Brigitte Bardot Slap Story Dominates Late Night Broadcast
War correspondent Earl Wilson relays a sensational Paris nightlife bulletin about Brigitte Bardot being slapped on set by lead actor Antoine Vilard, with director demanding a harder slap. The piece threads in gossip about Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, and Benny Goodman, plus cultural notes from Brussels and Paris.
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Paris
America
Brigitte Barenot
Frank Trinatra
B.W
George O«V
Miss Bardot
Zhee
Antoine
Vilar
Rue Silly
J. Paul Getty
Brussels
London
Frank Sinatra
Shirley Ann Field
Radio television logs reveal daily schedule details
A dense OCR listing shows broadcast timing across multiple stations with entries such as News Brief, Tops in Pops, Matinee, Weather summaries, and sports segments. It includes program names like Dinner Date and Sign Off, plus channel identifiers and Thursday listings for WABT TV Channel 13 and Educational Network Channel 10.
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Aaron Warmum
Baron Rasehst
Wabt-Tv
NBC News
Werc-Tv
Harbor Command
T. I
Cochise
Powell Playhouse
Garry
Some Widows Rate Increased Survivor Benefits
The Veterans Administration will pay increased survivor benefits to widows of veterans who died from service connected causes under the new pay bill effective June 1. About 90 percent will gain an extra one to three dollars monthly, with automatic retroactive payment to June 1 1958.
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Veterans Administration
Harley A. Smith
Smith
Italy Population Near Forty Six Million
The article notes Italy's population stands at approximately 46 million. It frames the figure as a rough estimate for national demographic context and does not provide further breakdowns or sources.
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Italy
Maverick Star Defends Postwar Humor in Western TV
James Garner argues historians misread the post Civil War era, praising Maverick for blending adult Westerns with humor. He notes Roy Huggins shaped the show’s tone, previews the fall opener The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick, and praises writer Douglas Heyes for sardonic wit.
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James Garner
New York
Maverick
Tom Mix
Bill Hart
Hoot Gibson
Roy Huggins
Bret
Jack Kelly
Huggins
Bret Maverick
ABC TV
Douglas Heyes
Maverick Card Expert Plays Solitaire Amid Execution Scene
A vivid line from a frontier-era setting shows Maverick awaiting execution in a moldy cell, calmly cheating at solitaire. The remark hints at a twist in historical humor where historians often took themselves seriously.
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Maverick
Tors
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Benny Goodman
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