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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
8
Fragmentary text from an 1837 Cedar Rapids Gazette item hints at financial strain and the difficulty of affording reductions. No clear names, places, or events are readable to anchor a specific summary.
Carl Reiner and Howie Morris, Sid Caesar’s longtime sidekicks, are developing a new tele-series titled Up Front based on World War II Bill Mauldin cartoon characters, potentially ending Caesar’s Hour. The report notes other season developments including Shirl Conway and Pat Carroll seeking work, Danny Thomas returning to spectaculars, and Morey Amsterdam’s cash heist tale. Gene Lockhart, recently deceased, was also a songwriter with hits like The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise.
A fragmented report notes a trio of fledgling producers Leigh Connell Theodore Mann and Joe Quinters plotting a Broadway project tied to a delayed reveal linked to the late Infcame O Neill. The venture follows a hit revival of a major play and signals a cautious start for new impresarios.
Plotlines swirl around Eugene ONeill's posthumous influence as Long Day's Journey Into Night tops Broadway lists and Pulitzer talk. Revivals of The Iceman Cometh and A Moon for the Misbegotten are set, while NBC stages a trial by jury colorcast and various productions seek staging rights and film options.
Washington AP reports the last ten sessions trimmed regular appropriation requests by 29 billion dollars yet added 75 billion in supplemental and deficiency funding. The Korean War was mostly financed through supplemental appropriations, with reductions noted in regular bills. The piece also covers an ONeill revival on Broadway and a 25-year embargo on his personal papers ending in 1979.
An extensive garbled schedule lists KCRG WMETY KWWLTY and stations in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with assorted shows. It mentions dramas games and variety segments such as Love Lucy December Bride Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey and Afternoon News, plus Weather and Market Reports, in a dense混乱 mixture of titles times and call letters.
Postmaster General Summerfield called the postal emergency a blessing in disguise as Congress funded the post office department. He said the episode increased citizen understanding that the postal service needs broad support to meet expectations. Summerfield spoke to the 45th annual U S Chamber of Commerce meeting as cuts were halted by new funding.
An aging booklet titled Arthritis and Rheumatism promises free delivery to readers who write for it. It claims drugs give only temporary relief and presents a non surgical treatment proven successful since 191%. Send no obligation request to The Ball Clinic Dept 222 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
Edgar A. Guest notes labor and management must work together amid public opinion pressures. Coleman urges clean conduct in addressing corruption, while Feeney and Haugh weigh private insurance limits and social duties. Jesness argues farm price supports address effects, not causes of agricultural distress.
Printed congratulations greet arrivals as a card notes the first 40 working days of 1957 saw the average man toil to pay off federal state or local taxes. It claims he on his own bears the burden.
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