The Memphis Press-Scimitar from Memphis, Tennessee • 35

MbUi liiil i aiaWov AvJa 1 A 1 ilUJ'U A lt)i)h I'AGK 35 T-V News and Views Silvers Show to Present New Faces By ROBERT JOHNSON formance in the past four years Cole Porter number with the Press-Scimitar Staff Writer was in a benefit with the sym-iDenver Symphony The sponsor of the special hour Phony orchestra of her home Silvers describes hi upcom-which Phil Silvers will present 1 town Portland Ore For the ling show as intimate exon Channel 3 at 9 pm Tuesday Past four year he ha been his first show off his Bilko series singing five to 11 hours a day Silvers said he was doing this in three years was reported un- without an audience preparing show for fun not for the money happy about' Sil- i for the starring role in and he would do it his way or Grace Moore Story" for at all He says it'll either be bia Pictures which has her un- a smash hit or a tasteful flop arSls explaining why WHHM he signed an unknown: "She has Meet a new Memphis broad-one of the most exciting voices casting executive dark smiling 1 have ever Gloria is a lyrical spinto which means she can go full throttle or ease down to coloratura The late Harry Cohn of Krieger whom he signed sight Columbia signed her to long unseen after hearing an audition term contract to prepare for record Grace Moore after Miss Krieger's only public per- she made a hit at 18 singing i He died medicine at George a hington i versity quit because Ruse Nats Him (4000 Threatens Wife and Son i Threats of death for his wife and young son forced a Memphis grocer to hand over 54000 to a gunman last night I The rohber hurled threats between smiling lips escaped with the contents of the safe at National Tea Co supermarket at 4280 Macon Road Mrs A Coleman Jr and her 11-year-old son were seated in the family car in front of the store about 9:20 pm waiting for Mr Coleman store manager They live at 4783 Marlin The robber was a white man about 32 He walked up to the car He knocked on the window and told Mrs Coleman he was I a friend of her husband and he wanted to ride home with them Disarmed by his broad smile and polite manner Mrs Coleman suspected nothing Climbing into the back seat of the Coleman car the man talked baseball with Ronnie Coleman for at least 10 minutes When Mr Coleman came out jOf the store the man pulled a pistol and told Mrs Coleman and the boy to sit quiet and they' get hurt want you to go back in the store and get the money out of the the robber told Coleman "If you don't I'll kill your wife and son Christian Brothers High School I At gun point the robber herded in its fourth annual presentation Coleman back into the store and 0f honored nine stu-i (he was referring to the forced him to open the safe andidents for achievements of the' of WMPS and band him the contents Then heS(-hool yPar took Coleman back to his car HOLDUP VICTIMS Mrs A were threatened with death threat serving to force Mr $4000 from his store safe Each was presented with a figurine symbolic of the Thartday PM color Coleman and her son Ronnie last night by a gunman the Coleman (standing) to hand over he ught he'd rather be married became a pro-f i a 1 sw'immer A nativ of near Norfolk Va George Crump hp has bppn for the past six years with Continental Broadcasters the broadcasting group built by Cy Blum-enthal new owner with headquarters in Arlington Va George has been executive manager of all the stations five owned outright a major interest in a sixth and with a seventh to be bought soon That's the limit for one owner under FCC rules He and Mrs Crump have two children Richard 12 and Pam 10 He's staying temporarily atjWHBQ) Holiday Towers wants to rent a house until he knows the town dry well enough to buy wrote my wife she fall in love with he bum stations programming station has an would more "UU1U Don stop until you get home honor as designated by Kev Club and when you call the police members The West Memphis (KWEM) provides coun-music The all-girl station I Award winners were I Dan Watermeier 4253 Hilldale i for leadership in student govern-j ment SHIRLEY STORYBOOK "Rip Van Winkle" stuff The negro audience said excited about the city' (seems well-served And the net-I never saw such beautiful trees work stations are very solid' excellent programming of about tell them it was conservative music and al- a "egro bbcr old Co man as he faded away into the shadows 1 Coleman drove two blocks to a tj Unn-fniit drug store at 4308 Macon Roads Ken Hanover 321 St Andrews and the residential sections arei But said George cheerfully 'Fairway now at