Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 August 1960 — Page 2

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IT S OLYMPIC TIME AGAIN! Y> s. next week some 7000 athL tes from si nations will be competing in the 196 n bummci Olympics in Ronn This will i • the biggest and h< t. as they :u---ways say. but tins yeai it has grown to the extent that some of to vajious events have had th“ ntimber of part ipnnts from < acL nation »nt dun Eliminate n. Uei e held aiwady to cut tie number of so< > i i t ams <V»wn as 31 teams hav already be« n eliminated and only ’•» others will at’end THE SIZE AND COSTS WILL be thr greatest evei and the <vpected turnout als> will be high Swimming teams have Iwen < 11’ as have the weight-lifting. b<«xmg. Wrestling ami gymnasia t ams In track ami field certain i cquirrments had to be met b< - fore a player could go with th.s cutting the field down seme, out each country can still have one man in ea< h event even if he didn't hit tlie requirements THE ITAI J ANS ARE EXpc< ting a large gathering o' spectators from outside of their own countrymen. ami cveryth'ng is expected t'» be setting new re oids and crowded. Many ti< kets have been sold in th other competing countries as it L>< ks as if the foreigners will b< flocking to Rome for this es nt held once every four y< ai s. THE UNITED STATES WILI b> the dominant power in tiaei: again and their basketball team shoud be another reat hot < ne. Russia’s overall lean; balan e w .11 probably gam them the t■; i championship as they have a tremendous women's team v d ex- el in the many events in gx inastTs and the ones not pus . d w il ir the United States

1 burn. I ri A Sat. IX. 19, 20 [TLSL mark twain s fP MOST FAMOUS r F STORY NOW jt OH ™ E scR,eN! The ADVENTURES'* Huckleberry I inn I i/'i i kA'» in! i k ■■■ Mu Luj! I £S •• 3 \ fK/ Jl * JU r JV A A ■LSI-’* ■Sun.. .Mun , 11 < tj kug. 21, 22 Createst of Spectacles! AF'/^5 I *3nn^x*rn s I HIOV VKTOR ■ LAMARR -MATURE

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— = 'W NEW WORLD RECORDS < otil i fall like tain this yeai athe Cided States is taking a t>ai k and field team that hbeen breaking world ie< ords all the time Tike su h individuals as .1 >hn Th< mas high jump; Ralph Boston broad jump, I ’on R’. gg. i ob- vault: I « - Calh mm h.ga nurilles. Periy O'Brien. Pa l Neal er and Dallas Long sh< put; Harold Connelly, hamm* r throw; and Bill Alley, javelin, ate just a few that have clacked worlds records in the past few im nths Tlie many other men n the events named are pushing these top performers with no on other than Thomas well ahead L their group Rafer Johnson. the 1956 Winner in the decathlon, returned to competition recently f i i injuries suffered in an auto accident and set a new world's point record in that event witht much apparent effort. He will gain be battling Vasiliy Kuz-\-tsov Russia’s top man in the »ent, plus a good crew of atLtes *rom ottu£* parts of tie Acrid. DESPITE THE FACT THAT the Olympics are being held m R une, will not stop the United States from seeing part of it Tlie CBS TV’ network has an ex tensive plan of television planned fol the games with tapes taken ea< h day and flown home each d;<y for the showing of the same the same night as the events t ike place <n their nation-wide network This will be quite t thing to see. the events on TV the same day they me happening IN BASKETBALL. WELL you have to start out by saying we have "Big O". the Huosiei Who has set record after ie<ord during his great high scht ol and College career Oscar can do everything and do K well. Another player who has always impressed this corner with his tremendous play, bdh from an individual and as a fine team man.

Awww] t*JISS»? Box Office Opens 1:15 E;M*ti Picture Is Shou n < hie Time < >ni> ! Triple Feature Fri. A Sat. \ WALT DISNEYS ^^DaAyQOGill ■t 4g k'■ and th* Uttlekcpte Kit ^<<. 2 I ri. A Kat. f »€«MacMURRAY mag^HAYES 'GOODIMF Fm^R ABWSEaNGjOu MMBHB COLOR / i Hit \u. 3 Frl. A Kat ri ’£C Mauldin's Front Sun. Mon. A Turw. It\ Xru A Fuelling! MAHfC «ony» WWe ■ James F. ancAMUX ( o Fent me ▼WKsi lAr^^SjKQI sMiOuis c^anuif umj

