Weather scanner complete with gauges was used by some cablecasters. The scanning mirror reflects readings on
gauges and card announcements to camera above. Music
was sometimes also transmitted on this same channel.

  
TIM MAGUIRE

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

James Dean was one of those rare stars whose persona became
more famous than any of his films — and yet he would only live
to see one of those films released. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s
epic novel “East of Eden” (1955).

James Dean’s brief yet iconic time in the spotlight came to an
abrupt end when he died in a tragic car accident . The details
of his death remain both perplexing and disturbing to this day.

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) in an episode of “Perry Mason” 
(The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe) Aired: 1-3-1963.

The legal drama series Perry Mason was on CBS television
for nine seasons (September 21, 1957 – May 22, 1966).    
   
   
   
   

Charles Nowlin Thomas (April 7, 1937 – January 31, 2023)

(FOXNEWS) – Musician Charlie Thomas has died at the age
of 85 after battling liver cancer.

Thomas was a singer best known for his work with The
Drifters. He was performing with The Five Crowns at the
Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his
group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five
Crowns to become the new Drifters.

The new Drifters’ first release was the 1959 hit "There Goes
My Baby".

Lemongello Jr., also a musician, noted the funeral will be
held Feb. 16 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in
Landover, Maryland.