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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1957
Page
18
Hollywood comic Spike Jones rehearses for his CBS TV show at the Hollywood Athletic Club. He used a nearby church parking lot to solve the issue and left a note after a pastor requested church use only. He returned once and continues to park there.
Jerry Lewis details post show routine and recovery after a demanding NBC telecast. He explains cutting numbers like Sonny Boy and Edie Gorme on air, the exhausted two day rest, and a review session with production to fix technical flaws for the next program.
Steve Allen criticizes TV awards in TV Guide and recounts Groucho Marx’s reaction to his Peabody Award. Marx asked, Who’s Peabody? After explanation that the award is from the University of Georgia board, he questioned why he did not win Comedian of the Year the prior year.
HOLLYWOOD David Janssen, 28, lands three TV offers on the same day the CBS Richard Diamond Private Detective star is chosen. Four Star Productions presents the private eye role, previously associated with Dick Powell on radio. Janssen, likened to Clark Gable, hails from Naponee Nebraska and rose from local stage to 20th Century Fox and Universal-International before freelance roles and Richard Diamond.
Hollywood's Jerry Lewis plans to move his family to Connecticut this fall to escape backbiting in the film world. He vows to return to Hollywood only to make pictures while living mostly in the East. His remarks follow the long and bitter split with Dean Martin and reflect a desire to raise his family away from constant show business noise. The piece also notes his ongoing film The Drunkard approaching its silver anniversary and praises Richard Widmark for his acclaimed turn in St. Joan.
Hollywood veteran Fred Astaire says he plans three more films after Funny Face and Silk Stockings, keeping busy as he avoids publicity. At 57, he dances, acts, and jokes about retirement while fearing a lack of fresh ideas. His partners include Adele, Ginger Rogers, and Bing Crosby, with rhythm as his boss.
The Ohio Department of Highways expects a rapid agreement on a 16 mile section of the Cincinnati to freeway south of Cleveland. The Medina to Cleveland area in Medina and Cuyahoga counties is under study with final line discussed with Cuyahoga County officials. The Ashland and Wayne counties 18 mile segment awaits construction plans by Michael Baker Jr. and will be competitively contracted, with multiple contractors likely.
In Philadelphia suburb St David's Pa the 92 year old Mrs Alice D Lyle died June 22 and left the income from a 200000 estate to her longtime companion Miss Agnes Shiel an Irish woman who joined the family 46 years ago Mrs Lyle wills the estate in trust to Shiel citing devotion to her and her husband while noting the income for her life or as stipulated in the will
TV Guide quotes co producer Mark Goodson saying girdle makers allowed but not bra makers as he ponders where the line of questioning ends in the popular show. The remark highlights the show's evolving guest range and the boundaries of inquiry across diverse professions.
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