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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1954

Page

7

Going to the Dance with Dorothy Kilgallen on Vacation

Dorothy Kilgallen writes from vacation praising modern humor while recalling classic Broadway jokes. She contrasts 1920s 1930s wit with today, listing gags from Rio Rita, A La Carte, Sky High, Greenwich Village Follies, Kid Boots, Grab Bag, and more, noting enduring cleverness and theater history.

Dorothy Kilgallen Wana Phil Silvers Fred Astaire Adele Broadway Dorothy Mack Sennett Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Ziegfeld York King’s Willie Howard Fred Allen Greenwich Village Ed Wynn Lou Holtz Eddie Cantor Charley King Sally Irene Mary Skeets Gallagher

Radio TV Makers Honor Electric Man at 30th Chicago Meet

The Radio Electronics Television Manufacturers Association honored Robert C. Sprague chairman of Sprague Electric Co at its 30th annual convention in Chicago. Sprague received the association’s 1954 medal of honor for outstanding contributions to standards for the compatible color TV system approved by the FCC. The event included plaques for members and alternates of the national television system committee recognizing their work on color TV standards.

Ing Association Chicago National Television System Committee Federal Communications Commission INS Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers Assn Robert C. Sprague Sprague Electric Co North Adams Mass Sprague Ahe Association

Eisenhower outlines his legislative program at breakfast

President Eisenhower, speaking at a White House breakfast with 14 freshman Republican congressmen, laid out his agenda ahead of Congress adjournment. Foreign affairs dominated the talk, including the Indochina situation, while details remained sparse.

Eisenhower Washington Congress Indochina

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