the Natinnai beautiful He said Blunienfhal serving warning on the competi- ueauuiui ne saiu oiumemnat Eight officers answered the Science Fair in Flint Mich for also was impiessed is thinking hi itl A call They searched the neigh-outstanding contributions of moving headquarters for his thing which listeners will like borhcHxi or hours but the rob operation here Making a radio station popu- ber g0t away George said after he getsSlar he said means more than WHHM on the course they want just playing a stack of best-sell-it to take he'll also supervise ing records programs operations of stations in Mobile have to be he said Jq Dump Powell and Kansas City But he admits frankly that he Dixielona Revival Rt is puzzled about what approach NEW YORK to science Harold Schaefgen land Park Place achievement Lyn Ross 1767 York leadership i Jim Johnson 793 McConnell Harlem Demo-football jcratic political leaders met today I Percy Magness 1557 Central with Tammany Hall Chief Car- band achievement mine Desapio in a reported' R0n Terhune 1170 Central move to dump Rep Adam Kev Club leadership Clayton Powell Jr peter Buchignani 4430 Min- The negro congressman and den Road school service minister of the largest congrega-i Felix Hughes 263 Rose tion in Harlem has been under Road school intramural organ-Democratic fire since bolting the 'ization program party two years ago to support' Coach Tom Nix was honored Eisenhower for having coached the city prep He also has been criticized for champions his troubles with lha Interna! Revenue Department Negro leaders conceded his popularity said they wanted an TONIGHT 6:30 to 7:30 PM-5-WMCT to take at WHHM In other cities where they) bought stations he said they studied the situation tried to come up with a need which was not being filled In two cities! they put heavy emphasis on1 country music built audiences that way Recently they have! modified programming on those stations to include pop music: segments But Memphis is a special problem he said and his re-j marks complimented the other: stations in town never seen a city where the stations offered sic be back to dixieland? Bill so much variety something forjBlack who has thumped bass almost every he said fiddle for Elvis since the first have two excellent formula record thinks it may has 14 songs in 'King Will the next big trend in mu- but gamzation man Programs Noted Family Service Play At Church Tonight Channel Chuckles T-V Tonighf Pierre Boulle who wrote Animals Help Us" "Bridge Over the River 3rd grade social studies WKNO- Mason is a German agent in! TV England who worms his way 5 Are 4th into the Foreign Office and al-! grade social studies WKNO-TV most into the affections of a of the Dooryard" proper British lady plaved by 4th grade social studies WKNO- the cool and beautiful Ann Todd I TV- Dennis King is Mason's counter-) Ruth Slencvnska pianist intelligence nemesis French presents a group of Chopin num- lesson WKNO-TV bers on Serenade WKNO-TV Storm Navy Log drama! The Boston Pops Orchestra con- on WHBQ-TV A chief quarter-! eludes the program with excerpts master falls into a coma after from and Me a heroic feat and comes under the rare of a psychiatrist 8:30 -Shirley Temple's Story- 9 :00 --Guy Mitchell is Rose-! book is doing its second Wash- mary Clooney's guest WMCTj ington Irving A grocery sack leads of-stnry tonigh' jeers to a burglar on Badge W'MCT this 714 WHBQ-TV The Quill) time the a npw SPrip jn English com classtr sleep- on WKNO-TV It fea- Tr I1? Ian tures Dr Edwin Peterson of the Winkle This i university 0f Pittsburgh The Jjl)nh j1 first program to Marshall as the Series explains the im-j Rip and ot style powerful senior Dana 1en'PS an(1 paragraphs that are and Beverly pfrsuasve-Washburn in 9 :30 A confused teen-ager support plus fleeing from a policeman takes and everyone is dixieland" Bill said A play "Family Service and the will be presented by a east from Family Service of Memphis tonight as a feature of Second Presbyterian Church's observance of National Family new one in Memphis owned by Moore and Ronald (Slim) The play was written by Miss Wallace The Jordanaires sing Mary Jo Clark and Miss Mary with the trio One side is Elizabeth Richardson Siena Col-Guitar Will written by lege students It deals with a Moore and Black no doubt family's use of professional coun-inspired by their being on their seling to help members get the own while' Elvis is in the Army most out of their family life In and the other is a semi-jazz the cast will be Toof Brown number railed written Jr Miss Elizabeth Harvey Mrs by Scotty and one