Phi Beta Kappa Scholar Turns Comic
New York AP profile of Joan Rivers rising as a comedian after years in show business. Highlights her Barnard Phi Beta Kappa key, early acting lessons, Candid Camera work, Tonight Show appearance, and breakthrough on television with a unique storytelling style and growing fame.
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Gomer Pyle
ABC
Bewitched
Jim Nabors
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Andy Griffith
Elizabeth Montgomery
Dickens
Fenster
Lily
Morticia
Yvonn de Carlo
Jones
Mia Farrow
Allison
Miss Rivers
Carol Burnett
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Woody Allen
Bill Cosby
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Lake Lyndon B. Johnson renamed from Lake Granite Shoals
The Lower Colorado River Authority will rename the 6300 acre reservoir Lake Lyndon B. Johnson to honor the president. The lake lies about 50 miles north of his central Texas ranch and is a favorite boating site of Johnson.
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Eisenhower to gain neighbors at Culzean Castle
Ex President Dwight D Eisenhower will live near Culzean Castle Ayreshire after being granted lifetime use of a 16 room apartment by Scotland. The National Trust of Scotland plans to convert the private Victorian wing into rental units with prices not announced.
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Early Ishaped Chinese coins for dress money
Early Chinese coins fashioned in I shapes illustrated what goods or services they could purchase. Some coins mimicked the human body and were specifically called dress money, reflecting barter meaning in ancient trade.
The Silver Lady and Other Broadcast Tidbits
Snippets from radio and TV listings feature The Silver Lady tale of the Earp brothers, Part II of The Silver Skates with Hans Brinker, Ed Sullivan guests including Eydie Gorme and Shelley Berman, Tommy Sands at West Point, and Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr in The Naked Edge plus other programs and weekend drama notes.
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ED Sullivan
Eydie Gorme
Shelley Berman
Leon Bibb
Topo Gigio
Mouse
Gary Cooper
Deborah Kerr
London
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