TV stations plan summer program blasts across Bay Area
Ellis Walker notes NBC executives hear the Voice of Firestone Mondays at 8 30. Skitch Henderson will lead a special ensemble to drown out the voice. Best of All features music by Gershwin Berlin Bottiger Gould Bernstein and Kern on KNBC 8 30. Channel 13 KOVR aims to beam signals from Mt. Tirdle into 27 counties with a September launch. Bert Parks appears on KPIX with Two in Love at 8 30 tomorrow. Ralph Story’s What Do You Have in Common debuts Thursday on KPIX 9. Shakespeare on TV starts July 19 on KQED Channel 9 for college credit. Bayshore Bulletins air weekdays 4 10 6 pm on KIBE for peninsula auto commuters. Ralph Edwards’ This Is Your Life continues Wednesdays on KRON 10. Video Theater shifts Aug 24 KRON to KRON 9 30 pm. KRON’s Black Widow serial faces disruption at 6 13 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Walker
NBC
Voice of Firestone
ABC
Skitch Henderson
America
Gershwin
Berlin
Bottigerr
Gould
Bernstein
Kern
KNBC
Channel 13
KOVER
KOVR
Kovr-2ge
Son
Mt. Tirdle
Les Hoffman
Austin E. Joscelyn
California
Stockton
Bert Parks
Niga
Gouries
Brida
Ralph Story
TV Log Highlights and Evening Lineup Details
A fragmented TV log lists channel listings and show titles, noting programs like Adventure Time Farm and Family and Dick Tracy alongside news briefs. The entry names several hosts and time slots such as Perry Como and Lucy, with references to Rob Am and Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chan
Frank S
Viees
He Gane
Saa
Fortune
Dick Tracy
Perry Como
Pia
Marta I—Lue
Riley
Mat Kung
S—Burns
Alien Rob
Voice
Firtstone
Lucy T
China Smith
Rupert Montgomery
Local Artistic Event Schedule Fragment
A fragmented OCR of a theater and performance schedule lists times and venues such as 10:45 PM atPLM and 4-Owl Theatre State Show. It mentions Nemes by 5:45 AM, plus a 12:30 PM Home appearance with Garry Moore. Names and times are partly garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syarquerade
Terlan
Chuck Pregie Po
Owl ‘Theater
Owl
Lal Pal
Pat
Fay Hes Seon Sane
Li Tae
Garry Moore
Fragmented Radio Guide Reads Like Puzzle of Names
OCR snippet lists a jumble of program titles and host names such as Courtney, Patty, Garrett, Wanda Barrey, and Cher with times and labels. The readable items include a mix of film, music, and game show references, suggesting a cluttered schedule or advertisement page.
CBS TV Seeks Solution For Your Life Program
CBS TV outlines plans to tweak This Is Your Life by adding a dowry theme to a young couple, pairing humor with fiscal gimmicks. Fredric March agrees to star in Crac kdown if sold before production, while industry notes discuss TV movie moves and channel shifts amid soap opera changes and ratings dynamics.
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Jack O'Brian
New York
Sarnoff
RCA
Frederic March
Bemuse
Palace Theater
Huddersfield
Eng
Cbs-Tv
Party Brook Byron
Radio Log Note Abridged Independent Student Feature
A partial radio log lists programmes across stations KNBC KCBS KGO KFRC and others for Monday. Entries include music talks dance time news sports and musicals with times around 5:00 to 7:00 PM and mentions of hosts and show titles like Mind 7h POM Healer parks and Dance Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KFRC
KNBCS
Doug, Pledger
KCBS
Hgo-Kya
KNBC
RCBS
John Harvey
Doug Pledery
Frank Goss
D. Pledger
KFAC
Harry Babbitt
KGQ
Joan Harvey
Cecil Brown
KNAC
Doug Pledger
Ralph Story
KGO
Nbc—News
Pledger
Rosemary
Ann
Jenny Kgochet
Ainsley AE
ANBC
Marjorie King
True Stony
KNSC
KFERC
Syd
Chusten
Larenio Jones
Curt Massey
Mark Kges
Iere
Kraomsyd Bhatton Knbc
Ashton Normal
Bill Weaver
Martin Block
Paul Kcbs
Feddy Martin
Tello
Gore
Fulton Lewis
KGG
Ann Holden
I. Er Gieseie
Kids Korner Kcrg
Ayes
Nowa
Calte
Murrow
Sgescour
Ike
Benson
Sun Fun
Ae Paatoay
Garred
Parks
Guyman
XNBC
Melady
KPRC
Godreys
Henry Taylor
Rhythm Party
KNBE
Geal Rews
Irma Heo
KERC
Ersta
Lawes Thames Xgg— Walts
Pitestone
Ernie
Behs
Knbc—Music Bi Rgo
Rec Blanchard
East German minister of justice cracks up in Berlin dispatch
Berlin dispatch by Peter Webb profiles Hilde Benjamin, East Germanys minister of justice and feared figure. Former court vice president, she allegedly ordered surveillance and purges, sentenced dissidents to death, and faced mounting threats as a secret police shadow follows her. Her son Michael was sent to Moscow, never returning. friend Ilse Reinecke details her decline and paranoia amid Soviet control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Beginnig
Hilde Benjamin
Peter Webb
Berlin
