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Evening star., 1955-11-06
ON THE AIR
Will the Rescue
Operation Work?

repeats of those I hare already
heard oueT the past pears for
anything they hGve to offer
todny
Some Of the Complaints
Here are some Of the OBJ
jections to programs Of this
type, as voiced by fans:
l.. you don't know what's
going to be on unless you listen
from the beginning tMon-
itor).
2. Most Of the 'remotes' are
silly. You are taken 5000
miles to hear someone say
little more besides hello" +"
(Monitor).
8. "One part Of q show has
no relation to the other I may
be interested In one segment.
then along comes 5 minutes Of
blah and I'm OF again on the
dial. ] generally never come
back. Just forget" tMonitor).
4. "Who cares what the
sound Of a straw Is like?"
New Sounds.)
S. Il get tired Of all that
talking. How about some
music? Or people like Godfrey
who can see the hunor In
everyday things?" tNew
Sounds.)
They'd RatheK Wonder
On the other hand, the very
things some people criticize
are welcomed by others.
/. The programs curiosity
about so many things Is In
triguing. Hooray for q show
that has you wondering what
and where on earth they'll 60
nextl" (Monitor.)
2. The way New Sounds
departmentalizes itself is ex-
cellent. Livelier material would
be helpfuI--also more music,
OF the kind that we can't get
on every other station In
town"
8. ITS wonderful TO hear
someone besides q disc jockey
again. At last. there's q
choice. -
That's the way the mail
has been running.
As for myself, / welcome
both concepts--and the in
creased local activity by such
independents as WWDC. which
unabashedly borrowed the
Monitor" idea for its night
time schedule.
I feel, however, that there is
Evening star., 1955-11-06

way. Capt. John Counihan
and Torpedoman Gilbert
Martinson.
$3.50, WTOP (9)-You Are
There: For the Flight at the
o. X. Corral. In the l880s.
1900, WTTG t5)Joe Palooka
Presents: Joe Kirkwood in
Gentleman Joe Palooka. "
(New film series.)
7..3O, WRC, 1850; WNFAI4, 800,
WTTGMotion Pictures
(See Today's TV Movies.)
500, WTOP (9l--Ed Sullivan
Show: Liherace, Rise Stevens,
David Whitfield. Phil Silvers
and the Mask and Wig Club
from University OF Pennsyl-
vania
900, WRC ~ ~ Teleyision
Playhouse: THE Mechanical
Heart by Alfred Geto,
starring Ralph Bellamy. with
Charles Dingle, Edward
Binns. Story about business
man who commits unpardon-
able breach Of ethics to keep
business going.
$500. WTOP t9l Electric Thea
Evening star., 1955-11-06
TV
Champions
Sign Pact
With CBS
BY sHEfLAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. ST.
Joan Crawford and Ed MUIR
row decided not to Person 70
Person. But ] don't believe
the reason for cancellation.
Dance artists Marge and
Cover Champion are signing
q huge contract with CB6-TV.
IS. Singer Peggy Lee Is search
ing desperately for q good
video formal. Doris Day
assures me she viii only do
guest shots on live TV-To
sell my pictures" ."
In spite Of Gil the loud small
talk. Jackie Gleason and his
Saturday night competition,
Perry Como. are not 90 budd-
sey-wuddsey. The p0rtly one
no longer calls the singer 70
say, aHello. SiIverthroat, how
are youas When ] asked
Jackie in New York, "Will you
do your show live again be-
cause the ratings this year are
not as good as last2" He in
sisted, But they are" And
this great performer. who loves
live audiences, viii continue to
film. because. sIt,s twice as
fast,
Mrs. Tom Mix Is setting up
q nv series based on her late
husband with Monty Montana
to play the famed cowboy Of
the silent screen. G. ". Whit
ney, up to his neck in horses.
Is expected to produce the se-
ries. And Desi Arnaz made
q deal TO shoot q Western
batch Of Luke Short horse
oprys. Luke Is President Eisera-
hower's favorite author.
Sight Of the week in Beverly
HillsJack Benny driving all
over town, looking for unused
time on d parking n1eteri
Joan Davis sold her 4 Married
joan series for 81, l,25O.O0O but
now says she hates the money,
hates lOafing, and she viii do
4 new TV series.
Gary Crosby. asiding under
the commercial on Uncle Bob's
TV show'I get only 500 for
each appearance. which is the
cheapest in town. How can !
get them to raise my salary?"
And. finally Leo Durociler,
who recently signed with NBC-
TV. Is also q good golfer, and
he's beating the NBC brass In
Hollywood SO badly that
they've decided to work him
seven days d week while they
get ii some practice.
(RAiearkd By the NANA1
Evening star., 1955-11-06
HiehIiehts

