What's on TV? Tuesday, December 15, 1959

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've mentioned before that sometimes the most interesting things are hidden in the details; I'd like to think that it's more than just an excuse to talk about things that only interest me, and we'll test that this week. For instance, you'll note that Walter Cronkite is off the noontime news this week, and John Daly is also missing from ABC's evening news. They're accompanying President Eisenhower on his trip to Europe and the Middle East, "the most extensive foreign tour ever undertaken by an American chief executive." And then there's Art Linkletter's guest on House Party, Dr. Carlton Williams. The topic of the day's show is the flouride controversy, and if you think this has to do with different ways of fighting tooth decay, then it's time to introduce you to the Communist plot to use fluoride as a mass tranquilizer. It's worth looking into further, but I'm not sure we're ready to drag the John Birch Society into this discussion. Maybe next week. As for this week, the listings are from the Minnesota State Edition.

	-2- KTCA (Educ.)
	MORNING
	8:30	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	9:00	SCIENCE—Grade 1
	9:30	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	10:00	ARTS AND THE ARTISTS
	10:30	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	11:00	CHILDREN GROWING III—Piers
	11:30	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	AFTERNOON
	1:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	1:30	HISTORY WITH HERB HAKE
	2:00	SCIENCE—Grade 7
	2:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	EVENING
	6:30	UNITED NATIONS REVIEW
	6:45	INDUSTRY ON PARADE
	7:00	ICE SKATING—Kirby
	7:30	FROM OUR HERITAGE
	8:00	STUDY OF THE FAR EAST
	8:30	SACRED SCRIPTURE—Religion
	9:00	SOCIOLOGY III—Johnson
	9:30	TWIN CITIES PROFILE
	10:00	HISTORY WITH HERB HAKE
	10:30	BRIEFING SESSION—Discussion

 

 

	-3- KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM Physics: Ballistics
	7:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM Chemistry: Heavy Water
	8:00	NEWS—Hottelet Allan Jackson substitutes
	8:15	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	RED ROWE—Variety
	9:30	ON THE GO—Linkletter
	10:00	I LOVE LUCY
	10:30	DECEMBER BRIDE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—Cronkite Douglas Edwards substitutes this week
	12:05	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Dr. Carlton Williams
	2:00	MILLIONAIRE
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	3:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	3:15	SECRET STORM
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	4:00	LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
	4:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	5:00	BANDSTAND—Rassbach
	5:30	FRONTIER—Western
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Edwards
	6:30	QUICK DRAW McDRAW
	7:00	MANHUNT—Adventure
	7:30	DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
	8:00	TIGHTROPE!
	8:30	RED SKELTON   COLOR  Guest: Marie McDonald
	9:00	GARRY MOORE Guests: Steve Lawrence, Johnny Carson
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:15	MOVIE—Drama “Passage Home” (English; 1956)

 

 

	3  KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	NEWS—Hottelet Allan Jackson substitutes
	8:15	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	ELEMENTARY SPANISH
	9:30	ON THE GO—Linkletter
	10:00	I LOVE LUCY
	10:30	DECEMBER BRIDE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Dr. Carlton Williams
	2:00	MILLIONAIRE
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	3:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	3:15	SECRET STORM
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	4:00	BOB CAVANAUGH—Variety
	4:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	5:00	BART’S CLUBHOUSE—Kids
	5:45	NEWS, MARKETS, WEATHER
	EVENING
	6:15	NEWS—Edwards
	6:30	WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
	7:00	DENNIS O’KEEFE—Comedy
	7:30	DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
	8:00	TIGHTROPE!
	8:30	RED SKELTON   COLOR  Guest: Marie McDonald
	9:00	GARRY MOORE Guests: Steve Lawrence, Johnny Carson
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “While New York Sleeps” (1938)

 

 

