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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1953
Page
7
Elliott Lawrence, a bandleader who played many campus dates, says college students and faculties now drive dance bands. He notes wartime and postwar money shifts, TV commitments complicate schedules, but college proms remain profitable and help build future followings.
Hartiora Courant reports Walter Winchell in New York facing bar from Parsons Theatre for hostile notices. N Y Times editor Atkinson and dramatist Odets condemn censorship as Shubert bosses weigh reprisals. Spotlight on Can Can premiere and Broadway buzz despite bans and threats to coverage.
The record notes Al Jolson would not let Wunderbar open unless Winchell reviewed from his regular seat. Reporters said they enjoyed the star but not the show. Shuberts banned them from 38 theaters they control and those rented to independent producers.
Jed Harris produced Serena Brandish with Ruth Gordon and fought to admit critics. The Shuberts refused. Harris obtained a Supreme Court writ to enter. The critic was the only one to pan the show, which folded soon after. Hellzapoppin followed, Olsen and Johnson on tour two years, and the Shuberts barred their names from ads. Critics hated it, we loved it.
The under study Gloria Hallward later known as Gloria Grahame rises from Broadway to film stardom winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Skin of Our Teeth and set to be Mr March's leading lady in Man On a Tight Rope Directed by Mr Karan The Eva Gabor program assists a Garden benefit for widows and children of New York police and firemen with a 97 gift growing to 200 and 66 000 raised yesterday as checks begin to go out tomorrow.
In Tucumcari New Mexico police issue first offenders coffee tickets instead of fines. Officers hand out a list of traffic don'ts and a cap good for free coffee for driver and passengers at local eateries. Since Operation Coffee began five months ago speeding and other offenses have decreased and the Chamber of Commerce backs the program.
Radio schedules note that Eastern Standard Time governs program timings with regional adjustments for Central and Mountain regions. Local stations may shift relay test times and update schedules last minute due to hour differences and daylight changes.
A dense afternoon to late evening lineup lists music shows, dramas, news segments, and comedies across CBS and NBC networks. Notable entries include The Marines Review, Henry Aldrich, Amos and Andy, Dragnet, Meet the Press, and Meet the Press.
A line of program times lists shows from 11:45 Test Pattern to 6:30 Hopalong Cassidy with entries for news, talk, drama, game shows, religious programs, and serials. No context or dates accompany items.
The listing shows a day’s TV lineup from 11:10 to 11:45 pm including programs like This Is The Life Palm Sunday Service and Ford Theatre. A note states Cambodia Laos and Viet Nam are independent states within the French Union.
Hollywood star Carole Mathews says she prefers the thrill of the audience's reaction to being the ingénue who loses out. In Fight Town she again plays the thwarted heroine, while in real life she admits two marriages failed and a new romance grows.
Cleveland report describes an electrorelinograph developed by Dr. Julius Praglin electrophysiologist of Western Reserve University. The device measures electric responses of the eye to light and aims to detect eye diseases before they worsen as part of the hospital research program.
A survey by American Can Co shows California per acre yields last year exceeding national averages in tomatoes at 15.7 tons versus 9.2, green peas 3 050 pounds shelled versus 2 014, green lima beans 3 000 pounds shelled versus 1 913, and cucumbers 335 bushels versus 92.
Future farmers of America in Alabama join the drive to prevent forest fires. They purchased metal auto tags bearing the message Prevent Forest Fires Keep Alabama Green and are selling them to motorists to support the effort.
A tally identifies 35 nations that are not members of the United Nations. The list highlights nonmember states and their current status in international diplomacy.
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