Betty White Gets Big NBC TV Role On The Rise
Betty White, once a struggling actress doing free TV ads, lands a five-a-week half hour NBC show after a year named top personal idol in Los Angeles. The Chicago-born star, now 30s, will perform with Frank DeVol’s orchestra and The Four Jokers, aiming for a simple housewife audience as she builds a long-term TV career.
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Long Beach Theaters Monday February 8 Showings
Listings from Long Beach venues show Monday February 8 offerings with starting times for theaters such as Imperial and Towne Drive-In. Films include Malcom X? and Sailors and a Girl with varying schedules and prices noted alongside theater names and contact references.
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Betty Wry as Marilyn Monroe Type Admired by Don Fedderson
Don Fedderson, station manager, maps Betty Wry’s fortune praising her appeal to men and women. She jokes she is Marilyn Monroe type but insists she’s no Monroe, yet charming and busy with family duties and a tight schedule that limits romance.
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Minnesotan Victor Christgau Joins Social Security Bureau
Victor Christgau, former Minnesota official, sworn in as director of the Bureau of Old-age and Survivors Insurance in Washington. He fills the post left by Oscar Pogge who resigned to enter private business. The bureau administers the social security program paying about 6 million people monthly benefits.
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Phyllis Kirk Says 30 Is Right Age To Wed
Hollywood notes reveal Phyllis Kirk prefers marriage at 30 to reduce divorces, citing the need for actresses to settle emotions after career-driven years. She plans no steady dates and credits acting with demanding emotional work while weighing future happiness.
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Hughes Bids $23 500 000 on RKO Stock
Howard Hughes bids 23 500 000 dollars to buy out remaining RKO Pictures stockholders at six dollars a share for all but his 1 262 120 shares. He would also purchase all assets for 23 489 478 dollars in cash, subject to official acceptance by February 15 and majority stockholder approval by March 30.
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Buchanan set to return for The Human Beast feature role
Edgar Buchanan, once under contract to Columbia, will return to star in The Human Beast with Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford. He portrays a railway coworker of Ford, in a scene that drives the plot of the drama.
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Senators Move on Coffee Price Probe and Regulation
Senators pressed dual fronts over coffee price surges with a banking subcommittee led by Sen Beall calling witnesses from the New York Coffee Exchange to probe speculation. The bill backed by Sen Aiken would grant government oversight of futures trading while Latin American producers face calls to curb supply as prices top a dollar a pound.
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Harry Leonhardt Dies a Longtime Theater Figure
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