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The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 96

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2 THE KANSAS CITY STAR SUNDAY AUGUST 28 1955 awards By winning a quiz contest a contestant is given a riddle to solve which will open-a safe TELEMSIOS THIS WEEK Seven Shows to Return For the New Season Swaps Vs Nashua Race on TV The dream match race between Swaps and Nashua to determine which is the better 3-year-old will he telecast at 4 o'clock Wednesday on channel 9 The 2-horse match race will be run at Washington Park Chicago TV when it starts at 7 Friday night on channel 9 The shift of networks by channels 5 and 9 will be completed September 28 Recovering from amnesia suffered while in an enemy prison camp Don Taylor returns to the hoping to completely regain his memory and a S7000 inheritance he recall losing in Months to on Playhouse of Stars at 7 Friday night on channel 5 a new channel for the show A 10-round lightweight bout between Carmelo Costa and Saturday of the Texas a new children's weekly adventure series based on the exploits of the rangers throughout the 120 years of their existence will bow at 9:30 Saturday morning on channel 9 Willard Parker and Harry Lanier will he starred as Ranger -lace Pearson and his sidekick lay Morgan The first story will be Flight" a story of the use of and carrier Lulu Perez will be the Cavalcade of Boxing presentation at 8 Friday night on channel 4 Terson to Person Ed Mur- rows TV program which visits McCoy and Richard Maltby will famous persons in all walks of nn A morioo 'c mot Acf life in their homes will come a ranger plane pigeons in tracking down a gang of kidnapers The orchestras of Claude Thornhill Stan Kenton Clyde appear on America's Greatest Bands at 6 Saturday night on channel 9 Jane Wyman Will Be Hostess and Star Fireside Theater Tuesday Night on Channel 4 Texas Rangers Bow THE return ot seven programs for the 1955-1956 season and the start of a new children's adventure series are scheduled this week on television here The shows starting their new fall series include You Are There today the Loretta Young Show tonight Jane Fireside Theater Tuesday night the Eddie Fisher Show and Father Knows Best Wednesday nighty Dragnet Thursday night and Person to Person Friday night Tales of the Texas Rangers is the title of the new program which bows Saturday morning Other highlights of the week will include two 1-hour telecasts of the Davis cup tennis matches today Chess Game" on Television Theater Wednesday night Adventures of Huckleberry on Climax Thursday night and the Carmelo Costa-Lulu Perez fight Friday night Ezzard Charles and Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson also meet in a return bout Wednesday night The Swaps-Nashua match race will be telecast Wednesday gerty Michael Emmett Robert Bice Stuart Randall and Ellen Corby are in the cast The Loretta Young Show popular dramatic series returns to the air at 8 tonight on channel 41 Rosalind Russell will pinch hit as hostess for Miss Young who had not recovered from a recent illness in time to make the first few films for the series play will he Me starring Phyliss Thax-ter and Robert Preston It is a encounter with an escapee from story of a woman left alone in a desolate weather station and her a mental institution day night on channel 4 Charles Coburn and Keith Andes also have leading roles It is a story of a romance-loving uncle whose mission in life is to further his love affair a romance bridging two continents during the turmoil of World War II will be the repeat play on Four Star Playhouse at 7:30 Thursday night on channel 9 Dick Powell and Joan Elan are starred by Leo Lieberman will be presented on Video Theater at 8 Thursday night on channel 4 Friday featuring Nancy Gale Robert Cornthwaite and Tom Averam will be the Best in Mystery play at 7 Friday night on channel 4 Dollar a Second starring Jan Murray will become the first A show to move to KMBC- hack for its third season on TV starting at 8:30 Friday night on channel 9 Dick Powell and his wife June Allyson and Margaret Bourke White noted still photog rapher will be visited