TV writer George Foster wants to move TV comedy forward
New Yorker George Foster, a veteran writer for Fred Allen and Groucho Marx, laments waning edgy humor and outlines plans for new projects including a Robinson family on a desert island and a pilot about an account executive. He sketches a bold shift toward location shoots and live art, and notes his single status while promoting a one shot musical on ABC. Howard K. Smith shifts to Sunday nights after ABC's early-evening experiment ends.
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Stevenson Warns Against Angry Right Wing Policy
Adlai E. Stevenson criticized "our angry men of the right wing" for quick world problem solutions that could trigger nuclear death. He urged patience and UN diplomacy, arguing for a go slow approach and noting that the United Nations should be the main tool. He warned that bold but reckless rhetoric risks catastrophe and urged voters to seek measured, long term solutions. The want ad number is M 2-1121.
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Dea Hunt Report to Town and Weather News
Fragmentary clipping reports a town meeting on a dea hunt and weather items featuring Hathaway and Huckleberry Hound, with scattered notes on weather news and local events.
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Ellender Presses on Farm Program and Land Sales
Sen Ellender of Louisiana criticizes the administration program. He complains farmers must sell lands or face reductions. Mundt questions broad authority and costs while Allen Ellender aligns with the view that corn and feed grains have long benefited from farm policies. He asserts some farmers can meet price supports regardless of compliance, contrasting with cotton rice peanut and tobacco sectors.
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D-La
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G O P Senators Challenge Kennedy Farm Bill Controls
Two Republican senators Bourke Hickenlooper and Karl Mund object to what they call President Kennedy's farm plan granting Secretary Orville Freeman broad authority over farmers. They plan to seek changes in the Senate Agriculture Committee, and if blocked, push the fight to the Senate floor after Freeman urged a farm supply management program during two days of testimony.
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R-S.d
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Farmer price supports tied to production controls
Hickenlooper attacked proposals for price supports tied to production controls, labeling them voluntary only in name. He argued the bill would allow the secretary to dictate crops, supports, and use of wheat, corn, feed grains, dairy products, lands, forests, and recreation areas, effectively twisting farmers' arms.
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Farmers face new trimming rule for planting season
rl farmers have been required for years to trim planting. eM marketing to get bene ts.
Trade Pact Signed By North Korea and Guinea
Peiping radio reported that North Korea and the West African Republic of Guinea signed a trade agreement. The announcement came on Thursday and was broadcast by Peiping radio.
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