of the Jor- Allen Levin and Alex Gafford rianaires Black puts his main with Mrs Walter Klyca corn-hope on altho he mentator have a hand in composing it Joe Cuoghi of Pop Tunes has Furniture Man Fined brought out a new artist named I Joe Fuller on his II label Fuller LM' D- hadof Jon" 26 a negro is a major in the C0 348S Mam was Dental Corps He's from Phila- mpd )n Coud for vo-Idelphia but has been stationed laln hp clt' Sas ordinance near Nashville Joe shows he Jones admitted he had permit-has been following the recent ted one of his store's emplovcs swing of popularity back to bal- instead of a plumber to install a lads Fuller is reminiscent of hot water heater in the home of Johnny Mathis and Nat Cole and Luther Biggs 380 Mulberry the A side is Jones told Judge Boushe busi-a ballad Joe has also just ness had been dull that Biggs brought out Shoes wanted the heater immediately and featuring Buddy and he dtdn want to lose the 'Holiday a Miami disk jockey sale Tonight's Best Televiewing! Tcere a -i a conme SHIRLEY TEMPLE! Rip Van Winkle 6:30 PM ON 5 Radio Highlights Frank Rehired Next Season Conductor Of Sinfonietta Orchestral Society retained Vincent de Frank conductor of its Sinfomefia season of 1958-59 Marshall of course dwarfs -20 count 'em 20 They exhausted the Hollywood supply and had to import some from New York This scrip sticks close to the original and it's a well-done film 7 no Remember way hack to the nil Ken Murray Show Then vou'll remember Laurie Anders hi wide-eyed cowgirl She's got a hit part as Fvie White on tonight's Ri hard Diamond story an otherwise routine mystery about extortion and ultimately murder The old gambit of the re- Drdgner 7:30 PM Marfin Kane 8:00 PM Tennessee Ernie Ford 8:30 PM Radio Tonight Sleepv-Eyed WHHM 6 to Answer Please 5 Nighthne WMC Bill Reeve WHH alio WMPS On the On the se onl refuge in a trailer where threatens a mother and her child in Last starring ary Merrill on the Jane Wyman Theater WMCT Marian Sfldes is the mother Pitt sburgh Report from America KNO-Tr Seidman i im Conversation With An Ape is the Science Fiction Theater presentation WRKC-TV Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Hale have the leads Take This Woman" starring Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr and Kent Tavlor on $1 Vision Movie WHBQ-TV A doctor helps a wouid-be suicide 18:1 Vernon Bell chairman the invitation committee for Miss Seldes Cures Its Smog De For As Memphis has as for the Radio Tomorrow hn fi oo Delta Melodies WTIA Rena Franklin WHER Chad lssiter WHEY Sleepy-Eyed John WHHM Cane Cole WIjOK Bud Imard WMPS 9 (Mi Breakfast Cub WHHM to ns A tribute to Irving Berlin on the composer's 70th birthdav will lie heard on Bert Parks' Bandstand WMC Taking part will ie Clifton Webb Fred Astaire Ethel Merman Debbie Reynolds Eddie Fisher Skiteh Henderson Dorothy Olsen and For- Richard Hayes Wink Martindale WHRQ WHBQ Tearuie Botto WHER Top Kortv MC WMPS Fred Coo WREC band I te rge Klein and 20 Top Tunes WHEY SONGS 'N VARIETY! Rosemary Clooney 9:00 PM ON 5 Nightline WMC Me "one-man talking i featured His monokx sports cars to sput been called Wi! Beat generation Clarence Mama WREC Dew ev Phillips -Cloud Club Chuck Cats Peabodv WREC ml president announced ja- today The society also has an option on Fran k's services for the 1959 60 season He has conducted the ensemble since its inception five years ago The popularity of de Franx as Frank rlUrtnr is increasingly widespread 01 of the is from has of the 8:3 urn 9:00 Hotel ol! Jane Wyman Theahe Your Esso ReDorfer World of Sport 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:15 PM Invitational Stn Torgei Mem phis -namen: i St WIICT The Doe" witl te ase or Marv Hi er Mr and Astor re TOI ItMtlKM OF I II fp vv eus Planning for the Future on About Youth WKNO-TV moderated by Mr Ray- mnnd Strong The group includes Tymna Richmond of Melmse John TarVx Jr of Ranker S' Washing: Oral if Douglas and Norma Jones of in Hamilton Miss Davyd Philhp vc A hrrvh dirctnr for at Th ah ayft-pnpu'iar Tony vhi) should shorn ort on fr nest Stars on Pat Bonre 9m WHBQ-TV Thss means Vs nt musk with Johnny -t his Harmonica Gang ot in Mid nd yidman frequently yrr- p-Mr fof South He or for the fo Smpo9iui Mime at is the irth an of ifretti T-V Tomorrow Old nterrpo-I A OR SHINE? doe Weather 10:25 PM ON 5 RAIN am Moor -TV Fc even I yearn ited In the of Misr Ool he Orrh eatra1 The 1 iv RKO ws -m 1 vn ar -kj Cs do'i MM 9 ri 'lariv Marlin llim Hindi RK 1 Itr tlvlvs at fVset tN he Ihv fvry p- mtL Ths 9 a erv Ft irMfiami rf a ami hy a me miM- CousT-i VKTT It a.