds in the early 19th century. This project reflects early federal investment in national infrastructure and regional development.
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Greece
Pausanias
Ohio Valley
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Langford
KIVA
McMurry
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Caddo
the Winters Enterprise
Lone Star Agriculture
The
American Cancer Society
Tee
Brittany
Zenith
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