Amos and Andy Begin 30th Year on Air
Hollywood notes mark Amos Preem on Gosden and Andy Charles Correll starting their 30th year of continuous broadcasting on CBS. The duo rose from Sam n Henry on WGN to Amos n Andy, with a later CBS show and added music. They remain popular, with Correll age 67 and Golden 58, and CBS bought their radio show in 1948 for two million dollars.
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Chicago
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WGN
Sam 'N’ Henry
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CBS Radio
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Golden
CBS
Jack Benny
NBC
Auto Finance Gouging Rapped
A Better Business Bureau official testified before a Senate subcommittee that excessive auto finance interest rates amount to gouging in many states. John L. O'Brien of Akron said high rates and other finance charges are permitted in 15 states despite reports of gouging in 45 cities.
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Business Bureau
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Akron
Ohio
Senate
Sen. Monroney
Doxla
Fare Hikes Halted by Board Pending Review
The Civil Aeronautics Board has halted about six percent fare increases proposed by seven domestic airlines while it investigates the reasonableness of the planned raises.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
A Call for Doctor Barton Chapter 15 Twist at Hollies Farm
Doctor Grady Barton visits Oren Kopp's Hollies Farm to tend a sick grandchild. He suspects a foreign body choking the infant, clashes with the resistant father, and ends the visit in anger after refusing unsafe home remedies. The scene ends with a plan to continue tomorrow.
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Grady Barton
Kepp
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Grady
Hollies
Kopp
Detroit
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Mrs. Kopp
Croup
Oren Kopp
Peares
Aalaise
Barton
Mr. Kopp
Karton
Sweaters and fibers boost 1950s textile market shifts
Business Mirror notes a rising market for men sweaters and a rebound in wool knitwear sales. Du Pont reports acrylic fiber dominance in men’s sweaters and a strong share in women’s knits, while new yarns and mohair blends spark fresh demand amid a revival in men’s fashion.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Swedler
Lamb's
du Pont
Orion
Red Spokesman Attacks Hoover Over Communist Convention
Simon W. Gerson, executive editor of the Communist Daily Worker, blasts FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as a political censor after Hoover's Senate letter criticizing the 1957 Communist party convention. Gerson defends the party and accuses Hoover of trying to police political ideas and associations.
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York
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Simon W. Gerson
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
U.S
Soviet Union
Gerson
Communist Daily Worker
Jamestown Festival Park Opens For 350th Anniversary
Jamestown Festival Park gates open at 3 p.m. April 1 to begin an eight month festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Jamestown’s 1607 English settlement. A dedication ceremony at 3:30 p.m. features Gov. Thomas B. Stanley and dignitaries including the British ambassador and cabinet representative.
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Jamestown Festival Park
America
Mall of the Festival Park
Thomas B. Stanley
New World
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