DOI: 10.25549/lipton-c108-309
title: 147. Helen Trent, 1959-07-27, 1959-08-10; Lacy poetry reading, [s.d.]; News: Lipton to visit Kansas, [1959]

description: Tape 147, side 1, part A) "The romance of Helen Trent" (radio program), CBS Radio, 1959 July 27 (0:16, 14:16). Identified by Lawrence Lipton at the beginning of the tape (0:04). Commercials: CBS radio airing the evening hour, Andy Griffith, Amos and Andy, George Burns and Gracie Allen, and Bob and Ray (13:15), Just Entertainment on CBS radio (15:04). ❧ Tape 147, side 1, part B) News report regarding Lawrence Lipton going to Hutchinson, Kansas, to give a jazz concert (15:17). ❧ Tape 147, side 1, part C) Lew Irwin Reports, television broadcast, KABC Channel 7 (Los Angeles), [1959 August] (15:39), Herbert Walker (judge) (previous judge Charles Fricke had died) sets new execution date for Caryl Chessman and A.L. Wirrin's (lawyer) appeal (16:05), Lake Elsinore fire (17:50), Mary Elizabeth Lieblich and Ernest Lieblich argue over custody of their dog in divorce court (18:07), William Mathis (judge) decision on House Un-American Activities Committee and Los Angeles teachers (18:38), Fred Otesh (investigator) accused by Beverly Hills Police of submitting false evidence in Albert Teitelbaum (furrier) case (18:57), Carole Tregoff Pappa hearing re murder of Barbara Finch (19:08), Mickey Cohen (defendant) and Paul Jones (judge) (19:22), Los Angeles County taxes (19:36), Roger Arnberg (city attorney) Chavez Ravine baseball contract (19:52), weather (20:24), Santa Monica group Synanon treating drug and alcohol addiction, with comments from Victor Lance (doctor), Charles Dederich (Synanon director) (21:44). Commercials: Maxwell House instant coffee (16:45, 20:38), Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp on ABC (30:53). ❧ Tape 147, side 1, part D) News, features, and stories about people and places (radio or tv program) (Max Huddle, director) with host Ruth Ashton: Mr. Fagg on hair color (31:24), Lawrence Lipton on jazz with poetry in Venice West, also modern dance, dedicated poverty, Thelonius Monk (pianist), Shelly Manne (jazz drummer), Charlie "Bird" Parker (saxophonist), Jimmy Giuffre (jazz clarinetist), Buddy Perret[?] (jazz musician) (33:17, 39:14), Lipton reading his "How jazz was born" (39:51). Commercials: Bessmann blenders (32:14), Blue Bonnet margarine (38:15), Glim detergent (42:15). ❧ Tape 147, side 2, part A) Lawrence Lipton introduces (0:02): Wilmer Lacy reading Lacy's poetry: "After a glass of gin" (0:10), "Gone. Bird is silent" (1:35), "In a quaint Kako corner" (2:33), "Close your eyes" (4:02), "Where are you" (4:53), "From my mystic perch" (6:03), "We lay on the beach" (7:55), "Before waving nevermind" (9:58), "It began with grapefruit juice and gin" (11:13), "She had me listen to the quiet" (12:57), "Come to me in the afternoon" (14:05), "Retire to a tinted chamber of evening" (15:36). ❧ Tape 147, side 1, part B) "The romance of Helen Trent" (radio program), KNX radio Los Angeles (CBS Radio), 1959 August 10, 11:30 a.m. (17:14, 21:45, 30:46). Identified by Lawrence Lipton at the beginning (16:46). Commercials: Hills Brothers coffee (16:57), CBS radio's Andy Griffith Show (20:42), Niagara heat and massage pads (29:32), CBS's Just Entertainment (32:32), Noon News with Hugh McCoy (32:48), Red Star lawn fertilizer (33:05). ❧ Tape 147, side 1, part C) Today in Los Angeles, local news, KNX radio Los Angeles (CBS Radio) (33:31), Todd Hunter, announcer: Carol Alcott (33:45), Caryl Chessman execution date set (33:53, 34:41), Phil Silver (attorney) challenge to Dodgers Chavez Ravine deal (33:57, 35:06), Lawrence Lipton going to Hutchinson, Kansas, to give a jazz concert (34:02, 35:29), textile mill in Los Angeles (34:09). Commercials: Alan Botzer on Ford dealer trucks (33:38, 34:15). Public service announcement: polio shots available (36:08). -- TIMES indicate where sections begin.