	-4- WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	CARTOONS—Siegfried
	8:00	NEWS—Hottelet Allan Jackson substitutes
	8:15	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:15	NEWS—WHAT’S NEW?
	9:30	ON THE GO—Linkletter
	10:00	I LOVE LUCY
	10:30	DECEMBER BRIDE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	TAKE FIVE—Randy Merriman
	12:20	WEATHER—Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Dr. Carlton Williams
	2:00	RANDY MERRIMAN—Variety
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	3:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	3:15	SECRET STORM
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	4:00	AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle
	4:30	S.S. POPEYE—Kids
	4:50	BOZO THE CLOWN—Kids
	5:00	AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card
	5:30	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	5:55	SPORTS NEWS, WEATHER
	EVENING
	6:15	NEWS—Edwards
	6:30	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
	7:00	RESCUE 8—Adventure
	7:30	DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
	8:00	TIGHTROPE!
	8:30	RED SKELTON   COLOR  Guest: Marie McDonald
	9:00	GARRY MOORE Guests: Steve Lawrence, Johnny Carson
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	NIGHT COURT—Drama
	11:00	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	11:05	MOVIE—Drama “Crash Dive” (1943)

 

 

	-5- KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education Physics: Parallel Circuits
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR  Chemistry: Acid Constants
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25
	9:00	DOUGH RE MI
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUNECES
	11:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:20	TREASURE CHEST—Quiz
	1:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	1:30	THIN MAN
	2:00	YOUNG DR MALONE
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	3:00	HOUSE ON HIGH STREET—Drama
	3:30	SPLIT PERSONALITY—Tom Poston
	4:00	TOPPER—Comedy
	4:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	5:00	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	WEATHER SHOW—Morris
	6:30	LARAMIE—Western
	7:30	FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY—Comedy
	8:00	ARTHUR MURRAY   COLOR  Guests: Burgess Meredith, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shelly Berman
	8:30	STARTIME—Drama   COLOR  “Cindy’s Fella”
	9:30	THIS MAN DAWSON—Police
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	HARBOR COMMAND—Police
	11:00	JACK PAAR—Variety Guests: Charley Weaver, Genevieve
	12:00	NEWS—Krupp

 

 

	-6- WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25
	9:00	DOUGH RE MI
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUNECES
	11:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:05	COMEDY TIME
	12:30	OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
	1:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	1:30	THIN MAN
	2:00	YOUNG DR MALONE
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	3:00	HOUSE ON HIGH STREET—Drama
	3:30	SPLIT PERSONALITY—Tom Poston
	4:00	CAPTAIN Q. AND POPEYE—Kids
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	6:30	LARAMIE—Western
	7:30	FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY—Comedy
	8:00	ARTHUR MURRAY   COLOR  Guests: Burgess Meredith, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shelly Berman
	8:30	STARTIME—Drama   COLOR  “Cindy’s Fella”
	9:30	WICHITA TOWN—Western
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:20	MACKENZIE’S RAIDERS
	10:50	SPORTS—Bob Junkert
	11:00	JACK PAAR—Variety Guests: Charley Weaver, Genevieve

 

 

	6  KMMT (AUSTIN) (ABC)
	MORNING
	11:00	THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion
	11:30	CARTOON CARNIVAL—Kids
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	RESTLESS GUN—Western
	12:30	LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy
	1:00	MUSIC BINGO—Quiz
	1:30	NEWS, WEATHER
	1:40	MATINEE WITH MARGE
	2:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	2:30	GAIL STORM—Comedy
	3:00	BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	5:30	RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—John Daly Don Goddard substitutes this week
	6:30	BRONCO—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	8:30	PHILIP MARLOWE—Mystery
	9:00	ALCOA PRESENTS—Drama “Father Image”
	9:30	KEEP TALKING—Comedy
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	SHERLOCK HOLMES—Mystery
	11:00	PARIS PRECINCT—Police
	11:30	NEWS BRIEFS

 

 

	8  WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS)
	MORNING
	9:30	ON THE GO—Linkletter
	10:00	I LOVE LUCY
	10:30	DECEMBER BRIDE
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—Cronkite Douglas Edwards substitutes this week
	12:05	COLONEL FLACK—Comedy
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Dr. Carlton Williams
	2:00	MILLIONAIRE
	2:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	3:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	3:15	SECRET STORM
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	4:00	MOVIE—Western “Round-up Time in Texas” (1937)
	5:00	FLIGHT—Drama
	5:30	RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	FARM DIGEST
	6:05	SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER
	6:15	NEWS—Edwards
	6:30	COULEE CROSSROADS
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	TIGHTROPE!
	8:30	PETER GUNN—Mystery
	9:00	GARRY MOORE Guests: Steve Lawrence, Johnny Carson
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:20	SPORTS ALBUM
	10:30	LINEUP—Police
	11:30	CHARLEY WEAVER—Comedy

