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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1963

Page

3

Mystery in Glendale Neighborhood Ends With Suspicion on Boy

In Glendale California the murder of 10 year old Paul Brandon shocks residents. Detective Vic Varallo questions neighbors and focuses on Gordon Bicknell a new neighbor who befriended Paul. Katharine Mason and Gordon’s father Bert discuss possible knowledge about the crime and a remedial reading course is suggested for Gordon.

Paul Brandon Glendale Calif Paul Vic Varallo Gordon Bicknell Katharine Mason Gordon Mr. Bicknell Katharine Bicknell Hon Mason Bob Wegge Auto San Fernando Lockheed Pension Plan Bert O.K

TV Schedule Fragments and Channel Lineup Snapshot

A dense OCR style list outlines a multi-channel timetable with show titles and times across ETV and various networks. Programs include Wagon Train The Lucy Show Danny Thomas The Andy Griffith Show Perry Mason The Fugitive The Twilight Zone along with news and weather blocks and sign offs.

Danny Thomas Alabama Chorus Andy Griffith Hollywood and Stars Oxford Mitch Miller

Radio Stations and Community Figures Debate Student Help

A local exchange mentions WMSL WHOS WHOS-FM and others with broadcast hours, while Katharine Mason and Mrs Bicknell discuss helping Gordon. Vic Varallo, on Sunday duty, investigates vandalism at Hoover High and an elementary school with officers Poor Katz and a janitor aiding the routine check.

Hoover High Varallo

ABC Slap for Two Shows in Weekend TV Review

The piece critiques ABC for Laughs for Sale replacing Sun day Night 100 Grand and Arrest and Trial with uneasy, dis organized content. It praises NBCs Joey Bishop Show new format and notes an ongoing Teen or Toll Junior High joke. The column previews the rest of the discussion to come.

New York Mickey Rooney Phil Foster Shecky Greene NBC Joey Bishop Joey

Be A People-Watcher Says Earl Wilson From Copenhagen

Earl Wilson reflects on beauty found in children and everyday scenes abroad and urges readers to become constant people-watchers. He notes diverse spots from Copenhagen to Times Square, praises free moments, and previews theater, celebrity happenings, and cultural tidbits in brief.

Harlem Celina Hyde Park London Champs-Elysee Paris Father Duffy Times Square

Second body found in Guntersville Lake tragedy

In Guntersville Alabama the Guntersville rescue squad recovered the body of Johnny Ho water from about 45 feet of Tennessee River water near the Friday barge crash scene. The second Birmingham man among the victims was previously recovered, completing the search for the two men who died in the collision.

Guntersville Ala Birmingham Tennessee Johnny Howater

Soldiers Have Rocket with Makeshift Drum Missile

Soldiers of Battery B 31st Artillery trained with a real rocket shell supplied by Redstone Arsenal Army Missile Command. They improvised a drum missile and a metal sheet warhead, then received a used motor casing and dummy warhead, plus spin rockets fins and a homebuilt truck launcher for more realistic training.

Huntsville Ala Redstone Arsenal Army Missile Command Honest John Commodity Office 31St Artillery St. Joseph Commodity Office Honest John

Stand-Up Routine Brightens Home Screen Night

Joey delivers jokes and a Jimmy Durante impersonation for a single audience member, his TV wife. The setup is thin but the entertainment remains enjoyable and offers a refreshing break from typical marital misunderstandings.

Joey Jimmy Durante

Jackson to Stage One Act Plays in London

Fragmentary notes mention Jackson performing one act plays in London with other items noting an actress two years behind on payments to her farrier Christina Paolozzi dubbed the bare chested contessa has a film role opposite Peter Howard Barry Nelson from Mary Mary to star in a Ben Casey TV project My Love My Love Dean Martin used a tractor in What a Way to Go scene marking his first return to Steubenville Ohio after leaving it

Steubenville Ohio The Hall Syndicate

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