1850, WTOP (9)--Meet the
Issues: Candidates discuss
Ariington's School Board
problem: Fairfax water bond
issue and race for Treasurer.
1880, WRC t4)-Y Youth Wants
to Know: Gen. Carlos Castillo
Armas, president Of Guate-
mala, is uuizzed.
1880, WTTG l5)-This is the
Life: Steve Wilson makes his
money in oil--but finds that
big deal must cost him life Of
his son.
100. WRC a. American
Forum: Issues -l956." Gov.
Gary (Democrat Of Okla
homal and Langlis tRepub-
lican OF washington.
loo. WMAL l5)--College Press
Conference: Assistant Secre-
tary Of State George ". Allen,
guest.
1850, WRC t4)--Years Of USE
fulness: Community services
and activities available for
full citizenship OF senior
citizens.
1:sO, WAIAL l7)-Dean Pike:
(Preniiere) Informal discus
sion by Dean James Pike
from his study at Cathedral
or st. John the Divine.
1:45, WRC tD-Escape Route:
Civil Defense filrn demon
strating evacuation of city.
Zoo, WRC Instrumentation
with Herbert Hoover: A con-
versation with Ray TIenle
that constitutes 8 virtual
autobiography.
2:OO. WMAL l7) Celebrity Pa
rade: Drew Pearson inter-
views United States guide for
Russian farm delegation; Joe
McCaffrey's guest Is Jay Car
mody, drama critic for The
Star.
400, WRC t4)-NBC Opera
Theater:: World premiere OF
'Griffelkin.' = by Lukas FossI
and Alastair Reid. q fantasy
about l0-year-old devil who
is sent to earth with vial OF
magic liquid that can bring
anything to life: Adelaide
Bishop. Mary Kreste. Alice
Richmond. Lee Cas- and
Robert Holland.
l:30, WTOP t0)--Let's Take al
Trip: Sonny Fox takes young
friends to New York baby
hospital.
500, WTOP (9l--Omnibus: An
tonic and his Spanish ballet:
the Travelling Players in THE
Tobey and the Tall Corn"
$500. WRC f4)-Meet the Press:
Secretary Of the Air Force
Donald Quarles is quizzed.
$500, WMAL (7)-Science Fic-
ton Theater: Professors be-
lief Iii mental telepathy Isl
challenged by colleagues.
$3.50, WTTG (5)-GeorgetownI
University: Why the Navy
needs more Of the finest2
Vice Admiral James Hollo-I
Evening star., 1955-11-06
CBS Revomps Dorsey
Show as Como Climbs

