Colby Honors Veteran Publisher Thomas More Storke
Santa Barbara News Press publisher Thomas More Storke, 85, receives Colby College Lovejoy Award for integrity and courage in journalism. He previously won the Lauterbach Award for civil liberties work and a Pulitzer for editorials opposing the John Birch Society. The honor cites his fearless defense of free expression and opposition to extremism. The award will be presented November 8 during Colby’s Lovejoy centennial observance in Waterville Maine.
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Resurgence of Comedy and Hour-Long Shows This Fall
United Press International reports the 1962 63 television season centers on a comedy rebound and more hour long shows. 17 of 33 debuting series are hour long with returns by Alfred Hitchcock and Red Skelton expanding to 60 minutes. The Edie Adams Show and The Andy Williams Show join The Jetsons as key new or renewed formats.
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Elder Statesman Crisp Condemns Star System in Hollywood
AP interview with veteran actor Donald Crisp criticizes the star system for inflating budgets and skewing profits. He recalls early pay, credits Bank of Italy financing, urges restraint on star-driven spending and favors business-focused filmmaking over mogul egos. He notes Cleopatra and Mutiny on the Bounty as examples and calls for when stars resist, they should be dropped.
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Couple Welcomes Baby During DIY Prenatal Reading
Lee Hildebrandt, 23, a Gary Ind. steel mill accountant, delivered his wife's second baby while she read do it yourself prenatal care instructions from a government pamphlet. Mother, baby boy, and father reported well. Dr Rune Lindgren, 42, a visiting Johns Hopkins professor from Sweden, finished a 300 mile solo trek from the Arctic Ocean to the Alaska interior in four weeks, quicker than his six week expectation.
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Unionist Warns Of New Threat From NEA
Detroit AP President Car J Megel told the AFL CIO convention that the National Education Association aims to exterminate the teachers union. He defended unionism and urged more AFT organizing with AFL CIO aid. The NEA with 800000 members favors negotiation while sanction plans were approved in Denver. Megel urged condemnation of the NEA.
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Illiterate learner flanks check test scene in Miami
In Miami Florida AP reported a 29 year old Willie Robinson was sentenced to two years in prison after Lonnie Armstrong testified Robinson talked him into drawing practice checks. Robinson endorsed the checks with an X and cashed them. Armstrong received two years on probation.
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Post Office Says Stopwatches Won’t Discipline Staff
Frederick C. Belen, assistant U.S. postmaster general, told the national convention in Portland that the Post Office Department opposes using a stopwatch based work measurement system to evaluate and discipline postal employees.
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Cornell Board of Trustees Chair Donates 200000 for Library Remodel
Arthur M. Dean, chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and lead U.S. disarmament negotiator at Geneva, has given 200000 to the university. The gift funds remodeling of a university library.
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Exterior clayboard painting guidance for fiberboard
Just Like Wood Insulation board otherwise called fiberboard used in exterior construction should be painted like durable outdoor wood. Apply one coat of house paint primer, let it dry, then add two coats of standard house paint from the same maker as the primer.
Miami Man Proposes Copyrighted Frustration Room Concept
A Miami man named Harry Linsky envisions a frustration room where people smash dishes lamps and furniture to vent stress. He says a Chicago area motel has installed a smash chamber and others inquire about it. A corporation is considering one for board meetings and Linsky holds stock of damaged crockery for supply.
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