Television In Review: Christmas Specials Under Scrutiny
NBCs Andy Williams Show falls short of weekly warmth as holiday format stumbles between whimsy and reverence. Bob Hope Christmas special shines with rapid gags and musical numbers, while Little Drummer Boy segment struggles for focus. Jerry Colonna makes a brief, welcome return after illness.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Andy Williams
NBC
Andy and Associates
Andy
Bob Hope and Company
Santa Claus
Fidel Castro
Hope
Carol Lawrence
Nancy Ames
Glen Campbell
Jerry Colonna
Hope's happiest outing of the season on space and wedding TV
Apollo 8 and its three man crew dominate weekend television with six days of moon mission coverage. The three networks preempt schedules from Saturday morning launch to splashdown with midafternoon Sunday reports. CBS airs a partly live half hour wedding special Sunday 5 to 5 30 p.m. CST.
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CBS
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Brownie Post Office Shut By Officials In Orton Waterville
The Brownie Girl Scouts in Orton Waterville England set up a Christmas post office to stamp and deliver cards. Officials called the operation illegal and ordered it closed.
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Orton Waterville
England
Scrooge
General Post Office
Post Office
Pastor Named At All Negro Chicago Church
The Rev Rollins Lambert 46 was appointed pastor of St Dorothy s Church on Chicago s South Side by Archbishop John Cardinal Cody. Lambert is national chairman of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and eldest of four Negro priests in the archdiocese. The Rev George Clements 36 was nominated as pastor in petitions from the current pastor parish council and many parishioners.
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Chicago
Rollins Lambert
South Side
John Cardinal Cody
Father Lambert
St. Dorothy’s Church
Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
George Clements
St. Dorothy’s
Gerald Scanlan
Father Clements
Santa on Jury NAPA Calif
A department store manager asked Superior Court Judge Thomas Kongsgaard to excuse a juror because he is Santa Claus. The request cited the employe’s role as Santa at the store during the holiday season and sought to relieve him from jury service.
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Napa, Calif
Superior Court
Thomas Kongsgaard
Santa Claus
Cardinal appoints assistant pastor for parish in Chicago
Cardinal Cody announced in the archdiocesan weekly that an assistant pastor remains in place while Father Clements is considered for a future pastorate. He cites the parish’s need for greater experience at this time. Ingenious uses for marble chips and fragments are listed, including terrazzo floors stucco roofing road stone and chicken grit.
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Cardinal Cody
Chicago
Archdiocesan
Father Clements
Burglars Steal 300 Toys From Macon Santa Shop
A burglar broke into the Macon Salvation Army Santa's toy shop and stole about 300 toys meant for disadvantaged children at Christmas. Raymond C. Cooper, chairman of the Christmas appeal, said the loss worsened a $4,000 shortfall and the thieves scattered store records.
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Macon, Ga
Macon
Salvation Army
Raymond C. Cooper
Army
Cooper
Hawaii hotels assure rooms for R and R reunions
Honolulu AP reports Hawaii hotel officials say military personnel on rest and recreation leave from Vietnam will find adequate rooms this Christmas season. Robert N. Rinker executive vice president of the Hawaii Hotel Association states the market can accommodate families reuniting over the holidays.
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Honolulu
Vietnam
Hawaii
Robert N. Rinker
The
Hawaii Hotel
Boeing party kicks off three day Christmas event for 95000 Puget Sound workers
Association notes about 2000 rooms available mostly in Waikiki as Boeing hosts a large Christmas celebration. Seattle AP reports the company’s workforce has reached an estimated 95,000 in the Puget Sound area.
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Association
Waikiki
Boeing
Puget Sound
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