The Record Shop: Lyrics Shape Pop and R B Trends
Steve Allen discusses how lyrics influence record sales and the role of A R M men in signing songs and guiding production. Mary Holtzman of Epic stresses taste versus youth, while Columbia previews Mindy Carson’s “The Fish” and an Indiana song by Herb Shriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fy Dick Kleiner
Steve Allen
Mary Holtzmen
Epic
Holtzman
Trata
Miller
Goodman
Epit
Columbia
Herb Shriner
Indiana
Music and politics mix in 1950s pop culture and hearings
Burl Ives earns an honorary degree for folk history themes at Fairleigh Dickinson. The piece surveys music releases from multiple labels with artists like Teresa Brewer, Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Betty Johnson, and Toscanini with Verdi. It shifts to Kefauver announcing H-bomb hearings with AEC officials Libby and Peterson, then a housewife and motorist quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Ives
Fairleigh Dickinson College
Rutherford
Guy Lombardo
Cliff Grass
Trishman
Dick's
Teresa Brewer
Coral
Debbie Reynolds
MGM
Frank Sinatra
Capital
Betty Johnsson
RCA
Dixie Danny
the Laurie Sisters
Mercury
Mindy Carson
Columbia
Happy Utte
Decca
Polly Bergen
Jubilee
Yvette Guilbert
Angel
Yma Sumas
Ella Logan
Capitol
Toscanini
NBC Symphony
Robert Shaw Chorale
Met
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Nico‘lai Gedda
Washington
Kefauver D-Tenn
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Atomic Energy Commission
New Jersey
AEC
Willard F. Libby
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Witesses
Notable anniversaries and history highlights from 18th to 20th centuries
Know America Today's Anniversaries lists William Dunlap 1766 and others as New York artist and playwright. It covers Christian Linde 1817 noted for his Wisconsin work among Indians, Carl Wimar 1828 St Louis painter, Sara Y Stevenson 1847 Philadelphia archaeologist, Garet Garrett 1878 writer. It then traces Today In History events: Ohio statehood 1803, Grange founded 1867, Edison phonograph patent 1878, postwar debt limits 1941, US Marines on Iwo Jima 1945, and more provisional items through 1954.
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William Dunlap
New York
Perth Amboy
N. J
Christian Linde
Wisconsin
Denmark
Carl Wimar
St Louis
Germany
Sara Y. Stevenson
Philadelphia
Paris
Garet Garrett
Post
Pana
Ohio
Washington Lodge No
Euéils of Puilties
Justus J. Rathbone
National Grange
Oliver H. Kelley
Washington
Ivo Island
Europe
Earl Warren
Notable birthdays and retirements in public figures
Judith C. Waller of Chicago, NBC education director, born near Local Fork, Illinois, 66 years ago. Thomas D. Campbell born Grand Forks, North Dakota, 73 years ago. Thomas Coleman Andrews, IRS commissioner, born Richmond, Virginia, 56 years ago. Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens born near Kearney, Nebraska, 60 years ago. Robert P. Briscoe born Centreville, Mississippi, 38 years ago. William S. Rodgers born Columbus, Ohio, 69 years ago. Carleton Smith born Bement, Illinois, 45 years ago. James J. Nance born Trenton, Ohio, 54 years ago. Horoscope notes a retiring, studious, intuitive nature with steady affections and potential for distinction.
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Judith C. Waller
Chicago
National Broadcasting Company
Loak Fark
Thomas D. Campbell
Montana
Wheat Brower
Grand Forks
N. D
Thomas Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Washington
Richmond
Leslie C. Stevens
Kearney
Nebr
Robert P. Briscoe
Centreville
Miss
William $. S. Rodgers
The
Texas Company
Columbus
Ohio
Carleton Smith
National Arts Foundation
New York
Bement
James J. Nance
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Detault
Soa
Trenton
Eisenhower Tariff Bill Passes House
President Eisenhower’s tariff cutting program won House approval after a bitter two day fight. The 295-310 roll call showed the bill advancing despite strong opposition within both parties. The House defeated a Reed amendment 206-199, preserving executive override powers. the measure now moves to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Tariff Commission
Reed
Senate
Montgomery County Panel Fails To Rule On School Integration
The Montgomery County advisory committee on racial integration did not deliver recommendations as expected. Reported 10-9 split over approach with nine dissenters opposing a plan to integrate all grades immediately after Supreme Court orders. Reeves to convene Monday to draft a report for the Board of Education next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery County
Charmas John R. Reeves
Supreme Court
Reeves
Committee
Board of Education
Mothers Class Meets at Evangelical Lutheran Church School
The Mothers Class of Evangelical Lutheran Church School met at 356 Park Avenue with 34 members. President Rollie Rudy led devotions and the class creed. Rev. Charles Trunk Jr. spoke on the 2nd Psalm and stewardship, followed by a business session and Valentine themed refreshments. Door prizes went to Louise Wiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church School
Kay Kefauver
Park Avenue
Rollie Rudy
Mary Alice Marks
Charles Trunk, Jr
Kefauver
Marks
Ruly
Blanche Hargett
Agnes Alexander
Genevieve Garrett
Beatrice Hoffman
Beverley Kinsey
Louise Wiles
Family supper scheduled at Old Chapel March seventeenth
In Martinsburg W V police report Ernest Smithy James jailed on petty larceny after 360 doughnuts 20 buns 72 pies 100 rolls 36 cinnamon buns and one sight cake were found in his apartment tied to a nearby supermarket theft. The article notes a party with dancing and a dish supper at the Old Chapel on March 17 with local organizers Victoria Huber and Jean Lentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Huber
Jean Lentz
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ernest Smithy James
James
Washington County
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Ann Rutherford
George Montgomery
Walter Pidgeon
Rosemary Clooney
Dane Powell
Vic Damone
Ann “Miller
Agvemb
Spencer Tracy
Robert Ryan
Dailey’s Funeral Home
N. Market St
Frederick, Md
Otarion
Frederick
Footer’s
S. Market St
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Llans
Rghard
Haydn Demarest
Flash Dorothy Dandridge
Deluxe Storming
Harry
Belafonte
Dorothy Dandridge
Fe Adams
Anne Frank
Dean Lager
Breanan
Eason
Ernest Borghime
Lee Marvin
Russell Collins
Queen Elizabeth and
Philip
Van
Technicolor
Anne Bancroft
Rickard Boone
Sydney Boermae
By Zince
Esther Williams
Howard Keel
Ovean
Ritchie Finance Corp
S. Market Street
Inghid Gover BeRcing
Walter Snow
Optometrist
North Market St
Phone Monument
Nationwide Claim Service Company
Adjustor
Boyer Insurance No
North Court St
Routzahn & Sons
New
Leonard
South Market St
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