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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1957

Page

6

All Channels Jane Russell Camp Show Heads to Home Screens

New York star Jane Russell headlines a TV special featuring top performers as she brings variety to service members. The Army Signal Corps filmed the performance for home release and will edit it for a feature length presentation. The project follows her worldwide morale shows and promises a high value payout after editing.

New York Jane Russell Marissa Monroe Jane Army Signal Corps Hollywood

West Coast TV plans plus Hollywood gossip in 1957

The article notes Jack Webb considering a Pete Kelly's Blues TV series with Peggy Lee, Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk co starring in The Thin Man, and compares hopes to Powell Loy. It cites new Warner Brothers series A Lady Comes to Texas and NBC talk of Joan Davis show discovery. It mentions Hitchcock sending gallstones, Patterson title defense on CBS Sport special, and future network plans including westerns and fewer situation comedies.

THE Cedar Rapids West Jack Webb Pete Kelly Groucho Marx Pete Martin Shake_speare Helen Morgan Warner Brothers Texas Horace McCoy Hildegarde Joan Davis Nbc-Tv Denise Lor Garry Moore Atlantic City Alfred Hitchcock Cbs-Tv Floyd Patterson Dumont Chris Schenkel

Television Schedule Listing with Multiple Stations

A dense OCR style listing details Cedar Rapids Waterloo Davenport and other markets with channel numbers and programs. It enumerates news weather sports and classic shows including Captain Orich Ford Theater Father Knows Best and various soaps and cartoons.

Ford Theater Blandib Barrie the Trio Andum Morle

Program Fare on Radio at Lost plosralan Om che alt with

A radio program schedule note appears with unclear text and fragmented wording. The readable parts mention a fare or fare-like content within a broadcast pair and reference an unidentified location or station.

Big Ben repairs spark US political furor and circus tease

Washington lawmakers seek a probe into the governments car leasing program while a clock repair accident at Big Ben causes hours of mischief. The scene also spotlights a Circus Time show listing top acts on Channel B.

British Broadcasting Car Karns Parliament Build Emil Lamanck Halleck Washington Somer Ministry of Works Rep Brown Ohio White House Key Big Ben Biz Circus Channel B

Government car costs and indulgence debate stall at hearings

A story blend notes that government luxury car costs vary from six to nine thousand dollars per year per vehicle while congress leaders reportedly pay around fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred dollars annually for cars. A Pentagon link to cheap rental hints at corporate tax deductions, prompting questions on fairness and stockholder impact. In a separate incident a Ferris wheel stalled at a school picnic near St. Louis stranding 24 children until firefighters rescued them with a ladder.

ST. Louis Carondelist Park Jst. Thomas of Aquinas Catholic

Cosmic Ray Balloon Found on Farm Near Durant

A small box with cosmic ray instruments was found on a farm south of Durant. The device was released earlier Tuesday by Kinsey Anderson and John Ao1, both linked to Iowa State University.

SUI Durant

Fairbanks Morse stockholders approve pact ending proxy fight

Chicago stockholders approve a compromise between Penn-Texas and Morse to share control of Fairbanks Morse. Eleven directors elected with five each for Penn-Texas and management, plus a 11th director. Penn-Texas to sell 300000 shares at 50 dollars each to management.

Fairbanks Morse Chicago INS Fairbanks Morse & Comepany Robert H. Morse, Jr Penn- Texas Corp Penn-Texas J. Douglas Casey A. C. Allyn Eeopold D. Silberstein Casey Morse Silberstein

Senate approves lower FHA down payments plan

The Senate approved a bipartisan amendment to a housing bill reducing FHA down payments. It sets a three percent down on the first 10,000 of value, 1.5 percent on the next 6,000, and 3 percent above that, versus current five percent and 25 percent.

Washington INS

Big Ben Hit By Pot Of Paint Chimes Silence

London report says paint spilled on Dig Den Tuesday night fouling the Big Ben tower. Listeners abroad waited in vain for the eight o clock chimes normally broadcast.

Big Ben London

Van Horne Boy Bitten by Family Dog

Two year old James Martin of Van Horne was bitten by a family dog while playing in the yard. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids with lacerations to the cheek nose and chin.

Colal James Martin John Martin Ere James Mercy Hospital Ceder Rapids

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