Red Skelton Pantomime on CBS Reveals Nationwide Glee
Red Skelton delivers a one man pantomime on CBS and headlines a season of TV offerings including a Vietnam report by Walter Cronkite. NBC previews new shows Julia with Diahann Carroll and Phyllis Diller hosted variety, Adam 12 and more. Pentagon warns of security breaches from a disclosed naval message affecting U S coded systems.
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NEW York (Ap
Red Skelton
CBS Hour
New York
United Nations
Skelton
NBC
Diahann Carroll
TV Ae
Julia
Phyllis Diller
Comedienne
Ghost and Mrs. Muir
McNamara Finds Gulf of Tonkin Hearing Worthwhile
Defense Secretary McNamara calls last week's Tonkin hearings "pure hell" yet valuable for history as he defends the Maddox and Joy attack narrative and the administration's response. He testified before Fulbright’s Senate panel, arguing the long term record outweighs short term aims.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf of Tonkin
McNamara
U.S
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreignelations Committee
Pentagon
Fulbright
Maddox
C. Turner Joy
United States
Pro Circuit Eyes Return To Match Play In New York
AP reports the Pro Circuit may reinstate match play after a decade, with PGA officials and pros like Max Elbin and Jack Nicklaus noting proposals under review. Golf fans crave the format, while supporters recall the PGA Championship era and the thrill of match play. Lionel Hebert weighs in on the nostalgia and potential revival.
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NEW York
Professions Golf Association
Max Elbin
Elbin
Jack Nicklaus
Metropolitan Golf Writers Association
Lionel Hebert
PGA
Art Lovers Lose Clash With Economy Budget Fight
In Washington the House rejected a two year $135 million arts and humanities authorization and approved a one year $11.2 million program. Chairman Mahon argued against increases citing Emerson and the nation’s fiscal limits. the split passed 261 to 130 and moves to the Senate. The Johnson administration had urged $20 million, with the program split between arts endowment and humanities.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
House
Emerson
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Senate
Johnson
Education and Labor Committee
Astros Scout Pinky Higgins Jailed After Fatal Crash
Houston Astros scout Michael F Pinky Higgins was jailed after a Tuesday crash on Interstate 20 in Lincoln Parish killed flagman George W Killen and injured three highway department workers. Higgins faced negligent homicide and DUI charges, bond set at 7500. Higgins, a former Red Sox catcher and manager, was not injured in the wreck.
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Boston
Michael F
Pinky” Higgins
Houston Astros
Higgins
Boston Red Sox
George W. Killen
State Highway Department
Lincoln Parish
Killen
Interstate 20
Here
Highway Department
Frederick Woodard
Arcadia
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Chaudrant
William T. Wiltcher
Ruston
Red Sox
Astros
Walt Dropo
Ivy League Restores NCAA Eligibility for Play
In Providence Rhode Island AP reports Brown University president Dr Ray L Heffner announced the Ivy League has received formal confirmation of eligibility for NCAA competition. Walter Byers NCAA executive director sent the letter ending a dispute over the 1.6 minimum scholastic average rule that had kept Ivy League teams out since 1966.
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R.I
NCAA
Ray L. Heffner
Brown University
Heffner
Walter Byers
Ivy Schools
Ivy League
Maine Briefs: Private utilities opposed to Dickey project
The Maine briefing reports Congressman Peter N. Kyros accusing New England private utilities of foul play to block the Dickey project while Maine electric cooperatives pay 16 mills per kilowatt hour. Kyros says Dickey will lower power costs to 8 mills after completion. Other items note Gov. Curtis and the Executive Council planning a summit on Sugarloaf Mountain and Fuller's Shipyard launching its last vessel, the 93-foot scal lop dragger Dolphin, with shutdown planned and a $380,000 price tag.
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Texas
Maine
New England
Biddeford-Saco
Peter N. Kyros
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Dickey
Kyros
Augusta
Curtis
Executive Council
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East Boothbay
Fuller's
Bedforu
NCAA Amends Rule Exemption For Stricter Admissions Policies
A standard contends that it penees institutional autone. The NCAA amended the rul ing last month, exempting schools which have admission and scholastic policies more de manding than the national table used by the Association.
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Standard
NCAA
Association
Multiple Local Reports From New England and Georgia
The report covers several brief items: a Wee Holme Motel night clerk and his wife robbed of about 150 dollars in East Holden. Bruce N. won the fastest mile in a Rockingham park harness meet in Portsmouth with a 2000 dollar purse. Gov Curtis to hold a news conference after a 5800 crowd in Augusta. Emory University studies on birth control pills in squirrel monkeys to explore inner ear anatomy and dizziness. Massachusetts governor Volpe signs a holiday bill aligning observances to the nearest Monday, affecting Washington's Birthday Patriot's Day and Memorial Day overhauls.
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Wee Holme
Fred Hanson
Hanson
Salem, N.H
Bruce N
Rockingham -Ark
Portsmouth
Augusta
Gov. Curtis
Atlanta, Ga
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Boston
John A. Volpe
Washington
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