on the opener Open the Safe a new local quiz show will have its premiere at 9:15 Friday night on channel 4 Jay Barrington will be the quizmaster The program will afford contestants a chance to win $500 in a journey into music on the Citv Hour" McCarthy are featured "The Chess was written by Robert Howard Lindsay and tells of a 15-year-oki juvenile delinquent whose contact with a sympathetic old reprobate and a preacher and his wife who save him from a criminal life Story of Donald will be the Disneyland repeat presentation at 7 Wednesday night on channel 5 adapted from "Laburum Grove" will be the Steel Hour play at 8 Wednesday night on channel 9 Boris Karloff Edna Best and Sarah Marshall are featured in the cast The life of Andy Devine will be the repeat presentation on This Is Your Life at 8 Wednesday night on channel 4 Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson and Ezzard Charles heavyweights will meet in a return 10-round bout at 8 Wednesday night on channel 5 Jackson won a decision in their bout on August 3 the is the title of the Duffy's Tavern episode at 9 Wednesday night on channel 4 Thursday Sister Pacific of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged will appear on the Anne Hayes United Campaign Tour at 3 Thursday on channel 5 Adventures of Huckleberry the Samuel Clemens classic will be adapted for the first time on TV for presentation on Climax at 6:30 Thursday night on channel 9 Charles Taylor will be featured in the title role Thomas Mitchell will play Man Elizabeth Petterson will be Aunt Polly and John Carra-dine will have the role of Duke Others in the cast include Walter Catlett Minor Watson and Catherine Warren Dragnet the crime documentary-drama will launch Its fifth season with a new series of dramatizations of actual police cases at 7 Thursday night on channel 4 Jack Webb and Ben Alexander are featured The first story of the new series concerns a woman who was beaten to death with a heavy iron pipe in a downtown Los Angeles office building i for Trouble" will be the play on Appointment With Adventure at 8:30 tonight on channel 9 Janice Rule and Robert Clary be starred A wide assortment of new Christian Dior gowns will be shown in the program Monday Jan Miner portrays a suppressed self-contained woman whose way of life is jolted by the confusing actions of a new FATHER AND HIS FLOCK Robert Young (upper right) portrays the role of head of the household on Father Knows 3esr the family comedy which returns to TV at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday night on channel 4 Jane Wyatt (upper left) portrays Yroung's better half and their children (left to right) are played by Billy Gray Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue New York origination while Ko-vacs is at the helm Home at 8:45 Wednesday morning on channel 4 The $100000 match race between Swaps and Nashua at Washington Park Chicago will he telecast at 4 Wednesday on channel 9 Tuesday Mrs Philip Cohen and her Way of thej three children will appear on the at 2 to Pinky Lee show at 3 Tuesday on (channel 4 Mr and Mrs Cohen (live at 403 West Fifty-eighth street Monica Lewis PEARL HARBOR BOMBED DECEMBER 7 1941 See the dramatic events of this tragic day re-enacted on your television screen in ARE SUNDAY AUGUST 28 PM CHANNEL 9 KMBC-TV Be sure to watch this program every Sunday for other exciting historic events Co-sponsored in this area by KANSAS CITY POWER LIGHT COMPANY 8 WDAF Radio This Sunday Every Sunday This evening Bob Higby will discuss the back grounds of many promi -nent compositions Murray Nolte will tell how Hale's Kansas City fire fire fighters won international acclaim and introduced devices that were adapted by fire departments all over the world And of course there will be symphonic music gay serious and grand Tonight 8:00 WDAF Radio Presented by Today As the Twig Is Bent a new program designed to acquaint children and parents with the approaching school terms in both Kansas Citys will start at 12 24D today on channel 5 James Haz-lett newly appointed superintendent of schools in Kansas City Mo will be guest Two 1-hour pickups from the Davis cup tennis matches at the West Side Tennis