Oddities and anecdotes from vintage show business memories
Fragments recall moments in showbiz history including on set disputes and salary docking, Beverly Hills parties, and mentions of Barbra Streisand and Diller. References to film moments, a Paris trip with excess luggage charges, and a playful take on celebrity life appear in disjointed lines.
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Tilya Darling
Barbra Streisand
Diller
Don Adams
Jimmy Brown
Paris
Vichyssoise
Elsa Schiaparelli
Cost of a hospital stay rises with no relief in sight
A 1967 survey shows the average daily hospital cost in the United States at 61 dollars with expectations of continued annual increases. Wage growth and expensive medical equipment drive costs, while hospitals pursue cost cutting through joint facilities, seven day operations, graded nursing, mechanization, and training of sub professionals to slow the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Hospital Association
Blue Cross
U.S
Michael de Bakey
Arteries Methodist Hospital
Ted Bowen
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Monkeys and color vision in animals
A quiz item notes Otis Air? proves that only monkeys can distinguish colors among animals. It discusses how monkeys and apes open doors, animals hunt at night, and color perception in mammals. The piece questions color vision in various species and notes reliance on other senses.
FUN TIME Bill Joke About Animals On Ark
Comic exchange features Bill asking about Ark pairs and Joe replying that worms arrived in. The remark plays on biblical imagery to cue humor about unlikely arrivals in pairs.
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Bill
Oath’s Ark
Joe
Canaries in a Cage Weighing Together Riddle
A science box riddle asks for the total weight of a cage and a canary. The cage weighs 5 pounds and the bird 3 ounces, so combined weight is 5 pounds plus 3 ounces. The format hints at multiple choice options and a call for readers to submit answers.
Barbecue Event At Cotaco Sponsored By Scouts
A Cotaco barbecue hosted by Boy Scout Troop 80 and Cotaco Community League is planned for Saturday at Cotaco School. Serving will begin late afternoon after two Little League games conclude.
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Cotaco
Boy Scout Troop 80
Cotaco Community League
Wil
Desora
Area Service Men Reported In Vietnam Deployments
Army S Sgt Ayless Stewart of Cullman assigned May 22 to Advisory Team 98 in Vietnam. PFC Wilburn Malone of Athens assigned May 18 to the Sith Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam. Curtis E. Ray of Cullman promoted to technical sergeant in the Air Force at Rhein Main AB Germany. Marine Cpl Ronald G. Sandlin of Elkmont serving in Vietnam with the 11th Marine Regiment near Da Nang. Machinist Mate 3C Jimmy N. Snelson of Athens aboard USS James C. Owens on a seven week Midshipman Training Cruise in the eastern Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Other entries note the last stations and high school graduations.
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Army
Ayless Stewart
Clifford S. Stewart
Cullman
Vietnam
Stewart
Ft. Ord. Calif
Holly Pond High School
Wilburn Malone
Mattie . Malone
Athens
Sith
Malone
Novkee
Ft. Polk
Triinity High School
Ton Kirby
Ath
Curtis E. Ray
William C. Ray
Cullman 8
U. S. Air Force
Ray
Rhein-Main AB
Germany
Fairview High School
Jimmy N. Snelson
USN
Millard Snelson
James C. Owens
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Television Log Highlights Aimed At Evening Schedule
The 6:30 to 12:45 lineup lists baseball Braves versus Pirates and a mix of films comedies dramas and news. Programs include The Green Hornet Rango The Avengers Laredo and Peter Gunn with mid evening sports and weather updates.
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Braves
Pirates
Green Hornet
Peter Gunn
Joey Bishop
Radio Station Listings with Schedule Snippets
Radio schedule excerpts list several stations and times. Entries include WMSL AM 1400 with sunrise to sunset references WHOS AM 800 WDRM FM 102.1 and WHRT AM 860 plus WAJF WJOF details. The text shows inconsistent capitalization and partial dayparts.
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WMSL
Mutuel
A.M. Sundey
Sponcoin
Problems facing those about to retire on Alabama Education TV
REST OF YOUR LIFE at 7 p m features Col and Mrs J B Hill seeking advice from doctors realtors investors and lawyers plus guest clergy Dr Lamar Jackson and psychiatrist Dr Charles Herlihy. GOLF FUNDAMENTALS at 7 30 offers tips for weekend players. NET PLAYHOUSE at 8 presents Ofoeti a modern folklore drama with John Tragard Rene AuBerjonois and Charles Siebert about a boy chasing a troll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
the Hills
Lamar Jackson
Charles Herliihy
Jackie L. Maness
NET Playhouse
Ofoeti
John Wheatcroft
John Tragard
Rene Auberjonois
Charles Siebert
Tragard
New Barber-Coleman Plant Proposed for Huntsville Area
Barber-Coleman Co. of Rockford Illinois announced plans to build a 50 000 square foot plant on 50 acres off U S 72 east near Huntsville as part of its Air Distribution Products Division. The Hunts Industrial Expansion Council expects 100 local jobs at start with potential for more later.
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Huntsville
Lthe
Barber-Coleman Co
Rockford
U.S. 72 East
Barber-Coleman Air Distribution Products Division
Hunts Industrial Expansion Com
Alvin Blackwell
HIEC
Wild Wild West and Classic Dramas on Tonight's Schedule
A TV lineup features a Lady scientist investigates a killer oceanographer in Wild Wild West. Hogan's Heroes and The Man from U N C L E include comical and spy adventures. Movies run 1957 to 1960 with stars Eva Marie Saint Lana Turner Deborah Kerr and others.
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U.N.C.L.E
Eaton
Sonny and Cher
Jerry
Ramona
Eva Marie Saint
Don Murray
Anthony Franciosa
Lana Turner
Jeff Chandler
Richard Denning
Air distribution firm praised as Cadillac of field
HIEW executive director Guy Nerrin called the firm the Cadillac of the air distribution field praising its fine recreational and educational facilities and strong community spirit while noting a dental expert estimates Africans have more than 700 million unfilled cavities.
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Guy Nerrin
HIEW
Cadillac
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MacLaine
Beverly Hills
Sylvia Porter
Houston
Texas
Pacific Coast
By A.leokum
Noe Ie
Otis Air
Ist — Pellegino
Cherry Hill
2Nd Ave
Ronald G. Sandlin
Robert H. Sandlin
Elkmont
Eleventh Marine Regiment
First Marine Division
Danp
Cooper Furnit Corner
Bank & Chure
Westinghouse
Lurleen B. Wallace
Col
C. W. Russell
State Department of Public Safety
J. O. Barry
Alabama Safety Council, Inc
Sov
Rango
T.H.E
Alfred
Laredo
Avengers
Lion of
Bengal Lancer
WAJF
WJOF
Alabama Education Television
H’ville
West
Carter
Trevor Howard
Errol Flynn
Orson Welles
Deborah Kerr
Robert Mitchum
Peter Ustinov
Glynis Johns
Ga Cooper
Franchot Tone
Wssy — Review
Goidel Drug Store
State Farm
Troy O. Williams
6Th Ave
S.E
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Nines
Fedders
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