Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...PARAPHRASE SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, YOUR REPORT OF OUR DEATH ON TV "IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED" [JULY 8]. THE ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE "ACTUALS" WILL BE VERY MUCH ALIVE ON CBS TV ON ALTERNATE WEDNESDAYS, COME OCTOBER...
...Basie and Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner and Ella Fitzgerald and a gaggle of other big-name jazz artists-as the fourth Newport (R.I.) Jazz Festival opened last week with the authority of an established institution. On opening night, there was a moist-eyed party in honor of Trumpeter Louis Armstrong's 57th birthday, which Louis ended on a sour note by blasting out The Star-Spangled Banner and stomping off stage when he found he could play only 13 numbers. Eartha Kitt undulated her way through a 15-minute dance history of jazz, to the music of Dizzy Gillespie...
...Edward N. Gadsby, 57, was nominated to fill out the remaining term (until June 5, 1958) of Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman J. Sinclair Armstrong, who has resigned to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy for finance. A conservative New Englander (Amherst, '23), SECommissioner Gadsby worked for New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. before turning to the law (New York University, '28) and a ten-year berth in the Manhattan law firm of Rushmore, Bisbee & Stern. Moving back to New England, he practiced privately in North Adams, Mass. until 1947, when he became a Massachusetts commissioner of public utilities. Though...
...hell all season. The passing of Robert Montgomery Presents is lamentable not only in light of its past glories but because it reflects the sudden high casualty rate among" TV's live dramatic shows. Others canceled for next season: the Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Alcoa Hour, Goodyear Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theater and Lux Video Theater. Among the reasons: the best of the TV-bred playwrights are spending more time working for Hollywood; sponsors have been trying to play it safe with "surefire" subjects and scripts. ¶ Arthur Godfrey, by now widely regarded as something installed in radio and TV sets...
...BOSS will probably be Edward N. Gadsby, 57, Boston lawyer and former chairman of Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission, who is in line for post when J. Sinclair Armstrong moves on to become Assistant Navy Secretary...