club Forest Hills will be seen in color and black and white on C-TV and channel 4 today The first 1-hour period will be from noon to 1 and the second from 2 to 3 Professional Bowling at 1 today on channel 4 will be a match between Carmen Salvino and Bill Lillard You Are There edueational-documentary-d a a program starts a new series at 4:30 today on channel 9 with Attack on Pearl The program will take viewers back to Decern ber 7 1941 the day Japan assaulted United States territory! of Darkness while her envoys were talking of of the destruction of peace in Washington Since July 3 You Are There has been presenting repeat programs Blackstone the Great famous magician and Paul Le Paul card manipulator will appear on Magic at 5 today on channel 9 neighbor in the next World drama starting morrow on channel 4 Eydie Gorme and Pat Boone will Julius La Rosa on show at 5:45 Monday and Friday channel 5 Miss Lewis Wednesday and Boone Robert Rounseville Jean Fenn soprano on the Howard at 6:30 tomorrow channel 5 Program in the radio notes an H-bomb will be drama on Medic at 7 night on channel 4 The still a once dangerous sanctuary with his now and fearful partner in of Johnny A film interview with Patrick Reid British author taken on her recent European trip will be shown on Bea Happy Home at 3 Tuesday on channel 9 A glimpse of the showroom of John Cavanaugh British designer also will be shown pinch-hit for the Wednesday evenings on appears Friday tenor and will he soloists Barlow Concert night on details are Eddie Fisher will return to TV with his song program at 5:30 Wednesday evening on channel 4 On hand with Eddie will be Fred Robbins as host and Axel Stordahl and his orchestra The program also will he seen at the same time on Fridays Gloria DeHaven film star and Henny Youngman and Mort Gunty comedians will appear on Frankie Laine time at 6 Wednesday night on channel 9 Father Knows Best family sit-nation-comedy program starring Robert Young will be presented at a new time and a new station when it returns for the new sea son at 6:30 Wednesday night on channel 4 Young is seen in the role of Jim Anderson an insurance salesman Jane Wyatt plays the role of his wife and the Anderson children are played by Elinor Donahue Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin Kansas City Life Insurance Company Lucy Marlow pretty actress who will -marry Andy Carey of the New York Yankees will be starred in "Pretend You're You" on Star Theater at 7:30 Thurs- Teresa Brewer will be the hostess on Upbeat at 5:45 stor Tuesday and Thursday evenings a city byionchannel5l the repeat: Bert Lahr and the Fontane tomorrow: sisters will be guests on the Arthur Murray Party at 6:30 member of Tuesday night on channel 4 team seeks reformed Return on Rob- Fireside Theater one of the top filmed dramatic shows returns to TV at 7 Tuesday night on channel 4 with Jane Wyman ert Montgomery Presents at 7:30 as the hostess and star 3Iiss sion which was optioned for Broadway production by the late 80-LB FREEZER It will be on Variety Hour at 6 tonight on channel 4 when the program features many youthful stars and entertainment aimed at children in Chance at Love as well as adults Charlton Hes- One at 8 tomorrow ton will be the emcee channel 9 The story The talent will include The a boy and girl from the Midwest 1 Marjorie Fields Moppets a who meet and fall in love in New group of thirteen singing and York City only to be thwarted an 1 iam dancing youngsters Edgar Ber-by the desire of the girl to stayjand Argentine Brnnetti gen and Charlie McCarthy Timlin the city for a career and the "The Roman and the Rene-Hovey child screen star who necessity for the boy to return starring Scott Forbes will appear with Heston and to his business back home Gena arKj Faith Domergue will be the tomorrow night on channel 4 Wyman will appear in twenty of Georgiann ToTnson Pas the Richard Kiley will be 1 The initial play will be night on nical Charge of a i rr-tense but tender story of a channel 9 The stoi ce between conflicting 51 i John Golden will he presented again on the program at 7 Wednesday night on channel 4 Melvyn Douglas Richard Morse Constance Wilson and Lin Spotlight