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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1960
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple names and stations including KFOX, KGER, and KABE with scattered times and references. The readable content is sparse and disjointed, providing no coherent event or outcome to summarize into a single clear news item.
A detailed calendar of film and program airings across channels with show titles such as Derby Fever Vacation Time The Whole Town's Talking and Gunsmoke. Includes sports and news features like National Open Golf Championship coverage and Dan Smoot Reports along with late night movie lineups.
Fire destroyed El Rancho Vegas main building in Las Vegas and officials consider a circus tent to house a temporary casino showroom and restaurant. Construction of new facilities to begin immediately while the tent may be used until then. The fire damaged cottages housing rooms and ruins included Betty Grable costumes and a large sum of gambling customers’ checks. more than $400,000 in cash was recovered from the casino vault.
HOLLYWOOD A tentative agreement has been reached in the five month old Writers Guild of America strike against TV film producers. The pact calls for a ten percent minimum pay hike for scripts the first two years and five percent more the next two years. It also provides for a royalty formula giving writers at least four percent of gross from all re runs and a health and welfare program. SANTIAGO Chile Earthquakes continue in southern Chile nearly a month after deadly quakes devastated the area Four temblors were felt Friday in Valdivia province but no casualties or damage were reported.
Lawrence Welk marks his sixth year on TV with Dodge Dancing Party at 6 pm on channel 7. The article recalls his farm boy beginnings in Strasburg Nebraska and rise to national fame, noting his large audience and mail volume while listing a heavy schedule of programs and guests across different stations and time slots.
U S air carriers win fare increases starting July 1 with a 36 to 244 percent rise and a $1 surcharge per one way ticket. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the higher rates based on an earnings standard of 1644 percent return on investment to be achieved over an extended period, with jet flights facing present surcharges likely to expire next year.
Nine year-old Princess Anne is taking tennis lessons hoping to reach tournament caliber. She attended Wimbledon last week to watch Wightman Cup matches and now Buckingham Palace awaits coaching three times weekly from Dan Maskell of the British Lawn Tennis Association to raise her game to her grandfather Duke of York's level.
U S strategists seek a plan to bridge the gap between Western and Soviet disarmament proposals. Frederick Eaton is recalled to consult, with Christian Herter and advisers to coordinate with Allies before presenting to the Communists. Khrushchev’s bid for simultaneous base abolition faces questions of practicality and phased controls. The Western plan emphasizes piecemeal steps within the Geneva framework.
Maj. Gen. William D. Connor, 86, USA retired, died Thursday of pneumonia at Walter Reed Amy Hospital. He campaigned in the Philippines during the Filipino Insurrection and served in France during World War II. From 1932 to 1938 he was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and led the academy’s music program.
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