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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1954
Page
8
Broadway columnist Dick Kleiner notes that a TV weather segment mostly discusses odds and ends rather than forecast data. He parodies the style by mentioning NBC TV and Jon Gnagy as examples of unrelated lecture content.
Daylight Saving times note lists channel lineups for KCRI WOI and other stations across Iowa. It outlines schedules with morning sessions at 9 05 and afternoon at 1 00, plus program replacements during McCarthy hearings and a dense listing of shows across many local stations.
The narrator describes a broadcast segment where a fisherman discusses catches by boat, comments on the fish, and presents several dead fish. The weather is not addressed and the forecast impression suggests mixed fishing prospects for tomorrow with possible tuna and scattered cod.
Arthur Godfrey hosts Talent Scouts on CBS TV where the host quips about love as a game not called due to darkness. The lighthearted remark frames a light entertainment segment with Godfrey guiding performers on a televised variety program.
Northwestern English professor and TV host Bergen Evans discusses the perks and pitfalls of a dual career in academia and television. He notes money and fame as benefits, but cites strained home life and restricted language as drawbacks while juggling educator author and performer roles. NBC plans four new soap operas and comedy pieces, including Concerning Miss Marlowe and Miss Frances shows, illustrating a mix of drama and light entertainment.
North Pownal Maine four years ago Richard D Haskell 27 and his wife Patricia wandered off course during a Maine tour and arrived in an isolated hamlet. They bought an old colonial homestead and opened a country store that now serves travelers who make wrong turns.
Hollywood gossip notes Jane Russell signs with Universal International to co star with Jeff Chandler in Foxfire Anya Seaton novel adaptation by Ketti Frings and Aaron Rosenberg to produce. Edward Muhl notes Russell leaving Russfield for the deal while Marilyn Monroe’s TV and film plans surface and a wave of parties, births, and industry moves fill the scene.
Theater listings show matinee and evening showings for Paramount Iowa State Times Strand Marion C Drive In and Twixt Town with films including Johnny Guitar Living Desert Stormy Thoroughbred Ben and Me He Walked by Night Can On City Egg and I Fireman Save My Child Heidi White Mane Sangaree Island in the Sky Money from Home Royal African Rifles Stranger Wore a Gun Those Redheads from Seattle Ambush at Tomahawk Gap Easy To Love.
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