NBC Wins NCAA Basketball TV Rights Bid
NBC-TV won the bid for the NCAA men's basketball tournament rights, paying a little over $1 million to broadcast the event for two years. ABC-TV and CBS-TV were among the losers as seven networks chased future rights after the UCLA Houston game drew a large audience. NBC plans four tournament rounds next March with afternoon doubleheaders on three Saturdays and a Thursday prime time semifinal.
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Oddments The Trial Lawyer Documentaries On CBS And NBC
CBS airs a one hour Oddments documentary The Trial Lawyer featuring Louis Nizer F Lee Bailey Edward Bennett Williams Percy Foreman and Melvin Belli on April 30 NBC offers The Changing Church six part series starting May 5 and Discover America with Jose Jimenez hosted by Bill Dana on May 17 highlighting major fairs including Hannibal Missouri fence painting and Santa Clara Indians rain dance in Santa Fe New Mexico
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Hope son named associate producer for Judd for the Defense
Anthony J. Hope son of comedian Bob Hope is named associate producer for ABC TV series Judd for the Defense. The program stars Carl Betz as defense attorney Clinton Judd.
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NFO pushes hog slaughter to press for higher prices
The National Farmers Organization says it has shot and buried 13,973 hogs in 11 states to dramatize its demand for higher prices. Leader Oren Lee Staley vows the campaign will continue until meat packers agree to terms, despite criticism from humane groups and church officials.
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Greek junta mutes ex premiers before Sunday anniversary
In Athens the Greek regime placed former prime ministers George Papandreou and Panayiotis Canellopoulos under house arrest. The move follows rising signs they planned public statements condemning the military regime on Sunday’s coup anniversary. Papandreou’s son Andreas, once jailed, now leads a Paris based movement against the junta.
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Governors to Observe and Choose Man Individually
Seven teen Democratic governors gathered in St Louis to discuss 1968 nomination. They agreed to observe events and decide later, with Mississippi’s John Bell Williams abstaining. They stressed unity and independence to avoid promoting any candidate. A pause was urged as strategists watched Kennedy McCarthy and Humphrey prospects.
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Governors divided on backing Democratic nominee
The report notes New Jersey with 82 nominating votes refuses to be hurried into delivering them to any candidate. Most governors favor a united commitment to support the eventual Democratic nominee, while Georgia Governor Lester Maddox resists such a pledge.
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Gregory Cancels Plans To Disrupt Democrats
Chicago police and protesters faced a sudden shift as Dick Gregory announced he canceled demonstrations planned to disrupt the Democratic National Convention. He urged would be demonstrators to stay home citing safety concerns and potential racial unrest during the event.
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Packers Union Official Dies in Joliet Car Crash
Jasper C. Rose, 55, vice-president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, died of a heart attack after his car left Interstate 80 near Joliet and hit a signpost. His wife Lavinia, 55, was hospitalized in critical condition. Rose was a longtime union member from Davenport Town and lived in Melrose Park.
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Bomb explodes at Paris American Legion headquarters
A bomb exploded Tuesday near the front door of the Paris American Legion post. The blast shattered a door glass but caused no injuries. authorities investigated the incident.
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College Instructor Sentenced Five Years for Draft Refusal
Ardith Davis a 26 year old instructor at Muscatine Community College was sentenced to five years in prison for failing to submit to military induction. Judge Roy Stephenson noted he would drop the conviction if Davis reconsidered and entered service but Davis refused. Davis had previously refused induction on November 8 1967 and was convicted January 30.
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Girl 10 Killed in Tractor Accident
A ten year old girl from Plano Illinois visiting her father in Haskins Iowa died when the tractor she was driving left a county road and overturned. She was crushed in the wreck and died instantly. Washington County officers and Highway Patrol investigated. The body lay at Jones Funeral Home in Washington.
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Tractor death shocks Drakesville farm family
A 12 year old boy, Michael Bolin, was killed when a tractor overturned on his parents farm in extreme southern Iowa. He was crushed as the machine toppled Sunday night.
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