Oakie TV comeback talk and other TV notes
Televisions Today reports on Jack Oakie's rumored return to TV after The Battle for Wednesday Night. Mrs. Oakie reveals his wealth and health habits, including hard of hearing since age nine, plus possible future roles and TV offers. The piece also mentions Hans Brinker on NBC and Name That Tune money, Claire Bloom in Shirley Temple's Storybook, and Newsman Dick McCulchen's South Africa documentary.
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Hans Brinker
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Dave Garroway
Dick McCulchen
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Alan Paton
South Africa
Television Listings and Local News Snippet
Fragmented TV guide items include program titles and times such as By Your Leave 10 20 and 10 30 Fopacrm Flashause and Serena e News. Weather markets and sports segments appear with unclear details and multiple channels listed.
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Serena
British Exchequer Reshuffle After Thorneycroft Resigns
Peter Thorneycroft quit as Britain's chancellor of the exchequer amid a dispute with the Macmillan government over cash policy. John Hare becomes agriculture minister amid a government shuffle. Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch resign. J. B. Simon named financial secretary. An airbase incident delayed naming an economic secretary. Coast guard aided a downed aircraft crew in Everglades area before hospital transfer. USS Anthony built in Bath to serve in postwar German navy roles.
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Derick Heathroat Amory Thorneycroft
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Plane Crashes in Everglades Kill One Injure One
An air force Stratotanker forced landed in the Everglades near Miami killing one crew member and critically injuring another. Four others parachuted safely after the fuel exhaustion force landing.
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Miami
Air Force
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Highway Patrol
Challenge Right Of Interstate To Cut County Roads
Two more lawsuits filed in Osceola challenge the Iowa Highway Commission claim of cutting county roads for the interstate project. Landowners seek damages before construction proceeds, joining an earlier suit by Neva Frey. If success, right of way acquisitions could face more difficulty statewide.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Leila Warsen
Clarence Neff
Osceala
Neva Frey
Commission
United Press
Etna Opens New Crater After Split In Clouds
Mountain guides report Mount Etna has split a long gash on its northeast flank creating a new crater amid high clouds. The eruption was observed Monday night as climbers reached the summit area.
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Mt. Fina
Hillary Rift With British Scientist In Antarctic Dash
Britain reports a rift between Sir Edmund Hillary and Dr. Vivian Fuchs as Fuchs presses to cross to Scott Base while Hillary urges a stop at the South Pole. The British expedition backs Fuchs amid weather and terrain delays and a clash over strategy.
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Zealand
Ike and Security Chiefs Chart Policy To Meet Challenge
President Eisenhower and his security advisers met at the White House with the National Security Council to map a policy in response to Soviet missile advances and to prepare for possible summit talks. Topics included the State of the Union message and a dispute between Secretary Dulles and Harold Stassen over how to handle arms talks with the Russians.
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Fire Destroys Iowa Farm Home
A fire believed caused by defective wiring destroyed the Joe Ameeling family farm home three and a half miles west of here while the family was away in Gelwein. No injuries are listed.
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Pitas
Garelia
Waucoma
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Gelwein
Fire destroys seven room house in Waucoma
Three children were in school when a blaze gutted a seven room house in Waucoma. Firemen could not save the home but prevented spread to surrounding buildings. Little or no insurance was carried. a community fund drive was started locally at the Waucoma bank. The Amelings have two sons in high school and two daughters in second grade.
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Waucoma
Waucoma Bank
Amelings
Cedar Rapids Auto Club Promotes KPIG Weather Report
The Cedar Rapids Auto Club urges listeners to tune to KPIG at 12 00 noon on weekdays for the midwest weather and road report from KPIG your music and news station.
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Korth
Cedar Rapids Auto Club
Midwest Weather and Road Report
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