TV Tries to Compete With Yule Activities
TV ratings slip as Christmas programs fail to engage viewers. Religious services on screen stand out, with Bing Crosby and Mary Martin underwhelming. Zoo Parade veteran Marlin Perkins returns with Wild Kingdom on NBC January 6. CBS airs Year of Crisis recap. Perry Como Show and New Year program on NBC feature Eleanor Powell.
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Bing Crosby
ABC
Mary Martin
United Nations Children’s Choir
U.N
Marlin Perkins
NBC
CBS
Eric Severeid
Perry Como
Eleanor Powell
Nine Die in Kansas Mishaps
The Associated Press reports seven traffic deaths and two fire fatalities across Kansas during the long holiday weekend. Victims include 69 year old Rosetta G. McConnell in Troy and 4 year old Jerri Linn Farr in Kansas City Kansas, plus 54 year old George Anderson in Arkansas City and Bert F. Briggs, 76, of Scranton who died after a Topeka hospital admission. Myrtle Briggs died in a Carbondale collision on December 18.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Rosetta G. McConnell
Troy
Kenneth Dishon
Jerri Linn Farr
Kansas City
Kan
George Anderson
Arkansas City
Topeka
Bert F. Briggs
Scranton
Myrtle
Briggs
Carbondale
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