Berle Says Vaudeville Era Ends for TV Shift to Story Line
Milton Berle declares vaudeville is over for television and discusses his new restrained format. He notes the flood of vaudeville shows and predicts sit coms will face a similar overrun before audiences tire. Berle favors a slower pace, focusing on his own performance and a single show story line.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Milton Berle
Berle
Warner Brothers
Nbc-Tv
Lucille Ball
Martin and Lewis
Tony Martin
Boff
Joe E. Brown
Dolores Gray
John Raitt
Reynolds Store Dinner Honors Isaac Crouse Guests
Mrs Mervil D Reynolds hosted a dinner at her Howard's Chapel area home honoring Mr and Mrs Isaac Crouse. Attending were Doyle and Judy Dick. Harry Jenkins. A M Martinsburg. Luttrell family. Melon Spaid. D Lupton family. Kitty Bageant. Harry Miller. and Rev Larrick. Also note Mrs Clarence Shelburne's return from Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Mervil Dick N
Yellow Springs
D. Lupton
Winchester
Kitty Bageant
Whitacre
Harry Miller
Mr. Larrick
Shockeysville
Clarence Shelburne
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hollywood Glimpses and Glitz from Gene Handsaker
Kirk Douglas says he is waiting to act, detailing his training from boxing to trapeze, dummy work, and fist puppetry. Robert Wagner praises fan mail influence while preparing for The Silver Whip. A publicity stunt polls 1500 figures on bed sharing for a film prop, and Vittorio Gassman’s name meaning is explained amid Marilyn Monroe nods.
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Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
Kirk Douglas
Duke Johnson
Duke
Frank Herman
Douglas
Kirk
Julio
Robert Wagner
Bob
Montezuma
Vittorio Gassman
Gassmann
Marilyn Monroe
Miss America Langley to Head Mobile Azalea Trail in 1954
Neva Jane Langley the 1953 Miss America will be queen of Mobile's Azalea Trail next February and March. The month long festival aims to attract about half a million visitors and extend the 35 mile floral route through Mobile celebrating its 250th anniversary with mass plantings in November and dozens of organizations taking part. Local productions and Mardi Gras like events will accompany the trail with the welcome mat out for all comers.
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Mobile
Ala
Neva Jane Langley
Gulf Coast
Mobile County Federation of Garden Clubs
Jack Sprinkle
Azalea Trail
Clerics Split On Sterility Pills Controversy
Boston doctor reports birth control pills cause temporary infertility in 298 couples with 10 day lead time and 48 hour resume fertility after stopping. Catholic cleric calls it a violation of divine law while Methodist bishop says planned child spacing is morally allowed. Further clinical data needed before general use.
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Washington
Boston
Benjamin Sieve
Technical Journal “Science
V. Francis J. Connell
Sacred Theology
Catholic University of America
G. Bromley Oxnam
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Al 80
Sieve
Speeding Reckless Driving and DrunK Offenses Reported
Bascom G. Stapleton 28 of Roger ville Tenn fined 14.25 for speeding. Eugene W. Johnson 18 colored 819 S Loudoun St fined 14.25 for reckless driving. Winston Hutton 49 Roanoke fined 30.25 for drunk and panhandling. Vagrancy six months stipended and 1.25. Paul Thornton 583 Detroit Mish fined 10.25 for drunk.
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Bascom G. Stapleton
Rogerville
Tenn
Eugene W. Johnson
S. Loudoun Street
Winston Hutton
Roanoke
Paul Thornton
Detroit
Mish
Plastic heart valve offers new hope for rheumatic patient
A 30 year old Washington housewife received a plastic aortic valve at Georgetown University Hospital in a pioneering operation. Doctors reported the patient was in real trouble before the three week old operation but has shown tremendous improvements and the result is encouraging though final outcome remains uncertain. The report notes the procedure addresses heart disease tied to rheumatic fever and compares recent baseball home run totals by the American and National leagues.
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Washington Pf
Washington
Georgetown University Hospital
Crossword Puzzle Clues A to Z Listed
A dense list of across and down crossword clues with partial spellings and mismatched letters including monkey nocturnal mammal and Mexican rubber tree as examples. The text appears as scrambled OCR with many errors and misreads.
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Reynolds Store
Hollywood Column
Mobile’s
United States
Olice Court
Cacia
America
Leber
Lerge Bernings
Ray J. Becker
Shenandoah Ave
Henry
U.S. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
Kanda Lake
By Mel Grafe
Wilda
Phil
Speaking
Big Sister
Patent Omics
U.S
Patent Office
By Paul Robinson
Judge Kett
Mugg and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
Hill's
N. Loudoun
B. F. Goodrich
Ark As
Winchester News
Loudoun St
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Willie Wait
Ozark
Ike
By Ray Gotte
Blondie
Chic Young
Herb
Daily Crossword
Beverage
Heavenly Bodies
Employer
Chromium
Sym
Steamship
Pause
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