Van Heflin's Oscar push shaded by fight scene fame
Hollywood reports Van Heflin, in Shane, may contend for an Academy Award for his tough saloon-brawl with a stunt man. He describes rehearsals, the actual punch, and eight stitches after a real blow as director George Stevens halted the exchange.
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Kinsey Report
Sunday Radio Schedule Snapshot With Diverse Musical Programs
A dense listing outlines a full day of radio programming from early morning to night. It includes weather updates, church services, music blocks, news summaries, devotionals, and magazine segments featuring hosts, programs, and station slots across the day. The schedule shows recurring themes of music, news, and religious programming with multiple sign on and sign off points.
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Melody Lane
Lombardo
Charles Vaughn
Lynn Murray
Martin
TV and Film News: Doris Dowling Quits Screen Return Planned
Doris Dowling, Artie Shaw's wife and mother to Jonathan Shaw born July 4, retires from screen work at Artie's request but returns to Cisco Kid telefilms. Duffy's Tavern, in color, films soon. Zsa Zsa Gabor teases Glittering Death Paris role amid glam ambitions and dream imagery.
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Artie Shaw
Jonathan Shaw
Artie
Chinese Dam Complete to Shield Great Flood Plain
Hong Kong reports the Sanho dam on the Hwai river is finished, eliminating flood threat for hundreds of thousands of acres in the province. If confirmed, a vast stretch between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers would be spared floods that plagued the region for centuries.
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Hwai River
Yangtze
Afternoe Radio Schedule Debuts Evening Festival Lineup
A dense listing shows a packed broadcast slate with music festivals, news segments, and film programs across channels. Notable names include Bob Crosby Jack Benny Arthur Godfrey George Jessel Ozzie and Harriet and World Series coverage is interleaved with drama and variety shows.
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Lewis
Fred Waring
Arthur Murray
Quills Fail To Cure Inquisitive Horse
Woodinville Washington deputy sheriff A T Sanderlin pulled 35 quills from Rusty the horse’s nose with pliers after he investigated a porcupine. The animal was not cured and continued rooting in a gopher hole hours later.
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Rusty
A. T. Sanderlin
Sanderlin
Yardometer aims to measure golf drives at Huntington club
Arnold Browning of Guyan Country Club invents a belt mounted yardometer. A wheel-equipped stick trails behind a golfer after a drive, and the distance is read from the meter when the player reaches the ball.
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Huntington's Guyan Country Club
Walter Winchell Reflects on Baseball World Series Legends
A compact reminiscence by Walter Winchell on the 1940s era World Series, citing Allie Reynolds Jackie Robinson Duke Snider and Babe Ruth. The piece touches on umpire decisions Walter Johnson's comeback and famous lines about players and managers. It weaves anecdotes from Dodgers Yankees and Giants eras with historical notes on the sport.
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Fire chief trapped on roof after screen install
Jacksonville North Carolina. O Wrenn head of Camp Lejeune firefighters climbed onto his porch roof to install screens and found he could not return inside. A neighbor helped him down safely. The article also notes a statistical claim about Kentucky births exceeding deaths by 468000 between 1940 and 1950.
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Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Mister State Fair J 8 Doc Dorton to Direct NC Exposition
Raleigh announces J 8 Doc Dorton will direct the North Carolina State Fair to be held Oct 20 24 in Raleigh. Dorton 25 years as Cleveland County Fair manager in Shelby and head of the Southern States Fair in Charlotte. He served as state director of the War Manpower Commission during WWII and trained at Camp Va veterinary school. Dorton vows the 1953 fair will be the finest in the 100 year history and aims to surpass 1952 attendance over 500000 with top entertainment and education.
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War Manpower Commission
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Camp Va
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