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Show BY INEZ GERHARD BETTY CLARK, star of the Sunday Sun-day ABC "Betty Clark Sings," Is one of those rare people who should be a lesson to all of us. It wasn't too surprising to learn that 12-year-old Betty recently was graduated from elementary school with an average of more than 90 per cent. She looks very intelligent. I was slightly surprised to learn that she skips rope and goes roller skating once a week. And of BETTY CLARK course she is exceptional as the only child in America who has her own network show. But what makes all she does especially remarkable and courageous is the fact that charming little Betty has been totally total-ly blind since birth. The harpsichord which Eugene Ormandy bought in Vienna for Dr. Frank Black, conductor of "Harvest of Stars," with James Melton, couldn't get used to New York weather. Went out of commission com-mission and spent a year being repaired. re-paired. "The Adventures of Sam Spade" moves to NBC in September Sep-tember (same time, same star, Howard Duff) after being heard on CBS since September of 1946. Before that the show had put in a couple of months on ABC. Stacey Harris, radio actor, will make his screen debut in "Postal Inspector." Harris started his acting act-ing career with Burt Lancaster on the Broadway stage, then turned to radio when Lancaster turned to Hollywood. William Bendix finally had to wear make-up in "The Big Steal." On location in Mexico he picked up such a deep tan that his face had to be lighted to the shade it was In the scenes filmed earlier In Hollywood. |