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- ↑ "Ameche to Host TV Award Dinner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 4, 1956 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sylvania Awards Revealed; 3 Go To Serling Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 7, 1956. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.