27 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
1
Mrs Sally Ann Condren 55 wrestles a gun from an intruder in her bedroom and strikes him on the head. He takes the gun and returns the blow before fleeing through a plate glass window. She is treated for a head cut and wonders if the man felt any pain.
New York CBS television tonight presents Playhouse 90 drama about Robert Briscoe the Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin with Art Carney in the lead. Erick Moll wrote the script and Briscoe approved minor changes noting the live form fits his life.
A historic note places the world's largest fertilizer plant in Saginaw Michigan as a landmark of industrial scale and regional impact.
The page lists television programs with Jimmy Dean at 7.6 and Captain Kangaroo at 8.0, noting times and brief program labels in a historical broadcast grid. The entry documents a TV guide snapshot for the era with channel and program identifiers.
Thelma Ritter returns to Broadway in New Girl in Town after an 18 year gap. Her daughter Monica Moran, 17, signs as an apprentice with a summer stock company while son Tony, in the Marine Corps, pursues show business goals. Ritter embraces the dynasty idea and says she will work in movies, TV, or Broadway as long as the role is right.
Veteran star Joel, after 25 years in cinema, reflects on aging gracefully and avoiding age-inappropriate love scenes. He says top stars should retire or adjust parts, and notes he found better scripts postwar. His current project Trooper Hook casts him at age 47 despite being 51.
Air Force conducted a double rocket launch at Cape Canaveral with one ship lifting at 5:15 am and another at 1 pm. Reporters from Orlando Sentinel and Miami Herald described white plumes and loud blasts but could not confirm missile types.
Joseph F. LaPointe 41 of Detroit was jailed in Ann Arbor after briefly leaving court for a beer. He faced a charge of violating the state financial responsibility law. a probation officer who smelled alcohol led to a police pickup and court order. The judge postponed sentencing and remanded him to jail pending further action.
Mrs Pren tice Overby used a 12 pound fish she pulled from a shallow pool after her car struck it. She took the catch home and had it for dinner.
Catholic Bishop James J. Byrne says many profess belief in God yet do nothing about it calling them lip-servants. He argues Americans are shifting from lukewarm to hot and cold in religious commitment at a Los Angeles church meeting.
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