CBS Refuses To Repeat Bookie Show In Massachusetts
CBS declines to reair its documentary Biography of a Bookie Joint citing pending criminal cases and possible delays to judicial proceedings. The Massachusetts House approved a Thompson resolution amid party-line voting and internal controversy over remarks about lawmakers involved in gambling.
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CBS
Boston
Columbia Broadcasting System
Massachusetts
New York
News
Richard Salant
House
John F. Thompson
D-Ludlow
New England
Back Bay
Ternal Revenue
Harrison Chadwick
Winchester
Rules Committee
Chadwick
Henry D. Donnelly
Worcester
Julius Ansel
Matthew J. Kuss
Fall River
Ray Eberle to Appear on TV Show Feb. 16
Hoosick Falls native Ray Eberle who sang with the original Glenn Miller Orchestra will guest on the Bell Telephone Hour February 16 at 9 30 p.m. on channel 6. He lives in Short Hills New Jersey and tours regularly. His brother Bob, also on tour, rose with the Jimmy Dorset Orchestra and is known for renditions including Green Eyes.
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Hoosick Fall
Ray Eberle
Hoosick Falls
Glen Miller
Bell Telephone Hour
Channel 6
Eberle
Short Hills
N.J
Bob
Jimmy Dorset
Quieter Days Bring Pleasure To Bill Boyd
Palm Desert California AP Bill Boyd the first TV idol Hopalong Cassidy recalls his glory years and the move to quiet life with Grace Bradley. He divided time between a desert home and a Dana Point trailer noting they prefer solitude and lack of staff after decades in the spotlight. Boyd built TV rights and merchandising empire before a dramatic peak and fall.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Bill Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Grace Bradley
Dana Point
Bill
Boyd Saga
Cecil B. de Mille
de Mille
Hoppy
Boyd
Village Cuts 62 Budget By 33,000
Village trustees cut 3000 from the 1962 tentative budget, setting general fund at 155,874 and highway fund at 71,751. A four cent tax increase to 2.09 for the general fund is required. highway tax rises to 95 cents. Major increases fund streetlighting and recreation, with 1300 and 1500 boosts respectively.
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Bennington Village
Donald C. Hicks
Gage Street
River Street
Hicks
Arthur Thebarge
Thebarge
American Legion
VFW
Merrill Seeks Doubling of Federal Forest Funds
Perry Merrill representing the National Association of State Foresters urged Congress to double the administration 2.5 million request for federal state cooperative forest management programs. He told the House Appropriations subcommittee that states are contributing about 3.6 million and asked for increases in forest fire control by 2 million, tree planting and technical aid by 1.5 million, and nursery production by 104000.
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Washington
Commissioner of Forests and Parks
Perry Merrill
House
Merrill
National Association of State Foresters
Hartford Williamstown Student Areas Defined
The Vermont State Board of Education debated prescribed areas for Hartford and Williamstown high schools under a 1953 act. Hartford’s area would include Sharon, Norwich, and part of Hartland. Williamstown proposed adding Washington, Brookfield, and Barre town areas. amendments failed, and the board approved the commissioner’s recommendations.
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Hartford
Williamstown
Montpelier
State Board of Education
Robert Stafford
A. John Holden Jr
Sharon
Norwich
Hartland
North Hartland
John Kristensen
Washington
Brookfield
Barre
Kristensen
Mahoney
Clifford McLure
McLure
Missing Lincoln housewife sought by Cambridge prosecutor
In Cambridge Massachusetts District Attorney John J. Droney appealed for information on the disappearance of 31 year old Mrs John C Risch wife and mother of two from Lincoln a Boston suburb. Her 4 year old daughter found she was missing on October 24 and investigators now believe she may have wandered away bleeding after being attacked in the home.
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Cambridge
Mass
John J. Droney
John C. Risch
Boston
Lincoln
Smoked Hams Top Meat Buy This Weekend
Spring market trends show fresh Florida strawberries building in the Southeast while California fruit and Mexican produce move in. Smoked hams lead meat buys nationwide with pork loins, chops, ribs, and bacon cheaper in many regions. beef roasts and steaks vary by Northeast and Midwest. Turkeys dominate poultry prices as fruits and vegetables like oranges, lemons, apples, bananas, potatoes, and greens remain plentiful.
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Florida
Southwest
Mexico
California
Midwest
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