This Stuff Is Funny On Television Shows Column Satirizes TV World
Hollywood spoof by Seaman Jacobs riffs on Marilyn Monroe Garbo Eddie Fisher Polly Bergen Mamie Van Doren and Hollywood practice. Jokes touch CBS NBC CBS executives Berle Amsterdam Gable and other stars with playful absurdities and industry satire.
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Seaman Jacobs
Johnny Carson
CBS
SEAMAN+FACOBS
United Press Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Torso
20Th Century - Fox
Garbo
Greta
Eddie Fisher
Polly Bergen
Mamie van Doren
Yvonne de Carlo
NCB
Sylvester Weaver
Kit Carson
California
Howard Hughes
Howard
Gloria Swanson
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
George Gabel
Sa Zsa Gabor
Mamié van Doren
Universal - International
TV World
Clyde Beatty
Truman urges stay-at-home moms to curb juvenile crime
Former President Truman writes to Senator Kefauver proposing more stay-at-home mothers and stricter child chores as remedies for juvenile delinquency. The letter dated July 38 to chairman Estes Kefauver cites the Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency.
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Washington
Truman
Estes Kefauver D-Fenn
Senate
Kefauver
Chicago
Massachusetts Reports 68 New Polio Cases
Massachusetts records 68 new polio cases raising the year total to 1674 with Boston contributing 18 cases. The weekend tally pushes the state nearer last year’s 118 near this date and the 1954 total to 173.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Portugal Minister Denounces India's Goa Imperialism Claim
Lisbon Portugal minister Paula Cunha accuses India of imperialist designs on Goa insisting no negotiation can accept transferring sovereignty Portugal held for 450 years He calls Indian tactics aggressive and says world opinion now understands the Goa dispute as imperialist at heart Also brief note Seymour CT board resignation of Robert T Miner as chairman to become a teacher and replacement named.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Paula Cunha
India
Goa
Cunha
Malabar
Indian Union
Attorney General OKs Goose Creek School Bond Issue
Texas AG John Ben Shepperd announced approval of multiple school bond issues across counties. Listed are districts including Goose Creek Consolidated ISD Series 1955 bonds for 750000 and others such as Ballinger ISD 325000 and Carrollton ISD 400000, with various counties named in each.
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Goose Creek
Austin
Sp.1
John Ben Shepperd
Bon Wier
Newton County
Ballinger Independent
Runnels County
Courtney
Martin County
Ralls Consolidated Isd
Crosby County
Creedmoor C
Travis County
Berger Independent
Hutchinson County
Edgewood
Bexar County
South Franklin Common
Franklin Co
Carrollton
Dallas
Denton
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent Schoolshouse
Uarris
Chambers
Avinger Independent Sthool Dis
Cass County
Nazareth Independent
Castro County
Schertz ~ Cibolo
Line Common
Guadalupe
Bexar
Packard Honored For Comfort And Safety
The Car Club of America named Packard division of Studebaker Packard Corporation the 1955 award recipient for outstanding contribution to motoring comfort and safety. Arthur Perrow presented the honor to Herbert T. Misch, Packard division chief engineer, praising torsion bar suspension as the leading development of 1955 in advanced engineering.
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Classic Car Club of America
Packard
Studebaker- Packard Corporation
Arthur Perrow
Classic Car Group
Herbert T. Misch
Packard Division
Perrow
Driver's License Examiner Applications Open in Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety invites applications for driver’s license examiner roles. Men ages 21 to 35 may apply by Sept 20 with height and weight requirements, Texas residency, education, and good character. Examinations in late September will fill 23 vacancies, with student examiners earning 275 monthly during training rising to 315 final pay, plus two weeks vacation and retirement and Social Security.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Gartisén_ Jr
State Safety Dept
Young
Garrison
Texas
Whiting
A. BF
Temple
Water sold by buckets in Nome Alaska this town
Water is sold by the bucket in Nome Alaska where the ground freezes so deep that conventional pipe systems are out of the question. Prices run at eight buckets for one dollar reflecting harsh climate and improvised local trade.
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Alaska
Arctic
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