Playhouse offering at 7:30 Tuesday night on channel 9 A young woman is parted from her suspicious fiance because of a jealous employer in the Studio 57 play at 8:30 Tuesday night on channel 5 Laura Elliott and John Bryant are featured Rowlands Bram Nossen Chris Gampel and Arthur Batanides are in the cast The program also will introduce a new love song also with the title Chance at which has been recorded by Columbia and features Paul orchestra with Bernadine Read a Kansas girl on the vocal Julia Adams in a scene from Private War of Major and Bob Williams and his dog Red Dust Eartha Kitt song stylist The Mariners vocal quartet Jay Lawrence comedian Wonder Boy John youthful balancer and the Chicago Festival Singers will appear on Toast of the Town at 6 tonight on channel 9 Kathleen McGuire and Philip Abbott two of finest young acting talents will co-star in SAVE Reg Price 41995 AUTOMATIC DEFROST SEPARATE FREEZER A TWIN SYSTEM and old refrigerator "The American Master is the title of the TV Digest story at 8 tomorrow might on channel 5 At the re- Spring Reunion on Television of the pecret service Playhouse at 7 tonight on chan- william Burns heads up the nel 4 It is a story of a man and investigation of one of the most a woman past 30 who wait until Vagrant cases of counterfeiting too late to fall jn in history Affair a story of a in All His a dramatic love story will be the Death Valley Days presentation at 9 Tuesday night on channel 4 James Griffith Gloria Winters Leonard Penn and Phyliss Coates are featured Wednesday An on film with Art Paris columnist and a tour of the shops of Pierre Balmain with pictures of his new fall fashions will be presented on Bea Happy Home at 3 Wednesday on channel 9 Joan Blondell plays the lead in in the a romantic comedy featuring John Sutton on Electric Theater at 7 tonight on channel 9 Ellen Cofbv and Susan Whitney are featured On the eve of her 17th anniversary Joan makes an attempt to recapture the romantic aura of herjup at 9 tomorrow night on chan-honeymoon and makes elaborate! nel 4 will include Pat Growney preparations Her a novelty pianist from Quitman young married couple and two unusual situations that save their marriage will be the Hollywood Playhouse offering at 8:30 tomorrow night on channel 4 Joanne Dru is starred Contestants on Talent Round- at Steeplers a western thriller starring John Ireland will be the Adventure Playhouse story at 6:30 Wednesday night on channel 5 Dave Garroway will take his Today program to Chicago Wednesday for an origination from the General Motors exhibit which opens that day on the lake front The program is telecast at 7 to 8 Wednesday morning on channel 4 Evangelist Billy Graham will be interviewed on The World at comes home later than usual and she suspects extracurricular interest After she investigates she makes an interesting discovery of the a story of a girl marked for death by Mo Buddy Blair pop singer Bob Fournier tap dancer Topeka air base and Diane Spencer singer Ernie Kovacs will take over as emcee of Tonight program at 10 tomorrow HUCK Charles Taylor 14 years old plays the title role in Adventures of Huckleberry will be presented on Climax at 630 Thursday night on channel 9 Co-starring are Thomas Mitchell Elizabeth Patterson and John Carradine BUY FROM MACE-RYER OLDES THE BEST BUY ANYWHERE SHOP THEM ALL AND YOU'LL BUY NORGE NORGE TIME-LINE (4 AA( gang oj racketeers will be thejnight on channel 4 while Steve Stage 7 play at 7:30 tonight on Allen takes a 2-week vacation channel 9 Maria Riva Don Hag-jThe program will return to a AUTOMATIC WASHER I Vl' and Old AVOID KITCHEN DRUDGERY WITH THE NEW ELECTRIC DISH WASHER SINK NOW ONLY SE40M 279 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COME IN AND SEE WHY! Open 9-0 Weekdays JANE OWN Jane Wyman stars as the wife of an air force colonel played by William Ching in the premiere of her own series "Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater" which bows at 7 Tuesday night on channel 4 Jane will be the hostess of the series and star in some twenty productions 117 South Main Stroot InJapandonct Minoun CL 8494 CL 870ft.

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