Steve Allen stage debut tops mixed Broadway run
Steve Allen’s first Broadway foray with The Pink Elm showed his stage prowess despite a weak farce. Emlyn Williams impressed with Dickens readings from Bleak House. The Outer Circle named Picnic best play and Wonderful Town best musical for 1952-53 season. The Love of Four Colonels ends May 16, then opens in Philadelphia May 18 with Harrison and Palmer. tour begins October in Hershey.
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Steve Allen
John G. Fuller
Eisenhower
Steve
Emlyn Williams
Charles Dickens
Williams
The
Outer Circle
William Inge
Four Colonels
Philadelphia
Rex Harrison
Lillie Palmer
Italy
Hershey
Weaver files divorce cross bill over song about marriage
John FE Weaver filed a cross-bill for divorce against his wife claiming she authored a song describing their marriage. The song is titled Thirty Months in Hell.
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Tin Pan Alley
Knoxville, Tenn
John FE
Weaver
Hell
Water-Witcher Kept Busy Along Dry Rio Grande
EDINBURG Texas Walter Klepfar a 55 year old Illinois native markets water witching amid a near dry Rio Grande supplying irrigation for a 330000 population area He charges 25 per drill and claims to locate water with copper wire He says the stronger the pull the closer the water lies He guarantees refunds when he fails to locate water citing luck and magnetic theories and notes he has found about 60 wells so far in 1953.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Walter Klepfar
Epfer
Rio Grande
Klepfer
Illinois
Ireland Probes Past Of Lake Dwellers At Lough Gara
Dublin reports that excavations led by Dr. Joseph Raftery at Lough Gara near Boyle Roscommon reveal 4000 year old lake dwellings after drainage lowered the lake. Finds include boats ornaments and bones. Three periods 2500 B C 500 B C and A D 500. Researchers seek connections to Europe migrations and whether later inhabitants descended from earlier ones.
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Lough Gara
Boyle
County Roscommon
Europe
Joseph Raftery
Trish
National Museum
Raftery
Slang Reflects Personality Says Temple Israel Expert
Dr. James A. Wax of Temple Israel argues slang reveals character. He condemns overly casual phrases like “so what” as undignified and shows how concern with rewards or others’ trust signals betrayals of faith and social responsibility.
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Memphis
Tenn
James A. Wax
Temple Israel
Poe
Manchester man loses truck to freight train crash
South Windsor Connecticut John O Bright of Manchester drove four years over a railroad crossing without seeing a train He believed the tracks unused and grew careless A freight train struck and demolished his truck He escaped with a fractured shoulder
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John O'Bright
Manchester
O'Bright
Radio Program Schedule Notes
Regional network times note that Eastern Local Time is used with substitutions for Central and Mountain zones. Some stations adjust relay times to fit local schedules with last minute changes excluded.
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Mountain
Sunday Broadcast Schedule Highlights and Lineups
A dense listing of radio and TV programming with times and featured shows. Notable items include Catholic services, music programs, news dispatches, talk shows, dramas, variety acts, and late night sign offs across multiple networks. Prominent names mentioned include Billy Graham, Peter Salem, Bob Considine, Guy Lombardo, Arthur Godfrey, and Beulah.
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Jasgenine
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World Today
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Mbs
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Lus
Mbs Ag
Kek Chase
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Shadow
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Bob Considine
Nixon
Eba
Ensi
Nick Carter
Abe Don Cornell
Washington
Misa Brooks
Cbs News
Abe Guy Lombardo
Cbs Music Hall
Newa
Abe Dick Powell
Abe Faaion
Hawaii
Calle
Mbc
Abc
Abc Marine Band
Robert Q
Waxworks
Abc London
London
Meet the Press
News & Variety
Aill Nets
Stu Erwin
Arthur Murray
Liza beth Scott urges women to speak up in love
Hollywood notes quote Liza beth Scott urging women to assert themselves and speak their minds to avoid becoming merely decorative. She warns excessive sweetness tires men and praises selective rebellion, while recounting her own career move into comedy with Scared Stiff alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Hollywood
Lizabeth Scott
Miss Scott
Liz
Lizabeth
Hal Wallis
Scranton
Mr. Wallis
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Dean and Jerry
Birds Use Cows in El Salvador to Snag Insects
Chicago naturalist Dr. Austin Rand reports tropical cuckoos in El Salvador employ grazing cows to flush grasshoppers and insects. Birds tag along with cattle, accelerating catches from about one insect per two minutes without a cow to about three with a cow.
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Chicago
Chicago Natural History Museum
el Salvador
Austin L. Rand
Rand
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