TV Christmas specials stretch earlier and longer on air
A reader notes TV holiday programming now starts earlier and runs longer. He recalls Arthur Godfrey and Tennessee Ernie, describes Garroway at Home as simple and intimate, and contrasts light entertainment with Kraft's heavy religious drama The Story of the Other Wise Man.
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George Gobel
Gene
Arthur Godfrey
Eisenhower
Tennessee Ernie
Douglas Fairbanks
Alps
Garroway
Ed Wynn
Chicago
Kraft
Henry van Dyke
Richard Kiley
New Year TV Previews and Party Highlights
A roundup of New Year Eve TV segments includes George Gobel Edie Adams spoofing with Lonesome Eddie Fisher and others. Eve Arden Show features Liza Hammond in a lively but tiring evening. The Tell the Truth panel promises clues and celebrity guesses. Telephone Time offers a gripping Death of a Nobody mystery. A New Year’s party at the Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago features Howard Miller David Lewinters Orchestra and guests.
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Channel É
Bel Fisher
George Gobel
Edie Adams
Alice Gobel
Jeff Donnell
Jarnie Kovac
Lawingr
Edie
Ernie
Channel 5
Eve Arden
Liza Hammond
Betsy Palmer
Don Ameche
Kitty Carlisle
Hy Gardner
Bud Collyer
Ambasador East Hotel
Chicago
Howard Miller
David le Winter
Tedi King
Mello Larks
Josh White
al Morgan
Sarah Siddon
Dukes of Dixieland
Confiscate Guests Keys On New Year Eve Urged
Endicott New York police chief Leon F. Coleman urges hosts to confiscate guests car keys on New Year Eve to ensure guests can safely drive home later. He warns the guests survival may rest in the party giver keeping the keys until they are able to drive.
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Endicott
N. Y
Leon F. Coleman
Coleman
NY Woman Involved In Fatal 100 MPH Police Flight
A 11 year old girl fleeing police in a stolen car at over 100 mph struck Richard H. Sperling in Newtown Conn. He died instantly as his car lay wrecked across the road. Sperling’s widow and 13 year old son survive. Christine Nystrom, 11, was charged with vehicular homicide and grand larceny after she escaped a toll booth pursuit on the Hutchinson River Parkway.
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New York
Christine
Nystrom
Richard H. Sperling
Newtown Conn
Richard Crawford
Westchester Parkway
Crawford
Sperling
Fred
Eight Die in Eastern Algeria Floods
Eight people died in eastern Algeria as floods hit the region, the worst in 40 years. More than 500 villagers were left homeless.
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Algeria
Algiers
New Year church services listed. zoning board set meeting
May birthstone emerald noted. Lawrence churches schedule limited New Year services with St. John’s Catholic Church offering Masses at 6 8 9 30 and 11 am. Nazarene Watch Night at 10 pm. Immanuel Lutheran to hold worship and Holy Communion. Zoning Appeals Board to meet January 21 1956 at City Hall to consider a building permit denial on Forrest Avenue tract with public hearing and referral to C Fisher City Clerk.
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Lawrence
St. John's Catholic Church
Church of the Nazarene
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Uw Lawrence
Board of Zoning
City of Lawrence
City Hell
At & Pt
Forrest
Forrest Avenue
Bee
C. Fisher
Television Program Listings Unclear Station Schedule
A dense OCR fragment shows WODAF-TV KMBC-TV and REMO-TV listings for Tuesday December 17 and Wednesday January 1 with numerous programs such as News Tonight Tonight Show Sports Weather and late night features. The garbled text includes network slots and show titles like The Red Tee Show Apollo News and The Tonight Show.
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Wodaf-Tv
Kmbc-Tv
Remo-Tv
Lancelot
Mickey Moues
Doug Edwards
Aeaten
George Gobet
ESI Silvera
Guy Mitchellimew
Jane Wyman
Tor Adventure
Bian
Jimmy Dean
Puzzle of Mixed Clues From Hidden Word Grid
A garbled list of numbered clues covers varied topics from geography and biology to music and law. The fragmentary text hints at a large word puzzle where each clue yields a distinct term, possibly a cryptic or crossfill style grid.
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John Crosby
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Dave Garroway
Manhattan
Pamela
Mike
Jacki Haskell
Barbara Carroll
Miss Carroll
Jira
St. Nicholas
Mines
Dolve
Dick Tracy
ACE Hotel
Lon Tribune
SnCk Tito
OM the Wa
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Burt
Black Hose
Austin
San Jose's
Rogers
Vera
Nancy
N’ Jeff
Muty
David Crane
Dabney
Beetle Baily
Matt
Smoky the Bear
Little Smokey
May
Emerald
Listiens Resa
Beat Clork
Ariens Francis
Garry Moore
East Playhouse
Tresaure Hunt
Arthur
Whisso’s Wavdarland
Happy Home Theatre
Liberace
Gate Aoa Ic
Susie
Rose
Lane
Doug, Edwards
Three Star News
Disneyland
David Grief
Star Theatre
Idmiene
Pattion
Btudin
MOSS
Jewal
City
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Ireland
Pleasant
Interior
Ma Legal Action
Minions
Leee Ae
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