NBC summer spectaculars and TV notes recap
NBC plans black and white summer spectaculars with 60 percent no color. Charlton Heston to host Celgate Variety Hour with George Murphy and Bill Holden. Gore Vidal writing a TV spectacular featuring Tallulah Bankhead and Milton Berle. Stop the Music viewers may win 10,000. Dorothy Collins may sit out Hit Parade. Petrified Forest on Producers' Showcase praised. Bogart, Bacall, Fonda singled out. Fonda's finale questioned. Vaughn Monroe get TV spot. Red Skelton ill but aiming to perform. It Love Lucy tops May ratings. Studio One's Nita Talbot noted for natural, poised performance. Drama praised despite brisk directing.
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Gramp
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Ex Union Soldier Taken To Hospital
Ex union soldier Albert Woolson 108 last surviving Civil War veteran was hospitalized in Duluth after a home incident. Doctors said he is in an oxygen tent awaiting treatment for recurring lung congestion.
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Hawkins Honors War Dead With New Memorial Plaque
Rogersville May 30 families gathered as 137 local service members from Hawkins County were honored with a bronze Memorial Room plaque at American Legion Post 21. Post Commander J Edward Hyder read the names from World War I II and Korea as leaders and veterans in Legion uniforms laid the plaque. Mrs Henry Acuff presided at a wreath ceremony while participants wore red, honoring the fallen and the country’s global service.
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Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher Romance Denied by Mother
Debbie Reynolds mother rejects reports of a romance ending in marriage with Eddie Fisher. She calls the gossip a pack of lies and says careers keep a definite wedding date off. Fisher also denies talk of a split, noting distance and touring commitments.
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Eddie Fisher
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Houston Child Stricken With Polio After Vaccine
A Houston six year old girl Linda Koelle daughter of A T Koelle jr contracted paralytic polio after receiving the Salk vaccine. She is reported as getting along but the third paralytic case in area following vaccine. The eight previous cases were nonparalytic.
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Linda Koelle
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Linda
Robbery Suspect Has Extra Fingers and Toes Found
Oklahoma City police puzzled by a theft suspect with extra digits. Officer Mark Higgs fingerprinted 54 year old Oran Telford and discovered six fingers on each hand. The suspect claimed he had six toes on each foot, which he demonstrated by removing his shoes.
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Oklahoma City
Mark Higgs
Oran Telford
Higes
Telford
107-Year-Old Veteran Receives Crestview Diploma
William A. Lundy, the 107 year old veteran, receives a Crestview High School diploma alongside 58 other seniors including the last surviving Confederate veteran and four veterans. His relatives plan to frame the diploma and hang it on his wall today as he jokes about being honored in school.
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