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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
15
John Lester reports NBC TV plans a major upgrade with Wagon Train an hour long western adding stronger storytelling bigger budgets and teen and adult audience appeal following Death Valley Days Wyatt Earp Gunsmoke and other updated westerns.
The page lists hourly television airings across stations WOI TV WOC TV WKBT WHO TV and others featuring NBC News blocks, film festival matinees Embezzler Big Payoff and Thunder Rock, Bob Crosby programs, Romances Romances Romances, comedy time, My Little Marcie, Grandpa Happy, Karnival Klub, Public Defender, Cartoon programs, and kids shows. Multiple stations in Ames Davenport La Crosse Des Moines and nearby markets broadcast a mix of dramas comedies and children’s programs through early evening.
A local Iowa roundtable discussion features Día and program fare on radio with music and commentary. The broadcast highlights Melodies and vistas of Austin news and sports culture in a companion segment.
Hollywood notes report Dawn Adams is signed for The Silent Enemy with Laurence Harvey and producer Jimmy Woolf arranging a Rome telecast for the lead. Lionel Crabb spy case echoes, while Sophia Loren’s plans with Carlo Ponti, Joan Collins Tokyo stopover, Peter Townsend, and Marlene Dietrich Broadway talks fill this week’s industry chatter.
Donald O Connors The Buster Keaton Story starring Ann Blyth Rhonda Fleming and Peter Lorre plays at the State theater. The biographical film traces Keaton from vaudeville to silent stardom with O Connors pantomime recaptured and humor on display.
Eloise is invited to view a special design garage door with raised panels and optional Ultra electronic door opener. The ad promises ease of use, security, lights on auto, and urges a visit to 1920 4th Ave SE any day or evening to experience the product and see how beautiful doors can be.
Theaters including PARAMOUNT IOWA STATE PALACE MARION C.R. DRIVE-IN and TWIXT TOWN post schedules for Monday. Feature films include Gunfight at the O K Corral For Whom the Bell Tolls Giant Oh Men Oh Women Boy on a Dolphin Away All Boats and Monkey on My Back with various start times and shorts before and after.
An apparent arson bid against the Teamsters local headquarters in Alton failed after a burned fuse and a gallon jug of gasoline did not ignite. Local President Marshall McDuffee detected smoke on opening the door. The union had recent internal splits, with William Doty winning a close election over Kenneth Herron.
Monterey Calif INS reports Jack Coats drifted five days after engine failure. With two matches left he lit a makeshift torch, signaling the destroyer George Anderson. Navy tow and coast guard cutter brought him to port where his family awaited. He had survived on bread and brackish water.
A sailor recounts a perilous journey aboard a destroyer helper and admits drinking spoiled vinegar despite scum. He reflects on his poor condition before the sight of the lights and asserts he will resume fishing, insisting the danger came from being unprepared to stay out longer.
Washington AP reports that 25 officials from the War Occupation Corps era will be replaced in the Commerce department by government career staff as terms expire. Secretary Weeks says virtually all WOC executives will be out by year end, ending the practice of industry leaders serving without pay while drawing salaries from private firms.
In hearings, critics argue WOC members may use their positions to share helpful information with their companies about pending government actions or sway decisions to benefit their own industries.
Durant Oklahoma AP reports 93 year old T. H. Williams retires as treasurer of First Presbyterian Church after three decades in the post, saying he wants to give someone else a chance at the job rather than retire due to age.
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