this Monday night tomorrow
viii do something off-beat.
/ have persuaded Mack Cor
don, noted song writer, TO
make one of his rare TV ap-
pearances. Story has to do
with a syndicate Of New York
producers making musical
version Of my autobiography,
I Love Her, That's Why. The
song, 7 Love Her. That's Why
viii have its world premiere on
this telecast sung by Grace
and me. Although I'm no
Mario lanai Just changed
my mind. ] am. Hope you
can catch it,"
Bill Lundigan writes (nly,
aren't the stars the busiest
little correspondence that
the Climax lineup of shows
eThursday, WTOP-s) goes like
this.
Nov. II: "A Promise to MUIR
der" a modernization of Oscar
Wilde's famous story. Arthur
Saville's Crime" with Louis
Hayward. Ann Harding and
Peter LORE.
Nov. "a: Rod Sterling's orig
inal, "a Portrait in Celluloid, "
story of q schening Hollywood
agent and his plan to steal the
credit for work of q newcomer.
Jack Carson is the agent:
Don Taylor, the writer. with
Kim Hunter and Audrey Tot
ter as the gals who know what
makes Hollywood tick.
Dec. /: "a Man Of Taste" "
with Michael Rennie and Zsa
zsa Gabor together again.
Bill makes the mistake Of
adding Remember the job
they did on The Great I'm
personation'?"
*&&&
QuotabIe: Samuel Chotzinoff,
whose NBC TV Opera Theater
opens its seventh season this
afternoon with "Griffelkin'' by
Lukas Foss, believes that opera
belongs to the people and not
just to longhairs.
Opera should be entertain
mest. As a music critic for rs
years, / obserUed tiDo facts:
The opera going public IN
America Is small, and OF those
tDho attend, a surprisingly
large majority don't compre-
hend fphat they're seeing. Be-
cause the great operas ,Dere
not Dritten in English. fetu
people can understand the
stories. An they can compre-
hend Is the acting"
I'm telepision I sdD The
chance to enlarge the audience
by presenting operas in English
and utilizing the unique dd-
udntaoes OF TV to gipe people
a credible shoap."
a. e . o. -l
Soldering fact: Many more
people viii see "GriIelkino to-
day than attend all $50 grand
operas at the Met opera house
in New York in one season.
BERNIE HARRISON.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
BY BERNIE HARRISON


A rescue is always an ex-
citing thing to watch and the
EFFORT Of the radio networks to
retrieve long-gone audiences
has all the elements of q first
class melodrama.
I get q kick just reading the
pro-and-con mail from fans
the first time since ] began
writing a column on TV that
there has been any appreciable
reaction to a development IN
the parent medium.
Heretofore, radio mail has
fallen into two categories:
The first - 'Who was the
idiot responsible for cancelling
my favorite serial, Sarah Bird
seed s" orr
Whatever happened to Sam
Ferguson, the delightful singer
whom we used to hear on our
crystal set out Of WXMV,
Bangor. Me.?"
Fans Sound on
Since MICS pioneering
Monitor" the radio fans have
been sounding OF on the merits
or dement's OF the new ap-
proach to programming.
To borrow q word from Hal
March, let Us recap:
NBC-radio launched 'Moni-
tor, several months ago and,
beginning tomorrow. extends
the idea with Weekday, "
which win feature Margaret
Truman, Martha Scott. Walter
Herman and Mike Wallace as
hosts.
ABC-radio recently intro.
duced q two-and-a- half -hour
nighttime series. Monday
through Friday, called New
Sounds.
How Is the public taking it2
monitor" Lays Here
The surveys are just as mixet
up as my mail. Monitor" In
the Washington area, hasn't
done at all wen, though In
other parts Of the country 1t
seems TO be catching on fine.
It's too early to assess New
Sounds" yet, but here's q SAM
pie Of the negative reaction.
George Burton of Alexandria
writes:
II mas quite interested In
your column tof October 26l.
Your comment, What he
missed scGs having something,
anything, to iDcrE irith. sC6s q
very good summation Of the
present state Of proprdmning
In the radio Industry.
"Tt took but a fefU minutes
OF listening to ABC's Mem
Sounds to make me sick of the
entire mess. I long ago got
fed up iDith the Monitor bunk
that NBC feeds out oUer Its
netsoork for tiDo solid days IN
a RON. IL might come as sone-
thing of q shock to the sup
posed brains behind that
piece OF progranminO, but 1
can get the same tppe OF thing
by merely ttcisttnD the dial OF
my radio
1T Is quite true that tDe used
to complain about the soap
operas, the ttDho-duB-its,' jazz
bands and such that appeared
on radio. but I for one sag letss
turn the clock back to the good
old days once more. I'll take
Evening star., 1955-11-06
By MARGARET McMANUs

