TV Poll Ranks Bonanza Top Show in Nationwide Poll
New York report notes Bonanza tops a viewer poll by ACBBT and TACT ahead of Huntley Brinkley and Cronkite news. The poll of 4 600 adults tracks ratings with a 21 item ranking, while CBS Chicago survey shows 49 percent find programming fair. A revival of Can You Top This? is under consideration with Peter Lind Hayes in talks.
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Nielsen
Council For
Television Action Committee
ACBBT
Council
CBS’ Evening News
Walter Cronkite
Walt Disney
Dick van Dyke
Kangaroo
Bonanza
Huntley-Brinkley
Henry Jaffe
Ed Ford
Peter Lind Hayes
Peter Donald
Jaffe
RKO General Productions
Hayes
Corbett Monica
Cliff Arquette
Pat Henry
Harry Hirschfield
Ford
Television Listings Splintstones and Wild World in Color
A section of TV listings shows a mix of programs including Wild West, Camp Runamuck, Gomer Pyle, My Friend Flicka, Hanky, Honey West, Hoppity Hooper, Bob Willams, Bandstand, Weatherbird, Best of Groucho, Bugs Bunny and Spectrum. Listings indicate time slots and channel cues for a varied evening schedule.
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Flicka
Mickac
eWorld In Color
Bob Willams
Weatherbird
Preston Soit
Groucho
Big Picture
Ray Danton
Questi
Troop
Fred
Tammy
Grandpe Tarleton
Debbie Watson
Addams Family
Morticia
Gomez
Honey West
Honey
Gellow
Farmer
Katy
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy
FCC Proposes Nationwide Pay Television Plan
The Federal Communications Commission urged nationwide authorization and regulation of pay television, inviting comments by Sept 1 on methods to implement it. The agency said subscription TV could fit within the total TV system if safeguards protect the public interest.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
RCC
Safej
Blizzard Trapped Engineer Survives 18 Hours No Food Heat
Charles Hales of Fort Madison Iowa, Lee County engineer and adviser to the U S Bureau of Public Roads, endured an 18 hour blizzard ordeal on Highway 275 near Pilger Nebraska with no food and 11 hours without heat after the car’s engine failed. He and companion R C Ayres of Lincoln were rescued by a snowplow.
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Engi
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Neb
Ijneer
U. S. Bureau of Public
Kansas City
Okinawa
Mayne Jones
Nebraska
Federal
Izard Roads Bureau
Martinez
Shinault
Marion
Gazette
Masonic Trojan Lodge
American Legion
Marion Post
Marion Methodist Church
Marian Cone
John
Thomas
Pleasant Hill
Charles Hales
Fort Madison
Pilger
Hales
R. C. Ayres
Lee County
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Auschwitz Man Found in Paraguay Names and Extradition Denied
Dr. Simon Wiesenthal reports Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele living as a Paraguayan millionaire under various aliases including Ballastroem. Paraguay refuses extradition. Wiesenthal cites 40 000 murders at Auschwitz and ongoing pursuit. Also mentioned: Nebraska road crew accident in Lincoln to Norfolk. two survivors.
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Amsterdam
Joseph Mengele
Auschwitz
Paraguay
South America
Simon Wiesenthal
Vienna
Presidential plane rebuilt as flying auditorium
Johnson’s Boeing 707 refitted with folding interior walls built in microphones and loudspeakers to serve as an in-flight conference room and aerial news conference venue. The modular redesign allows the office lounge and bedroom to convert into a large conference space, with seats facing the tail and the presidential suite situated nearby.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Johnson
White House
John
Alison
New
York
Rep
Celler
Duhat
Tanker Fire Kills Six in Verona Highway Crash
A gasoline tanker fire spread from a 10 car wreck on a Verona highway killing six people and injuring eleven, with flames engulfing the wreckage and surrounding vehicles.
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Verona
Italy
Game Warden and Officials Charged Over Moose Limit
PORT ARTHUR Ont AP A game warden a sheriff and a law assessor from Grand Marais Minnesota pled innocent to illegal hunting for allegedly exceeding the moose limit. Charles Ott Cook County Sheriff Emerson Morris and Harry Popham ordered to report for trial on April 20.
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Ont
Grand Marais
Minn
Charles Ott
Minnesota ‘Department of Conservation
Cook County
Emerson Morris
Harry Popham
Insurance Man Misreads Ad For Dam Family TV Night
A puzzled insurer struggles to parse a TV ad announcing the Dams family program at 7 30 PM Friday on KCRG TV Channel 9. The garbled message hints at a local feature or segment.
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Channel 9
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