STJAER
What would the TV and flicks do without the services?, , • they come in handy in
so many ways. Witness the case of Ed "Kookie" Byrnes——he’s the comb boy—who’s
been out of the "77 Sunset Strip" series for months because of contractual
spat with Warner Bros.,.,.now it’s settled and Ed’s back. How do the scripters
explain his long absence?,,*he was in the Army,
Potpurri,. ,singer Jane Morgan got the Navy vote to be "Queen of the Lake
hurst, N.J., NAB'1,,.first it was Cary Grant hitting the road to plug for "Oper
ation Petticoat" and now it’s James Stewart private-piloting his own plane to
12 key cities in conjunction with "The Mountain Road" in which he plays an Army
majorex-leather neck Col. "Pappy" Boyington, whose autobiography "Ba Ba Black
Sheep" was a best-seller is slated for the screen, neat will turn novelist with
"Tonya" due in August,0«and there’s ex-Navy Dr, Tom Dooley, famed for his medi
cal missionary work in Laos and also for his battle with cancerhis current
Lest-selling "The Night They Burned the Mountains" will be filmed in the Laos
Jungle with Dooley himself as technical advisordespite international ten
sions the U.S. and Soviet culture exchange goes on,,,,both the Voice of America
and .armed rorces naaio Service Broadcast the American premiere in New York of
the Russian—made ’’Othello” which has an English dialogue track. Such stars as
Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Lauren Bacall and Lee Remick were on hand, as
were officials of the U.N. and diplomats of both nations...,.meanwhile the ”My
^air Lady” troupe touring the Soviet Union continues to delight cheering aud
iences., .in Hawaii the Pacific Fleet’s ’’Across the Blue Pacific” gets willing
cooperation from show people visiting the islands, two recent guest stars being
Bob Cummings and Ralph Bellamy,».Lt.(jg) Lyndon D. Adams,the show’s supervisor,
often doubles as interviewer. In the world of TV here’s former Marine Hugh
O'Brian doing a "Wyatt Earp" tour of eight Southern states and helping to pro
more leatherneck recruiting activities at every camp.....and there’s veteran
actor Roscoe Karns, the crusty Capt. Shafer of the "Hennessey" series.0when
they filmed a sequence at the Long Beach, Calif., Naval Station, Roscoe in his
four striper uniform got highballs from sailors all over the place, ”1 returned
fevery salute," he says, "after all, they were saluting the uniform,not the man"
Final note, .The May 15 "Face the Nation" had the ’'Magellan"of' the Triton, Capt.
Edward L. Beach, giving Sunday TV audiences a close-up of the skipper who made
history.
TOPS IN POPS: Old soldier Elvis Presley is still in the winning spin with
"Stuck on You" on the "Billboard Magazine" Honor Roll. "Eathy's Clown"(Eyerly
Brothers)has moved up to second place and "Greenfields"(Brothers Four)is third.
The other seven....."Sixteen Reasons" (Connie Stevens); "Night"(Jackie Wilson)
"Sink The Bismarck"(Johnny Horton); "The Old Lamplighter"(Browns);"Good Timin'*
(Jimmy Jones); "Let The Little Girl Bance"( Billy Bland); and "Cradle of Love"
(Johnny Preston).
WASHINGTON(NAVNEWS) — Ingenuity, it seems, just doesn't get a sailor anywhere
these days, Associated Press reports.
Captain James W. O'Grady, skipper of the aircraft carrier Independence, re
ceived this telegram: "Nobody sick.Nobody dying. Having a Ball,Everything fine*
Request seven days' extension of leave.*.."
The message was signed by a radarman third class.
Captain O'Grady wired back: "Back on ship while you're on vacation, your fel
low watchstanders defend you Nation.If Nobody sick, nobody dying, then your
leave expires, though good show for trying..*.."