THAT'S EARL BROTHER Gourmet Heaven On Liberte Cruise
Earl Wilson recaps a French liner Liberte voyage with a humorous mix of travel notes. The party includes the Beautiful Wife and Mother in Law aboard in suite 128 as they sample cuisine and watch revolutions, bingo wins, and shipboard antics. The column touches celebrities, pool bets, and plans for Monte Carlo.
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Cuba
France
Daddy O
Europa
B.W
New England
The
B. W
Monte Carlo
de Gaulle
N.Y
Tony Perkins
Lindy
Frank Sinatra
Europe
Vic Damone
Pier Angeli
London
Carl Rainer
Jonathan Winters
Peter Ustinov
Romanoff and
Juliet
Steve Allen
Perry Como
CBS
Liberace
Denise Darcel
Lincoln Tunnel
Carole Heger
Monique van Carole Heger Vooren
Mexico
Horace Sutton
Ng Diamond
Sid Luft
Judy Garland
Sal Mineo
Greenwich Village
Lars
Radio and TV Schedule Notebook Entry
A dense list of broadcast times and program titles across multiple stations and days, detailing shows from Tops in Pops to News in Brief and local entertainment lineups, with names like Jerry Lee Show Baron and Perry Como interspersed among cricketing and news segments.
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Baron Warma
Baron
Jerry Lee
Drive-In Quip and Hair Joke Spark 1950s Wit
A rambled clipping mixes pop culture quips with a story about Bob Robertson’s 1958 Powell Wyoming night. It notes a car stalled roadside, later found by friends who had moved it, and a cabbie recognizing Dagmar. The tone blends humor and small-town misadventure.
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Dagmar
Earl
The
Hall Syndicate
Powell
Wyo
Bob Robertson
Robertson
Hefur
Rocket footwear for infantry poses wartime fantasy
HAL BOYLE describes a portable rear rocket concept for American doughboys, promising faster movement and higher jumps. Veterans debate practicality and morale, noting armies seek speed while acknowledging frontline realities from Normandy.
Do it yourself trend tops hospital security in Richmond
A patient in the emergency department at Medical College of Virginia Hospital fled after a delay request and a missing stethoscope is reported. The incident occurred in Richmond as staff observed the man running from the building after being asked to wait in an unused room.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Want Ads Get Results and Infantry’s Endless War
A reflective quote surveys legacy of warfare and the enduring role of infantry, noting how the beachhead and distant hills symbolize ongoing conflict through time. The tone echoes veteran memory and the perpetual pull of war stories in old newspapers.
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Wilson
By Earl Wilson
Bill Holden
Sophia Loren
Holiday
Andre Papion
Trader Vic’s
House of Chan
Nebrig Plumbing CO
Otto Nebrig
Bob Williams
National Guard Armory
Decatur
Joe Clark
Don Helms
Hank Williams
Decatur Daily
Voice of the Farmer
Grantland Rice
Roy
Roy Bean
Wbrc-Tv
Annie Oakley
Jimmy Dean
Wally Fowler
George Kell
N. Y
Ted Mack
Eddie
WMSL
Wmsl-Tv
Doug Edwards
Jefferson
Phil Silvers
Lawrence Welk
Columbus
Webb
Federal Gas Station
Decatur-Huntsville
Boyle
Hal Boyle
New York
Alexander H. Bohr
Normandy
Sheet Metal Works
Vine Street
Penney
First Quality
Dacron
Penney’s Men’s Shop
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