TV Boners Of 1955 Give Audiences Laughs And Shocks
Aline Mosby profiles TV bloopers from 1955 spanning Gleason show mishaps to Climax! corpse on camera. Highlights include Art Carney through a window, a wall coming with a towel, Pat Carroll misidentified, James Mason forgetting Rhonda Fleming, and other live and filmed boners across NBC CBS and ABC programs.
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Aline Mosby
United Press
Hollywood
Jackie Gleason
Art Carney
Gleason
Carney
Jerry Lewis
Jerry
Bill Lundigan
Shower of Stars
Jimmy Durante
Comedienne
Pat Carroll
Pat Crowley
James Mason
Oscar
Rhonda Fleming
Lux Video Theater
Jan Sterling
Robert Montgomery
Freshwater's Checkerboard News Summary
Freshwater announces Christmas greetings and discusses feed pricing challenges with Purina. Farmers are advised on a D F supplement and oats mix to support sows and piglets, noting a new scours product Pig Startena with Arsenic. Seed orders are encouraged amid a strong market, with invites to view available seed tags.
Decorating Contest Winners Named in Crawfordsville
Winners in the Lions Club Home Decorating contest were announced after judging by Cleo Cherryholmes of Fry. Robert Miller won first prize of 7.50, Tonyn Davie 5.00, Kenneth Kilpatrick 2.50, and three 1.00 prizes went to Cleo McCoy Clarence Hering and Peoples Savings Bank. Janet Evans heads to Athens Ohio for the Student Volunteer Quadrennial with about 3000 attendees, including ~50 Iowa State College students joining in Iowa City.
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Crawfordsville
Lions Club
Cleo Cherryholmes
Fry
Aunz Robert Miller
Tonyn Davie
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Cleo McCoy
Clarence Hering
Peoples Savings Bank
Janet Evans
Athens
Ohio
Iowa State College
Janet
Iowa City
Paul Haworth
Barry
Rockford
Ill
Haworth
Harold Miller
Haworths
Buckner Family Holiday Visit and Cornwell Birth
Mr and Mrs Art Buckner of Cross Lake Minnesota arrived for a holiday visit with daughter Mrs Robert Miller. They recently sold their summer resort and built a new home at Cross Lake. Mr and Mrs Robert Cornwell of Winfield welcomed a son Thursday at Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant. Mrs Cornwell is Phyllis Owens, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Owens. This is the third Cornwell child.
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Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Art Buckner
Cross Lake
Minn
Robert Miller
Buckners
Robert Cornwell
Winfield
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Cornwell
Phyllis Owens
Glenn Owens
Mrs Herb Rich Hosts Crawfordsville Study Club
Crawfordsville December meeting of the Wednesday Study club at Mrs. Herbert Rich home with co host Mrs. J Jewell. Devotions led by Mrs Howard Anderson featured Luke Christmas story and Silent Night. Arvid Anderson spoke on Save the Children Greece and Korea with CARE packages urged. Leaders Mrs George Dare and Mrs Roy Montague presented slides on the true meaning of Christmas and the National Art Gallery prints. Gift exchange occurred from a decorated tree aided by Mildred Ann Rich and Terry.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Herbert Rich
J. Jewell
Howard Anderson
Arvid Anderson
Greece
Korea
George Dare
Roy Montague
National Art Gallery
Mildred Ann Rich
Terry
Crawfordsville Men Hear Stephens Speak
Richard Stephens of Ainsworth spoke on current farm problems at the Federated Men's Club December meeting in Crawfordsville with 23 members present. The group voted to send four Christmas boxes and buy decorations for the church tree, and 12 to Janet Evans for the student volunteer conference in Athens Ohio. New officers elected for 1956 are Andy Whiting president Robert Henderson vice president and Earl Ferguson secretary treasurer. Refreshments were provided by Clarence Moorhead Vernon Fletcher Henry Davis and Roy Montague.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Federated Men's Club
Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Phil Gerdes
Janet Evans
Athens
Ohio
Andy Whiting
Robert Henderson
Earl Ferguson
Clarence Moorhead
Vernon Fletcher
Henry Davis
Roy Montague
Rubio Ladies Aid In Meeting Thursday
Rubio, Dec. 22. Rubio Ladies Aid met at the community building Thursday afternoon with Evelyn Steinbeck and Vera Bond as hostesses. They held their Christmas exchange and refreshments were served. The Wat son family held their Christmas exchange and dinner Sunday at the community building with visits from Mrs. Walter Bennett and son Dick, Clara Bennett, Cora Brinning, Letha Bond, Marjorie Wattewell, and Kay Anderson.
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Arthur Lambert Rubio
Rubio
Evelyn Steinbeck
Vera Bond
Lottie Watson
Walter Bennett
Clara Bennett
Cora Brinning
Allie Bond
Letha Bond
Marjorie Wat
Lawyers and Dentists Directory for Weisman Iowa Area
Directory listing multiple attorneys with offices in Weisman Iowa and surrounding areas. Includes Henry B Bailey Louis J Kehoe Stewart and Shearer Livingston and Day George F Morrison Morrison Morrison Albion J Young and Dentists D C Formash W L Shaffer with street addresses in Weisman and nearby Edmond D Morrison Jr.
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Henry B. Bailey
West Main St
Court House
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
East Washington
Livingston
J. Cenney Co
Morrison & Morrison
Edmond D. Morrison
Jr Morrison Bidg
No. Side Square
Albion J. Young
Weisman
Iowa
Optimism In 1956 Outlook From Government Survey
Washington reports a bullish 1956 for US industry with rising production across iron and steel aluminum autos construction and electronics. Small Business Administrator Barnes cites stronger earnings and very low failure rates, signaling continued expansion amid a Westinghouse strike impact on power projects.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
Business and Defense Services Administration
Wendell B. Barnes
Iron and Steel
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Local Folk News Briefs From Ottumwa
The Lepperts visited Tuesday afternoon to see their great granddaughter at the Krewson home. Rubio held no school Monday due to illness of teacher Marian Dickinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Watson shopped in Washington Wednesday evening.
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Son
Ottumwa
Fred Leppert
Consumer credit growth steady as incomes ease debt load
Six months of 1956 show consumer durable goods sales expected to match or slightly exceed the 1955 record. The Federal Reserve Bulletin notes rapid consumer credit expansion coupled with rising incomes keeps the debt burden from becoming too heavy.
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The
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Pearl of the South Pacific stars Virginia Mayo in a Technicolor romance
Virginia Mayo stars in Pearl of the South Pacific alongside Dennis Morgan and Lance Fuller with Basil Ruysdael and Marvyn Vye in featured roles. Allan Dwan directs from a Jesse Lasky Jr. screenplay produced by Benedict Bogeaus for RKO. Wisconsin ranked first in 1954 dairy production from raw milk to Swiss cheese and placed second and third in other dairy products while tenth in ice cream.
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South Pacific
Virginia
Mayo
Dennis Morgan
David Farrar
State Theatre
Island Paradise
Virginia Mayo
Basil Ruysdael
Marvyn Vye
Lisa Montell
Allan Dwan
Jesse Lasky, Jr
Benedict Bogeaus
RKO Radio Distribution
Wisconsin
Fiirst
Transfer Confusion Over Farm From Father to Son
Bloomington officials puzzled by a farm transfer where John Williams appears to transfer to John Williams while a John Williams witnesses. The legal owner aged 92 plans to pass the farm to his son John I with John III as next in line for inheritance.
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Bloomington
Ind
John Williams
John I
John III
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