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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1956
Page
11
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Eastern standard times guide network programming with shifts for central times. Stations subtract one or two hours to align with local schedules as last minute changes cannot be included.
A clipped Tuesday schedule lists time slots for news, sports, and entertainment segments. Entries include News and Commentary programs, The Eddie Fisher Show, Dragnet, Fibber and Molly, Dance Orchestra sets, and a Joseph Harsch News segment, reflecting a busy telecast lineup.
A contract bridge discussion contrasts four trumps with notrump. At one table East opened clubs and the defense overruled the declarer, while at another table East led hearts and the defense shifted to spades. Declarer later gains four diamonds and three spades, avoiding heart tricks.
A freight train derailed in the middle of Depot Street Parkersburg causing no injuries but two downed power lines cutting electricity to about ten plants for a little over two hours. Railway official blamed a broken rail as the cause. lines included 23 000 volt and 2300 volt feeds. The wreck area was preoccupied by sewer work and the incident halted mainline movement toward Washington.
CBS-TV pilots a new filmed comedy Joe and Mabel using live testers in New York. Tore Hallonquist leads a program analysis unit that selects 102 volunteers by age sex and education. Testers press green for like red for dislike or neither and fill questionnaires before final verdict: the show is only average in interest.
A 21 year old navigator on an Air Force Globemaster missing near Iceland sent a letter home a week earlier saying he would endure any fate gladly for the sake of their worry. Lt Kenneth Baxter, one of 17 on board, wrote from Iceland expressing pride in the mission. The Air Force searches continue with little chance of survivors. Police in Detroit maintain a 27 officer special unit to chase 30,000 delinquent traffic violators on city lists.
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