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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1963
Page
5
A dense schedule lists daytime and evening programs from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday, featuring Wallace and Star Performance, Dragnet, Rock y & Friends, Walter Cronkite News, Sea Hunt, Nightly News, Dick Van Dyke shows, and a mix of cartoons, game shows, and sports. Major items include ABC News, Tonight Show, and variety programs, with kids shows like Captain Kangaroo and Ruff and Reddy, plus sports coverage.
Hollywood notes Emmy race as 29 awards are handed out on NBC tonight. Top contenders include The Beverly Hillbillies and The Defenders with E G Marshall and Don Knotts favored in key acting categories. The ceremony airs 10 to 11 30 p m EDT with forecasts and playful behind the scenes chatter.
Alfred Hitchcock Hour features Death of a Copy with Victor Jory and Peter Brown. Lawrence Tierney leads a gang, Jory seeks revenge. The Flintstones color edition shows Fred tempted by hockey. The Quiet Revolution explores civil rights and poverty's role in salvation. Prime movies listed across channels with late titles and cast.
In Clarksville Tennessee a gas fume explosion ripped one side from an eight room apartment building when owner Robert Austen lit a cigarette while checking a gas leak. Both Austen and tenant Joyce Westerfield received second and third degree burns as Fire Chief Gordon Keel reported.
Police reported witnesses testifying that George Nicholls aged 66 was dragged to his death by a 19 pound salmon in the River Wye on Thursday. He was found in the stream still holding his rod with the fish on the line.
President Kennedy will not visit Blarney Castle or kiss the Blarney Stone during his trip to Ireland next month. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said the acrobatics required would hinder him, noting a back strain from 1961 Ottawa tree-planting duties.
Jacob H. Whidbee of Long Beach City College tells police a thief has stolen his lunch from his car for three days running. A separate travel note describes a Cork Castle tradition where a tourist climbs to kiss the Blarney Stone with help from locals.
Hollywood critic laments CBS show The Nurses for a one sided anti thalidomide and anti venereal disease stance. The piece argues the drama is clinical not lyrical and lacks artistic merit while promising to open no new vistas. It compares unfavorably to The Defenders and mocks the producer’s pursuit of progress over talent.
Jackie Gleason hosts a gaiety style CBS show featuring writers and stage staff. Chet Huntley takes over as Washington emcee for CBS or NBC Emmy ceremony Sunday night. James Meredith, Mississippi University of Negro Studies, is guest on NBC Meet the Press.
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