Tall, blue-eyed Ginny Simms, official sweetheart of 100 college fraternities, fingered the rabbit's foot Judy Garland had slipped her, flashed a toothy smile at a husky sailor, a slick-haired soldier, a plump marine. Blues-singing Ginny was introducing "Three Greatest Guest Stars in the World," as she emceed the premiere of Philip Morris' Johnny Presents Ginny Simms (NBC, Tues. 8-8:30 p.m. E.W.T.) The three servicemen were allowed to telephone anybody anywhere.
First star was the sailor: Gunner's Mate Second Class Mel Van Keuren, wounded at Pearl Harbor, where he was the first man to bag a Jap plane. He had studio telephone operators...
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