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Show By LVN CONNELLY Anew sound is being heard over the Mutual Network these days and it's the lilting melodic tinkling of an old-fashioned music box as heard by great-grandad in the roaring '80's , . . It's the All- ; sweet Music Box program broad- j cast weekdays from 11:23 to 11:30 AM CST, a mite but mighty show with John Welgel as disc Jockey . . . Regina, the actual name of the music box, is a genuine antique that plays old steel discs and pre- dates the phonograph, having been I invented in 1888 . . . Though a j Swiss invention, it was only a matter of time before the Regina found a prominent place In the American parlor . . . The more modest homes sported them at a cost of $100 to $150, while the jialatial models boasted a price r.-mue from $40.) to $1,000, but both :yles played the same perforated el discs. John Weipel, disc jockey of the .:eel platters, has an excellent ackiiiMiind for his job ... He eiui his radio career while still a h: ;h school student in Ohio, and ! 'ut a lot of radio teeth on such old- I us as "Myrt and Marge," "The noddy Clark Show," and Fred j Warins's early originations from the midwest . . . Weigel became interested in the Regina when he saw it on display in a museum, collected hundreds of nostalgic hard-to-find platters, and now enlightens en-lightens the MBS listening world with unusual anecdotes about each melody aired by his Allsweet Music It should also be added, all of Weisel's patter Is In the vernacular vernacu-lar of the roaring '80's which puts the final touch of nostalgia to this unusual five-minute broadcast . . , Here Is something unique and different dif-ferent for the discriminate radio listener IDOL CHATTER In a road show entitled "This is the Life," Anne Baxter will sing and dance in addition to playing ir dramatic skits . . . Laurence Olivier Oliv-ier will also sing in his next picture pic-ture ... No end of talent movie stars have. |