FCC Chief urges network regulation to aid stations
Washington reports that FCC chairman Newton Minow urged direct regulation of television networks to help local stations serve the public interest. He criticized much children’s TV as wasteful and said re licensing could be withheld from stations with high crime and violence content. NAB president Collins backed self regulation and enforcement to remove unsavory programming.
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Chanton Corte
Hook Kehen
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Newton D. Minow
Minow
Senate Subcommittee
Commission
Congress
Leroy Cellius
Florida
National Assa of Broadcasters
Collins
NAB
Wenu
Thomas J Dodd
D-Conn
Bee
Ja Station
Hes 25
NAB Presi
Dent
Kennedy push on Fifth Amendment immunity faces ACLU rebuke
Washington authorities face a push for new powers to compel testimony from Fifth Amendment witnesses in federal investigations of labor racketeering and gambling. ACLU official Lawrence Speiser argues the measures threaten constitutional protections, while Kennedy defends seven proposals to bolster crime control including immunity in exchange for testimony and stricter controls on gambling information and slot machine shipments.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Lawrence Speiser
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Diner Panic as Skunk Wanders Through Topeka Fair
At Topeka world food fair attended by 23 000 people a skunk wandered into a coffee house on the grounds causing about 75 patrons to scramble for exits. Rangers later identified the animal as a deodorized pet that had escaped from its owners.
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Topeka, Kun
Topeka
Kennedy defends use of marshals for Freedom Riders
U S Marshal Rider Duty cost 225000 says Gen Rupert Kennedy told Senate subcommittee the sum covered travel and overtime for 100 special deputy marshals sent into Alabama after law enforcement broke down. He defended action, noting riders had right to travel and praised Louisiana officials handling. Senate questions and Kefauver support, ICC to hear Aug 15 on ban against racial segregation in interstate bus facilities.
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Kennedy
Jennings & Co
Chicago
Flershey Manufacturing Co
Melvan Mclaenbs
Jennings
United States
Martin M. Nelsin
Washington
Baily Manufacturing, Co
China
Hiltons
Washington-U
Auly
Rupert F. Kennedy
Alabama
Freedom Riders
McClellan
Sen. Allen
Ellen
Sian
Montgomery
Justice Department of
Clellan
Lienders
Fiender
Louisiana
Estes Kefauver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Symphony Convention Draws Charleston Orchestra Leaders
Geoffrey Holiday director and conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Mrs Charles Isbell president of the Women's Committee attend the American Symphony Orchestra League convention opening Wednesday in Philadelphia. Isbell will join a panel on Cooperation of the Arts and report on the Call-A-Thon that aids season memberships. A two week Call A Thon earlier raised calls to support local projects via the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. The Dunsker City convention at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel aims to boost leadership in regional symphony and arts organization operations.
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Geoffrey Holiday
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Isbell
American Symphony
Orchetra League
Phiadelphia
Ishedl Ts
Wert
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Benjamin Frankin Hotel
Dunsker City
League
Hungary Jails 12 Catholics For Plot to Overthrow Reds
In Budapest, a communist court jailed twelve Roman Catholics, including several priests, for 2 to 12 years each on charges of plotting to overthrow the regime. Rev. Odor Lenard received 7 2 years, accused as leader of a Catholic movement to create a Christian Hungary. The trial sent a Westward signal, framing the case as anti state while denying church blame.
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Budapest
Hungary
Odor Lenard
Istvan Tabody
Istvan Bimbo
Vatican
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Fr. Jenard
Dedeon Barlay
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