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Kraft Television Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., NBC). Spur of the Moment, starring Arthur Franz, Robert Simon, Jane Seymour...
...nation would want to leave Geneva in the role of spoiler of the world's hope. The public's expectation would be at best a spur to agreement; at worst, a temptation to the participants to show progress where there was in fact none...
...stars in the history of the theater have been so modest; yet Gwen Verdon is far from humble. She knows her ability, studies and practices her art constantly and, though she is impulsively zany enough to dye her white cat's tail pink on the spur of the moment, she takes her professional life with utter seriousness. Riding the wave crest of her first big success, modest Gwen Verdon gives herself only five more years as a dancer. But the suddenly astute showmen of Broadway and Hollywood seem little inclined, at the moment, to let her rest her talented...
...slowing rail shipments. With carloadings at 774,419 weekly (up 13.6% from the same week of 1954), the shortage is running at an average of 6.552 cars daily. To prevent it from becoming critical, the U.S. Commerce Department and Office of Defense Mobilization are considering loans and subsidies to spur construction of new boxcars...
...first six months of this year, slow industry wants him to release another 250 million Ibs. in the last half. Said Flemming: "It does not make sense to . . . stockpile [a specific amount] if that tends to undermine seriously the economy." It also looked as if Flemming was going to spur a third round of expansion by handing out fast tax write-offs...