Jack Webb Wonders About Dragnet Future in TV
In a reflective piece on Dragnet seven years on NBC TV, Jack Webb weighs the show's future and his own weariness. He notes pilots for Pete Kelly's Blues and other projects, and questions whether Joe Friday must star in a one man police show. He insists Dragnet remains strong with audiences and sponsors despite uncertainty.
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Joe Friday
Pete Kelly
Dragnet
Billy Sunday
TV Schedule Fragments From Aired Day In CT Listings
Fragmented OCR of a CT schedule shows program titles times and channel notes. It lists multiple shows such as Treasure Chest Dotto Truth of Consequences Edge of Night and News Weather Sports along with cartoon and children programs like Tom and Jerry and Mickey Mouse Club, detailing times from early morning to late night and including theater and mystery segments.
Debbie Reynolds Early Promise Fueled by Talent Contest Win
Debbie Reynolds showed promise in many fields during high school, excelling as a baton twirler and musician but not securing acting roles. A local talent contest in Burbank led to a screen test, contract, and a breakout in Helen Kane's role, paving the way for The Tender Trap and Susan Slept Here.
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Debbie Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Curt Jurgens
John Saxon
Universal - International
Sterling
Debbie
Burbank
California
Butty Hutton
Helen Kane
Susan
Welk to Perform in North and South Dakota Tour
Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music group will perform in Minot North Dakota and Huron South Dakota with concerts at the Minot Civic Auditorium and the Red Rocks Bowl Denver on June 18 before heading to Los Angeles for the June 21 television telecast.
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Lawrence Welk
Minot
N. D
Bridge Collapse Driver Sought After Route 57 Incident
State police want to interview the tractor trailer driver who ran a single lane bridge on Route 57 in Martinsville Virginia. The bridge collapsed as the truck reached the end and the driver did not stop.
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Martinsville
Movie Calendar At The Sterling And Paramount
Tonight through Thursday at the Sterling shows This Happy Feeling starring Debbie Reynolds John Saxon and Curt Jurgens. Friday and Saturday at the Sterling features Man From Gods Country with George Montgomery. At the Paramount Sunday through Tuesday Summer Love with John Sax and Molly Bee Judy Meredith. Wednesday and Thursday The High Cost of Loving with Jose Fever and Gena Rowlands plus The Safecracker with Ray Milland. Starting Friday Around the World in 80 Days produced by Michael Todd. Outdoor shows Sunday through Monday Battle Hymn with Rock Hudson Tuesday The Opposite Sex with June Allyson. Wednesday through Friday Double Feature Shootout at Medicine Bend with Randolph Scott and Blowing Wild with Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck. Saturday Triple Feature Man From Bitter Ridge Lex Barker The Nebraskan Phil Carey Jet Pilot John Wayne Janet Leigh.
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Jose Fever
Gena Rowlands
Ray Milland
Medicine Bend
Randolph Scott
Gary Cooper
Barbara Stanwyck
Man
From
Bitter Ridge
Lex Barker
Phil Carey
John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Clergyman Gerberding Returns to Ministry in Denver
The Rev. John H. Gerberding, cleared of heresy charges by the United Lutheran Church in 1955, resumes pastor duties at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Denver after years as a weekly newspaper editor in Wisconsin and New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
N. M
John H. Gerberding
Menomonee Falls
Wis
United Lutheran Church
Epiphany Lutheran Church
Denver
Colo
Long-run Concerto in Lombardo Show at Jones Beach
Pianist Jos efa Rosanska will play Grieg's Piano Concerto nightly from June 20 to Sept 1 in the Guy Lombardo production of Song of Norway at Jones Beach Marine Theatre. The musical spotlights Stephen Douglass Brenda Lewis and Robert Rounseville. Also notes that modern chicken varieties trace to the red jungle fowl of India.
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New York
Josefa Rosanska
Miss Rosanska
Grieg
Guy Lombardo
Norway
Jones Beach Marine Theatre
Stephen Douglass
Brenda Lewis
Robert Rounseville
India
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the Paramount
Webb
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Kangaroe
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Sear
Guiding Light
Mouse Petty
Bondstead
Arowne Town
Edge of Nightee Bunny
Crusader Rabbit
Angie
Hickok
Woody Woodpecker
Popeye
Mickey Mouse Club &—Conservatory
John Daly
Beane
Orne & Herriet
Mayhoute
Tombstone Territory
O' Henry
Millonaire
Kreft Theater
Orte & Harriet
Jack Pear
the Sterling
George Montgomery
Judy Meredith
Michael Todd
Rock Hudson
June Allyson
Randy Stuart
From God's Country
Lombardo
Rybutal
Ansco Eastman Argus
TIMEX
People’s
Gold Road