has made a tremendous showing for the Olympic team. That is big Walt Bellamy, the Hoosier's center for Branch McCracken. Big Walt has taken tin- headlines fi<m sue h as Jerry Lucas. Jeirx West Darrell Imhoff and so forth With Big () and Bellamy p.o ng the well-balanced and ceitamlv very st long team, it appeals that no one w ill approm h the Americans m the basketball division. IN SWIMMING. JAPAN AND Ihe I’ S A have the ins.de t ack Th' United States tea:., keep, getting stronger every veil and the very strong competition in our own country has made the Oivmpu team look us one < t the best The Australians also aie strong in this division, esf < sally in the w mien's pan Tne U S A appeals to be pm ty good in boxing, wivstlmg. weight-lifting an<l rowing, but after that, thuigs begin to thin out The gymnastics are particua v strong in favor of Russia and the Women's track and field is very domina’ -d by Russia ami other foreign countries NOW IF THE OLYMPICS < an curne off without a lot of political talk fierce competition and so forth, it will be another great stride How often du you atten i a basketball game around heiv and hear the two towns argue Who has the best town government water department and so forth Let's leave this type of international talk out of the Olympu s and leave it tu the athlete and the individuals competing. Two Openings For Bowling Teams Two openings Were announced for teams in the Walkerton I^nea tor the ci ming- bowling season. The Classic League, the secund shift un Thursday, needs one team. This is scratch bowling. The mens FridA night league can use one full team, this being a 700 pm league Tins is a handicap league. Meetings Called Ana .ding of the men's Thursday Night Suburban league haa been called fur this Thursday. August IS. at 7.30 pm. in Hie Bowluig Alley Fram is McMahon is secrctaiy of this league The men's Monday Night L. ague will hold their meeting on Monday. August 22. also al 7:30 p m and at the same kx atiun the Walkerton Lenes Gene Rhoiles is secretary of the league. I \ NATION With the < <>st of living sc high today a grevet many people find they ian t afford to work ior What they're worth. , Safe! v Makes Sense

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MOVIE REVIEWS F rom THE RIALTO One of the most beloved stories of all time. Maik TWain'-i "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’' is now brought to life on the screen in Cinemascope and color in a picture produced foi Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Samuel Goldwyn Jr , and opening today at the Rialto. Tony Randall heads th* big <ast in the role of The King, with Huck" played by 13-year-old Eddie Hixiges. and Jim ,the runaway slave, w*ho accompanies Hur ic on their trek down the Mwsissippi River, portrayed by A:ciuo Mcoie, world's light heavyweight boxing champion, mak rg his debut as an actor Others in leading roles hiclud*Patty McCormack as Joanna Neville Brand as Pap. Mickey Shaughnessy as Th? Duke. Judy Canova as the sheriff s wife. Andy Devine as Mr. Carmody and Buster Keaton as the Lion Tamer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was directed by Michael Curtiz from a screen plav by Janies Lee Much of the film w as photographed on location on and near California's Sacramentc River, which today is more hkc the Mississippi us Mark Twain s era than the Mississippi itself One of Cecil B. DeMilia’s most tremendous film accomplishments. "Samson and Delilah an undertaking that saw fourteen years elapse between the time

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NOW FLAYING the fabulous luuMcal < omedy Damn V&nkees AukuM Iti — AuguM 21 Next week final production of the waxon tin* romantic <onH*d\ drama “Two For The Seesaw” with Sally N<4»lc and Michael Mi Guin* (Not rwonunemlcd for children) Pri<<->» Tiles., 51.35; Wed.. Thurx.. Eri. A Sun. 01.50; Saturday 51."5 For n^wrvatious call \ Iking 2-2500 in C ulver: WE 6-2M2 in Plymouth A CEntral 3-5703 in South Hwhl Curtain Time 3:30 East Shore, Lake Maxinku< kee, Culver, Ind.

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F ' SIO,OOO Western Horse Show and Rodeo s August 30-31—September 1 Jack Kochman’s Helldrivers ’ September 2-3-4 Grand Circuit Hamess Races September 3 A 5 thru 8 Country & Western Jamboree September 4 thru 8 Webb H«r<a Mirwia Frorl f rt W«» King Hon! Snew Stontwoll Jacktan Wanda Jockton Brenda l«a Carl Smith Dakota CUmo<» »o» Frico Marvin Ramwatar Red Savina

the. original U-eatrnent was w l|t . ten and the final editing completod, arrives Sunday at th Rialto Theatre. The Paramount spectacle, in Technicolor atari Victor Mature and Hedy JLamari in the title roles, plus Georgi. Sanders, Angela Lansbury and Henry Wilccxon heading a ch t of many thousands. HaGed as one of the niastei show man's most ambitious ai d most magnificent productions "Samson and Delilah" won a permanent place jn filmdom’s ha I; of fame and will always be re garded as one of the most entri - taining and exciting dramatizt tions* <f Old Testament lore D< Mile has staged many spectacular scenes in his motion pictures but nothing he has ever done surpasses the destruction of the Pliilistine Temple by the blindeu Samson. Other scenes fans Wii: remember and want to see again are Samson's furious, singlehanded assault on a thousan i Philistine soldiers, his barehanded struggle with a lion, the nm derous wedding feast brawl. ' mt tion only a few. Basically. "Samson and Dehlah" tells a powerful story of < mans flight to free his enslaved people, his betrayal by tin woman he loved and his ultimate retribution. It offets the spec e kind of entertainment for whTn only DeMille had the formula entertainment with universal apjieal on a scale unequalled the history of motion picture production. Slow Down asd Live! REES Plymouth. Indiana Thursday. Friday A Baturda> “Wild River” lu Cineinaiuope montgomkby cun 1 . LEK REMICK, JO VAN n.EET A storv of the Thib***' * River! Also Color Cartoon Eun., Mo«., Tuee., A Wed. “The Rat Race” In Technicolor TONY CFRTIS, DEBBIE REYNOLDS, JACK DRAKE A comedy about two young entertainers trying to make a start in New York! V Also Color Cartoon Monday thru Sat. 7 A 9 p. in Sun. Continuous from 2 p.m

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