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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1966

Page

8

Jackie Gleason Lands 8.5 Million Year Contract

New York report details Jackie Gleason's CBS TV deal for 1966-67 paying about 205000 weekly plus 720000 for summer replacements. Gleason cuts manager Jack Philbin in for half and notes a one year term with no extended commitment. Also mentions Sinatra and Mia Farrow visit items.

Earl Wilson New York Jackie Gleason CBS Jackie Miami Beach Jack Philbin Peekskill Productions

Television Schedule Fragments From 1960s News and Shows

A dense OCR fragment lists TV time slots and program names across channels with multiple shows, films, and notices. It enumerates broadcasts like Captain Kangaroo, Today, Morning Show, General Hospital, The Edge of Night, The Tonight shows, and various movie blocks, indicating a historic station grid.

Country Junction Eddie Stu Phillips Kangaroo Preston General Hospital

Radio Station Listings and Broadcast Hours

Radio stations WMSL WHOS WHOS FM WAJE WJMW WKAC WLCB provide schedule notes from 6 AM to 11 PM with sunrise to sunset times. Additional entries show hours 4:35 AM to Midnight and broadcast windows varying by station.

WMSL Mutuei Wea WJMW WKAC WLCB Moulton

Nightlife gossip spills from Broadway to New York

The column catalogs a rapid swirl of celebrity moves and overheard barroom chatter. Sandy Lesberg at WOR, Javits dining at Luchow's, talk of a New Jersey scandal, and hints of marriages, divorces, and showbiz plotting across venues from Met to Times Square bowling lanes.

Sandy Lesberg Randy WOR Javits Viet Nam Europe John Derek Ursula Andress Jean Paul Belmondo Shock New Jersey Profumo

Melody Patterson F Troop lie nets TV contract

Melody Patterson, at 18 in name, lied about her age to win the female lead in F Troop. She forged a birth record and had a court approved contract, saying she would do it again despite later finding out she was actually 16. A rival exposed the ruse.

Bobby Ethel Kennedy Voisin You and I Dorothy Kirsten The Met America Gabors Lennie Burton B'way Mickey Rooney Josh—Logan Ethel Merman Ian Richardson Marat Bob Thomas Hollywood (Ap Melody Patterson Hank Hollywood California Joe Pepitone Tower East Diana Sandre Linda Christian Ariadne Welter Glenn Ford Martha Raye Viet Nam Gwen Davis Ann-Margret Paris F Troop Melody Warner Bros

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