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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1959
Page
7
TV Keys experts preview and select Thursday’s lineup from New York and Hollywood. A murder mystery, a private eye premiere, and a WWII drama anchor an evening of drama with noted actors and tense plots.
Reader questions reveal the theme music for 77 Sunset Strip is the show's title tune. Actor James Arness, who played Matt Dillon, did appear as Loretta Young’s brother in The Farmer's Daughter, with Peter Graves also appearing as a brother. Wyatt Earp and Clay Hollister in Tombstone Territory are from separate programs with no planned clash.
Las Vegas writer Bob Thomas profiles comedian Pinky Lee noting a career filled with ups and downs and his struggle for acceptance among fellow stars. He recalls the sting of a Friars Club roast and Lee's ongoing battle with criticism and personal pain.
Pinky Lee explains leaving a $200,000 Beverly Hills home for a $33,000 Tucson house after TV and nightclub work dried up. He laments kid show decline and shifts to a Minsky show at the Dunes, saying he entertains people to be liked, not for money. His family ties include a Tucson daughter married to a real estate man and a son who is a disc jockey.
The Minneapolis reader asks if Rory Calhoun from The Texan was a boxer. The answer clarifies the western star is not the fighter. actor Calhoun did brief professional boxing early in life but fought under his real name.
A dense listing of radio and television programs across Syracuse stations WSYR WNDR WFBL WHOR and WCNY for Thursday and Friday. Includes news, sports, music blocks, dramas, soap operas, Westerns, and late night programs with many titles and times.
Danny Kaye writes about Hollywood fame and recognition from fans who claim to know him. He discusses aging, changing interests, and his current role as Red Nichols in The Five Pennies, noting he remains a comedian and rejects dramatic overreach while acknowledging audience expectations.
Looking Backward reports a heated Common Council scene on July 2 1909 as Alder man Fitzgibbons demands a special election on 40000 bonds for a new East Tenth Street sewer before the lower bridge bond vote on July 22. Moran and Fitzgibbons clash then are separated. Bates buys a lot at East Second and Utica with plans for two stores and two apartments. Jail delays persist as cells unfinished. A stray line notes hobos and a camping kit at the police station as a road knight flees a bluecoat at a boxcar.
James M Howe reports June drought with near five inch rainfall deficit for six months. A deer visits West Side reservoir and escapes by leaping eight feet. Oswegonians invited to Fort Ontario July 4 sports program by the 412th Regiment. Obituary notices for several residents. Summer school opens at Oswego Normal with expected 600 registrations. Riley and Zetts lead Oswego to 3-1 win in Central New York Semi Pro League. St Pauls Holy Name beats Pulaski 8-7 in front of nearly 300 fans.
Ten years ago on Saturday July 2 1949 a YMCA Learn-to-Swim Week set a record with 331 children taking part. Weddings listed Cullinan Scanton King Weske Capizzi Able Vickery Farrell Harter Annal. Oswego public market offers huckleberries for first time this season. Kingston Ponies win ninth game as Mike McCrobie allows seven hits. City playgrounds to open with 35 baseball teams over a 10 week summer schedule. Ted Schroeder wins Wimbledon singles title.
Albany reports that no change will be made to the passing grade for Regents mathematics exams. Dr James E Allen Jr state education commissioner said the tests last month were somewhat more difficult yet fair and valid and the higher standard this year from 62 to 65 percent remains justified. Some districts complained while others praised the exams as part of higher scholastic standards. In Auburn a car crash on Route 3 killed Gerald Kavanagh 21 and injured ten others. John Greene 20 and Richard Howland 28 were critically hurt in Syracuse hospitals. Howland was driving east in the wrong lane at the time of the collision Onondaga County sheriff said.
Oswego Theatre offers July 2 matinee of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty and evening shows Say One For Me at 7 and 9 10. July 3 includes Say One For Me at 2 10 and 9 10. Midway Drive In Theatre features Mardi Gras at dusk and 12 45, These Thousand Wills at 11 10, plus 10 15 cartoon shorts and a giant fireworks display at 10 35.
Ten building permits were issued today by the City Engineer office. Recipients include Harvey Samuels for porch and repair work on East Seventh Street and Utica Street with costs from 250 to 500 dollars, Alfred F. Damico for re roofing, C Crisafulli for a new garage, Mrs. E. E. Karpinski for porch rebuilding, Charles Gallagher for a veranda, Benny Jaskula for a veranda, Thomas Magner for cedar shingles, Arthur Hill for shingle siding, and H B Tennant for a porch deck. The notice ends with a health warning about disease germs carried by houseflies including tuberculosis typhoid cholera yaws and trachoma.
A Tuesday night break in at a Christiansburg Virginia service station led to eight pints of ice cream stolen and fed to the dogs at the local pound. Separately, rents in the United States rose more than twofold from 1947 to 1957.
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