Countdown for Bob Hope monologue after Gemini 8 delay
Hollywood writers recount how a Bob Hope special was pre empted by the Gemini 8 splashdown in Houston. Mort Lachman recalls updating jokes about Zsa Zsa Gabor Prince Philip and other events as NBC trimmed a minute. Hope adapts quickly to last minute switches and recalls sending a Da Nang performance in rain to the GI crowd.
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Hollywood
Houston
Mission Control Center
Armstrong
Scott
Bob Hope
Hope
NBC
Mort Lachman
Cape Kennedy
Mort
Burbank
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Prince Philip
Movieland
New York
Lachman
John Wayne
Bing Crosby
Bing
Palm Springs
United States
John Kennedy
da Nang
Viet Nam
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Normandy
General Motors
Canada
Prince Margaret
Peter Townsend
Chevrolet
Television Highlights Tonight on Channel Lineup
A list of evening shows with brief plots and reruns includes Andy Williams Maureen O Hara guesting with Don Adams and Henry Mancini, Run for Your Life nun on a California bound train, 12 O Clock High rerun Col Gallagher weather delay to Africa, John Forsythe spy action, Dr Kildare hospital patients, Lucy as a showgirl, Man Called Shenandoah romantic plot, and Hazel real estate matters with the commission.
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Andy Williams
Maureen O’hara
Don Adams
Henry Mancini
Andy
Steve
Paul Bryan
Los Angeles
Col. Gallagher
Africa
John Forsythe
Foster
Dr. Kildare
Blair Hospital
Lucille Ball
Danny Thomas
Lucy
Shenandoah
Diana Hyland
Hazel
Real Estate Commission
Hillbillies Not Funny Compared To Dolphins
Critics say holiday TV should entertain adults with lighter fare. Marineland dolphins and other acts outshine the Hillbillies, while NBC drops Branded despite Nielsen top ratings. Chuck Connors stars in a revised season finale with a skewed Greely plot and a closing ride into the sunset.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Ed Sullivan
CBS
Pacific Coast
Alan King
Chuck Connors
NBC
Horace Greeley
Chuck
Greeley
U. S. Grant
So Solly Wrong Number
St Louis Miss Schlafly believed she dialed the State Department in Washington to discuss a job application. An Oriental voice answered both times and she heard the word laundry, realizing she had spoken to a Chinese laundry in New York.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Ellen Schfafly
Dad 1-A After Silence On Last 3 Kids
Victor C. Di Stefano of Brooklyn New York has eight children and a 1A draft classification. He faces a Detroit induction on April 23 after admitting he did not inform his draft board of the births of his last three children. His wife Genevieve, also a nurse, says she would serve if provided child care.
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Allen Park
Mich
Victor C. di Stefano
di Stefano
Brooklyn
N.Y
Detroit
New York City
General Motors Corp
Draft Board
Genevieve
Vic
Community club meetings listed for Monday and Tuesday
The notice lists multiple local chapters and groups meeting Monday at various venues including Lily of the Valley Chapter 55 OES Amanda Athletic Club SPEBSQSA and others at 8 p.m. Tuesday events include Rotary Civitan Sertoma Knights of St. John Mayfield Fire Department band boosters and several school and union groups with 7:30 to 8 p.m. start times.
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Lily of the Valley
OES
Ninth Ave
Amanda Athletic Club
Amanda Club
Spebsqsa
Legion Home
Safety Council Board
Civic Association
Sertoma Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Knights of St. John
Mayfield Fire Department
Sheffield Street
Lemon-Monroe
Miami Valley
VFW
Amanda Pto
Trenton
Bloomfield
St. John’s
Butler County Medical Assistants
Verity Hall
National Association of Letter Carriers
Charles
Sportsmen's Club
FOE Lodge
Eagles Hall
Miami Lodge
Monroe Ioof
Bpoe Lodge
Elktones
Elks Temple
Alcoholics Anonymous
Noted British Novelist Evelyn Waugh Dies at 62
Evelyn Waugh renowned for satires such as Vile Bodies and Scoop died at his country home near Taunton after returning from Easter services. Born in London, he studied at Oxford, became a famed yet private figure, converted to Catholicism in 1930, and left a legacy including Brideshead Revisited. Survivors include his wife, three sons, three daughters, and brother Alec.
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Evelyn Waugh
Britain
Waugh
Taunton
England
Oxford
Ethiopia
Nature
Edmund Campion
Gilbert Pinfold
Alec
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U.S
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Hamilton
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Middletown
W. T
Bill” Snider
S. Snider Son Insurance
S. Main ST
Rotary Club
Noon
Civitan Club
Damascus
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Red Scotia
Newfoundland
Jiddah
Cyrus W. Field
Royal Marines
Commandos
Bartel
Plumbing Company
Manchester Ave
Sears
Sears and
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South Main
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