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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1955
Page
3
Producer Saint Lubber corners Pearl Bailey backstage and jokes about unveiling a new Pearl Bailey while Pearl quips she isn’t finished with the old one yet. The brief moment captures the showbiz humor backstage at the House of Flowers.
Henry Morgan recalls a showroom gag while Robert Strauss details his climb from bar tender to star of Stalag 17 and plans for a nightclub act. Jack Paar’s Walk Softly, Stranger comes back in a revival with added billing and beauty queen banter from Miss America era figures.
Television schedule fragment lists channels KCRG TV Cedar Rapids WMT TV Cedar Rapids KWWL TV Waterloo WHBF TV Rock Island WOI TV Ames WOC TV Davenport WKBT LaCrosse WHO TV Des Moines and a long runtime grid with news weather sports and movie segments including titles such as News Weather Pantomime Quiz Plantation Party Miss Marlowe Howdy Doody and Crusader Rabbit along with various time slots and program previews
The listing shows schedule details for multiple cinemas including Paramount Iowa State Detective Palace and Marion. Films include Carmen Jones Vera Cruz Green Fire Bad Day at Black Rock Johnny Dark Sabrina with multiple showtimes and shorts throughout the day.
The 40-voice Wheaton College men's glee club will be directed by Dr. H. William Nordin in a 7:45 p m concert at Calvary Baptist church Cedar Rapids presenting sacred music. The group plans a mid semester tour visiting Springfield Galesburg East Moline Moline Dixon and Chicago and later tours to Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio New York Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia.
Cedar Rapids reports 13 Linn County enlistees sent to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training. Three volunteers signed for signal corps and engineers. Ivan L. Riggle Darryl D. Borchardt and Ronald W. Blakely named among those selected.
Leo's Pioneers a I Believe Rey Anderson Chuck Worcester host a morning radio segment on Sunrise Hour offering musical variety and light discussion.
Linn county draft board notifies eight men from Cedar Rapids area will be inducted into the army on February 14. The navy portable dental unit from Great Lakes arrived in Cedar Rapids for periodic dental checks of active duty navy personnel.
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