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.Red
Ekeiton was sound asleep on
the living room sofa in his
hotel suite here. q copy Of the
most recent book about the
Eadler's Wells ballet beside
him.
Il was rnidafternoon follow
ing hts Tuesday night CHS
television show and he was
exhausted. Two aides-de-
camp sat In q far corner Of
the room watching a television
show tuned quite loud. but
Red did not stir until he was
nudged several times.
Still drowsy, he got to his
feet. reached for q long. thin
cigar. and the book on ballet
clattered to the floor.
I'm very interested in ball
let. said the red-haired
comedian. Il guess / have
about every book on ballet
ever written. / do q lot Of
satire on the ballet. but ] like
it anyway. Margot Fonteyn
il d good friend Of ours"
He rubbed one eye and at
tempted to shake on the
drowsiness which clings so
after a heavy afternoon nap.
Il always take it easy the
day after a show. he said.
When I'm home 7 never 60
out Of the house. I don't see
anybody. ! don't talk to any
body about the show. Good
or bad. ! don't want to hear
anything about II"
In Classic Tradition
In New York with his wife
Georgia for their annual two
week holiday here, Skeletons
show usually originates from
the Coast. and home, to the
Skeletons. Their California
abode Is d 28-room English
Tudor manor house on o Az
acre estate in Bel Air.
It would be difacult to sur
pass the Horatio Alger element
in the Red Skelton story.
In the classic tradition. he
was q poor boy who ran away
from home at the age Of 10
and got q Job In q travelling
medicine show.
Born ia Vincennes. Ind. his
father was. ct various times,
. circus clown, 3 master elec-
trician and an elOcution teach
er at Valparaiso College. He
died shortly after Red was
born and the boy was on his
own at q very tender age.
I've never worked q carni-
val OF grand opera, he said,
'sbut / sire have done every
thing else. Why, nnasafn. I've
been Ia tent shows. repertOry
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Red Doesn tNeed Money !,
So They Don't Push Him

companies, the Hagenhack-
wallace circus, burlesque.
valuations. night clubs. and
years In radio, Of course. and
the movies. And now tele-
vision"
Consistently one Of the high
est paid performers III both
radio and the movies. SHELTON
is maintaining his financial
standards IN television.
Smart Manager
"I've got q good, smart
business manager who gets In
there and fights, he said. Mr..
Skelton has also solidified his
economic position with real
estate holdings In California
and some oil investments in
Texas.
There's one sure thing
about this said the savvy Red
Skelton-not to be confused
on -stage with the lnuggfng
comedian or ..wid dat mean
little kid,n.'ttey can't push
you around 50 much II you're
not hungry for the money.
I've needed q buck In my day
and know what It's like to be
pushed around.
7 can't get out Of the habit
Of looking for g bargain. See
these shoes" he put out his
feet In black leather mocca-
sins. Twelve bucks. Bought
'efn here. ] know guys back
home who would pay $25 for
the same shoes. SuckersI" Z
"A man Of direct and en-
gaging franlness. he has the
reputation In the business Of
being one who never forgets
old friends who helped him
when he was somewhat less
successful. He Is very wary
Of '.phonie8 with d pitch"
and Of that cult who Ike TO
cultivate celebrities for the
name-dropping value.
Few Parties
skeltcn said he and his wife.
also q redhead, and beauti-
ful. and their two redhead
children, Valentino, &, and
Richard. Z, live very quietly
Ia Bel Air.
They give only 3 few parties
& year and one OF these IS
q large joint birthday party
for the children But Skel-
toms hobbies and interests
are many.
He writes short stories, has
4 file Of 800 TO date. He likes
to paint. He has an enormous
lot Of classical records and o
fine art collection, and, Of
course. his library of ballet
books.
IsReleassd - 1hs nsn syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
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Evening star., 1955-03-09
BY Charles E. TroceweN

watched it day by day: every watcher
has seen the real glee with which many
species greet snow; how they run and
scamper, and sing merrily, especially
the common sparrows. 1t was Lincoln,
we believe, who is supposed to have said.
God must have loved the common peo-
pie, he made so many of them"
1t is interesting to note that the mo-
ment parakeet gets out he makes for
band Of English sparroWs.
1t seems to us that this. alone, would
Justify the existence of common SPAR
rows, that they take in and help the
parakeets to weather the storms.
If you ever see a pretty little blue
bird, or maybe green, familiarly going
around with band of sparrows, you
may be pretty sure that 1t is somebody's
parakeet escaped from the house. They
can get out in q flash through o mere
crack. Often they may be attracted
back to hand or shoulder by flashing q
mirror at them. II they cannot, that is
where the ads come in. Many birds
have been returned to their owners this
way.
The speaking prowess Of these little
birds is wonder to hear. The listener
cannot help but think that with a very
slight change somewhere in their an
cestral line they might have been able
to talk from their own consciousnesses
instead Of ours, and 80 been able to
think, invent. and maybe change the
history Of the world. One thing we can
be sure Of: Not q one Of them would
ever have invented an atom bomb.
Evening star., 1955-03-09
This and That . {.

