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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1956
Page
3
The column surveys TV and stage gossip including Ben Bernie and Jack, Milton Berle echoes, Godfrey rehearsals, Martha Raye interruptions, Hal March TV emceeing doubts, Erin O’Brien’s Irish family, Fred Allen’s veiled vaudeville praise, Walt Disney biographies, a sharp bennett Cerf joke, John Cameron Swayze backlash, Jane Wyatt TV stardom, Dennis James hosting prospects, James Cagney censorship, and Roberta Quinlan’s fate.
New York reports the theater balcony will be reinforced for Elvis Presley after it nearly failed during a recent performance. Eddie Fisher is reportedly pleased his Coke show is cancelled as he eyes a Perry Como style operation. Gisele MacKenzie is seen in Central Park South with her dachshund as the ongoing Burns Benny gag persists.
A TV guide entry notes the Tales of the Texas Rangers airs Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. on Channel 9, inviting viewers to tune in for another episode.
Howard Kahl aged 30 and Walter Sealman aged 39 were found dead Monday in a converted school bus used as a hunting cabin near Lansing. The asphyxiation is believed caused by a heater exhausting oxygen after they drove there Saturday and did not return Sunday night.
Chou En Lai proposed to Chiang Kai shek that he return to Peiping for a high government post, saying minister would be too low. The offer came during an interview aboard the yacht of Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk as they discussed Formosa tensions and a peaceful solution.
Addis Ababa reports that Ethiopia requested Egypt recall Col. Abdel Hilmy the Addis Ababa military attache over alleged activities against Ethiopian security. The move follows ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
President Eisenhower reportedly chose Ellsworth Bunker to be ambassador to India. Bunker, 62, a Democrat and former Red Cross president, would replace Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper. He has served as ambassador to Italy and Argentina and heads the National Sugar Refining Company.
Actor Humphrey Bogart, age 55, was admitted to St Johns hospital in Santa Monica for treatment of a nerve pressure condition. He had undergone surgery last March to remove a cancerous growth on his esophagus.
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