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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1955
Page
3
Two station grids outline programs for WRC Channel 4 and WTTG Channel 5 with shows from 4:00 PM to 11:15 PM. Entries include Hawkins Falls, First Love, Superman, Dinah Shore, Liberace, Wrestling, and Signet Theater among others.
The listing shows a daytime and early afternoon broadcast, featuring Today with Garroway, Kitchen Cupboard, Recipe Tips, Inga's Angle, and Ding Dong School, followed by The Way of the World and Home. Afternoon programs include Tennessee Ernie Show, Feather Your Nest, Feature Playhouse, Hayloft Hoedown, D. C. Schools, Greatest Gift, and One Man's Family.
A concise listing shows a schedule item with times 1 50 2 00 3 00 and names Sign On Cover to Cover and Paul Dixon likely representing a programming lineup.
A sequence of programs features 8 30 Cartoon Capers 9 00 Breakfast Club 10 00 Movie Club 11 30 Cartoon Concert 1 00 1 O Clock Theater 2 00 Hollywood Matinee 2 45 News 3 00 Just for Pun 3 30 Modern Woman with the lineup ending in the early evening.
A compiled tableau of 1940s era programs on WMAL WMAL and WTOP and WTrorp channels with show names and times including pirate bill 5 oclock theater meet corliss archer 20 questions make room for daddy life with father danger see it now and other serials and game shows. The list reflects a typical broadcasting day with multiple networks and varied genres.
Tuesday night lineup features News Weather segments and a mix of music shows. ABC programs include George Hicks Quincy Howe Sammy Kaye Paul Harvey and more with morning and daytime blocks continuing into afternoon and late evening.
Evening schedule lists multiple stations and programs from 6:00 to 5:30 am with News Sports and Entertainment blocks. Notable items include News for 15 minutes on cbs, various Sports and News blocks on abc and abe networks, dramatizations such as One Man's Family and Eddie Fisher Show, comedy and music segments, and a late night lineup featuring Fibber & Molly and Great Gildersleeve with CBS and ABC connections.
William Cunningham, 52, says a hot fireball entered his bedroom in suburban Darby Township on Sunday, bounced off an oil heater, and exploded twice. Fire officials weigh meteorite versus homemade bomb theories, with experts split on the object’s origin.
Frederick County Farm Bureau reports 77 new and renewed members, raising total to 219 toward a 1955 Virginia Federation quota of 275. About 25 volunteers began the campaign January 17. a welcome meeting for new families is planned next month, per President Landon B. Whitacre.
Virginia censorship officials indicate the official Virginia General Assembly may be asked to amend state law to require that certain motion pictures be shown only to viewers over 18. Lollie C Whitehead, director of the Virginia Division Motion Picture Censorship, cites Ontario Canada as a success model. The proposal would mark Virginia’s first major censorship update since 1930.
Authorities doubt Poe wrote The Murderer also titled Kelah. Scholar Killis Campbell calls it doggerel and notes it has been revived as a claimed Poe discovery but not accepted as genuine Poe work.
The Winchester Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross appeals for clothing furniture and bed clothing for eight people burned out of their home on Poor House Road Frederick County. Families Lucas Newcome and Sheppard need sturdy outdoor clothes rubber boots hats and various sizes of shirts jackets trousers dresses and children's wear. Red Cross will collect donations or arrange pickups at 5412.
The Kiwanis Club plans a 12 15 p m luncheon at the George Washington Hotel to view Main Street Merchant produced by J C Penney Company. Virgil Strader will present the film and several new members including Robert Bane William LeGrande and Leonard C Ellis will be inducted February 2.
Readable fragments list individuals including Seph E. Butler Roy A. Cather Dr A B Groves Dr C H Hill John H Kanade Jr Dr Howard A Rollins F Amos Shryock Win Ford J Welch and G Thomas Whitham as part of a historic roster.
In December 1954 Bob Toski was certified by the Professional Golfers Association of America as tournament golf's top money winner for a season with earnings totaling $65,819.81.
The UN Postal Administration offers stamps for sale at offices in New York London and Geneva. The program operates through its three main locations handling purchases for visitors and collectors.
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