Liberace Landscapes Life with Whimsical Home Decor
The flamboyant pianist Liberace expanded his flamboyant lifestyle by curating a recipe collection for an auto biography cookbook and adding a Projection room to his ornate home. His residence features monogrammed potholders and hundreds of candelabra, while a piano-shaped pool area is ringed by a music fence carved with large wooden notes spelling out a personal tune. He says the project was relaxation, not work.
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Liberace Opens TV Show Return After Health Setback
Liberace returns to work on his TV show in the San Fernando Valley after a bout of illness described as a heart strain or possible coronary thrombosis. He credits medical guidance, a high protein diet, and a trainer for losing 22 pounds and vows to curb overwork and floor waxing while resuming performances.
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Television Listings for Ames Davenport and Des Moines Stations
A fragmented TV schedule lists stations 5 WOI Ames 6 WOKC Davenport 8 WKBT LaCrosse 13 WHO Des Moines and various programs including News Sports Cantata Video westerns Matinee and basketball lineups. It shows times 4 5 7 11 and 1 2 3 4 5 with programs like Space Cadet Uncle Johnny Abbott Costello and This Week listings.
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Licensing Trading Stamp Firms in Iowa Statewide Bill
Des Moines AP reports a Senate ready bill would require each trading stamp company to obtain a county license where they operate. Fees scale by county population from 4,000 to 7,000 dollars, with exemptions for merchants running town stamp or premium plans. Clark cites protection against schemes misrepresenting value.
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Theater Time For Friday Programs Across Local Theaters
Theaters publish Friday showtimes including COE Little Theater Footlighters in The Madwoman of Charliot and Paramount Vera Cruz with multiple daily screenings. Other venues list titles such as Vanishing Prairie This Is Your Army Bad Day at Black Rock Woman's World Paratrooper and more with shorts and varied times. A notice of appointment of executor Claude Roth appears with probate details for the estate of Mayme D. Roth.
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Broadway Marquee: Satire, Songs, and Sweaters in TV World
Writer Jim Komack reflects on fame and show business trends as Gloria Vanderbilt's heiress, Linda Berlin, stars in The Time of Your Life. Red Buttons signs Writers Davenport and Green to lifetime contracts. Jimny Green jokes about designing sweaters and MCA drives a nationwide swing for Komack this year.
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TV Toppers and a Rising Comic Make Waves
NBC host George Gobel jokes about trends while Jack Carson jokes about cars. Organist Ethel Smith promotes a Haiti samba called the meringue. Comedian Jimmy Komack, young and rising, reports rapid career growth from club dates to television and a major musical role in Damn Yankees after a year of success.
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Gable Reflects On Career As He Turns Thirty-Four
Hollywood dispatch notes Clark Gable, aging but thriving, recounting four decades in film. He cites wealth, roles, and blondes, recalls early days from Toronto to Detroit, and discusses his shift toward ambitious projects with Twentieth Century Fox. The piece also highlights The Grand Prize and updates on TV plans for Tom Poston and Dick.
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Gable Reacts Candidly After Monroe Insight
The report notes Clark Gable in a Fox commissary visit with Marilyn Monroe nearby. Witnesses describe a casual scene as firemen and waitresses react and Gable quips about his name spelling while comments on aging and career surface from a Hong Kong dispatch.
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No Warriage Plans Declared by Spreckels Couple
In a terse remark a man confirms Mrs. Spreckels and Kay Williams Spreckels have no marriage plans, dodging talk of a blessing or wedding. The exchange underscores rumors surrounding the couple’s relationship.
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