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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1959
Page
15
AP reports the Ed Sullivan Show curtails classical music presence as networks drop the format. Opera star Robert Merrill urges new talent and better presentation to revive TV classical offerings and suggests a tradeoff with future television ventures. Merrill notes his TV income may shrink without more opportunities and jokes about a Hopalong Rigoletto series.
AP reports Fred Astaire discusses in his Steps in Time autobiography his aversion to top hats and formal evening attire, dancing with sister Adele, dating Ginger Rogers, and family push for early retirement including his mother suggesting quitting at 35, which he finally did at 46.
NBC plans 250 hours of color television next fall from October to December with color on at least one hour per weekday. The World Series 11 football games and Davis Cup tennis matches will feature color broadcasts.
Margaret OBrien and Bob Allen are set to wed on August 6. After the ceremony, the couple plans to move to New York to begin their life together.
Jimmy Boyd now 20 and dating Hollywood glamour girls. By January he turns 21, and the dolls may be more interested. He has $70,000 in earnings set aside before recording songs like his latest hit I Love You So.
A dense listing of TV programs and air times featuring Captain Kangaroo, Love of Life, Dr. Malone, Love of Life, Edge of Night, World Turns, News, Weather, and various children's shows. Includes game shows like Truth or Consequences, The Price is Right, and Millionaire, plus classic dramas and Westerns.
Hollywood mourns as MGM demolishes a landmark hangout once known as Jim Stacy's then Frances Edwards' and the Ree take Room. Stars like Vic Damone Pier Angeli James Dean Esther Williams Mario Lanza Gene Kelly and Carol Haney frequented the bar where romances plans and interviews flowed on a tiny dance floor.
Rin Tin Tin will star in a full length feature at Columbia Pictures prompting a TV tie in on CBS. Ginger Rogers and Monique Van Vooren are named as contrasting beauties appearing on Ive Got A Secret across several Wednesday nights.
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