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MAGAZINE PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1933

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Cover of the first issue of News-Week magazine with seven photographs
from the week’s news.


News-Week
was launched by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former foreign-news editor
for Time. He obtained financial backing from a group of U.S. stockholders which 
included Ward Cheney, of the Cheney silk family.

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Journalist Thomas John Cardell Martyn

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

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"My True Story" was heard for the first time on ABC radio. The daily
program was presented in cooperation with "True Story" magazine,
and continued for nearly 19 years.

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TV SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1958

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Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beechnut Show was a musical variety show broadcast weekly  on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturdays
from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960. It was sponsored by
Beechnut Gum.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1947

Family-theater

Family Theater is a dramatic anthology radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. The
show was produced by Family Theater Productions, a film and radio studio 
extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by the Holy Cross Priest,
Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, as a way to promote family prayer. The program
featured not only religious stories but half-hour adaptations of literary works
such as A Tale of Two Cities
,Moby-Dick and Don Quixote. The program had
no commercial sponsor.

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Jimmy Stewart with Don Ameche and Loretta Young for Family
Theatre Radio program.


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Father Peyton (right) with Gregory Peck

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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"Penny Lane" by the Beatles, was written primarily by Paul McCartney. It
was credited to Lennon–McCartney.

Recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, "Penny Lane" was released 
as one side of a double A-sided single, along with "Strawberry Fields
Forever
".

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Penny Lane" at No. 456 on its list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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