TV HIGHLIGHTS True Story Boxing Killer Instinct Stars
TV highlights include Rory Calhoun in a true story about boxing and a disgraced boxer who helps a Mexican fighter then becomes bitter rivals. Other lineup features Wells Fargo Frontier Justice and Father Knows Best repeats with telepathy themes among the night’s CBS NBC and ABC programs.
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Rory Calhoun
Bud Evans
Sia
Barnum
Janice Rule
Michael Dante
ABC
Richard Lawrence
South America
CBS
Bud
NBC
Wells Fargo
Jim Hardie
Langford Peel
Frontier Justice
Robert Ryan
Cloris Leachman
Primatene asthma relief advertised as nonprescription
The ad promotes Primatene as an eight medicine, prescription strength asthma formula. It claims bronchial opening, mucus thinning, and reduced nervous tension without injections, sold at drugstores for 98 cents with a money back guarantee. Whitehall Pharmaca 1966 is cited.
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Whitehall Pharmaca
TV Schedule Fragment From 1950s Evening Lineup
A dense, era styled broadcast list shows programs including Abbott and Costello, News Weather Sports segments, multiple films such as Cinderella Jones and Manila Calling, and serials like The Adventures of Ellery Queen and The Secret Storm. Names include Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Lloyd Nolan, Pat O'Brien.
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Cinderella Jones
Joan Leslie
Robert Alda
TV Guide Listing Summary
The listing highlights 8:00 Peter Gunn with Lynn Martél facing danger amid a romance breakup and a protective move by Gunn. 8:30 The Joseph Cotten Show features Charles Laughton as a lonely exiled man who buys a broke horse to support both. 8:30 Theatre presents a wildcatter in Big Fathers campaign with Jack Carson and Stephen Wooten. 9:00 Arthur Murray segment includes George Raft Gene Autry Sheila Grahame JoAnne Dru Burton Lane Anita Ellis Larry Kert.
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NBC
Peter Gunn
Lynn Martél
CBS
Joseph Cotten
Charles Laughton
Jack Carson
Stephen Wooten
Arthur Murray
George Raft
Gene Autry
Sheila Grahame
Joanne Dru
Burton Lane
Anita Ellis
Larry Kert
Teen-Agers Display Insight Into Mental Ills
AP News notes teens show awareness of psychological problems. Edward Linzer of the National Association for Mental Health cites high school auditions for a one act play Which Way Out as revealing mature attitudes. Teens faced the topic without embarrassment and condemned adult stigma.
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Edward Linzer
National Assn
Linzer
Instructional Play Used in Classrooms Across the Country
The play serves as an instructional tool in classrooms and before youth groups nationwide, guiding discussions and activities. It underscores educational aims and engages students through performance based learning.
Honeymooners Spend Night in Miami Bomb Shelter
Melvin Minnison and Maria Rodriguez begin what is billed as the nation's first bomb shelter honeymoon in a 8 by 14 by 7 foot subterranean room beneath Miami. Sponsors say a Jamaica sequel is planned if they endure two weeks and observers decry the stunt as publicity for civil defense.
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Miami
Kent House
Melvin Minnison
Maria Rodriguez
Tampa
Jamaica
Mininsons
Cecil O. Barnard
Bomb Shelters Inc
Barnard
Miniison
Mininson
AF Captain Wins Protest Against Eviction
An Air Force captain who protested eviction from a base duplex to make way for Brig Gen Stephen McElroy will keep his quarters. The general will be housed elsewhere. The case drew protests from captains Joel Saldinger and Paul Gilliland and involved officials at Ellington AFB and Bolling AFB.
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Houston
Tex
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
Joel Saldinger
Paul Gilliland
Civil Air Patrol
Stephen D. McElroy
CAP
Washington, D.C
Saldinger
Boston
Gilliland
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
John Kennedy
McElroy
Bolling Afb
Washingon
Christmas In July in Fargo Streets Decked with Decorations
The Fargo Chamber of Commerce asks merchants to review new Christmas decorations before purchase. The text also notes Marie Sklodowska Curie, born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, as the discoverer of tadium.
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Fargo
N.D
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Madame Curei
Tadium
Marie Sklodowska
Warsaw
Poland
TV Rerunitis Boosts Theater Business in Hollywood
AP writer Bob Thomas reports a new economic setup as 9 feature films and 65 TV series are in production. Major studios rely on TV profits to sustain theatrical work with Warner Brothers leading in TV production while RKO and Republic shift to TV use. Gordon McCrae and Sheila McCrae lead a Kansas City Starlight engagement with Bells Are Ringing.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
RKO
Desilu
Republic
Four Star
Pat Boone
New York
Singer
ABC
Eddie Cantor
Las Vegas
Eddie
Gordon
Sheila McCrae
Kansas City
Second Fire Proves Fatal for 75YearOld Ashland Man
In Ashland Kentucky Thomas Casey 75 perished when his home burned Thursday after a prior rescue attempt from a 27 year old incident. A neighbor who tried to save him was driven back by flames.
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Ashland
Thomas Casey
Ardell Crowned Miss Dixie and Miss Georgia 1958
Jeannette Arlene Ardell a Marietta Georgia resident aged 19 is crowned Miss Dixie at Daytona Beach Florida and also holds the Miss Georgia 1958 title. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall weighs 120 pounds with a 35 25 35 figure.
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Jeannette Arlene Ardell
Marietta, Ga
Dixie
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ardell
Georgia
Circus Pays Tribute to Fan at Mills Brothers Show
In Fort Plain New York AP memorial service was held at the grave of George Duffy who died last year. His family and circus guests remembered him as the person who bought 1,500 tickets for kids each year. A wreath was laid by an elephant. Brasilia the new Brazilian capital will be ready for occupancy about April 1960 about 600 miles inland from Rio de Janeiro.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Missile Tracking System Improved by Convair Astronautics
Convair Astronautics announced an improved Mark II missile tracking instrumentation designed to range to the moon and beyond. The Azusa Mark II replaces the Azusament at the Atlantic Missile range at Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral measurements will cover hundreds of miles with precision of one tenth of a foot.
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San Diego
Calif
Moon
Convair Astronautics
Atlantic Imoglie Range
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Language notes from Swiss valleys emerge in OCR fragment
The fragment notes language use in valleys in southeast Switzerland where a Latin-like tongue named sim ilar to Latin is spoken. It mentions English as universal but focuses on local language variation. The text is unclear but points to linguistic diversity in the region.
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Switzerland
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