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Show mam By LYN CONNELLY A DEAL IS COOKING between screen star Lee Bowman and ABC for a radio series In which Lee would interview celebrities arriving ar-riving and departing at various airports . . , The Associated Press is reportedly getting ready for a plunge into the TV newsreel field . . . The other wire services are already al-ready in the swim , , . Joan Crawford Craw-ford is considering a taped air series for NBC . . . Phil Harris is talking TV these days, too . : . He wants to get in cautiously, though, by guesting on various shows for the first year "to get the feel." Scores of Hollywood movie, radio and TV stars are throwing their weight and money into the campaign cam-paign to nominate Eisenhower. PLATTER CHATTER . CAPITOL: Dean Martin comes up with a sentimental waxing of that old favorite, "When You're Smiling" . . . Back has "All I Have to Give You" . . . Helen O'Connell follows her click In "Slow Poke" with "There's Been a Change in Me" backed by "Stingy" . . . About 10 years ago a beautiful hillbilly hill-billy ballad called "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" came out . . . Recently Tex Hitter revived re-vived it in company with Lei Baxter Bax-ter . . . The disc should splash again . . . "As Long as the River Flows On" is on the flip .. . Bay Anthony's latest is "For Dancers Only" and "I Hear a Rhapsody," another oldie with schmaltz. In kiddie records, Capitol has some fine ones In a Hopalong Cas-sldy Cas-sldy series, starring natch William Wil-liam Boyd . . . There are "The Story of Topper", . "Hoppy's Happy Birthday", which he does with "California and "Lucky" ... and many other selections . . . Then Baby Snooka carries on her good work In teaching the small fry manners the easy way, with a little comedy, a little song and a few serious moments . . . Best are "Table Manners" backed by "Truthfulness," "Crossing Streets" with "Kindness to Animals" on the reverse, and "Cleanliness" backed by "Good and Bad." COLUMBIA: Sammy Kaye'a latest is a lovely new ballad, "My Lei-Ee-Yana" backed by "You Know You Belong to Somebody Else." |