Live Television Revival Hopes Ride on Local Stations
An independent TV resurgence may come from live programming as fewer old films are available and costs rise. RKO General president Hathaway Watson notes prices for films soar to 25,000 to 60,000 per title, with networks hoarding content and off-network reruns scarce. Live shows offer local appeal, affordable formats, and pilot testing potential for independents.
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New York
tLive Televiion
United States
Asell
Usl
Ioney
Hathaway Watson
RKO General
Boston
Detroit
Memphis
Los Angeles
Watson
CBS
BBC
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Silver dollars last minted in 1935 in the United States
Historical note states that the United States stopped minting silver dollars after 1935. The fact emphasizes a long cessation of silver coin production and marks a turning point in U S monetary coinage history.
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United States
Christmas letter from Viet Nam paints quiet hopes from war
An AP Christmas letter from Army Capt. Don Masters in the Mekong delta to his wife in Austin, Texas, describes a somber yet poignant holiday. Children of missionaries and Vietnamese locals share gifts, a Vietnamese photographer sends warm wishes, and a final anonymous note consoles him with gratitude for his service as Christmas night echoes artillery in the distance.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Don Masters
Ann
Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Can Tho
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Armed Forces
Mr. Yen
Yen
Yang
Gia Long Secondary School
Don
Man Dies After Kerosene Fire Attempt in Snowbank
Albert W. Davis, 92, of Woodstock, died in a Rumford hospital after a kerosene fire attempt left him severely burned. He was found by a friend lying in a snowbank near his house Tuesday. the blaze did not spread inside the home.
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Rumford
Albert W. Davis
Woodstock
Council Chagnon Meeting Reports On Festivities Progress
Council Chagnon Union St. Jean Baptiste in Biddeford heard reports on the social committee, the success of the children's Christmas party, and progress on the New Year’s party. Chairman Julien Hamann led the session with President Raoul Roy and Leopold Chretien announcing the cribbage tournament. The Biddeford Saco Lodge of Fiks will start the annual tournament Jan 11 with a chicken eggs supper before the January meeting.
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Julien Hamann
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford
Raoul Roy
Leopold Chretien
Biddeford-Saco
Fiks
Kennebunk Fire Destroys Two Apartments on Portland Street
Fire caused extensive damage to two apartments in a residence owned by Maurice Crepeau on Portland Street. The blaze started near a vent in the kitchen of Mrs. Georgiana Hamel's second floor unit and spread to an attic, garage, and a large barn. Firemen used ioe to limit water damage. the Crepeaus' lower apartment and Mrs Hamel's kitchen suffered the most. Chief Harrison Coleman praised residents for quick notice that helped limit the blaze.
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Kennebunk
Maurice Crepeau
Portland Street
Route 1
Harrison Coleman
Georgiana Hamel
Man Fined For Leaving Scene Of Bicycle Death
Brunswick AP reports Lawrence C. Staples aged 28 was fined $100 in municipal court for leaving the scene of an accident that killed 16 year old Peter W. Busse who was riding a bicycle on McKeen Drive in Freeport.
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Brunswick
Municipal
Lawrence C. Staples
Peter W. Busse
Freeport
Busse
McKeen Drive
Reckless homicide charge dropped in Staples case
The case notes that Staples was involved in a fatal incident on November 25. The reckless homicide charge against Staples was dropped, clarifying the status of the legal proceedings.
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Staples
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Gibson
Warrern’s Furniture Co
Biddeford, Maine
Oye
Reece Ae
Hise
Bunting’s Oil & Gas Service
Main Street
Saco
Jos. T. Letellier « Sons
Pool & Lafayette Streets
Southgate Motors, Inc
Five Points
Southgate Motors Inc
Romanow Furniture
Migke
Garnache’s Seafood
Alfred Street
Roland
Green Street
John T. Sullivan
Elm Street
Man
B. F. Goodrich
Oaly
OFC
Canada
Schenley Distillers
N.Y
Bert’s
H. W. Thompson, Inc
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