Seeks Relay Of Television Seeks Relay Of Television
Washington letter discusses hopes for relay or satellite TV to Maine homes like Skowhegan and Augusta as reception improves with FCC action. It notes limited current range, test reception on Bigelow Hill, and the potential of color TV to replace black and white as color technology becomes available.
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Skowhegan
Boston
Bigelow Hill
Maine
Federal Communications Commission
Augusta
Vanities of 1950 final show and local entertainment notes
Community page lists the final performance of Billy Bee Great Show Vanities of 1950 at Old Tascosa with two shows and $2 cover. Hugh Rollins takes over Five Point Drive In serving familiar top‑tier food. State Theater screens Malaya with Spencer Tracy and James Stewart. nightlife chatter includes guests and socialites with long credit of local names. A corndepartment note contrasts fashion in swimwear with a light joke.
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Carroll
Hugh Rollins
Five Point
Spencer Tracy
James Stewart
State Theater
Barbara Hevessy
New York
Nancy Puckett
Barbara
Mills College
Wayne Brown
Ray Hays
Cedar Puckett
Jackey Funderburg
Billy Southworth
Hugh Hale
Bob Lambert
Skip Holmes
Hal Runner
John Locke
Bill Montgomery
Martha Teas
Color TV Debate Before the FCC Delays Bright Screens
The piece explains color television remains impractical on both technical and economic grounds. It highlights questions about two or three color systems, a potential dual standard, affordable converters, and when households might actually obtain color sets. The stakes center on access and cost for consumers nationwide.
Crowd soars past expectations at Bergen McCarthy show
In Houston nearly 10,000 children attended the Edgar Bergen Charley McCarthy event at the Shamrock Hotel yesterday far exceeding the 1,000 anticipated. The overwhelming turnout forced Bergen to add a third performance to accommodate the audience.
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Houston
Glenn McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Charley McCarthy
Shamrock Hotel
Bergen
Rescue Fails In Fatal Fire At Fort Dodge
In Fort Dodge Iowa a neighbor dies trying to save two children and a young mother when a two story home burns. Mrs. Ann Lehman 34 dies after awakening others. Joyce Spitler 12 and Danny Spitler 8 and James Spitler Jr. 6 are seriously burned. Spider saved his son and Caroline Lehman but both survivors suffer serious injuries.
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Fort Dodge
U.P
Ann Lehman
James Spitlerr
Caroline
Spitlers
Mrs. Lehman
Spider
James, Jr
Caroline Lehman
Gracie Fields Husband Is Dead in Italy
Monty Banks film director and husband of British comedian Gracie Fields died of a heart attack on the Simplon Orient Express. He was 50 and will be buried in Cesena on the Adriatic coast while Fields accompanied him. Banks, born Mario Bianchi in Italy, wed Fields in Hollywood in 1940.
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Milan
Italy
Monty Banks
Gracie Fields
Addriatic
Cesena
Banks
Arena
Miss Fields
Isle of Capri
United States
Mario Bianchi
Hollywood
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company in 1841 Texas
The Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company chartered in 1841 aimed to link Harrisburg and Brazos for Buffalo Bayou trade. Andrew Briscoe organized it as Har risburg and Brazos, funding ties and some grading before spring abandonment amid perceived Mexican invasion. Houston emerged as the bayou trade hub after Harrisburg suffered a devastating blaze.
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Texas
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company
Harrisburg
Houston
Buffalo Bayou
Andrew Briscoe
Harrisburg and
Brazos
Briscoe
Eney
Bayou
Father Deer Dies After Newborn Fawn At Keokuk Zoo
In Keokuk Iowa a rare male Muntjak deer died from a cerebral hemorrhage after becoming a father for the first time on New Year’s Day. Zoo attendants described the nervous animal as he faced the trials of fatherhood. Only a few such deer exist in the United States and the adults stand about 14 inches tall.
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Keokuk
Towa
U.P
Keokuk Zoo
Myrna Loy Seeks Divorce From Gene Markey
Hollywood report says Myrna Loy will divorce her third husband, writer-producer Gene Markey, after a London phone talk. Loy, once praised as the screen’s perfect wife, said they regretfully decided it hadn’t worked out. they wed in 1946 with Admiral William Halsey as best man.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Gene Markey
London
Markey
William Halsey
Mrs Sara Cate Praises Baker's Hair Tonic For Dandruff
In Fort Worth Texas Mrs Sara Cate Rt 6 Box 147 A reports severe dandruff and itching cleared after using Baker's Hair Tonic with two applications. She notes hair becomes soft and shiny and urges others to try the product. The ad promises refund if not satisfied and recommends Lathernist Shampoo as a companion.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Sara Cate
Rt. 6
Texas
Baker's
Baker’s
Ady
Faye Emerson Seeks Mexican Divorce In Court
Actress Faye Emerson appears in Civil Court in Cuernavaca to obtain a three week Mexican divorce from Elliott Roosevelt son of the late president. She expects a decree in about three weeks and plans to return to New York mid January. Local law does not require her to attend the final session to receive the writ of freedom.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
Faye Emerson
Elliott Roosevelt
Miss Emerson
New York
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Tom Creek
Georgia Ketchum
Joe Saunders
Madge Moreland
Billy Ritter
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Alison Bruner
Don Neese
Carol Boggs
Nat McKitterick
June Meyers
Fleanor Jeffrey
Bud Wells
Bobby Brown
Tommy Harper
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Bob McCausland
David Wyatt
Teddy Seymour
Leon Dowie
Bobbie Ann Harrison
Bobby Garner
Gib Ford
Helen Marshall
Jerry Webb
Hal Haynie
Darrell Jackson
Mary Margaret Hulen
Bob Berry
Bettie Cobl
Darlene Eustace
Jimmy Johnson
Sybil Jones
Bill Brooks
Jimmie Crafford
Don Oldfather
Jim Heath
Carole Wilson
Norma Durrett
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Pat Davis
Bobby Johnson
Joan Quinn
Bob Anthony
Peggy Bralley
Jimmy Woods
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Nita Johnson
Bob Beverly
Charles Ware
Dick Scaggs
Arthur Lamb
Demaris Christian
Beverly Smith
Jack Fuqua
Jim Anthony
Bee Wright
Jerry Fullerton
Windy Conant
Dick Bailey
Frank Taylor
Carol Noland
Doris Wrather
Bob Elliott
Harry Beck
Bettye O’brien
Billy Hill
Ann Johnson
Carlton Harry
Gayle Mix
Corn Department
FCC
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MS Knight CO. Jorda
Pap Panster & Storage Phone
CO. Inc
He Curtis
Underwood
Amarillo
Taylor
Globe-News
Upshaw-Adams Music CO
Imotromanta
Employers Casualty CO
District
Office
10Th and
Harrison Streets
Tyler
Local Finance & Insurance CO
Johney Foster
Duane Redus
ACME
Cierae
UCIE
Boston Hat Works
Kentile
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