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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
6
Washington debate erupts as the FCC probes subscription television with factions split over coin in the slot. Opponents warn it harms viewer rights while supporters push top entertainment access for those priced out by current costs. Also notes tax politics and standby price wage controls amid wartime planning.
Baytown builder Ed Luquire drew a large Brownwood crowd with an open house on a sunny weekend. About 80 locals toured the new home showcasing gadgets and modern equipment, amid heavy publicity in The Baytown Sun.
Billy Daniels headlines the Copacabana marking his show business anniversary. The veteran singer recalls eight years in big chips, years performing on 62nd Street and Greenswich Village. He notes patience as a key difference in success and reflects on audiences cheering yet failing to translate talent into a living.
A diversity of news items: Richard Collett to star in a New York City Center Light Opera revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein with a May 5 start, and the New York season opening April 20. Also notes on athletics purity codes, a spring practice involving boys aged 10 to 15 at St. Catherine's Military Academy, and a Hollywood practice gathering at Anaheim, with observers noting speaking lines and mixed groups. Gist covers theater, sports codes, and a youth football-like activity.
Mrs Gardon Fisher of Arnos Fisher rose prow ers of Woburn Massachusetts reports romance in roses with petals on exhibit at the National Capital Flower and Garden Show in progress in Washington. She has spent time in Massachusetts introducing one rose seed to a seedling.
Reporter Ed Wallace records Budd Schulberg explaining his method to write: clean the typewriter, return borrowed books, play with his children, swim if warm, then repeat. The piece notes his few published works and the publisher’s frustration with delayed manuscripts. In Katonah New York a Jay family library story recalls John Jay and a sacred room, while a rose breed named Love Song is highlighted by Mrs. Fisher, plus Anglophone garden shows and Mamie Eisenhower’s absence due to illness.
A short excerpt notes an ancient Anglo-Saxon word for gathie was foch and discusses remedies for restoring a waxed surface with pentine and re-waxing. It blends etymology with a casual home craft tip.
A scattered historical trivia fragment asks who led Princeton from 1802 to 1910, what words imitate sounds, when La Marseillaise was composed, and which tale in One Thousand and One Nights features a thief outwitted by a clever figure. It names Margaret Webster, Harry Javtex, and George Brent among birthday mentions.
Washington gossip outlines two Rayburn led scenes. Democratic rebels urge debate on Formosan resolution while Rayburn insists on unity and no floor debate. Other moments include Eisenhower snubs at the White House dinner and Sid Richardson noting disputes over tax cuts and renegotiation acts.
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