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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
2
KWWL TV in Eastern Iowa moves toward color telecasts with a Wednesday demonstration for stockholders and press. President R J McElroy said the event showed progress. NBC program Home aired in color as NBC plans 12 to 15 hours weekly of live color programs by next fall.
Listings show program times in Daylight Saving and advise residents not on it to subtract one hour. Entries include stations KCRI TV Cedar Rapids WMT TV Cedar Rapids KWWL TV Waterloo WHBF TV Rock Island WOI TV Ames WOC TV Davenport and program titles such as Captain Video Pinky Lee Brighter Day and Cooking Music Hall and Cooking segments with host names Betty White Robert Q Lewis occurrences.
A radio program titled Fare airs at 7 30 a m from Silent Mile Music Hall. The schedule lists the station slot with guests and selections featured for the morning audience.
Russ Wiley reviews The Caine Mutiny at the Iowa theater with Bogart Johnson MacMurray Ferrer and Wynn, noting it compares unfavorably to From Here to Eternity. He praises casting but criticizes the romantic subplot and Queeg’s portrayal, calling the ending and courtroom sequence underplayed.
The piece highlights a defense attorney performance by Jose Ferrer in a trial about pride and blame. It notes a climactic confrontation revealing no victor, and marks the film's two young leads Robert Francis and May Wynn in their movie debuts.
Thirty years ago the United States required three pounds of coal to produce a kilowatt of electricity. Now the amount is a little more than one pound, reflecting gains in efficiency and fuel use.
The Gazette lists today’s cinema schedule across venues Hawkeye Downs Paramount Iowa State Town Marion and drive ins with showings including Ice Vogues of 1954 Gone With the Wind The Caine Mutiny Long Wait Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters Here Comes Mr Jordan The Marrying Kind One Girl s Confession Ten Girls Lili Dark City Vice Squad Hell and High Water Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Desperate Search and cartoons with times CST indicate matinee and evening runs across the area.
Marie Wilson says $4,500 worth of furs and jewels were stolen from her hotel apartment in Chicago where she is staying while performing at a summer theater. The loss was reported Wednesday as police investigate the incident.
Kirvin Hurst, defeated candidate for lieutenant governor, filed a plea to change his name to Hopalong Cassidy Hurst Esquire. He had previously failed to remove Cowboy Pink Williams from the ballot after Williams won the Democratic nomination.
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