Television notes hinge on Hoover audience and bookish chatter
A NY television column notes Herbert Hoover's five minute CBS appearance on Oct 29 1956 drew the largest campaign audience per Nielsen. Other items mention NBC IV's Manganga Congo doc and Ginger Rogers seeking a suitable TV project. A Newport News reader critiques Mayerling coverage and a radio joke about a car crashing into a living room is shared.
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Herbert Hoover
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Lucille Ball
Mr. Hoover
Philadelphia
Nbc-1v
Wis
Manganga
Belgian Congo
Ginger Rogers
Broadcast Highlights and TV Tonight Listings
Radio tonight features Middletown High versus Hamilton High at 8 15. Comedy skits on the Robert Q Lewis show at 8 30. Boxing at 10 p m Carmen Basilio versus Johnny Saxton in a 15 round welterweight title bout. The Kingfish discusses Glenn Ford film on Amos n Andy. TV at 8 30 WHIO WKRC Frontier justice in Zane Grey Theater. 8 30 WCPO Crossroads with Dick Foran as a priest. 9 WLW rodeo with Roy Rogers Dale Evans Trigger. 9 30 Playhouse of Stars Celeste Holm Gary Merrill in The Wedding Present. 10 boxing Basilio vs Saxton again. 10 WHIO WKRC The Bay Meadows Case on Lineup.
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Dale Evans
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Water turns green as dye leaks from base into river
An earth moving crew at McClellan Air Force Base unearthed a sea dye batch buried over a decade ago. Overnight rains washed dye into a creek and toward the Sacramento River, potentially reaching the city filtration plant. City Engineer E A Fairbairn said the tasteless odorless dye poses no harm.
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Calif
St. Patrick's Day
McClellan Air Force Base
E. A. Fairbairn
Marie McDonald Diagnosed With Slipped Disc
In Burbank California physicians tentatively diagnosed actress Marie McDonald with a slipped disc in her neck after a traffic accident. She was admitted to St Joseph Hospital and doctors expect discharge the next day. The injury is not linked to her recent disappearance or the prior Indio hospitalization.
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Calif
Marie McDonald
St. Joseph Hospital
Walter Richman
Miss McDonald
Indio
The Helena hummingbird of Cuba smallest world
A Cuban hummingbird named the Helena hums as the smallest bird on record. Its diminutive size and delicate build highlight Cuba's unique avian fauna. The note emphasizes its tiny stature among global birds and its status as a benchmark for miniature wildlife.
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Cuba
Hollywood Exercises Restraint On Dope in New Films
Dope addiction appears in three films now shooting but creators push restraint. Jeanne Engels shows Kim Novak's character as driven to self destruction by drink and narcotics, not dwelled on. The Barney Ross Story portrays addiction as part of a man seeking self after fame, not the focus. Hatful of Rain tones down pushers and centers on family, says director Fred Zinneman.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Jeanne Engels
Kim
Novak
Barney Ross
Ross
Fred Zinneman
Elvis Presley Hicks Born to Hicks in Pineville
In Pineville West Virginia Mr and Mrs Ray Eldridge Hicks welcomed a baby boy named Elvis Presley Hicks the couple may have been inspired by the strong family music tradition the report notes the birth adds another member to the Hicks household and underscores the Presley name linkage
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Pineville
W. Va
Ray Eldridge Hicks
Elvis Presley Hicks
Truth Marches On Rock of Ages Quartet on WPFB broadcast
The Rock of Ages Quartet from God's Bible School Cincinnati performs on the Truth Marches On radio show Saturdays at 12 30 to 12 45 on WPFB 910. Evangelist 5 S Hoelle invites congregations within driving distance of Middletown or Cincinnati to a no charge one night engagement contact Rev 5 S Hoelle Route 3 Box 258 A Middletown Ohio by phone or mail.
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