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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1959
Page
3
NBC will present the National Open Golf Championship from Winged Foot Country Club in Mamaroneck New York. Nine cameras will cover the final three holes with Bud Palmer providing commentary.
The note describes top golfers eyeing a $10,000 first prize while Chick Hearn Ray Scott and Ed Sullivan discuss the sport. It then lists a dense TV schedule across CBS and NBC with Perry Mason Pary Presents films westerns and dramas including Gunsmoke Cimarron Have Gun Will Travel and Markham among others with episodes and guest stars.
A dense list of programs spans many genres from Westerns and detective shows to news, sports, and movies. Notable items include Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Cass Timberlane, The Oklahoma Kid, Burns and Allen, and The Ed Sullivan Show, with several time blocks and station notes.
Revenue officers raid a speakeasy as Pete blows his horn and a plot to seize a gold shipment unfolds. Troop rides into an ambush, crimes are fought, and TV airings on ABC CBS NBC spotlight Lawman Electric Theatre Dinah Shore Presents Alfred Hitchcock Loretta Young and a Korea visit. Edgar Hoover became FBI director in 1924.
A 45 minute electrical storm near Radford caused about 4000 dollars in damage to a frame house when lightning struck a television set. Two cable breaks disrupted telephone service and high tension wires were knocked out in the west end. WRAD was off air briefly and one inch of rain fell as temperatures fell from 81 to 64. In Washington Pennsylvania Dr Arthur A Hays 73 former McCormick Seminary professor and ex Washington and Jefferson College faculty died after a long illness.
Sperm whales, which breathe air, can remain submerged for an hour or more, illustrating their remarkable diving endurance and adaptations for deep water foraging.
Blair M. Boisseau, founder and former president of Virginia Steel Co., left a 2.3 million estate. His will was probated yesterday in Richmond. Boisseau, 65, died May 30 here. The bulk of the estate goes to his wife Margaret Brannah Boisseau and daughter Mrs Edward S. Boze Jr.
Norfolk AP reports Thomas W. S. Davis resigns after five years as Public Relations Director. David H. Clark, executive director, announced the change and potential interim measures.
NBC presents Suspect live hosted films with Walter Abel as host. The 13 films from 1957 58 season will replace Steve Allen Jane Greer meeting in Parne. Other highlights include Major League Baseball from Forbes Field Pirates vs Dodgers and Game of the Week Yankees vs Tigers. Maverick Benny Sullivan and Pete Kelly’s Blues featured with guest stars and a remote fireworks display.
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