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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1965
Page
18
Channel 4 airings include FL-MR MAGOO S CHRISTMAS CAROL in color. An animated hour long special repeats, followed by a 9:30 PAL CHRISTMAS SING ALONG WITH MITCH MILLER. Diana Trask, Leslie Uggars, and Williams Ventura appear in a musical special repeat.
TV networks show Gemini 6 and 7 maneuvering in close proximity with commentary by Jules Bergman predicting live coverage someday. The Apollo earth to moon program and future tiny TV cameras aboard ships are noted as upcoming tech advances.
Geraldine Chaplin travels to Hollywood to promote Doctor Zhivago at premieres in New York and Hollywood. She aims to tour stars homes, visit Disneyland, and see much of the city before returning to her father’s home in Switzerland for Christmas. She says mixed emotions meet her nostalgia and excitement.
Hollywood Edward P Parker, a long time New Englander and Parker Brothers executive, visited to confer with Disney, inspect Disneyland, and boost Christmas sales while stirring interest in his firm’s games.
NBC Screen Gems and Barbara Eden navigated the I Dream of Jeannie pilot path as she revealed pregnancy did not derail production. The Genie TV project, produced by Parker Brothers’ founders and aimed at evergreen escapism, evolved amid industry talk of trends and enduring game concepts like Monopoly.
Bangkok officials report about 1 million people in Thailand’s 30 million population suffer tuberculosis. An official from the Tuberculosis Suppression Association provides the estimate as authorities intensify control measures.
The Miss America pageant finals will move from CBS to NBC next year and be shown in color for the first time. NBC officials expect about 222 affiliated stations to carry the telecast on Saturday September 10, 1966 from 10 p.m. to midnight. The pageant has drawn over 50 million viewers in prior years and SABC will pay about 246,000 dollars, largely for production costs.
The Ford Foundation has made a $2 million grant to the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard. The funds will support research and programs within the Cambridge institution, reinforcing its role in political study and public affairs.
A budget dispute left the Berkshire County Extension Service without funds to buy Christmas cards this year. Friends of the service sent mimeographed greetings on paper towels Thursday to mark the season.
Olina the chimpanzee, rescued by a Swedish United Nations officer and raised in Cape Town, died of a heart attack before age five. The animal had adapted to civilization, smoking cigarettes, eating rich foods, and riding a tricycle, reflecting a fast modern pace.
Curtis Pulley, 21, suspect in a $750 bank robbery, was cleared in municipal court when the judge ruled the charges should not have been filed under a lefty statute. He left the courtroom and was rearrested on a similar charge under state law.
An American dance company performed nude in a modern ballet on Swedish television. The show bored viewers. critics praised its beauty but officials feared protests and aired it late at night. The program featured seven performers including Ann Halprin's 17 year old daughter.
Washington reports two nuclear detonations at the Nevada test site aimed at studying effects. A spokesman said one test involved a low yield device equivalent to under 20,000 tons of TNT and the other was a low intermediate yield.
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