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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1957
Page
2
Peggy Lee, ending three weeks on the Gleason program, plans a musical TV show and writing projects. She discusses formats, sound challenges, and how TV favors experienced singers, noting her poetry and songs like Manana and I Dont Know Enough About You.
Local theaters announce Friday schedules featuring Desk Set at Paramount with multiple showtimes. Iowa venues list D T and Ship That Died of Shame. State theaters present Giant Claw and Night the World Exploded with several screenings. Palace and Marion run multiple feature pairs including For Whom the Bell Tolls and Amazon Trader. C R Drive In shows Oklahoman and Fighting Trouble while Twixt Town features White Feather and Boss with other teen and action titles.
Benny Benny makes his first nightclub appearance in a three week engagement at the Flamingo hotel Las Vegas. The comedian long offered refused nightclub work but finally accepts the offer in a bid to revive his career.
The report notes a man was believed offered more than 80 000 dollars. His debut drew a capacity crowd. The show included singer Gisele MacKenzie and referenced 1 million motor vehicles on streets and highways during the period, averaging about 13 per mile if all were on the road.
The National Safety Council projects about one wrecked car every 20 miles during the four day holiday. It estimates 45 percent more accidents could occur unless extra caution is observed on national streets and highways.
A thief took four dollars from Sherman Loving along with 29 silver dollars in Temple, Texas, according to AP. The incident highlights superstition about two dollar bills and bad luck for the thief.
Twentieth Century Fox film Desk Set stars Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy Gig Young and Joan Blondell at the Paramount. Nadine Subotnik notes the comedy centers on four women in an air network research department facing a machine replacement and a larger romantic angle with limited laughs.
County Treasurer Harold Stoll issued a property tax bulletin listing Detroit’s rate as 7 353 per 1000. A later bulletin corrected the misread comma to a period, easing consternation among taxpayers.
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