 

 

	-9- KMSP (Ind.)
	MORNING
	10:30	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	10:40	NEWSBEAT—Lee, Parker
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Child of Divorce” (1946)
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	KARTOONTIME—Pegge and Dave
	12:30	CHUCK CARSON—Variety
	1:00	COMBAT SERGEANT—Drama
	1:30	MR. AND MRS. NORTH—Mystery
	2:00	MOVIE—Drama “Grand Exit” (1935)
	4:00	IT’S A GREAT LIFE—Comedy
	4:30	I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
	5:00	SUSIE—Comedy
	5:30	OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Lee
	6:30	SPORTS HOT SEAT—O’Neil
	7:00	CRUNCH AND DES—Adventure
	7:30	BISHOP SHEEN—Religion
	8:00	WRESTLING—Minneapolis
	9:00	HONEYMOONERS—Gleason
	9:30	KEEP TALKING—Comedy
	10:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Bedtime Story” (1941)
	11:45	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
	12:00	TV READER’S DIGEST—Drama
	12:30	NEWS

 

 

	10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education Physics: Parallel Circuits
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR  Chemistry: Acid Constants
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25
	9:00	DOUGH RE MI
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUNECES
	11:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	CHANNEL 10 CALLING
	12:30	CHRISTOPHERS—Religion
	1:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	1:30	THIN MAN
	2:00	YOUNG DR MALONE
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	3:00	HOUSE ON HIGH STREET—Drama
	3:30	SPLIT PERSONALITY—Tom Poston
	4:00	WHAT’S NEW?—Don Perry
	4:30	CIRCUS BOY—Adventure
	5:00	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	5:30	QUICK DRAW McGRAW
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:15	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	6:30	LARAMIE—Western
	7:30	FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY—Comedy
	8:00	ARTHUR MURRAY   COLOR  Guests: Burgess Meredith, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shelly Berman
	8:30	STARTIME—Drama   COLOR  “Cindy’s Fella”
	9:30	JOHN NESBITT—Drama
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety Guests: Charley Weaver, Genevieve

 

 

	11 WTCN (ABC)
	MORNING
	8:30	FILM FEATURE
	8:55	FARM NEWS—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Miss June
	9:45	SHAPE UP—Louraine Larson
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama “Wings for the Eagle” (1942)
	11:45	NEWS, WEATHER
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	RESTLESS GUN—Western
	12:30	LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy
	1:30	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
	2:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	2:30	GAIL STORM—Comedy
	3:00	BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	5:00	CASEY JONES—Kids
	5:30	RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	UNION PACIFIC—Adventure
	6:30	BRONCO—Western
	7:30	WYATT EARP—Western
	8:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	8:30	PHILIP MARLOWE—Mystery
	9:00	ALCOA PRESENTS—Drama “Father Image”
	9:30	DENNIS O’KEEFE—Comedy
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	11:25	FINAL NEWS ROUNDUP
	11:30	I LED THREE LIVES—Carlson

 

 

	13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education Physics: Parallel Circuits
	6:30	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM—Education   COLOR  Chemistry: Acid Constants
	7:00	TODAY—Garroway Local news at 7:25 and 8:25
	9:00	DOUGH RE MI
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUNECES
	11:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	FILM FEATURE
	12:30	NEWS, MARKETS
	1:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	1:30	THIN MAN
	2:00	YOUNG DR MALONE
	2:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	3:00	HOUSE ON HIGH STREET—Drama
	3:30	SPLIT PERSONALITY—Tom Poston
	4:00	FILM FEATURE
	4:30	CARTOONS—Kids
	5:00	FILM FEATURE
	5:30	BOOK BREAK
	EVENING
	6:00	OUR LAND, OUR LIVING
	6:10	NEWS, WEATHER
	6:30	LARAMIE—Western
	7:30	ERNIE RECK SHOW—Music
	8:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	8:30	STARTIME—Drama   COLOR  “Cindy’s Fella”
	9:30	FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY
	10:00	NEWS, SPORTS
	10:20	MOVIE—War Drama “God Is My Co-Pilot” (1945)
	10:30	CHARLEY WEAVER—Comedy
	11:00	MOVIE—Mystery “House in the Woods” (English; 1957)

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