Television Today Raises Questions on Big TV Trends
New York ratings reflect a push toward big star specials as veteran producer Gertrude Berg laments loss of simple friendly programming. Garry Moore faces Startime competition while affordability keeps his show competitive. Also notes Leslie Caron and Peter Hall TV focus, Munsel hosting, and federal probes into exaggerated commercials.
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Rosalind Russell
Maurice Chevalier
Dean Martin
Alec Guinness
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Love That Bob 2 As World Turns 1 News Weather
Play by play radio schedule fragment shows Susie and the As World Turns segments. The note lists shows and times in a terse reading. No clear event details or names beyond program titles and stations.
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Susie
U N Debates Hungary Despite Communist Threats
The United Nations General Assembly voted 51 to 10 with 15 abstentions to hold full scale debate on Hungary. The Soviet bloc and Communist Yugoslavia opposed the recommendation while most Arab nations abstained. U S Ambassador Lodge cited ongoing trials and executions of Hungarians from 1956 as justification to reintroduce the issue.
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Kyl Gilmour Debate Slated in Ottumwa December First
Des Moines reports that Fourth district candidates John Kyl and C Edwin Gilmour will debate at an Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce meeting on December 1. Gilmour, Grinnell college political science associate professor, may also appear on a Lamoni platform on an undetermined date.
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Steel Lack To Shut Chrysler Factories
DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp will shut all car assembly plants for one week starting December 2 due to a steel shortage. All but three plants closed after Wednesday. Plymouth plant in Detroit and the St. Louis plant are among those remaining open.
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St. Louis
Plant Closures Announced for December Ends of Shifts
A Detroit assembly plant on Jefferson Avenue will shut down at the end of the regular shift on December 2, following an earlier closure at the end of the shift on December 1 for another plant. The notices specify end dates for ongoing operations.
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Jefferson Avenue
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Cranberries on the menu as cabinet talks Thanksgiving dinner
Washington AP reports Welfare Secretary Fleming and Agriculture Secretary Benson plan cranberries for Thanksgiving. Fleming said 214 weeks ago tainted berries with a weed killer linked to cancer in mice caused sales to collapse.
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Washington
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Barefoot Burglars Alarmed By Homeowner in Hollis
In Hollis Oklahoma two men attempted a burglary at a Gazette Want Ad listing. Mrs Blaine Donley shouted to frighten them away. the suspects fled injuring no one but left a clue in the exchange with a neighbor. Police investigated the intrusion as a home invasion tied to the Gazette ad.
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Okla
Blaine Donley
Gazette
Hurry lauded as shoes left on porch by careless feet
A brief note records that in a rush the residents did not retrieve their shoes from the porch. The quip highlights the hurried lapse and its small domestic impact.
Coe Singers to Present Handel’s Messiah at Coe Auditorium
Coe college singers and the Coe-Promenade orchestra will perform Handel's Messiah on December 13 in the Coe auditorium. Dr. Robert Larson, music department chair, announced the 4 p.m. event free to the public. The Festival Chorus will be directed by Dr. Larson, the orchestra by Dallas Tjaden, with Eleanor Taylor on organ and guest soloists planned. The program marks a departure from the usual Christmas concert as students requested the piece.
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Coe
Robert Larson
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Thompson Named Aid to Loveless
DES MOINES AP Arthur T. Thompson 53 of West Des Moines named an executive assistant to Gov Herschel Loveless with a 7200 dollar annual salary. Thompson succeeds Park Rinard who moved to the top post after Robert Johnson resigned to return to University of Iowa teaching duties. Born near Wiota he studiedCass county schools Atlantic and Cumberland then earned an agricultural journalism degree from Iowa State in 1928. He worked as a reporter editor on Creston and Ames papers before becoming assistant editor of Wallaces Farmer in 1930.
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