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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1959
Page
5
CBS broadcasts By Request replay of SSN 571 The Nautilus detailing the first nuclear powered submarine traverse under the North Pole. Jay Mitchell portrays Commander William R Anderson with narration by Douglas Edwards as Anderson appears as a guest.
Maj. Gen. Hamilton H. Howze issued a written statement denying a San Francisco Chronicle report that his dog crossed the Pacific in a troop transport cabin while two Korean doctors allegedly were bumped below. Howze said he paid 7.50 for a kennel on deck and that the dog stayed only in pet areas. An Army spokesman said doctors’ travel was unrelated and arrangements were routine. Saylors and Clukey helped with the dog under no compulsion.
From Los Angeles Sports Arena promoter Jasck Dree presents a bout preview. Moore has 36 wins in 42 fights with 16 knockouts while Bassey stands 54-56 with 20 knockouts.
The page lists a dense evening broadcast slate with multiple channels and programs. Notable items include Abbott and Costello, Amos ’n’ Andy, Wagon Train, The Price is Right, Donna Reed Show, The Millionaire, Trackdown, and a 93 Movie Iroquois Trail, among others. Weather sports and news are interspersed with entertainment blocks.
Thursday daytime to late night programming listed with time slots and shows. Notable entries include 12 noon to 5 pm lineup, 9 pm The Theater of Stars, 9 pm House Party, 4 pm Susie and Milt Grant Show, 9 pm Movie Escape in the Desert with Helmut Dantine and Jean Sullivan, plus Disney Adventure Time and Burns and Allen later.
A radio and stage long career highlighted by the Mills Brothers Decca LP with Sweet Adeline and My Gal Sal. Carol Channing is praised for her funny album and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes routine. Les Elgart leads a top dance band with I ve Got a Crush on You among stereo favorites. Our Common Heritage features readings by Huston Crosby Donlevy Agnes Moorehead. Ruby Braff Trembles offers Someday Sweetheart and Swing that Music. Other picks include Mitch Miller Party Sing Along, Boris Karloff reads the Ugly Duckling, and Bechet Story. Caedman Uproar.
Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller traveled to Sogne Norway to review Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen's wedding plans. The Lutheran Church will host the ceremony with a reception at the Businessmen's Club in Kristiansand known as The White House.
A fragment notes reporter Jack Foisie was accompanied by a paratrooper sergeant on the Mann. Foisie refused to identify the sergeant, keeping the name private.
Carole Tregoff 22 and Dr. R Bernard Finch face trial in the July 18 shooting death of Barbara Jean Finch 33. Judge William M Martin ordered Tregoff held for trial citing evidence including a case found near the scene containing bullets a knife sleeping potions rope and a hypodermic needle.
In Waynesboro Virginia the 1 000 000th visitor to Shenandoah National Park this year was Ralph Kroder 44 of Collinsville Illinois. He received a complimentary permit a free night’s lodging and a metal framed mirror for his family the park announced Monday.
A Richmond notice shows Jimmy Speranza advertising his restaurant with a sign reading Vacationing around the world Back in 80 days. The display implies a temporary closing or travel theme for the business.
In a St Louis housing project, two plainclothes officers chased a youth purse thief as about 500 curious residents swarmed the scene. Reinforcements with 20 uniformed officers and three police dogs dispersed the crowd after armed pursuit and three gunshots. No arrests were made.
Joseph T. Connolly vice president of the Columbia Broadcasting System and general manager of WCAU Philadelphia died Monday from pneumonia complications after a brain operation weeks earlier.
In Bellmawr New Jersey two year old Larry Weisenbach suffocated when a table tennis ball lodged in his throat. Firefighters removed the ball with forceps and three doctors operated for nearly two hours before pronouncing him dead at West Jersey Hospital Camden.
Norfolk AP reports six year old Anthony T. Harrell drowned while wading in a ditch Monday. His body was found about an hour later by searchers led by his father Morris Harrell.
Dr. Ernest Jackh 84 an internationally recognized educator and statesman died Monday. He helped found and was a consultant to the Near and Middle East Institute at Columbia University. Born in Urach Germany he rose to prominence in academia and diplomacy.
The death of Violet Farley Rose, 72, of Pasadena Maryland, from injuries sustained Aug. 5 in a four vehicle crash, raised Virginia’s 1959 road toll to 492. The collision occurred on State Route 3 east of Montross in Westmoreland County.
Roy H. Cross 70 of Hudson New Hampshire died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He developed a gyrostabilizer used in Army tanks during World War II and was a manufacturing engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corp for many years.
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