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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
5
The listing shows midweek programming across WRC and WTTG with afternoon serials including Hawkins Falls and First Love, followed by evenings of variety shows, news, theater, and classic programs such as Eddie Fisher, My Little Margie, This Is Your Life, and Tonight. Also noted are baseball, harness racing, and fishing segments on the rival channel.
Channel listing shows Garroway and Little Rascals with Romper Room and Ding Dong School. Includes Way of the World, Home Tennessee, Feather Your Nest, Ted Mack Matinee at 3 00 and Greatest Gift at 3 30.
TV listings show 4:00 to 3:30 program blocks across WMAL and WTOP channels including dramas, game shows, talk shows, and children’s segments. Notable titles include Disneyland, The Millionaire, Perry Como, Garry Moore, and Robert Q. Lewis among others.
A diary-like listing shows CBS NBC and ABC radio and TV lineups with shows from 6:00 PM to 5:15 AM plus a calorie quiz noting bread at about 65 calories per slice. It details programs, hosts, and network blocks across channels.
In Oakland a 14 year old boy David Drew confessed to bludgeoning and stabbing 7 year old Stanley R Frank Jr. as they built a fort. He said the beating began accidentally and described tying Stanley, forcing him to return home, and the fatal hatchet blow.
Fred Cloutier, 55, climbed the Canadian National bridge over the Androscoggin River and threatened to jump as police and rescuers urged him down. A CN train and a fire department ladder aided the standoff. He finally descended the ladder and was hospitalized with multiple fractures. police will seek a mental examination. The incident drew jeers from the crowd and followed heavy drinking by his brother Phillip.
A 39 year old Chicago woman told Circuit Judge Cornelius Harrington she attended church 20 miles away to hear Robert Metzler's organ music. Metzler, 50, said he left a Northwest Side church to avoid contact with Miss Harriet Davis and her mother, Belle. The judge refused to lift an injunction against the pair and warned they would be held in contempt if they continued to attend the Glencoe church to irritate Metzler.
Pakistan became self governing in 1947 and has operated with a Constituent Assembly since 1949. The constitution is being written and once completed and accepted Pakistan will be declared a republic.
In London, Belgian minister Edouard Anseele announced Brussels intends to build a concrete TV tower reaching about 2 160 to 2 180 feet, over twice Paris Eiffel Tower, as part of a European interchange TV system to reduce relay needs. The site location was not disclosed.
Anseele notes Brussels 1958 expo finishing by then. The Empire State Building in New York rises to 1,472 feet, featuring a 222 foot television sending tower and claiming tallest in the world status.
The painting measures 35 ft by nearly 200 ft making it one of the largest works. It depicts the discovery and magic of electricity and is currently shown at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Dufy, a noted contemporary French painter, died in 1963.
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