Civil Rights Debate Opens in House Vote Test
Washington July 16 A House debate on civil rights legislation opened with its backers winning the first test vote 151 to 168 to limit debate to two days. The measure seeks to empower the attorney general to file suits over rights violations and ease federal venue for civil rights cases. Proponents say it aligns with Supreme Court rulings against segregation in public schools. Opponents call it a political device and vow delays.
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Television Time Capsule: 1941-What to Watch Tonight
A cluttered TV listing outlines program blocks from 4 to 14 minutes past the hour, with many titles including Vern Winter Vacation, The Sable Coat, The Unexplored, and Foreign Incident. Notable items feature The Cisco Kid, Fury at Red Gulch, and Yankee Fakir alongside film and theater entries, weather and sports updates, and a Wresting card.
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Annebeek
Jan Micken
Scence
Rome
Arnal
Cisco Kid
Paws Puppeta
Kit Carson
Red Gulch
Gineer Gtrappy
Rascals
Dingy Lea's Ranch
Lime Sparta
Spoltent
Bae Gallaher
Bobu Newsom
John Dougla
Steve Cushing
Tippy Stringer
Doug Edwards
Galen Fromme
Kihan
Bob McCormick
Keith McBee
George Rogers
Michael Sport
Joe Croghan
Charleys Ava Will Open Tonight at Mountain Theater Braddock
The world famous farce Charley s Aunt receives a special musical production at Mountain Theater in Braddock Heights Park starting tonight. Lois Barden and King Wehrle headline the musical cast from New York alongside Peter Breck Emily Horsley Paul Silva and others. Curtain is at 8 15 tonight through Sunday with six performances. The show features James Dyas staging and Eastman School graduate Lita Daniels on musical accompaniment.
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Brandon ‘Thomas
Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights Park
Oxford
Charley Wykeham
Lois Barden
King Wehrle
New York
Miss Harden
Last
Lita Daniels
Television shows endure in 1955 and beyond
ITV and radio writer Charles Mercer notes that top TV and radio programs from 1955 largely remained in 1956 with few exits. He cites Patti Page Dinah Shore Julius La Rosa Arthur Godfrey Groucho Marx Ed Sullivan and shows like Disneyland I Love Lucy The $64 000 Question Dragnet Ford Theater Studio One Climax and Sullivan as lasting staples. Also mentions a few newcomers and a returning act Liberace. The second item reports a rear end collision damaging a car driven by John B Wolfkill in Hagerstown with no injuries.
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New York
Patti Page
Dinah Shore
Julius la Rosa
Arthur Godfrey
Groucho Marx
Janet Blair
Ed Sullivan
I Love Lucy
Playwrights ‘56
Climax
Robert Montgomery
Studio One
Sullivan
I Love
Lacey
Disneyland
Ford Theater
Morrow
Retirement of C Ross Arnsparger of Western Maryland
Hagerstown July 16 A La dillasville native C Ross Arnsparger retires after almost 50 years with Western Maryland Railroad serving 13 years as night chief train dispatcher. He started as telegrapher in 1907 moved to Hagerstown 1911 promoted 1943 to dispatcher then night chief in 1943 until retirement July 1 this year. Married to Margaret E Traynor lives at 813 Mulberry Ave. They have a son a daughter and a granddaughter. He held national posts with the American Train Dispatchers Association and belongs to several orders and St Marys Church. The couple plan travel mainly to Florida and California.
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Sabillasville
Frederick County
Marvin F. Birely
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Tiddik al Spaleuri
Margaret E. Traynor
City Hospital
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Mulberry Avenue
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Western Maryland Railway
West Washington Street
Charlotte
Edward James
Long Beach
Calif
Armspargers
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Armsparger
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Order of United American Mechanics
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Florida
California
FASTEETH Promises Secure Dentures and Fresh Breath
Many denture wearers face embarrassment when a plate slips or falls. FASTEETH is advertised as an alkaline powder to hold plates more firmly and reduce odor, claiming not to sour the denture. It is available at drug counters.
Police Rescue Two Baltimore Children
Two sleeping Baltimore children, Thomas Anders aged 4 and Patricia 5, were saved from a fourth floor window ledge as police woke their parents and readied to catch them if they fell. Patrons watched as officers pounded on a locked door and the father, Leroy Anders, retrieved the children. The incident drew over 100 onlookers on July 16.
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