Variety as Baedeker of Show Business and Its Battles
Television Today surveys Variety magazine as a brassy, loyal ally of show business citing its zeal for agents, producers, and broadcasters. It contrasts Variety’s harsh critique of Newton Minow with its skepticism toward William Henry, urging fairness and caution to avoid becoming an apologist for networks.
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Variety
Federal Communications Commission
Newton Minow
Minow
E. William Henry
Henry
CBS
NBC
ABC
Bill Henry
Baedeker
Portrait of Joseph McCarthy and Nightly TV Highlights
The page lists biographies and portraits of Joseph McCarthy alongside TV listings for News Weather and Sports across stations 7 4 6 10 13. It mentions Sunset Strip Tonight and a Midwest News segment with a feature about a Kiss on Any Boor film and a Rifleman series.
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Peeraw
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Midwest
Iowa
Short Term Plea Denied Harold Kistner Jr. in Bank Embezzlement Case
SIOUX CITY AP USS District Judge William Hanson refused to set aside part of Harold Eugene Kistner Jr.’s prison sentence for his role in a $2 million Sheldon bank embezzlement. Kistner, 38, former president of Northern Biochemical Co., had asked to strike the three year term tied to using the mails to sell unregistered stock, arguing innocence and improperly drawn charges. Hanson denied the request.
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Sioux City
USS
William Hanson
Harold Eugene Kistner, Jr
Sheldon Bank
Northern Biochemical Co
Burnice Geiger
Hanson
Reveal Secret After 20 Years
Akron AP Goodyear engineers learned from Enrico Fermi’s widow that a square balloon built in 1942 served as an airtight enclosure around the pile where the first controlled chain reaction of atomic energy occurred. Mrs. Fermi disclosed the use in an IAEA bulletin.
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UPI
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Enrico Fermi
Goodyear
Fermi
International Atomic Energy Agency
Four Private Clubs Served To Public In Iowa
Four private clubs in three Iowa communities were found to be serving liquor to the public but agreed to comply with members-only license restrictions. Larry Scalise, liquor enforcement director, said class A club licenses restrict sales to members and noted plans to issue reporting forms for private parties next week. He emphasized ensuring the state collects 10 percent on each glass and preventing overcharging for private-party drinks.
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Iowa
Larry Scalise
The
Liquor Commission
Scalise
Judge rules Shubert's first wife legal widow in will dispute
In New York, a judge upheld that theater magnate John Shubert's first wife is his legal widow after a Mexican divorce background and a younger woman who bore him two children challenged the will.
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Rules Shubert
New York
John Shubert
Shubert
Regents Pay Shortfall For Last Five Meetings
Regent members were not paid for the final five days of the fiscal year ending June 30. Alfred Noehren said the nine regents were short about $100 each on their last pay checks. They receive $20 per meeting day plus mileage and expenses. the $7,200 annual appropriation dated from a smaller era.
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DES Moines
State Board of Regents
Alfred Noehren
Spencer
Regents
Noehren
U S Christmas Stamp Unveiled and Santa ZIP Code
Postmaster General Day unveiled this year's 5 cent Christmas stamp showing the White House lighted tree. He disclosed Santa Claus has ZIP code 99701 as part of the new Zone Improvement Plan. Also revealed was the 1963 Christmas seal by the National Tuberculosis Association. Day steps down Friday after 24 years in office.
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Washington
Day
Santa Claus
White House
Maureen Harris
Mike Blake
Grass Valley
Calif
National Tuberculosis Assn
Sliding cigarette tax proposed by ACS official
Dr. Cuyler Hammond of the American Cancer Society urged a sliding cigarette tax based on nicotine content, with higher levy for more nicotine. He called smoking the main lung cancer cause and asked manufacturers to label each pack with nicotine amounts at a Sacramento news conference.
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Sacramento
Calif
American Cancer Society
Cuyler Hammond
U. S
Hammond
Society
New York welcomes Korean War turncoat L D Skinner
L D Skinner a 32 year old Korean War defector arrived at Idlewild airport in New York after nine years in Communist China He declined to discuss his experiences while TV officials kept details about his pay and travel costs private Skinner said his father in Ohio may have arranged his fare He denied contact with US security officials and gave vague plans to visit Akron before returning to his family. He had been signed exclusively by Metropolitan Broadcasting Co. and was one of 21 American POWs who refused repatriation in 1953.
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Lowell
Denver Skinner
Idlewild
China
Skinner
Hong Kong
Ohio
U. S. Security Agency
Red China
Communist Party
Akron
Northwest Airlines
Metropolitan Broadcasting Co
Dies on Job on 93rd Birthday
BLOOMING GROVE Tex AP Richard Massengale appeared for work at a feed store on his 93rd birthday. He accepted greetings from friends then said he felt ill and collapsed on a bench. Fellow workers found he had died.
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Blooming Grove, Texas
Richard Massengale
Massengale
More Liquor Permits Issued in Eastern Iowa
The Iowa liquor control commission issued new liquor by the drink licenses. Hillcrest Country Club in Mt. Vernon received Class A status for clubs with a $300 fee. Margaret L. Johnson and Beryl R. Averill each received Class C licenses for Manchester and Cedar Rapids establishments with fees of $1,000 and $1,000 respectively. Harvey Kuiper’s H and S cafe and tavern in rural Guttenberg is listed under the same permit category.
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UPI
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Hillcrest Country Club
Mt. Vernon
Margaret L. Johnson
Manchester
Beryl R. Averill
Sunrise Steak House
Cedar Rapids
Harvey Kuiper
H & S Cafe
Guttenberg
Doctors Hoped To Buy Time For Kennedy Infant
Boston AP report on infant Patrick Kennedy who died in the 40th hour of life after premature birth. Doctors tried high oxygen pressure in a submarine chamber to aid breathing and discussed hyaline membrane disease as a possible cause. Despite initial improvement, the heart failure ended the effort.
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Kennedy
Boston
Patrick Kennedy
Federal tax take in Iowa climbs in seven months
Des Moines report from the Internal Revenue Service shows Iowans paid 568.5 million dollars in federal taxes in the first seven months, up over 30 million from a year earlier. Refunds reached 66.7 million, July receipts were 61.1 million with 4.28 million in refunds, and personal income tax withholding accounted for the majority of the revenue.
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Des Moines
UPI
Revenue Thematic Note on Withholding Growth in 1963
The article reports a total of 243.8 million dollars raised in the first seven months of the year, up from 220.6 million the prior year. For July, withholding yielded 50.27 million dollars, about 10 million more than July 1962.
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