Reiner Upset By TV Drag
Television columnist Marie Torre notes industry buyers pass on good pilots for comedies like Head of the Family starring Peter Lawford and Carl Reiner. Reiner vents anger at industry indecision, despite praise from agency buyers and sponsors.
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Reiner
TV Drag
Marie Torre
Joseph Alsop
Mrs. Scrooge
Brooklyn Bridge
Jack Paar
Barbara Stanwyck
Ginger Rogers
Gisele MacKenzie
Clare Boothe Luce
Hal March
David Niven
Peter Lawford
Carl Reiner
Hospital Board appoints Justin Hill and Cliff Calvin in Lawrence
The Hospital Board in Lawrence selects Justin Hill and Cliff Calvin for governance of the $2 million city owned health center. Community benefactor Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins donated over a million dollars for care, while residents added funds for expansion. The City Commission praised the appointment as a boost to leadership and progress.
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Weatherwax
City Commission
Justin Hill
Cliff Calvin
Hill
Calvin
Elizabeth Watkins
Lawrence
Watkins
Kansas University discipline panel 1919 aims damp youthful excess
A 1919 Kansas University Senate disciplinary committee officer described students arriving with too much jazz in their systems and a high use of gasoline. The aim was to dampen youthful exuberance and regulate student life, long before Elvis or widespread auto ownership.
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Kansas University
Kansas University Senate
DAR
N. E. Berry
Allen
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Princeton Cut Gains Popularity in Hair Trends
A shift from duck tail and long hair to shorter cuts marks a trend among American men. Juvenile court judges note fewer offenders with sensible trims, while crew cuts and flat-tops remain common. The Princeton Cut, praised by Craig Stevens and Cary Grant, offers a masculine alternative for those whose hair isn’t suited to a crew cut.
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Princeton
East
Craig Stevens
Kansas University
Cary Grant
A Brazilian Reporter Questions China’s Power
A Rio de Janeiro newspaper's U S correspondent Louis Wiznitzer says Red China is overrated and at least 30 years from real power. He claims industrial strength is exaggerated and China remains far from a world power. The remarks offer perspective amid Western fears of rapid Communist growth.
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Russia
Red China
China
Louis Wiznitzer
U.S
Rio de Janeiro
Wiznitzer
Roosting Rooney Criticized Over Jazz Ambassadorship
Roars at Rep John J Rooney for questioning a 66 350 to 102 000 dollar US goodwill tour of jazz musician Jack Teagarden abroad. The writer cites Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra as examples of American jazz’s global appeal and defends cultural diplomacy against subsidy criticism.
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Paris
John J. Rooney
N.Y
Jelly Roll Morton
Sidney
Rooney
Jack
Nat “King” Cole
Australia
Sinatra
Ambassador Satch
Spain
Satch
Madrid
Ella
Fitzgerald
Lena
Horne
Mickey
John J
Congress
Jack Crystal
Commodore Music Shop
America
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Commodore
Outback
Kenya
England
France
South America
Teagarden
Satchmo
Wild Bill
Joe Bushkin
Eisenhower
M. Baruch
Dick Nixon
Winston Churchill
Artie Shaw
Artie
Mr. Rooney
Heart Murmurs in Babies Explained by Doctor
Dear Dr. Mother explains that a baby eight months old with a softer murmur often does not indicate a serious problem. A murmur is a sound from imperfect valve operation, but many are harmless. Doctors monitor, observe, and only intervene if signs point to a defect or need for surgery.
Corrigan mystery unfolds on Hawaiian flight misroute
Richard Fuerst of Marinette Wisconsin boarded a plane thinking to go to Chicago but woke in Honolulu after apparently passing through the wrong gate at Burbank. The pilot offered a free extra day as a guest. Fuerst insisted he must reach Chicago and later boarded a plane for the mainland after a two hour detour.
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California
Mr. Reiner
Dinah Shore
Honolulu
Pacific
Richard Fuerst
Chicago
Burbank
Calif
Fuerst
Marinette
Wis
Mainland
Old Home Town News Highlights Leaders and Events
Ten years ago Nancy Teed of Hutchinson was elected Girls State head. The Eagles Convention opened in Lawrence with 1 500 guests expected. Richland boy Fred Tornedon had perfect attendance for eight years. Melville Fisher buys Bowerton and will move soon. M J Getto and wife welcomed Michael Jr. John D Hamilton of Topeka joins the GOP national council. Dr Leona Baumgartner earns medicine and philosophy doctorates after Yale AB and MA. William Allen White, KU speaker, becomes Phi Beta Kappa honorary member.
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Nancy Teed
Hutchinson
Eagles
Lawrence
Fred Tornedon
Richland
Melville Fisher
M. J. Getto
Michael Jr
John D. Hamilton
Topeka
GOP Party Council
Leona Baumgartner
Yale
Kansas
William Allen White
Phi Beta Kappa
Daily Bible Message Prayer for Leaders and Growth
A devotional exhortation urges supplications prayers and thanksgiving for all in authority to foster peaceful godly living. It asks divine help to align our yes with God's will and grow spiritually, ending with a prayer in Jesus name.
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Jesus Christ
Lyons Den Pressure by Tax Examiners Reaches Gov Long
Leonard Lyons reports Internal Revenue service pressure on Gov. Long over funds claimed as future campaign contributions. Long reportedly drank, traveled to major races in a National Guard unit, and used racial epithets before a release hearing. Separate notes cover Dulles funeral attendees, Fonteyn to receive Oxford degree, and other society items.
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Hammarskjold
Bunche
Spaak
Margot Fonteyn
Oxford
Rosy O'Donnell
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen. Smith
Gen
O'Donnell
Toohey Spaatz
Spaatz
CBS Radio
Philadelphia
Jack Benny
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Gosden
Japanese Play Synopsis Sheds Light on Intricate Theater
Hal Boyle notes Japanese theater uses English style synopses that blur meaning. The Mother of Shosuo Shigemoto follows Kunitsune and Kitano-kata through love, infidelity, clan collapse, and madness ending with a mother and son reunion at a nun’s grave. The Nichigeki hall adds Scene 15 Concrete Jungle, depicting youth, noise, rock n roll near New York’s Westside.
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Hal Boyle
Shosuo Shigemoto
Kunitsune
Kitano-kata
Shihei
Fuijiwara
Fujiwara
Shigemoto
Kitanokata
Westside
Sic
New York
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