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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
15
Public reception to Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music hour on ABC grows after years of club and theater work. Welk credits mother audiences and a simple, melodic approach for his new television success.
Television schedule fragment listing stations KCRG WMT KWWL WHBF and others for Cedar Rapids Waterloo Rock Island with hourly programs from 6:00 to 11:55 including news weather sports soap operas game shows and classic series. Pairs include Love Lucy Annie Oakley Sid Caesar and Captain Kangaroo among many titles and time blocks.
Radio program schedule fragment mentions CBS news segment and Vice President Nixon. Includes times 8 45 and references to CBS News Porte and Nixon figure with minimal readable context.
New York based report states actor Jean Pierre Aumont plans marriage to Marisa Pavan sister of Pier Angeli and sister screen star. Engagement kept secret until now and is anticipated to be officially announced by Marisa’s family. Vic Damone and close friends react positively to the news.
Louella Parsons reports Ann Sothern will quit the Private Secretary TV series when May arrives after producer Jack Chertok refused her request to appear with Orson Welles on the Ford Jubilee show. Sothern cites the refusal as health unfounded while noting the show’s strong Nielsen standing. The piece also mentions Sam Goldwyn Jr. contracting James Olsen for Sharkfighter with Victor Mature, while seeking an unknown leading lady for Vic Mature’s project.
The Gazette lists today's schedules acrossCOMMUNITY THEATER PARAMOUNT IOWA STATE STATE TIMES PALACE and MARION venues. Titles include The Moon Is Blue Benny Goodman Story Guys and Dolls Rebel Without a Cause Rains of Ranchipur and Farmers Takes a Wife with multiple daily showings and shorts.
Hollywood. Errol Flynn declares he is settled down and married, credits wife Pat Wymore with calming influence, and says he will be an elder statesman in Hollywood. He discusses past financial troubles, lawsuits from ex-wives, and a two picture Universal deal.
New York observers say Dean’s record successes foreshadow tensions with Jerry Lewis. The pattern cites That's Amore and Memories Are Made of This as flashpoints, with Jerry contending for half of profits and Dean seeking independence. A theory links solo hits to rising friction within the duo.
Gen Walter Bedell Smith lauds nuclear research pioneers while stressing America’s bombs are not paramount. Indian Prime Minister Nehru downplays weapon pride, stressing vitality and integrity as sources of strength that can misdirect yet define national power.
Miss Moore divorces Glenn Davis, former West Point All America football player, in 1952 claiming a two month and twenty five day marriage. The snippet notes Lonesome George’s fragile humor and a light jab at a long reign in a comedy scene.
Actress Terry Moore aged 26 married insurance broker Eugene C. McGrath, 33, secretly on New Year’s Day in Las Vegas. The couple, honeymooning in Caracas, Venezuela, kept the union quiet due to Hollywood publicity concerns. This is Moore’s second marriage.
Boris Karloff stars as Colonel March of Scotland Yard in a Monday 9:30 PM program on Channel 9. The feature promises a mystery blend with the famed actor portraying the detective in classic style.
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