TV Is Tough on American Comedians
Hollywood columnist Cynthia Lowry notes many comics lose outlets on TV while Red Skelton prepares a 12th season expanding to a one hour show. Skelton vacations from TV to perform at state fairs, producer Cecil Barker says the hour format suits him, and Skelton’s rapid material turnover keeps his act fresh.
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Ohio
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Two missing girls found safe after 48 hours
Frances Lewine reports in Alexandria, two year old Maria Teresa Morelay and Rita Ohlgren were found unharmed in a vacant apartment by FBI agents after being trapped by a faulty lock. The sisters had spent two nights in a windowless bathroom, initially banging and yelling before settling down to wait.
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Maria ‘Teresa Morelay
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Teresa
No Clues to Whereabouts of Escapees
Texarkana law enforcement faced a flood of tips on Sunday jail escapees Mutt Jax Charles Easley and Leslie Simmons as deputies and federal agents reviewed hundreds of leads. Suspects fled the Miller County jail after overpowering a guard, entering a sack with soap and a bar, fleeing through a court house window. Jailer not seriously hurt. Marlar charged with murder. others held on separate charges. Searches extended into neighboring states with trains checked and sightings unconfirmed.
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Mutt Jax
Charles Easley
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Ted
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Shreveport
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Band
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Mavie Derr
Gy Athe State Hospital
Newport Votes to Keep Mayor City Council Form
Newport Ark residents rejected a move to adopt a city manager system. Early unofficial returns showed the vote against change. Ward 5 counts had been reversed inadvertently. Absentee ballots later adjusted kept the present government. Mayor Walden called a special election after petitioners pushed for it. The council, Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club had backed retaining the current form.
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Weather outlook with thundershowers across regions
Regional forecast notes hot days and mild nights across Arkansas and Louisiana. South and Southeast Arkansas expect clear to partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers mainly in the south, highs near 94 to 100, nights around 68 to 74. Northwest Arkansas sees clear to partly cloudy days with isolated thundershowers, highs around 64 to 95, mild nights. Louisiana remains partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms, highs near 96, nights around 60s to 70s.
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Prematurely Buried Nye Returns From Grave Rumor
AP reports Gerald P Nye former North Dakota senator awakens claim after Pageant magazine story about a buried ashes tale. The article centers on Henry Clay Hansbrough, a publisher politician linked to Nye’s supposed grave, with weather and regional forecasts interwoven in the dramatic fragment.
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Gerald P. Nye
North, Dakota
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Pageant Magazine
Henry Clay Hansbrough
North Dakota
Vine T Saribaw
Mystery Burial Under Capitol Elm Leaves No Traces
Senator Nye kept a secret burial of a friend's ashes under an elm on Capitol grounds. He violated rules by hiding the box and whispered a prayer as colleagues helped bury it. Hymel notes survivors know nothing of the exact tree. Nye, age 69, FHA housing specialist, sent a long letter to Pageant’s editor.
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Political talk and satire fill Jefferson County meeting
In Pine Bluff Arkansas Dr Kenneth Jones urged effort to defeat Senator Fulbright criticizing the Kennedy administration. The event featured films on two party politics and precinct organization, plus a humorous read titled Over Here in the Great Beyond about the late Senator Nye and humorous remarks by editor Cohn and author Hymoff.
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Kenneth Jones
Jefferson County Republican Committee
Willum Fulbright
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Kennedy
At- Washington
Moscow
Reds Automobiles and Berlin clashes at the Wall checkpoint
Soviet armored cars delayed at a West Berlin checkpoint as officers met a U S major. Russians later entered East Berlin after a 45 minute stay. West Berlin police clashed with demonstrators using rocks and tear gas. In night patrols 126 people were detained for identity checks. officials said red guards stirred protests while heavy rains cleared the streets.
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Bernauer Strasse
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Condemned Rapist Seeks Rehearing in Arkansas Case
In Little Rock District Judge Gordon E. Young was asked to review Lonnie Mitchell's 1989 death sentence for raping a white woman. Mitchell's attorney contends civil rights violations occurred in questioning and trial. a stay of execution had been granted pending federal review.
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Lonnie Mitchell
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el Dorado
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Mercer
State Supreme Court
North Little Rock man offers city weather manipulation deal
North Little Rock resident Momer Berry a retired Air Force officer claims he can lower the city temperature by 10 degrees daily in summer and raise it by 10 degrees daily in winter using cloud seeding with silver iodide for 500 dollars a month He suggests Little Rock join the plan and notes he has used weather machines including a coke fed oil drum device for seeding and weather control efforts over several years.
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North Little Rock
Momer Berry
Air Force
Berry
Little Rock
Sehper
Forestry Queen Contest Tonight in Northeast Arkansas
In Pocahontas Arkansas AP reports girls from 18 counties compete today and tonight in the fourth annual Northeast Arkansas District Forest Queen pageant with the winner advancing to further competition.
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Pocahontas, Ark
Accused Slayer in Mental Hospital
Claude Holloway 36 of Marianna has been committed indefinitely to the State Hospital at Little Rock after doctors found him psychotic. He was charged with first degree murder in the May 13 shooting of his 87 year old wife Mrs Geraldine Holloway. Circuit Judge Elmo Taylor signed the order. If released in the future he will be tried on the murder charge.
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Lee County
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Claude Holloway
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Langston
Holloway
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Elmo Taylor
Kennedy to Hold White House News Conference Wednesday
Washington AP Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The White House announced the event with radio networks to carry it live, NBC and ABC to carry it on TV, CBS to video tape and air it an hour later.
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Beauty pageant crowns state winner in Little Rock
Contestants from other state districts in Little Rock vie for the state title judged on poise personality beauty and speech. The winner will be crowned tonight as the statewide program sponsored by the Forestry Commission and the Farm Bureau concludes.
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