24 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
1
A dense TV log outlines Monday through Wednesday programming across networks. It lists morning to late-night shows, weather, news, sporting events, movies, and children's programs with station names and times, featuring NBC ABC CBS WB NEC NEC and other providers.
The listing provides a dense schedule of morning shows, gospel favorites, devotionals, and community segments across stations in Lee County. It mentions the Morning Moods, devotions, parades, and a Western Caravan program with local calendar items and news briefs for the day, including market reports and sports updates.
Agnes Cast recalls a turbulent episode as she and Hungarian refugees stayed at Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Motel. A lavish welcome awaited the kids with a giant banana split made from five gallons of ice cream and twelve quarts of cream, plus treats and decorations.
A rank and file group within the United Steel Workers backs David J. McDonald for president of the union as part of a national drive. Members met to organize support amid plans for a 49 state effort to mobilize voters and oppose rival candidate Donald Ravick. The article notes historical copper production in Michigan from 1847 to 1857.
A Meriden fire claimed five family members late Sunday night while five others were delayed by a train. The general alarm blaze trapped and killed the five, with four other relatives rescued or saved by firefighters.
A local incident left one person in critical condition at a hospital while about two hundred people were evacuated from an adjoining area. Assistant site Chief Walter Sitow remarked that the outcome could have been serious if events had progressed differently, noting the narrow escape.
Obituaries note the passing of 89 year old Fames 1 Hamlin with funeral rites at New Vine Baptist Church officiated by Revs Chantie and Viewdkor. Burial at Resthave Cemetery. Also to mourn Kathleen Dorpel HON age 50 of Ohio with funeral arrangements at Cawood Funeral Home. John Aldridge of Middlesboro dies at 59 in Pineville hospital with services at Cawood-Panoval and burial in Johnson Cemetery. Burial details include Mildred Clark, Mae Northcatt, and families in Ohio and Tennessee.
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