Van Doren Offered Ten Year Movie Contract and Role
Charles Van Doren, the Twenty-One quiz wiz, receives a 10-year studio contract offer and a film role as a psychotic killer in Friday the 13th while still under Columbia pay. He will consider both offers and has not yet owned a TV set. The article also notes TV projects and industry tidbits involving ABC CBS NBC and Warner Brothers across several upcoming programs and personalities.
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Television Listings And Schedule Snippet
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Program Fare on Radio Music Gaome New Silent Faith
Hofer Farm News Kenny Farm fawn details appear in a fragmented radio program listing. The readable items reference a quiet faith theme and agricultural news notes from Hofer and Kenny farms with brief mentions of fawn observations.
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Eisenhower taps Bruce as envoy amid GOP anger
President Eisenhower nominated David K. E. Bruce, a $1,000 Democratic campaign contributor, to be ambassador to West Germany, provoking Senate Republicans led by Senator Aiken who called the move improper and fired up opposition to the administration. Amory Houghton was named ambassador to France despite Corning Glass Works antitrust cases.
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Supreme Court rejects Di Paglia appeal in bribery case
Washington The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear Floren di Paglia of Des Moines who tried to bribe Drake University basketball player Benjamin James Brumbry Jr to shave points in a game versus Iowa State. He argued the 1953 Iowa sports bribery law is cruel and inhuman with up to 10 years and a $10,000 fine. he had been reduced to five months in jail and a $1,000 fine. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the bribery act a misdemeanor but still subject to the 10 year sentence served in county jail.
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Mamie Eisenhower Returns After Routine Medical Checkup
Washington doctors report First Lady Mamie Eisenhower is in good health after a three day medical checkup at Walter Reed Army Hospital. White House physician Major General Howard McC. Snyder says the examinations are complete and everything is fine.
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State Supreme Court Cuts Term For Misdemeanor Offense
A man originally sentenced to ten years at the men’s reformatory had his term reduced to five months upon appeal. The state supreme court ruled the offense a misdemeanor and set the fine at $1,000.
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Knowland's UN indictment of Soviet policy in Eastern Europe
Senate Republican Senator Knowland of California delivered a ten point critique at the United Nations Special Political Committee. He argued Soviet policy over the last twenty years has crushed independence, citing Hungary as proof of Moscow's security driven suppression.
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Ruling Voids Michigan Obscenity Law Seeps to Iowa
The U S Supreme Court unanimous ruling voided Michigan obscenity crime for selling books with obscene language. Detroit dealer Alfred Butler fined for selling The Devil Rides Outside to a police inspector sparked the challenge. Justice Frankfurter called the law an overreach. Appeal papers note 11 other states, including Iowa, had similar statutes.
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Mystery in Mexico on Channel 9 Theatre Tuesday
William Lundigan stars in Mystery in Mexico on the Channel 9 Theatre airing Tuesday at 10 30 p m and presented in a classic weekly film slot with his fans in attendance.
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