Case Against Subscription Television Heats the Debate
Alfred Starr argues against licensing pay-to-see TV as FCC weighs a nationwide rollout. He critiques four main claims by pay TV proponents, noting Broadway quality is unlikely with cameras on stage and that major sports would dominate home viewing. He cites public immunity to ads and fear of undermining free programming, concluding that pay TV conflicts with broadcasting freedom.
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Alfred Starr
Tennessee
Theater Owners of America
Hollywood
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
America
Commission
Coinbox
Coin Box
New York
David Sarnoff
RCA National Broadcasting Co
Brazil and Colombia Sign Pact on Peaceful Atom Energy
Brazil and Colombia signed agreements with the United States on peaceful uses of atomic energy. They will receive information on the design construction and operation of research reactors and their use as research development and engineering tools.
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Washington
Brazil
Colombia
United States
Gale Enchants Las Vegas Audience With Versatile Set
Storm Enchants Fans at Thunderbird Hotel Las Vegas last week. Gale from My Little Margie delivered operatic arias a hillbilly ditty travesty and pop tunes including Something's Gotta Give Old Fashioned and Are You From Dixie. Audience-selected numbers Un Bel Di and Dixie choices closed with a barrelhouse blues and a Fred Astaire tribute.
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Gale Storm
Las Vegas
Thunderbird Hotel
My Little Margie
Davy Crockett
Gale
Dixie
Fred Astaire
Time Capsule Crossword Clues List
A compact crossword style entry listing numbered clues across and down with brief, basic prompts such as seven days operatic solo twenty four hours and other short definitional items. The list appears as a grid of straightforward crossword hints without solutions.
Tackle Delinquency Topic In Blackboard Jungle
The Kenosha theater opens MGM's Blackboard Jungle featuring Glenn Ford as Richard Dadier in a stark tale of a teacher facing hostility from inner city students. Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, and Margaret Hayes co star as the drama intensifies amid threats to his career and life.
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Glenn Ford
Vic Morrow
America
Anne Francis
Louis Calhern
Evan Hunter
M-G-M
Kenosha Theater
Margaret Hayes
Richard Dadier
Dadier
Anne
Gregory Miller
Artie West
Republic
Santa Fe Passage
John Payne
Faith Domergue
Rod Cameron
St. George
Utah
Esquire
Clay Fisher
Lillie Hayward
TV Radio Log June 1 1955
TV and radio listings for June 1 1955 across WGN WBKB WNBQ WITMJ WBBM networks include program lines from 5:00 PM to 11:30 PM with sports, variety, dramas and movies and radio news and music blocks featuring station lineups and program titles such as Eddie Fisher This Is Your Life and The Millionaire.
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Wgn-Tv
Wbkb-Tv
Wnbq-Tv
Witmj-Tv
Wbbm-Tv
Curbstone
Simon
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Clint Youle
Larry Clark
Bob Elson
Spencer Allen
Alfred
Elma Milette
Eddie Fisher
Douglas Edwards
Claudette Colbert
Patrice Knowles
Patrice Knowles 4—Request Performance 2—Godfrey and Friends
Tony Her
Son
the Millionaire
WGN
Fulton Lewis Jr
WBBM
WMAQ
Alex Drier
WLS
John Vandercook
WIND
WCFL
WISN
Bartell
WTMJ
G. Heatter
J. Harrington
M. Beatty
Wind—Sports Review
Paul Bartell
True Detective
Farm World
Bill Stern
Braves
FBI
Riverview
Amos
Andy
Truth Or Consequences
Monroe
S. Dowell
J. Brady
Fibber McGee
Perry Como
Saxie Dowell
Tennessee Ernie
Hubbard
Howard Miller
World Tomorrow
Barbs on Driving Licenses and Drive-In Dilemmas
A reflective piece questions license carelessness among youths and explores social habits from retouching a girlfriend’s makeup to kids sleeping at drive-in theaters. The writing connects personal behavior to broader world worries as reading intensifies concern about global conditions.
Clear Thinking Aids Bridge Game by Oswald Jacoby
South survives four spades with precise play after West opens hearts as declarer plans to ruff and relinquish clubs. West ruffs hearts and anticipates losses in clubs and trumps. South, avoiding premature trump drawing, leads a low club to force eventual club ruffs in dummy while East counters with two club tricks and a diamond lead.
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South
West
King of Hearts
East
Declarer
Diamond Ride to Dum My's Queen in Club and Trump Play
Declarer plays a long sequence to secure seven hearts and diamonds. South cashes clubs and diamonds, ruffs in dummy, and overrules East to reach a game by pitching and ruffing. East shows four trumps while South finesses spades to win the last two tricks.
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East
South
West
Declarer
See a Movie Today Todays Movie Timetable
Kenosha listings show Santa Fe Passage at 1 30 4 52 8 14 Blackboard Jungle at 3 04 6 26 9 48 Orpheum calls Northside 777 at 6 00 9 30 Where the Sidewalk Ends at 7 50 Gateways Five Against the House at 8 06 Rage at Dawn at 6 27 9 52 Roosevelt Six Bridges to Cross at 8 15 Black Tuesday at 6 45 9 50 Mid City Outdoor Bad Day at Black Rock at 7 35 11 09 Purple Plain at 9 26 Keno Family Drive In Girls of Pleasure Island at 7 52 11 40 Sitting Bull at 9 49
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Santa Fe Passage
Blackboard
Orpheum
Northside
Black Rock
Pleasure Island
Curtis Acclaimed For Versatility In Six Bridges to Cross
Tony Curtis is praised for his versatility in Universal-International's Six Bridges to Cross, the Boston robbery story that shocked the nation. The film opens today at the Roosevelt theater with Julie Adams and George Nader co starring.
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Tony Curtis
Hollywood
Universal - International
Boston
Tony
Roosevelt Theater
Julie Adams
George Nader
Tony as a versatile young Bronx actor in new film
Joseph Pevney praises Tony as believable and capable of any role in Six Bridges to Cross. The movie, adapted from Collier’s and The Anatomy of a Crime, was shot largely in Boston and produced by Aaron Rosenberg. Black Tuesday at the Roosevelt marks Edward G Robinson’s 25th anniversary and a rare scene showing him crying, per director Hugo Fregonese.
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Bronx
Joseph Pevney
Tony
Collier’s Magazine
Joseph F. Dinneen
Reader’s Digest Book Club
Aaron Rosenberg
Boston
The
Roosevelt
Edward G. Robinson
Hugo Fregonese
Michigan Gas Tax Hikes to Fund Road Plan
A 11 4 cent gasoline tax increase took effect in Michigan to finance a 35 million dollar annual highway expansion program. The tax now stands at 6 cents per gallon.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
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Oswald Jacoby
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