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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
8
The page lists a dense broadcast grid for Wednesday June 3 1959 with extensive TV lineups across multiple channels including Channel 7. Programs range from morning kiddie shows Captain Kangaroo to soap operas The Guiding Light and As the World Turns, with news, game shows, films, and variety acts interspersed throughout the day.
A schedule note indicates Family Living 59 in Shifton KET will shift to 05 p.m. for the next two weeks on radio KEL. The current Monitor broadcast passes to a “Rape Minorities” series, with the regular program pre-empted. The change affects the Wednesday evening lineup.
At 7 pm lightweight champion Joe Brows defends his title against veteran Paoli Ross in Washington DC. Followed by Wagon Train with John McIntire, a minister lost in the West who has killed a man, then McIntire’s note on loneliness and Montana ranch. Later, holiday US A and U. S. Steel Floor listings conclude the schedule.
A patchwork recap of upcoming television offerings and star appearances across ABC CBS and NBC. Highlights include Burl Ives hosting a musical special at 9 pm with guests Gisele MacKenzie Eddie Fisher and others plus Joe Brown defending his light heavyweight title on a seventh defense. The piece lists varied films shows and concert lineups across stations with Lena Horne Harry Belafonte Shirley Jones Jack Cassidy and more filling the hour by hour slate.
A beagle led Fred Muekieke to a man found semi conscious in a tarry pool of oil near a construction yard in Stockton. The man Ralph Blohm, 52,identified at a hospital, suffered first and second degree burns over much of his body and may have been drinking before exposure. Police report details unclear on how long he lay in the oil.
A column lists TV items including Jack Latham’s trip to Japan with news footage, NBC special I Take Thee with Jim Backus and Phyllis Diller, a June 26 St Lawrence Seaway program, Dennis Morgan in 21 Beacon Street replacing The Ford Show, and a trend toward detective stories with street-address style titles.
Temple City sheriff deputies stopped Charles Larocca 33 driving a late model sports car wearing two black gorilla costumes on a road. He claimed membership in a car club filming a movie Dark Africa and said the disguise joke led to the citation for wearing a costume without a permit.
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin will guest on KEAC Sunsets program, performing the Andante from Balada’s Symphony Espagnole with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra opening the concert. The broadcast highlights Menuhin as guest soloist on a Viennese program.
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