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...Jane Froman settled in the witness stand last week, her withered right leg was plainly visible to the jury and the tense, packed Manhattan courtroom. Songstress Froman was asking $2,500,000 for damages suffered in the tragic Pan American Yankee Clipper crash in Lisbon's Tagus River ten years ago, in which 24 were killed. She wept softly as she recalled the crash. "I saw flashes of lightning as the plane approached the airport . . . I remember the plane banking to the left . . . I came to in the water. I was under the water. I pushed myself...
...board softened one line. For "We may gripe and yell/ But we fight like hell" there is now an inoffensive alternate: "But we'll fight, fight, fight/ Fight with all our might." The song will have its official unveiling this week when Secretary Pace introduces it on Jane Froman's TV show. After that, the Pentagon will wait three months to see whether it catches on. If not, the song board will look around for another...
U.S.A. Canteen (Sat. 9:30 p.m., CBS). A new show, starring Jane Froman...
...captain was John C. Burn, hero of an earlier Pan American crash. When his plane went down in the Tagus River near Lisbon in 1943, he rescued Singer Jane Froman from drowning despite his own broken back. The two were married in 1948, the bride still on crutches. When reporters brought the news of last week's crash to her Manhattan apartment, she cried: "It can't happen to us again." Then she learned that her husband was hospitalized in San Juan with minor injuries, and flew to Puerto Rico for a bedside reunion...
...strong points of this entertaining picture are Miss Froman's voice, Miss Hayward's beauty, the quantity and the quality of the songs. From the title song through many such familiar ones as Blue Moon, I'm Through With Love, Manhattan, and Embraceable You, everyone will find at least one favorite...