Viewers Demand More From The Past TV Season
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes network TV spent near 800 million dollars this season yet delivered unexciting fare. Memorable moments emerged in documentaries and news such as The Tunnel and The Kremlin. The Defenders and The Dick Van Dyke Show stood out. many entertainment and variety shows lacked spice. The summer lull precedes 35 new programs in September with CBS, ABC plans and cast changes amid industry buzz.
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Dr Charles Thornthwaite Dies at 64 in New Jersey
Dr Charles Warren Thornthwaite, 64, former chief of the climatic-physiographical division at the Defense Department, died Tuesday of cancer in Elm- er. He entered government service in 1934 and led a climatology laboratory at Centreon since 1948. He was born in Bay City Michigan.
Goldwater sees $12,000 cost for mail response
Goldwater says it would cost about 12 thousand dollars out of his own pocket to hire three extra secretaries to answer his mail while maintaining he is running only for re election in Arizona. Nixon calls Goldwater a leading contender in a three way race with Rockefeller and Romney. The Senate Finance Committee moves to reopen National Service Life Insurance for World War II and Korean War veterans with lapsed or no policies. Kennedy forms an advisory council on the arts with names to be announced.
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NAACP Plans Memorial for Medgar Evers
The Minneapolis NAACP will send 100 dollars to its national office to establish a memorial for Medgar Evers who was assassinated in Jackson Mississippi. Curtis C Chievers calls the act a willful response to President Kennedy’s call to end racial segregation and secure Negro rights. Don Lewis of St Paul NAACP urges all freedom loving Americans to fight bigotry. A line on Norway’s Barents Sea mentions a road to North Cape.
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CBS Television Leader Joack Van Volkenberg Dies at 59
Joack L. Van Volkenberg, CBS television network president from 1946 to 1956, dies at age 59 in Brainerd Minnesota after a heart attack. A veteran of over 30 years in radio and television, he led the network during its early expansion.
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Musician Bob Scobey Dies in Montreal
A.P. report says 48 year old Dixieland jazz trumpet player Bob Scobey died Wednesday in Montreal. Scobey started trumpet at age nine and rose through radio staff bands and theater orchestras before forming his own group in 1949. He was born in Tucumcari New Mexico.
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