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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1969

Page

13

The Queen and I debuts as Bilko style spoof on CBS

Hollywood reports PIs Phil Silvers legacy influences TV. The Queen and I stars Larry Storch as a crafty purser aboard a pensioning liner. Paul Ford’s Bilko nemesis role appears mirrored, while Billy De Wolfe plays a wary first officer in a weak script.

Hollywood UPI Sgt. Bilko Phil Silvers McHale Navy Cbs-Tv Bilko Larry Storch Paul Ford Billy de Wolfe Storch de Wolfe Silvers Ford the Queen and I

Alan King NBC special mixes songs sketches and wit

Alan King hosts an hour long NBC TV special of contemporary comedy guided by Stanley Prager. He delivers dry monologues and rapid sketches including airline bits and a Madison Avenue platform parable. He riffs on telephones 1968 era politics and cultural figures with sharp adult humor.

Alan King King Stanley Prager

Key Enzyme Created by Science Teams at Rockefeller and Merck

Scientists announced the artificial creation of ribonuclease, the enzyme that drives all biochemical reactions in life. Researchers Merrifield Gutte at Rockefeller and Denkewalter Hirschmann at Merck Sharp & Dohme built the enzyme in parallel, proving the chain of 124 amino acids folds to specifically cleave RNA.

Alton Blakeslee New York Rockefeller University Robert Merrifield Bernd Gutte Rockefeller Robert Denkewalter Ralph Hirschmann Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories Rahway N.J Journal of the American Chemical Society

Weather Delays Farmer's Rescue in Iowa Ditch

Bert Hodgdon, 32, spent over two hours trapped in a water-filled ditch after his tractor overturned near Oxford Junction. His wife found him. icy lines delayed aid as their son walked to a neighbor for help. He was hospitalized in Maquoketa with two broken leg bones and bruises.

Oxford Junction Delbert Hodgdon Hodgdon Maquoketa

Mayne Moves To Block Pay Hike To Congressmen

Rep. Wiley Mayne of Iowa joined Rep. H R Gross in an effort to block President Johnson's proposed congressional pay raise. Mayne introduced a resolution requiring a 30 day window to stop the salary increase from taking effect.

Mayne Washington UPI Wiley Mayne Iowa H. R. Gross Johnson Gross

Resolution Aims to Block Congressional Pay Increase

In a House speech on Wednesday Mayne urged blocking raises for Congress and the executive and judicial branches. He argued a raise undermines efforts to curb inflation and spending and questions how lawmakers will resist demands for higher wages if they vote themselves more money.

House Mayne Congress Iowa Republican

Early Practice On Fog Landings Near Kinchloe Air Base

Two civilian pilots aloft and radar men on the ground at Kinchloe air base guided a student pilot to a safe landing during sudden fog. The incident underscores the effectiveness of radar assisted landing procedures at the Peniston Michigan facility.

Penston Mich Kinchloe Air Base

Nixon names George Lincoln to head Office of Emergency Preparedness

President elect Nixon appointed Brig. Gen. George Lincoln to head the Office of Emergency Preparedness. The move underscores his administration’s focus on national security and disaster response planning.

OEP Washington Nixon Thu George Lincoln

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