Radio program and schedules highlight summer broadcast lineup
Radio columns map the summer radio picture with Who Said That leading NBC Friday nights. Bob Trout hosts the news quiz featuring top panelists. Music hours include Ray McKinley and Louis Prima from Atlantic City and York, Pa. Conventions fade as FCC rules limit censoring political broadcasts. Donaldson awards air Saturday on ABC. Skelton tours while show business laments its lost personal touch across the nation.
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Ray McKinley
Atlantic City
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Louis Prima
McKinley
York, Pa
Sam Donahue
Galveston
Texas
Johnny Desmond
Radio Schedule Fragments From 1940s Broadcasters
Fragmentary listing shows multiple stations and times including KCRG WMT and WHO with news weather and entertainment. Mentions bands led by Guy Lombardo and Jayme Mar Market and various program names across late night to morning slots.
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KCRG
KCRK
Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Heaven
CBS
WMT
Tex Beneke
Mutual-Kcrg
Dick Jurgens
Cbswmt
Ted Straeter
Clark Sisters
Broadcast Schedule Fragments From Radio Listings 1968
Erratic OCR fragment shows a 1968 radio and TV schedule with multiple station call signs KCRG WMT KEEL EXEL and programs such as Veterans items, bands, parades, and a campus parade. Specific entries uncertain. highlights include a Van Damme Quartet and a reunion news item.
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KCRG
Wee Sera Co
WMT Voice of
Lowe
Pam
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WMT
Leiden Revue
Kceg Ree Bollaay Exel
KCRK Radio Guide Fragment Promises Clear Reception
Station listing notes KCRK on Channel 245 Friday evening and Saturday afternoon offering static free reception. Mentions Fultsa Lewis and a program named Meet helt with unclear timing and a 3 55pm reference amid garbled text.
Young Mother Shot to Death in Rear of Car Near Kane
A 19 year old mother, Mrs Alvin Smiley, nursing her baby in the back seat of a family car, was shot in the temple on a highway two miles north of Kane. State Policeman John Paxton said the husband, 26, was held for questioning but no one had been charged.
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Kane, Pa
John Paxton
Nine Die in B 29 Bomber Crash Near Smolan Kansas
A B 29 returning from a simulated bombing mission crashed near Smolan Kansas killing nine crew members. One seriously injured and three escaped by parachute from about 1200 feet as mud hindered emergency response.
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Smoky Hill Air Base
Here
Smolan
St. Louis
Kansas Citys
Omaha
Mulzer
Smoky Hill
Kansas City
William Bartunek
Ellsworth
R. A. Perriga
Paraplegic Vet Shoots Fellow Paraplegic in Hospital
In Memphis at Kennedy Veterans Hospital a paraplegic veteran Wallace Rice from Amarillo Texas shot fellow paraplegic Richard Hicks of Canalou Missouri after a Wednesday night fist fight in wheelchairs. Rice, intoxicated, obtained the gun from another patient and fired three times missing, then shot Hicks in the leg while Hicks slept.
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Memphis
Rice
Beck
Hicks
Truman Extra Session Call Third of Its Kind
Historical footnote to President Truman's call for a special session notes two prior presidents who summoned Congress when it faced an opposition majority. Taft did so in 1911 over a reciprocal trade pact with Canada, and Wilson did in 1919 to push appropriations.
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Truman
Congress
Taft
Canada
Wilson
James M. Cox
Margaret Truman Aims Higher Beyond White House Spotlight
The article recalls Margaret Truman born February 17 1924 in Independence Missouri as she grows from a target of scrutiny into a performer. It notes her early education in Independence Gunston Hall Washington DC and George Washington University career moments including a Pittsburgh debut October 17 1947 and a cautious path toward further career success.
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Independence Examiner
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Landlord Freed After 209 Days in Jail Standoff
Walter Fliss, 52, released from Cook county jail after 209 days for refusing to provide tenants with hot water garbage service and other normal building services. Attorneys said all services at his apartment house were restored and the judge ordered his release.
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INS
Cook County
Walter Fliss
Fliss
Philip L. Sullivan
Cop Uses Shirt To Handle Emergency Incident
Baltimore police officer Anthony Cullota responded to a call with a shirt in hand. An 18 year old woman was found walking shirtless in men's trousers on a busy street and was taken to the station where she was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Baltimore
Anthony Cullota
Cullota
Italy Ends General Strike After Riots and Protests
Italy terminated a nationwide general strike after days of rioting and clashes in Genoa Milan Bari Naples and Abbadia. Government forces used artillery and arrested unrest as unions demanded Togliatti’s safety and the protest against the assassination attempt. Seven killed and many wounded reported.
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Italy
Genoa
Ithey Sal
Palmiro Togliatti
Milan
Bari
Naples
General Confederation of Labor
Driver Pleads Guilty After Claiming 46 Police Seen
In Jackson California William Hendley admitted guilt after telling police he saw 46 highway patrolmen bearing down on him following a night of drinking. Local authorities did not corroborate the count.
Driver Fined For Striking Patrol Convoy
A motorist was informed of a $250 fine after driving an automobile into a training convoy of rookie patrolmen during a briefing on a Thursday.
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Ta Tota, Ao
Personal portrait of Mrs. Truman and family dynamics
The article portrays Eleanor Roosevelt? No, it discusses Mrs. Truman and her daughter Margaret, describing their private support for President Truman. It notes her reserved public stance, humor, height, weight, hair, and perceived influence within the First Family.
Father Kills Girl Over Planned Marriage in Indiana
In Glens Valley Indiana a farmer, George Leonard, shot dead his 23 year old daughter Frances Leonard as she sat in the parlor, after opposing her plans to marry. Leonard fled in his car as state police searched for him. He had recently recovered from an attempted suicide and had previously barred dates for his daughter.
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Ind
George Leonard
Frances
Leonard
Elmer Uiterback
Johnson County
Franklin
FBI clears Dr. Cond on loyalty for atomic program
The Atomic Energy Commission said Dr. John R. Condon remains loyal to the United States after two FBI driven investigations. The panel found no questions about his loyalty and kept his clearance for continued secret work with the Bureau of Standards and the atomic program, despite prior charges by HUAC.
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Chicago Printers Turn Down Arbitration
AFL typographers in Chicago rejected a proposal for final and binding arbitration in the five daily papers strike. John J Pilch, president of local 16 ITU, said the union cannot participate in the capricious arbitration offer. The publishers association accused the union of refusing to seek a fair contract.
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Chicago
AFL
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
John J. ‘Pilch
Inter
Mystery blood substance aids early polio diagnosis
New York reports from the first international poliomyelitis conference reveal that an ox hyaluronidase like substance in blood may mark infection onset. Minnesota researchers David Glick and Frank Gollen said inhibiting agents rise with infection, offering potential diagnostic and therapeutic advances.
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David Glick
Frank Gollen
University of
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