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Show By LYN CONNELLY THAT Jet liner crash into New York's East River produced shock and horror of a personal kind for us because it rubbed out the life of a great trouper and lady, Beulah Zachary, producer of "Kukla. Fran and Ollie" . . . We knew Beulah when . . . when she was struggling with her show, then the greatest thing on television televi-sion (and it still would be today if on) and we were writing station publicity for the Kuklapolitan players ... We knew the troupe enough to extend our heartfelt sympathy to Burr Tillstrom, creator crea-tor of Kukla and company, because be-cause he and his producer rose together and acted almost as a team. It was typical that she was killed on her way to New York where she had hoped to interest moguls in Tillstrom again . . . When the show was taken off the air, Beulah did not try her hand with another show ... she simply wasn't the kind to think of herself . . . She wouldn't rest until Kukla was back on the airways where he bt-longed and no one can say she didn't try hard . . . Unfortunately, Unfor-tunately, she wasn't heard too well '. . . Her passing is a great loss to TV and we hope that Burr will be able to replace her ;. . . She has mighty big shoes to nil. PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL: Nat King Cole's latest hi-fi album Is "Welcome to the Club" and, as always, it's a polished performance you hear thru such ditties as "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere," "Mood Indigo," In-digo," "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," "Avalon," "She's Funny That Way" and many others ... In singles, Louie Prima Pri-ma and Keely Smith combine their talents again In "I've Got You I'ndcr My Skui" backed by Kcely's rendition of "Don't Take Your Love From Me" . . . Rinky Dinks docs a cutie, "Catch a Little Lit-tle Moonbeam" with "Choo Choo Cha C'ha" on the reverse. |