Benny fills Gracie Allen role in London show with wigs
AP reports Jack Benny will substitute for Gracie Allen in a London performance this November. Burns plans to present Benny as Gracie in four wigs, with Benny playing the straight man. Gracie, retired since 1958, and Burns discuss their enduring appeal and the show’s monologue cornucopia.
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Jamer
Bacon
AP Movie TV
Hollywood
Gracie Allen
George’ Burns
Jack Benny
London
Jack
Gracie
George
Benny
Don Lopez
Bunny and Allen
Palace
Buckingham
U.S.A
du Pont
Chaplin
W. C. Fields
Laurel and Hardy
Burns and Allen
Bob Hope
Berlin
Burns
Benny Ata
New TV Fall Lineup Shapes NBC ABC CBS Across Week
TV schedules reveal NBC launching International Showtime with Circus Schumann and host Bon Ameche, Up-Date for teens, Car 34 Where Are You, and Laughter USA Show of the Week. CBS adds The Alan King Show and Project Hope specials, ABC and NBC fill slots with Velvet, Thriller, Cain's Hundred, Tony Bishop Show, Steel Hour, and Kovacs specials.
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Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
New York
NBC
Showtime
Europe
Schumann
Copenhagen
Bon Ameche
Robert Abernathy
ABC
East
Hich
U.S.A
Alan King
CBS
Cain
Bishop
Hope
Doug
McClure
Millie Perkins
Ernie Kovacs
Moody Foundation Gives 100000 For Disaster Relief
The Moody Foundation authorized a 100000 gift for disaster relief in Texas, through the Galveston United Fund. A special committee of trustees and local officials will supervise, directing funds to established United Fund agencies aiding Hurricane Carla and tornado relief efforts. Agencies may apply for relief through United Fund administrators.
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Galveston
Moody!Foundation
Texas
Galveston United Fund
Robert L. Moody
Shearn Moody
Charles Cluen
United Fund
Wesley W. Alexander, Jr
Moody National Bank
Charles B. Smith
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Cluen
Khrushchev and Kennedy discuss farming and competition
The exchange features Khrushchev and Kennedy debating capitalism and communism, proposing crops like sorghum and a new Ukrainian bean variety. They discuss virgin soil development in Asiatic Russia, crop yields, and soil nitrogen as part of a broader dialogue on peace and healthy competition.
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Speace
Khrushchev
Russia
Ukraine
Kavoun
Riek Sea
Soviet Oil Industry Rapid Progress in 1960 Review
The British Petroleum annual statistical review notes Russia’s state oil sector surged over six years with crude output rising about 16 percent annually since 1955, far outpacing the United States and other major producers. Exports grew 34 percent yearly while the U S share of the world tanker fleet remained dominant at 8.9 million tons.
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Petroclau Ln
Volstad
Houston
Russia
Lo States
Africa
Iran
United States
Japan
Italy
Germany
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