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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
8
Radio and television schedule rundown features WB-tyte listings for WEY WER WEYA WEEL and WMJ networks. Highlights include news and commentary blocks with local anchors, primetime roundups and a slate of specialized segments across stations.
The page lists a dense TV timetable with numerous call letters and program names including Kit Carson, Mickey Maust, Sky Hing, and many others. It also references sports events and bowl game lineups such as the Orange, Sugar, and Cotton Bowls, with times and channels obscured by OCR errors.
Washington report says educational television could reach upwards of 20 million Americans in 1958 with noncommercial stations and closed-circuit school programs. The initiative, costly but growing, aims to widen access to practical and academic lessons, with about 12 million viewers already regulars.
TV Key previews Tonight's top shows with Pat Rooney hosting Name That Tune aiming for 25 000 and the Cloaker Sisters performing Let It Snow George Gobel Show features Alice Gobel Ben Kovacs Eddie Fisher and guest bits with New Year's Eve party closer. Apache fever powder plot in Indian Medicine segment adds danger.
A brief note attributes a work to Robert 1. Sorolsky with a somber tone. The fragment hints at a meditation on listening and sorrow without further context or details about publication, date, or venue.
ITV previews Bilko tale boosting saucer stock as Bilko feigns sighting aliens to attract attention. Fort Baxter scenes unfold while a Robin Hood type bandit plot edges into the broadcast, ahead of WHAM Kennedy and Vinitaries pursuit. Syracuse TV listings note Sinatra’s top male vocalist win and California’s The Californians at 10 pm with a mix of local entertainment buzz and chart polling outcomes.
Accordionist Dick Contino, 27, files voluntary petition for bankruptcy listing debts totaling 519,963. Debts include legal fees, agency fees, union dues, and back Nevada gambling expenses plus near 8,000 in back income taxes. Nearby items note football lineups, bowl games, and New Year programming on WSYR channels.
Pasadena report notes the 1958 Tournament of Roses Parade will feature a real king among its royal lineup. Edward Masinga of South Africa will ride as a guest of the State Department, while the queen will be the usual make believe.
A ring found by seven year old Robi Fini in a mussel shellfish on a Santa Monica beach reunited with Doug Aircraft Co. supervisor A. Tracy who had lost his gold wedding band in summer 1955. The recovered ring matched the inscription and design, leading to a tale of two rings and a long wait.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a radio or TV schedule with times like 6:00 and 2, mentions of news and advertisements. Difficult to determine full events, but implies an afternoon to early evening lineup with local programming and reminders.
William Ewald reports two TV shows occupying Marian Anderson and Louis Armstrong as CBS NBC and NBC TV broadcast across Asia and New York. Anderson tours for State Department and A N T A while Armstrong and lineup tour for NBC TV charity segments. The piece notes Ed Murrow and a live concert atmosphere spanning Bangkok Thailand and Chicago with varied musical guests and words to explain to children.
Police investigate a break in at Humphray Milkyway in Clovis New Mexico. An intruder entered the store and stole two gallons of milk five dozen eggs and four quarts of orange drink while leaving money untouched.
The Taquary issue previews new endings from independent laboratories on low nicotine cigarettes and five filter-holders. One filter-holder reportedly reduces nicotine up to 60 percent, with references to Nicotine The Smokers Cinema in January Reader's Digest and other January digest discussions.
In a fragmented report, Miss Anderson performs at multiple venues including London and New Delhi. The broadcast notes her remarks on serenity and strength, followed by musical numbers by Carmen S McRae and Charila Ventura. A Gandhi memorial moment and NBC-TV telecast wrap the lively program with references to Armstrong songs and a concluding remark on identity.
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