TV picks spoof and plots flop on upcoming season
A Hollywood roundtable notes 33 new network series for September. NBC offers Run for Your Life and Please Don’t Eat the Daisies with tired formats and quirky twists. ABC titles raise some sparks but hinge on thin premises, including The FBI and A Man Called Shenandoah.
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Tired shows and title gaffes across the networks
A satirical look at ABC and CBS programming missteps and misnamings. The piece notes Barbara Stanwyck linked to The Ponderosa idea, jokes about Big Valley as a racehorse, CBS shifts from Country Cousins to The Eddie Albert Show later Green Acres, and a spoof The Lone-Loaner. It also mentions THURSDAY NIGHT Movies and a jab at The Smothers Brothers Show.
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Fathers Prevented From Killing Babies
Two distraught New York fathers attempted to toss their infant daughters from Manhattan tenements but were restrained. James De Loatch, 28, dangled his daughter Lynne, 1, as a patrolman grabbed her from a Harlem roof edge. Angelo Morales, 25, fought officers while attempting to fling eight-month-old Marisol Morales from a seventh-story fire escape. Morales was restrained and charged with assault and endangering a minor.
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Inquiry Opens Into Snoopy Disaster Trawler Death
Coast Guard launched a formal inquiry into the Snoopy explosion off North Carolina after a torpedo dredged from the seabed blew the 65-foot scallop boat apart. Four of twelve crew survived. three bodies recovered, including Bertram Norton.
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Titograd Embraces Modern Traffic Lights In Montenegro
Titograd, capital of Montenegro, with 39 000 residents, has installed traffic signals at nearly every intersection. Residents joke about the change as some crossings see virtually no traffic at red or green lights.
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Television Highlights Tonight Schedule
TV tonight features Stoney Burke aiding Sen Lockridge in a re election bid. The Man From U N C L E features Guido Panzini. Summer Playhouse offers a Coast Guard crew comedy. Glynis stars in a mansion chase with a homicidal butler. Jonathan Winters Show guests Steve Allen and Leo Durocher. Hitchcock stars Steven Hill whose death attempt is foiled and leads to a life turning hotel encounter.
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Summer Playhouse
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Steve Allen
Leo Durocher
Hitchcock
Steven Hill
Constance Bennett Dies Noted For Great Beauty
Constance Bennett, famed for her patrician looks and sharp wit in 1930s films, died at 59 from a cerebral hemorrhage. She starred in 47 movies, produced Paris Underground, and earned over 30 000 dollars weekly. Funeral set for Tuesday in New York with Arlington burial Wednesday. she was married five times including Brig Gen John Theron Coulter.
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Today In History Highlights From July 26 Across Centuries
On this date in 1775 the Continental Congress created the Postoffice Department with Benjamin Franklin as first postmaster general. Other marked events include Fort Ticonderoga abandoned in 1759 and Sam Houston's death in 1863.
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West German Camera Makers Offer Wide Range of Gear
West German manufacturers showcase a vast array of over 160 camera models and more than 700 lenses, highlighting the breadth of photographic equipment available.
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