McQueen recalls humble roots as $750000 a picture star
In a 1960s profile Steve McQueen, a high school dropout, reflects on earning $750,000 per film and profits. He recounts early jobs from tanker deckhand to TV repairman, Greenwich Village days, and a hobby of racing cars. He stresses fitness, moderation, and doing work he loves, noting poverty fears but confidence to rebuild if needed. He also mentions Sukarno’s 1949 presidential election in Indonesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Steve McQueen
Steve
Hard Knocks
McQueen
Greenwich
Desperado
Greenwich Village
Jolly Joe Levine
Embassy Films
Midnight Earl
Levine
Lenny Lightstone
Howard Koch
Jack Lemmon
Walt- Nose
Company
Mgr
Dick Land
Grayson
Laurence Harvey
Television Log Summary From Friday Night Schedule
Central standard time listings show programs from Alabama Newsreel at 5 45 to Night Train at 12 15 for Friday. It includes news hours Twilight Zone Hogan's Heroes The Untouchables Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and film entries like Storm Fear plus comics Milton Berle and Johnny Carson appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Carson
Radio Station Hours From Morning to Night Coverage
Listing of radio stations with call letters and hours of operation from sunrise to sunset. Includes WMSL WP.M WHOS WDRM WHRT WAJF JOF WJMW WKAC WLCB and others, with start times around 4:55 A.M. to 11 P.M. and some Sunday adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMSL
Mutuel
Sundey
WAJF
Wjof-Fm
WJMW
WKAC
WLCB
Moulton
Gift For Her Inspires Surprising Shoe Purchase
An outlandish Christmas tale from New York recounts a gift gesture: a friend funds a wife’s shoe purchase after a sales insult, with the husband aiming to both grant a wish and rebuke the snub. The anecdote blends social scene notes from Fifth Avenue to theatre chatter and celebrity sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
B. W
Sam Spade
B.W
Jack Tirman
Rosemary
Bomb Threats Follow Movie On Television
NBC kept plans for the Disney hour after the Doomsday Flight stirred threats. Viewers worried about crime depiction influencing copycat acts, while NBC prepared a Disneyland outing and a tribute to Disney. Danny Thomas to return to weekly TV with a new hour-long show next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
NBC
The
FBI
Felony Squad
Disneyland
Mickey Mouse
Disney
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Danny Thomas
Thomas
The Coconut Palm Best All Around Useful Tree
The coconut palm growing along tropical rivers and shores is regarded as the most useful tree providing food drink clothing shelter shade and beauty across communities and climates.
TV Tonight Preview with Classic Films and Westerns
Tonight features Western and adventure films from 7 to 11 PM. Highlights include West titled entries with actors like Robert Conrad Ross Martin and a lineup of classics such as The Bravados and Operation Mad Ball alongside a Bangkok Asia special on Thailand’s anti communist struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild West West
Robert Conrad
Ross Martin
Philippine Assembly Declares Total Emergency in Islands
In 1941 the Philippine National Assembly declared a total emergency across the Philippine Islands, enabling broader wartime measures and centralized authority amid growing threats. The move marked a pivotal shift in colonial governance during the early World War II period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine National Assembly
Philippine Islands
No Joyous Christmas This Year Marlow Reflects on 1966
AP News analyst James Marlow reports that 1966 ends with no real Christmas peace. Vietnam truces exist but no extended bombing pause. Soviet military spending rises. China aims to be a growing threat. US economy slips with lower production and uncertain tax plans as Johnson’s popularity falls. Sholes invented a practical typewriter in Milwaukee in 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
AP News
Washington
Holy Land
Vietnam
Johnson
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Dr. Sukarno
United States of Indonesia
All Times Central Standard
Alabama Newsreel News
Grace Baptist Church
DOWMD
Aea
Tarzan
Rae Pee
Hogan’s Heroes
U.N.C.L.E
Dg N.E
Milton Berie
Figs Creative Art
Cheyenne
T.H.E. Cat
Fihas N.E.T. Playhouse
Hogan's Heroes
Wattie Gr
Asia
M Squad
Lafayette Escadrille
Joe Pyne
Earl
thesShore Club
B.W. Said
Marty Walshine
Lindy
Tiffany's
Totie Fields
Hawaii
Perle Mesta
Hy & Lynn Uchitels
Voisin
Gina Lollo- Waldorf
Brigida
Marcel Lbj
Palmaro
Monaco
Proinyc
Gina
Paganda
Jose Bulanos
Mexico
Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe
Elmini Trompas
Coral Park
Toots Shors
Lindsay
Shor
John
Milt Kamen
Sam Sheppard
Eileen Barton
Sammy Cahn
Living Ru
Roger Smith
Ann Margret
Sherry Netherland
Peter Yarrow
Peter, Paul & Mary
Don Hoad
Royal Box
Ethel Merman
Dick Kollmar
Wyo
Stagg
Highay
Moose
Devere Sparrow
Ogden
Utah
Evigger
Wilderness
Athens
Alabama
Undertaker
Rita Tushingham
Tony
Dough
Rudyard Kipling
India
James Darren
Robert Colbert
Whit Bissell
Milton Berle
Abbe Lane
Bill Dana
Stan Fisher
Magician de la Vega
Battle For Asia
Thailand
the New Front
America
Ernie Kovacs
Robert Wagner
Dolores Hart
Carolyn Jones
Frankie Avalon
Frank Gorshin
Jesse
Gregory Peck
Joan Collins
Ernie Kovac
Kathryn Grant
Lafayette
Escadrille
Tab, Hunter
Etchika
Choureau
Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves
Marie Montez
Jon Hall
Turhan Bey
Andy Devine
Cornel Wilde
Jean Wallace
Dan Duryea
Shri
Pro
SUN. C
Marlow
Christopher Latham Sholes
Kleinsteuber’s
Milwaukee
Electrolux
2Nd Ave
Sterchi’s
Homeowners
Yoontte Watio
Decatur
Uncle Sam
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!