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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
9
West Los Angeles on June 18 actress Rhonda Fleming reported a burglary at her home. Police said a burglar forced the front door and stole about $12,000 in jewelry from a dresser drawer while she was away earlier in the day.
Hollywood notes Bob Thomas reports on actor Pat Murphy praising new soldiers and army training comparing WW II to Korea era methods He notes younger soldiers with experienced officers and NCOs and advances in basic and advanced training Murphy plans another Army tour in August plus chatter on industry guilds budgets and Henry Fonda Mis ter Roberts Disney and other film business rumors in town deposits
Eastern Local Time rules apply with one hour subtracted for central and two hours for mountain zones. Stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules. Last minute changes are not included.
A dense listings page outlines Monday night programming across networks. Highlights include news at 6, discussion and commentary segments, variety acts such as Beulah's Skit and Gordon MacRae Show, plus crime and mystery programs and a late Boston Pops segment.
A historical list shows CBS primetime and daytime slots with local programs and stations spanning late afternoon to after midnight. Entries mention shows like Beulah Jack Smith Show and Edward R. Murrow, plus local news and music segments across the schedule.
A fragmented radio television schedule lists various time slots with program titles and brief notations. Entries include Kilecycles, Welcome to Hollywood, Vesper Period Local, News Loreal, Top 20 Local segments, Spotlight on Sports, World News Flashes, Pages of Melody, Inser Sanctum, Henry Taylor, World Wide News Flashes, and Dreemboat.
Programmers present a day timetable with acts from 9 00 through 12 00 featuring Ralph Flanagan Jerry Gray Show Serenade in Blue Tomorrow Morning Headlines and various ABC network segments News Sports Chaplain program and multiple hotel and orchestra lineups across the noon hour ending with a News Summary and Line at noon
A compact listing shows KLIC broadcasting at 12:30 Boston at Chicago MBS 2:50 Scoreboard 2:55 News 3:00 KLIC Klub Local 3:25 News 3:30 KLIC Klub Local 4:30 Singing Marshall MBS 5:00 Sunset Trio Local 5:15 First Baptist Church Local 5:30 Sports Cast Local 5:45 Record Review Local 5:55 Popsicle Club House MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis Jr MBS 6:15 Music for Reminiscing Local 6:30 Gabriel Heatter MBS 6:45 Mutual Newsreel MBS 7:00 Hash Knife Hartley MBS 7:30 Crime Fighters MBS 7:55 Bill Henry News MBS 8:00 Murder by Experts MBS 8:30 War Front Home Front MBS 9:00 Candlelight Silver Local 9:15 I Love a Mystery MBS 9:50 Bands for Bands MBS 10:00 Bankage Talking MBS 10:15 U N Highlights MBS 10:30 Dance Orchestra MBS 10:55 Mutual Reports the News MBS 11:00 Dance Orchestra MBS 11:30 Dance Orchestra MBS 1:55 Mutual Reports the News MBS 12:00 Midnite in Monroe Local 12:55 News Local 1:00 Sign Off
NBC and local station airings outline a full day of programs from 3:00 PM to midnight. Highlights include news at 6:00 PM, sports segments, a Mog? lineup, and a late night Sign Off with Jack's Records and News.
The U S army and U S air force recruiting station in room 217 Post Office Building Monroe now accept men who have already received a pre-induction notice or who visited Shreveport for examination. The policy runs until July 15 1951. Office hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday and 8 am to noon on Sunday.
Oak Ridge La June 18 Edgar La Velle Maddry nine year old son of Dr and Mrs E L Maddry Sr died in a New Orleans hospital over the weekend funeral held here Monday at 10 a m Rev Charles McCullin assisted by Reverend Emanual officiated at Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery Robinson Funeral Home Bastrop in charge Pallbearers listed Surviving are parents a sister Judith Ann a brother Emmett Holt Maddry and paternal and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J T Maddry Athens La and Mr and Mrs E A Holt New Orleans
Hollywood chatter notes MGM musical The Great Caruso aiming to exceed twenty million in box office. Jimmie Fidler critiques audience surveys missing disenchanted moviegoers while urging Hollywood to shift from boy meets girl plots to more intelligent fare. Gene Tierney and Oleg Cassini gossip adds color. Michael O Shea returns at Fox in The Marriage Broker.
A scanned crossword with numbered across and down clues listing many partial words and phrases. Clues include Crown Publish Record of events Applause Move at a going pace Heavenly body Sorrowful Bovine animal Speedy Strive to excel and other fragmentary entries across two directions. The grid presents numerous incomplete terms requiring cross letters to resolve.
Popcorn farming on a fifty acre Arizona ranch is linked to a gag Brando allegedly devised on location for Viva Zapata. A snoring roommate led Brando to have a rubber ball sewn into the back of his companion’s jacket to wake him. Also notes Harry Ruby’s brief MGM acting stint and a Panama Canal treaty fact from 1904.
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