Red Hilde
Moscow
Hed Hilde
Ilse Reinecke
Woman Today
Soviet Zone
West Berlin
Hilder
Hilde
Ministry of Justice
Miss Reinecke
Supreme Court
Michael
Switzerland
England
Jaco
Sally Gracie
Leora
Dautcher
Frankie Frischin
T. Martin
Richard Rodgers
KRON
Voice of Firestone
Rise
Stevens
Kgo-Tv
Robert Montgomery
Charles Dickens
Saist
Rgo-Tv
Owl Thester
Edward Everett Horton
Ruth Terry
Tom Neal
Carole Mathews
Carole Danne
KPIX
Air Force Academy Prospects Face Rigorous Appointment Competition
Readings from a 1950s press discussion outline the planned Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. It covers nomination rules, campus timing, cadet quotas, and the mix of congressional versus alternative selections, with details on flight training, degrees, and potential names for the institution. The piece notes 300 cadets first year, 600-800 yearly after, and an eventual pilot-focused regimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Academy
Washington
Army
Navy
Notre Dame
West Point
Air
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
Annapolis
U.S
Billy, Mitchell
U. S
Seidel Sees Great Need for Classrooms in Alameda County
Oakland report by Dr Vaughn D Seidel county schools superintendent estimates that to keep pace with enrollment through fall 1958 more than 1000 new classrooms are needed in Alameda County. projected 1954 to 1958 growth implies 32 140 more pupils and 1071 extra classrooms, with 219 needed to end double sessions. plus fall 1954 and construction status, Oakland rehab needs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Alameda County
Vaughn D. Seidel
Talk on Germany Due at U C Tuesday
Germany Today lecture by Friedrich Glum will be given Tuesday at 4 p.m. in room 155 Dwinelle hall on the University of California Berkeley campus. Glum, visiting lecturer in political science at the University of Munich, will discuss democracy in Germany. Admission is free and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serkeley
Democracy
Germany
Friedrich Glum
Dwinelle Hall
University of California Berkeley
Glum
University of Munich
Divers Seek Victims After Freakish Great Wave
In Chicago area, four divers using frogran gear and coast guard crews probed for the bodies of three fishermen missing after a massive wave crashed along 30 miles of shoreline. Several others were recovered, including a woman, Mae Gabriel, mother of 11. identified dead include Abraham Gross and George Shoars. Divers hunted near Montrose harbor for victims while police checked parked cars for possible returnees. The wave, a seiche, is explained as a rare event from conflicting air pressures.
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Chicago
INS
U.S
Michigan
Abraham Gross
George Shoars
Edward Gabriel
Mae Gabriel
Montrose Harbor
Chicago Weather Bureau
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KQED
Cays
Bayshore
KIBE
Feninsula
Ralph Edwards
Ralph
Dorothy McGuire
Art Linkletter
Cherm
Groom S
Big Payett
Wanda Barrey
Det Courtney
Det Courtney S
Cher
USA
S-Arigir
Gs Botrey
Patty Prichards
Garrett Ifaore
Valiant Lady
T—Shoppine
Guiding Eight
the Gang
Television Age Magazine
Seys Rko Pictures
Howard
Hughes
Floyd = Odlum
TV Age
Hollywood
Arthur Murray
Irving Berlin
Sid Caesar
J. Hiwnod
Screen Writers Guild
J. C__ Swayze
Soa
Abramovitz
Tonel
Walter Cronkite
John 6Th Ave
Daly
Gleason
Marvin Marx & Walter
Tae Iey
Champagne Gallery
Greenwich
Edgar Bergen
Aliev
Rams Wonderland
Edgar
Kraft Theater
Cleveland
XCHS
Nora Prake
Ias
Kcbs—Eughter Day
Jz Ncon
KCES
Reagy Martian KE Romaisewell
Kees
Tiltop House
Kgo—Bay
Area News
Ayeseppe
Youn
Robel Party
Kerc—Cutt Eagle Pecaai Laker
Happiness Rien
A’ & Watkins
Westinghouse
Scott Electric
150Th Avenue
Kerc—Jult Lewis
Knbc—Heporter
Kcbs-Kgo
Frank Edwards
Knbc—Fibber & Molly
Sports
Kgo—Dance
Kerc—Health Talk
Mune Dour
Starlive Salute
Dancing Discs
Mus
KN Bovuice
Nigat
Radio Theatre
Rosaline Russell
Fancy
Red Skellie
Tony" Bennett
Life
Eileen
Farrell
RNBC
IKON
East Germany
Webster TV Mail Sales & Service ——— Ee
Sarving Ih
Jefferson
Hayward Area
Dan
All Is
Ters
Lowrie Field
Denver
A. Yas
Reid C. Harmon
University of Ulnois
Congress
General Tlor
Academy
Annasolis
Ite
Srem al Forte
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Panama
Seidel
U.C
Eldorado Park
Bpsur
Marklerville
Calif
Insh
Kathy Paxte
Si Iwilderness
Lake Tahoe
Fday
Clit
Eldorado National Park
Kathy
Alvin van Dell
Pine Grove
Stewart Cradall
van Dell
Timme
Sgain
Jstarc
Lewis Avery
Pioneer Station
Regents’ Camp
Barnhill
Caste O Valley
Abova
San Lorenso Creek
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