Television in Review Highlights Non-Reviewable Era
UPI critic notes TV entering era of non-reviewable shows with bland specials and extended movies dominating schedules. Highlights a few rare promising events such as Smothers Brothers NBC hour and Kennedy documentary, while top ratings week favors travelogues and circuses over reviews.
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Hollywood
UPI
Smothers Brothers
Abc-Tv
Robert F. Kennedy
Cbs-Tv
Anne Bancroft
NBC
Monkey Mountain
Trinidad
Ringling Bros. Circus
Lowell Thomas
Danny Thomas
The Front Page revival stirs mixed TV news response
A critique of television news and the revival of The Front Page on Broadway highlights tensions between sensationalism and responsible reporting. The author laments the trend toward exploiting human passions to boost audience interest, especially on independent stations, while questioning if this elevates or harms public discourse.
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Chicago
Tax Talk and TV Ethics in a Turbulent Year
Tax guidance notes most taxpayers need not file Schedule T with Form 1040 unless self employment or specific credits apply. Farmers gain a March 2 deadline for filing if missing estimated payments, with Schedule F attached and full tax due. The rest critiques TV news sensationalism, praising restraint, and urging deeper network accountability in coverage of tragedies and victims.
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Internal Revenue Service
Agnew
Arthur Treacher Masters the Elegant Put-Down on TV
HOLLYWOOD PI The English star says American wit lacks dignity in insults and defends his blunt style on Merv Griffin show He recalls a hospital stint and quips about the program noting the show without his customary nip of alcohol is “bloody awful.”
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Arthur Treacher
Hollywood
United States
Merv Griffin
Treacher
Eric Blore
C. Aubrey Smith
Griffin
Merv
Arthur
Pownal Vermont Town and School Meeting Warning 1970
The Inhabitants of Pownal Vermont qualified to vote in Town and School District Meeting are warned to meet at the Pownal Center Firehouse on March 2 1970 at 7 30 PM to transact floor business and adjourn for ballot voting March 3 1970 at Town Hall. Articles cover town officers, road commissioners, taxes, highway expenditures, fire department funding, land purchases for land fill and school district matters including borrowing powers and school board elections. Polls open 10 AM to 7 PM at Town Hall on March 3 1970, with detailed articles for both town and school district.
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Pownal
Vermont
Pownal Center
U.S.A
Bennington County
Dean Road
North
Joseph
Martha Sarkis
Pownal Town
Mt. Anthony Union
Town Hall
Mount Anthony Union
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