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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
16
Radio and television creators push into fiction with characters who step from typewriters into life. Critics say Hollywood TV programs imitate and recycle plots, while true stars remain in New York, not Hollywood, exposing a shifting landscape of fame and fabrication.
A dense 24 hour guide lists NBC cartoons hosts and dramas from 5:00 PM through 3:00 AM. Program blocks include Panhandle Pete, Kukla Fran Ollie, Milton Berle, Fireside Theater, Circle Theater, Nature of Things, Cameo Theater, and more with news briefings and various talk shows.
A critique argues New York can command major stars for TV while Hollywood shows poor production, rehearsals, and writing. It urges Hollywood to compete with New York in scripts, casting, and direction to avoid harming its prestige.
On air tonight CBS-WGAR presents The Poisoned Pigeon Murder Clue at 8 with an antique dealer killed by poison. NBC-WTAM airs Yankee Doodle Debby at 8 with Joan Caulfield as a Revolutionary War heroine. White Sox Indians game described at 8 25 on WHBC. CBS-WGAR features The Case of the Missed Boat at 8 30 with a kidnaped boat man. Is Total Mobilization a Threat.
Readers can order Pattern 620 which features large filet crochet squares. The ad promises 114 inches of string length for a full cloth in 16 rows and includes charts and directions. Send 25 cents with pattern number, name, address and zone to The Canton Repository Needlecraft Dept in New York.
In Israel two hundred of the 3,304 policemen in cities towns and villages were laid off due to budgetary considerations. The move affects police across Tel Aviv and other areas, reflecting fiscal pressures on security services in the country.
Canton's leading industries will be highlighted on October 5 and 10 in Ted Mack's Amateur Hour radio and television programs. A plastic treasure chest with miniature replicas of Canton's products will be presented to Mack. No Canton representative will appear in the talent portion as previously announced. The program airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC-WHBC and telecasts at 10 p.m. Tuesdays on WNBK.
In Herbert Saskatchewan thousands of seagulls attacked a vast grasshopper invasion. After feasting, the birds reduced the grasshopper numbers significantly, leaving the area clear of the pest.
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