Gleason Says Color Ruins Comedy New Use for Presley's Efforts
Ellery Wilson reports on colorful showbiz quips from Elvis Presley, Red Skelton, Marilyn Monroe, and other Hollywood figures. The column strings together jests about TV, stage acts, and polite gossip, noting Gleason’s stance against color TV and a flurry of party-line anecdotes.
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Gleason
Presley
New York
Hell's
Michael Rennie
Mary Gardner
Otto Preminger
Huntington Hadford
Six Nations Chosen Today to Guide Agency Setup on Canal Problem
Lawrence Kansas Friday October 5 1956 six week grand jury probe into use of state relief funds for political purposes halted with six indicted in Wagoner County Oklahoma four of them high in Democratic party councils. Indictments charge plotting to defraud the state by paying $20 relief checks to campaign workers for duties in behalf of State Senator John Russell Jr. Arraignment set for tomorrow before District Judge Andrew Wilcoxen.
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Kansas
Lawrence Daily Journal-World Farmers
Grand Jury
Sn Russell
Raymond Gary
John Russell Jr
Tommrrow
Andrew ‘Wilcoxen
Wagoner
Okla
Waron‘er
Oklahoma
Democratic Party
Two Armed Men Nab Cash In Topeka Station Theft
Early today in Topeka two armed men mobbed a gasoline station attendant east of town, took his car and fled with 274 dollars. Police hunted three airmen who escaped from Forbes Air Force base during the incident window.
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Topeka U
Here
Forbes Air Force
Oklahoma Soldier Gets Life For Girl's Murder
In Sallisaw Oklahoma Judge E C Carroll sentenced 24 year old Muskogee Negro Pfc James A Coleman to life in prison for the strangulation murder of 17 year old Mrs Mitchell Dean Thomas. Coleman pleaded guilty after being found with the victim's body in his car trunk following a police roadblock near Fort Smith Arkansas. His wife Henrietta Coleman 20 testified he abducted her and forced her to ride with the corpse present before her escape.
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Sallisaw
Okla
Tietrict
E. C. Carroll
Muskogee
Gil
James A. Coleman
Mitchell Dean Thomas
Coleman
Sequoyaha
Amelia P. Frye
Carroll
Thomas
Gore
Sequoyah
Henrietta Coleman
Ft. Smith
Ark
President Eisenhower Opposes Washington Franchise Move
President Eisenhower stated he did not want Washington to lose its American League team and had not heard of moves to the West Coast. A baseball fan, he recalled attending Griffith Stadium and World Series games, and expressed hope Washington could field a stronger Senators team after finishing seventh this year.
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Eisenhower
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Brooklyn
Senators
Shaw Warns of Eastward Union Cloud In Kansas
Warren W. Shaw, Republican gubernatorial candidate, told about 200 supporters in Hays that a “big black cloud” of union lawlessness is rolling in from the east and threatening Kansas labor relations. He urged quick action to curb what he called labor bosses and racketeers harming industry and the state’s economy.
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Hays
Warren W. Shaw
Kansas
Federal tax take in Wichita climbs past 244 million line
Wichita the Internal Revenue director Gus F Koehler said tax collections in Kansas near 244 million dollars above 1985. For the nine months ended September, total collections reached 446,416,192 compared with 421,920,511 in the prior year period.
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Gus F. Koehler
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Wichita
Torday
Mother a Mental Patient at State Hospital
The frail mother of kidnapped and murdered Cynthia Ruatolo, Eleanor Ruatolo, 33, arrived with a sister at Connecticut State Hospital in Middletown and asked to be admitted as a voluntary patient. Superintendent Dr Edgar C Yerbury confirmed the arrival and admission request.
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Middletown
Conn
Cynthia Ruatolo
Eleanor Ruatolo
Ploom
Edgar C. Yerbury
Connecticut State Hospital
Six Nations Form Canal Users Association for Suez Settlement
Six nations United States Britain France Italy Norway and Iran agreed to run the Canal Users Association to chart a peaceful Suez settlement with Egypt. A seventh member will join the executive committee once SCUA's 15-nation membership is complete. Pakistan Japan and Ethiopia attended as observers awaiting decision.
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Egypt
United States
Britain
France
Ialy
Norway
Iran
SCUA
Pakistan
Japan
Ethiopia
Prisoners Escape From Stow Through Rope at Wine Dated Station
Report describes two armed men escaping from a stockade after climbing down a pulley rope from a second floor wine room. Larry Crocker, involved as a gasoline attendant, noted both men carried guns and wore white handkerchiefs. Station located about miles east of here on Highway 21. Continent Africa noted in source.
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Oxo
United States
Here
Aftica
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