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    • Sep 24, 1960
    An ad placed by Johnny Horton's manager, Tillman Franks, depicts John Wayne in a fight, captioned, "This'll teach you to swipe my copy of Johnny Horton's latest hit, 'North To Alaska.'" Wayne's lawyer warns Franks not to tamper with Wayne's image
    Oct 4, 1960
    Shooting is completed for Elvis Presley's western movie "Flaming Star," co-starring Barbara Eden, in Thousand Oaks, California
    Oct 26, 1960
    The American League votes to place a baseball team in Los Angeles. Within weeks, the franchise is awarded to country music legend/western actor Gene Autry, who calls it the Angels
    Nov 16, 1960
    The John Wayne movie "North To Alaska" debuts. The theme song is sung by Johnny Horton, who died 11 days earlier
    Nov 23, 1960
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans are grand marshals of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, attended by 100,000 fans
    Dec 21, 1960
    20th Century-Fox releases Elvis Presley's movie "Flaming Star"
    Mar 16, 1961
    The 15-minute Walt Disney cartoon "The Saga Of Windwagon Smith" appears in theaters, with Rex Allen narrating
    Mar 21, 1961
    Spade Cooley, married for 15 years, proposes to singer Anita Aros while she recovers from a concussion at Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital. In the summer, during his trial for the murder of his wife, Aros will testify she thought he was joking
    Apr 3, 1961
    Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
    Apr 3, 1961
    Columbia releases Johnny Cash's "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma"



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