TV Highlights and Evening Theme Plans
A roundup of prime time listings notes dramas on NBC CBS and ABC including The Renegade Laramie Father Knows Best The Rifleman Alfred Hitchcock Dobie Gillis Wyatt Earp Tom Ewell and early mentions of stage drama scenes. Cast notes include Steve Cochran Richard Ney Jack Warden Gina Gillespie Joan Tompkins Constance Towers Mary Beth Hughes Henry Kulky Polly Bergen Joe Maross.
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Lillian Bronson
Gina Gillespie
Joan Tompkins
Mr. George
CBS
Red Skelton
Mary Beth Hughes
Henry Kulky
Skelton
Cauliflower McPugg
NBC
Bull Run
Steve Cochran
Richard Ney
Jack Warden
Constance Towers
Margaret
ABC
Lucas McCain
Philip Carey
Gigi Perreault
Alfred Hitchcock
Polly Bergen
Joe Maross
Crystal Coe
Dobie Gillis
Maynard
Wyatt Earp
Gibbs
Bogan Woodward
Tom Ewell
Tom
Trend Toward Individual TV Viewing Gains Ground
Television is aging and households increasingly watch separately. The piece notes nine in ten homes have TV, with adults viewing different programs in different rooms and children seeking to persuade others to switch. It mentions This Is Your Life with Rev James G Jones and star Lee Marvin’s shift to crime roles, plus Captain Kangaroo’s Chicago concert ticket frenzy.
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New York
Ae Cassidy
Milton Berle
Loretta Young
Queen
Grandma
Mitch
Dick Clark
Ralph Edwards
James G. Jones
Chicago
Edwards
Father Jones
Lee Marvin
Untouchables
CBS
TV Quiz Show Contestant Pleads Guilty
New York AP Vivienne Nearing 34 an attorney pleaded guilty to second degree perjury in the Twenty One rigging case to an indefinite suspended sentence. She won 5500 on the show defeating Charles Van Doren as charges allege she had advance information about questions. Van Doren won 129000. his case is pending.
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NEW York
Vivienne Nearing
Special Sessions Court
William E. Ringel
van Doren
Nearing
Television Schedule Fragment Displays 1950s Lineup
Program grid lists time slots and shows across channels with 5:30 4-COMEDY, 7-Pick Temple's Ranch, Huntley Brinkley news, Sheriff of Cochise, The Rifleman, Project Man in Space, The Cheaters, The Renegade, Doctor at Sea, Stagecoach West, High Patrol, Red Skelton Show, and daytime mysteries.
Lady Bandit Strikes Again in Albuquerque
A soft spoken female bandit robbed Paul Gibson $60 as he watched TV with his wife and William Fraim $65 from the First Baptist Church collection. The 25 year old woman entered via a side door claiming a gas issue and calmly announced a holdup with a pistol.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Paul Gibson
William Fraim
First Baptist Church
Gibson
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Renegade
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