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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1952
Page
2
KNXT Channel 2 KECA Channel 7 KNEH Channel 4 KHJ Channel 9 KFLA Channel 5 KTTV Channel 12 KLAC Channel 13.
A dense listing of TV programs for Saturday November 8 1952 across multiple stations KNXT KNX KECA KLAC and others. Includes film previews sports segments and serials with show names hosts times and brief descriptions reflecting era broadcasting. Notable entries mention Westerns thrillers dramas and comedy offerings along with early color and regional programming notes.
A dense listing of radio and music programs from 4:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. including KUAC Gano Norman REWB Red Rowe Faneho at 4 00 P.M. and KEWB Stuciy Dive Honitlong Cassidy OX Memory Reow. The guide names numerous call letters stations such as KNX KMPC KFOX KLAC and KMET with shows from gospel to orchestra, news to late-night programs. It recounts a busy calendar of timed broadcasts across multiple stations and genres.
Clinton Buddy Twiss, a prominent radio commentator, died of a heart attack while en route to a hospital. The Hollywood broadcast figure began in a midwestern grocery store and later worked for NBC in San Francisco and CBS later in his career. He is survived by his widow Merle.
Robert L. Irvin, public relations counselor for the Harbor Commissioners, was authorized to attend conferences with the state attorneys general of Texas, Louisiana and Florida on tidelands policy. He will travel to Austin next week for the first meeting aimed at laying groundwork for a new congressional campaign to restore tidelands titles to the states.
Martha Raye headlines her second Star Revue on KNBH at 9 30 p m with Ezio Pinza as guest in a comedy musical skit laden show. The program features amnesia plots mis identity antics dance hall capers and a St Louis Blues finale with the Kirby Stone Quintet.
Mayport Florida report details a blimp K-1L9 during antisubmarine maneuvers when a side cabin window blew out, puncturing the bag and forcing an emergency water landing. Lt Keiser and 11 crew were rescued hours later by Sea Dog and Escape, with sharks circling and efforts to tow the blimp failing.
New CBS TV studios on Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue prepare for a Saturday night dedicatory telecast hosted by Jack Benny at 9 PM. The hour long program features Amos and Andy, Bob Crosby and Gisele Mackenzie, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Jane Froman’s replacement, and a ribbon cutting with Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Governor Warren has accepted to participate.
Arturo Toscanini has chosen music by Beethoven Wagner and Verdi for the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the second concert of the 1952 53 season to be heard today at 8 p m in New York with EFI listed.
In Venice you must ride a gondola and feed pigeons but the writer and Frances choose to wade through a flooded Piazza San Marco. They hire a motor boat after the hotel lobby incident and share humor about Americans abroad. The flood worsens, the Grand Canal boats, Doges Palace, and an overnight storm shape a quirky travel tale.
Two young women reported a gunpoint assault Friday night. A 17 year old Indian girl and her 20 year old Long Beach neighbor were accosted by a man in his early 20s near a residence between a garage and house. The assailant forced them to the ground. the older victim was attacked while the other was held face down. The gunman hinted at going to Korea in three days. The 17 year old was treated at Community Hospital.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief item mentioning a weekly rate of 40 dollars and a charge of 24 dollars, with some names and an office or bureau context unclear. The readable entities include Hale Temier Avery and a Bureau of Circulation reference, suggesting a newspaper circulation note or billing line.
Fortnight magazine lists Long Beach City Attorney Irving Smith as a top performer of 1952 for leading the tidelands controversy fight. The article credits his Washington advocacy and deep knowledge of related cases, noting he was among 36 Californians honored for public contributions.
British inheritance tax collectors collect 7,582,139 pounds from Viscount Portman estate, totalling 21.23 million dollars. The 75 percent death duty marks the second largest levy in recent years in Britain for the wealthy landowner who died in 1948.
U S attorney office and FBI were ordered to probe testimony by 21 year old Charles Leaf president of Mid-America Steel Warehouse Co who gambled away 110 000 of his firm s money in an attempt to rescue it from ruin. He testified the losses began in Las Vegas on Dec 17 with 70 000 won in three days then 1100 of firm funds lost at about 12000 daily and that gambling occurred as the company deteriorated. A receiver was named for the firm as creditors sought 657 000. Leaf had bought steel pipe and metals with small down payments then sold below cost pocketing profits.
SIOUX CITY Town-14 Tobids and Diamnd 76 U.S. district attorney for northern Iowa since 1940 has resigned under fire. Attorney General James P. McGranery announced the resignation in Washington Friday effective immediately and accepted. He declined to comment on whether it was requested. There is a department investigation into allegations of activities in a private civil case incompatible with Diamond’s official duties. The Miami Florida case concerns a produce firm claiming Diamond sought to collect a $12.00 civil event fee using his position.
Ags Owen Moore, 44, of 1926 Fourth Street, says two men attacked him late Friday night as he tried to enter his car on Myrtle Avenue near Anaheim Street. One assailant struck him. the other stole his wallet. Loss reported at 17 dollars.
Long Beach State College debate squad will present a program for the Unitarian Discussion Group at 8 p.m. Monday in the Unitarian Church Ninth Street and Lime Avenue. The topic is that Congress should enact a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Law. Affirmative speakers are Wallace Frost and Verling Vans. Negative speakers are James Boxx and George Wozay. Public invited without charge.
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