Time for Americans Bias and the Mass Media on ABC TV
ABC TV launches a six part series Time for Americans focusing on America's race problem. The first two programs examine media portrayal of Negroes with guests Harry Belafonte Lena Horne Lawrence Neal and Dr Alvin Poussaint. They discuss impacts on black children and propose fairer portrayals. The July 11 program will feature various media representatives offering views on the Negro image in mass communication.
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UPI
ABC TV
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America
Harry Belafonte
Lena Horne
Lawrence Neal
Alvin Poussaint
Tufts Medical School
Boston
Poussaint
Hubbell Robinson
Stephen Fleischman
ABC
Frank Reynolds
Enchanted Isles CBS Special Narrated by Prince Philip
A CBS one hour special The Enchanted Isles narrated in part by HRH Prince Philip profiles the Galapagos Islands history and wildlife with on screen and voice over commentary. The program airs January 22 with Philip describing the archipelago alongside its unique wildlife.
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Prince Philip
Great Britain
Galapagos Islands
the Enchanted Isles
CBS
Galapagos
Ann-Margret
Bob Hope
Television City
Hollywood
Television Listings and Late Night Schedule Mix
A scrambled TV guide fragment lists Cedar Rapids and Waterloo stations with various shows including Daniel Boone Ironside Leave It to Beaver and news weather sports blocks. It references multiple time slots and channels and mentions morning and daytime lineups with talk shows games and specials.
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Cedar Rapids
Iron Rey
Daniel Boone
ICC Urges Wide Study of Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to undertake a sweeping study of national rail passenger needs. The 66 page report warns the current intercity network cannot be maintained without policy changes and notes a sharp decline in daily passenger trains from 1,448 to 590 over the past decade.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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House
Senate Commerce Committees
ICC
Iowa approves bids for Monticello road bridge project
The Iowa Highway Commission on Wednesday approved apparent low bids totaling 4,859,472 dollars for highway construction and improvement projects. Named were Hobe Engineering Corp. for a girder bridge on Route 151 near Monticello, Barkers Inc. for cement pavement at Maquoketa River crossing, and Seatons Construction Co. for erosion control on Route 38.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Monticello
Hobe Engineering Corp
Sioux City
Maquoketa River Crossing
Barkers Inc
Iowa City
Seatons Construction Co
Unionville
Times Are Tough For Maharajas
In New Delhi India the once wealthy princes and maharajas faced the government plan to abolish their privy purses. They held three news conferences to push back, first a posh hotel event with drinks, then a maharaja’s drawing room with tea and snacks, and finally a poorly kept lawn where soft drinks were served.
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New Delhi
India
Cholera vaccine issue returns to Iowa legislators
Iowa officials say hog cholera vaccine use is blocked by an attorney general ruling. Agriculture Secretary L.B. Liddy says a 1969 law must be amended for prohibitions to take effect, delaying eradication efforts which now cover only about 30 percent of swine.
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DES Moines
Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Richard Turner
Iowa
Turner
Liddy
Agriculture Department
Asst. Atty
James Martin
Silent Bandit Theft False Report
Iowa City detectives filed a charge in police court against Frederick McAllister for making a false robbery report. He claimed a silent bandit robbed Clark service station at Burlington and Van Buren streets of about $466 before fleeing in a tan 1958 Chevrolet, but McAllister later admitted the report was entirely false.
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Iowa City
Frederick McAllister
Clark
Burlington
van Buren
McAllister
Soviets Blocked U S Probe of 1966 Pan Am Crash
The NTSB said Soviet authorities in East Berlin blocked access to the 1966 Pan Am Boeing 727 crash site near Tegel, hindering recovery of cockpit voice and flight recorders and other critical instruments. The missing items, worth safety insight, included the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder among 12 major parts.
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U.S
Washington
East Berlin
U. S
National Transportation Safety Board
Pan American World Airways
Berlin
Tegel
Safety Board
Judge Raps Jury For Acquitting Murder Suspect
In Taylorville Christian County judge Daniel Dailey scolded a nine woman three man jury for acquitting Clarence Durbin 26 Morrisonville of the 1957 murder of Joseph Whitehouse 80 Morrisonville. The trial lagged ten years due to Durbin’s hospital confinement at Menard penitentiary.
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Taylorville, Ill
Christian County
Daniel Dailey
Taylorville
Harold Broverman
Clarence Durbin
Morrisonville
Durbin
Joseph Whitehouse
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
ICAO observers barred from U S crash scene request
Board staff members say it is rare for a country to bar U S investigators from observing an on the scene study of a wrecked American built plane or to deny access to the crash site materials. IOC members invite official observers to improve aviation safety. Soviet Russia does not belong but is considering joining.
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U. S
International Civil Aviation Organization
Sis
Soviet Russia
Presidencies Run in Melvin Irvin Family
In Louisville Kentucky the Melvin Irvin family shows multiple leadership posts. A daughter leads the Kenwood Hill Homemakers while another heads the Kentucky Southern College Literary Club. A son serves as student council president at De Sales High School.
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Louisville, Ky
Melvin Irvins
Kenwood Hill Homemakers
Kentucky Southern College Literary Club
de Sales High School
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