Jerry Lewis Lands Record TV Contract Worth 40 Million
Jerry Lewis signs a five year ABC pact worth 40 million dollars paying 200000 weekly for 40 productions. The deal follows host duties on NBCs Tonight show and surpasses NBC CBS and ABCs offers. Lewis cites freedom and gatekeeping limits as reasons for choosing television with major wealth from films and endorsements.
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UPI
Jerry Lewis
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NBC
Jack Paar
Paar
CBS
ABC
Jerry
Dan Melnick
Dickering
American Broadcasting Co
Milton Berle
Jackie Gleason
Dean Martin
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Lewis’ Organization
New York City
Louis B. Mayer
Palm Springs
Stock Market Closes Higher After Late Session Resistance
Stocks edged up on the week with a modest gain after heavy trading and profit taking. The Dow rose to a new recovery peak as Brunswick General Motors and Chrysler led leadership, while IBM Beckman and Kodak posted notable advances amid mixed broad trends.
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Peter T. Earle
United Press International New York
UPI
Standard & Poor
Brunswick
General Motors
Gillette
Chrysler
Alcoa
Kodak
Union Cabide
General Foods
General Electric
Beckman
IBM
Mona Lisa canopy and Philistine forces cited in light side
The column parodies a Patten press release noting a Mona Lisa viewing with a canopy atop the National Gallery of Art and a list of VIP attendees. It also quotes Senator Dirksen praising Senator Aiken with biblical imagery as he seeks Senate president pro tempore.
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Leonardo da Vinci
National Gallery of Art
Andre Malraux
Kennedy
Herve Alphand
Earl Warren
Patten
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Sen
George David Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Dirksen
Aiken
David
Elah
Goliath
George Aiken
Vermont
Modest congressional praise column stirs light chatter
A writer contemplates praising Congress for modesty after reading playful quotes from officials. References to Rep. John D. Dingell and Rep. John S. Monagan accompany wife’s exclamations as the piece weighs what constitutes news value. The tone is wry and reflective with no hard outcomes.
Home workers made up seven percent of US workforce in 1960 census
The 1960 census counted 4.7 million persons working at home, representing 7.2 percent of the total US workforce of 64.7 million. This snapshot highlights the prevalence of home employment at mid-century.
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