Jackie Gleason Starts Diet After $11 Million TV Deal
The TV star Jackie Gleason and GM Buick struck an $11 million contract for a three-year, half-hour show. Gleason, weighing 245 pounds, vows a 600 calorie daily diet to slim to 210 pounds, while juggling films, a booming recording business, and a separation agreement with his wife Genevieve.
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Jackie Gleason
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General Motors
Gleason
Mak
Park Sheraton Hotel
Gleason Enterprises
Marilyn Taylor
Genevieve
Jong
Television Log Highlights Evening Lineup and Specials
A dense TV schedule lists programs for Thursday and Friday including news editions Weathercasts and diverse shows. Notable entries feature Curly Fox and Texas Ruby Superman Channel Six Gun Theatre Roadshow World at Large Tonight News and Weather segments with forecasts and late night finales.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Curly Fox
Sovietone
Dinah Shore
Clark Nealon
Amy Vanderbilt
Miss Marlowe
Mr. Sweeny
Movietone
Eddie Fisher
Curley Fox
Texas
TV schedule highlights and names for KGUL 12:30 to Call to Prayer
A dense TV guide lists hosts and programs from Welcome Travelers at 12:30 through Call to Prayer, noting The Big Payoff, The Brighter Day, The Secret Storm, Mary Carter Cookbook, various news and drama slots, and a Christmas service. It names Robert Q. Lewis Art Linkletter Bob Crosby Perry Como Mama Our Miss Brooks Playhouse of Stars Week Bond Theatre and more in a single day lineup.
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Robert Q. Lewis
Art Linkletter
Bob Crosby
Mary Carter
Frontier Theatre
Doug Edwards
Playhouse of Stars
Miss Brooks
Bind Theatre
Boys' Town Choir
Local Channel Schedule Highlights Friday Night
Channel 13 offers color programs and classic titles including Adventure and The Big Picture. Abbott and Costello Kraft TV Theatre and Sammy Raye Studio air. Morning shows include Breakfast Club Shopper Service Romper Room and KT Arcade with test pattern and news segments.
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the Chronicle
Abbott and Costello
Kraft TV Theatre
Sammy Raye News Studio
Rayburn Forecasts Democratic Support for Strong Defense
Texan congressman Sam Rayburn, poised to be House speaker, predicted President Eisenhower would win more Democratic than Republican votes for a strong defense program. He praised the defense budget for 1956 after meeting with the President and noted his 42 years in Congress during Rayburn Day in Greenville.
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Greenville
Tex
Texas
Sam Rayburn
The
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Eisenhower
Rayburn
Mexico City
Chronicle dayparts list and scheduled fortes
The page enumerates station programming with time slots and show names such as News 6:15 Weather 6:25 and Cavalcade of Sports, plus children's and film offerings. It lists Rin Tin Tin and Ozzie and Harriet among lineups and notes a few budgeted items like Mayer of the Town and Christmas Masterpiece.
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Ray Bolger
Swiss Demand Reds Recall Envoys
Bern demands Czechoslovakia recall two military attaches and a diplomatic clerk immediately. The Swiss government says the three Communist representatives engaged in activities incompatible with diplomatic customs. The three are declared persona non grata and no further details were provided.
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Bern
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
24th Division to replace Marines on truce front
Tokyo dispatch reports the United States 24th Infantry Division, the first American Army unit to see action in Korea, will relieve the First Marine Division on the truce front in the near future. The announcement came on Wednesday.
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Tokyo
24Th Infantry Division
Fue Ture
Sim Classified Adg Dial 8302 Barclay On Bridge
Bridge article discusses Blackwood conventions and cue bids, outlining how to use no trump responses after a void or ace in the cue suit. It includes hands with North and South signals, bidding sequences, and a problem asking for Souths optimal 4 No Trump play after the dummy leads.
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North
South
New South
Ea Oe
Car Production Boosts Economy in November
Washington reports a sharp pickup in automobile production in November and early December driving an overall rise in industrial production and employment. Non-agricultural employment rose by 200,000 in the two months to November, with transportation equipment manufacturing leading the gain. Consumer buying strength and higher residential construction also supported activity as fixed capital investment plans stayed high.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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