but noticed that a dozen people were
advertising lost parakeets. 1t seemed
to my dlstraught mind pretty hopeless
search.
"All the Great Outdoors, and such
little birds!
'"Then saw him again.
HE had flown back to the same tree.
An oil truck man came along with
long pole which they use to measure
the OIL in tanks.
Il had red scarf which I hoped
would attract the bird. He put it on
the end of the pole; Two Two perched
on it and rode it down until could
grab him. And certainly grabbed him.
"The next day, Two Two was singing
merrily in his cage, while was in bed
with bad cold.
"Can 1t be that these tropical birds
are able to stand exposure to winters
blasts better than we do?
Yours sincerely, S. F. H."
Ancestral homes Of Americas IA
vorite parakeets are in mountainous
territory, so the little birds are well able
to stand cold and snow.
Feathers are, after all, pretty warm,
especially when the normal temperature
Of the bird wearing them is 103 de-
grees.
Birds. as class. do pretty well in the
winter, provided they get plenty to eat.
especially Of the carbonaceous foods.
Every home where the wildbirds are
fed In the yard knows this, and has
Evening star., 1955-03-09
MARYLAND Adoption Law

The Maryland Senate has before it
two House bills which have grown out
of human tragedy. They are House bills
% and "a, amending the adoption law
and requiring placement of a child
only by natural parent or a licensed
child-placing agency. They were pre-
sented to the Maryland Legislature by
a special Governors commission after
more than a year of study.
In the House of Delegates. the Prince
Georges and Hartford County delega-
tions exempted their counties from the
provisions of the placement law, and
now the Montgomery County Medical
Society is pressing to have Montgomery
County exempted. However, the society
members were far from unanimous in
their feeling and furthermore, the
society made this recommendation in
direct opposition to the position taken
by the national organization, the
American Medical Association.
Unfortunately the only reai issue in
this whole struggle for child-placing
power is lost in the concern over some
ones loss of the privilege of placing
children. The important thing is who
can do the best job for the baby.
There is some evidence to answer
this.
There Is a very recent book written
by Jean Patton of Philadelphia. called
"The Adopted Break Silence" It sum-
marizes the experiences of 40 adults
who were adopted as children between
the years 1890 and 1888 Their stories,
for the most part are not happy ones.
Almost all of them were placed by
doctors, lawyers, and laymen, primarily
for the simple reason that licensed
adoption agencies did not exist in those
days. Mismatching is apparent in case
after case and almost all of the 40 per-
sons felt that their interests had not
been sufficiently represented when they
were placed for adoption many years
ago.
A study was made under the auspices
OF the medical staff of Yale University
few years ago. One hundred adoption
placements made by law people, i.e.,
doctors, lawyers, ETC., were compared
with 100 adoption placements made by
licensed agencies. Twenty-eight of the
placements made by lay people were
considered to be poor placements as
against eight poor placements made
by the agencies In other words. there
were $50 per cent more poor placements
of children in adoption made by the
group that was not qualified for such
work.
William E. Roger, director, Montgom-
cry County Welfare Board Robert S.
Jones, executive secretary, Montgomery
County Social Service League, Richard
Palmatier, executive director, Mont
gomery County Community Chest and
Council. Mrs. Thomas Lee Smith, pres
ident Montgomery County League of
Women Voters. Richard B. Barker,
member of Governors Commission on
Revision of Adoption Laws DIR. Harold
P. Morris. president; Kenneth N. K.
Abel, chairman; Social Welfare Com
mittee. Montgomery County Civic Fed
Grafton.