NBC Seeks All News Format To Grow Radio Ratings
NBC officials propose a new NBC National News and Information Service offering up to 50 minutes of network news per hour and six minutes of network commercials aimed at boosting audiences for leading stations. The service, costing about 10 million dollars first year and employing 250, targets 75 of the top 100 markets by June 1, 1947, with affiliates free to join or decline.
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New York
NBC Radio
NBC
Jack G. Thayer
NBC National News and Information Service
Thayer
U.S
Russell C. Tornadone
NBC Radio Network
Author Agee says CIA still watches him and Cuba ties cited
Washington Whirl reports Philip Agee claims ongoing CIA surveillance in Paris during 1971-72 and four trips to Havana. The piece notes Agee’s past as a CIA field officer, alleged Cuba–Soviet links via DRI, and his claim of being followed as recently as last Christmas. It also mentions Nixon tax debt and Church heading Senate CIA inquiry per Who's Who in the CIA.
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Agee
Paris
Havana
CIA
Madrid
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
IRS
Frank Church
Didahe
Senate
Germany
Big John the health nut and a life of excess
Jim Bishop recounts Big John a health addict who chased cures from Epsom salts to doctors in Teaneck and Lou Bennett in Florida. He stockpiled wine hid from family and drank heavily while aging, collecting medical lists, family trips to Centennial celebrations, and a stubborn, stubborn appetite amid illness. He dies at 85 after a life of quack cures and extravagant spending.
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Big John
Florida
Louis Bennett
Lou
Kroll
Bennett
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Einstein
Gentle era ledger recalls a calm American life
A family ledger chronicles leisurely eccentricities and charitable donations from daily expenses to trips costing a few dollars, tea at home, lessons, books, and communal giving. The historian contrasts those tranquil times with modern Bicentennial fever and expensive travel, questioning how to honor 200 years of American life.
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Harriet Ward Beecher
Reed House
Erie
Scott's Opera House
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Erie Academy
St. Kansas
Peru
Father
America
Oil profits spark columnist call for Jamieson to act
The columnist questions Exxon chairman J. K. Jamieson over 1973 earnings of 2.44 billion and 1972-73 profit gains, contrasting with peers Marathon Gulf Sohio Shell and urging bold action. The piece argues oils should celebrate profits with growth and dividends, not embarrassment, and warns of rising gas prices if profits surge.
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Exxon Corporation
United States
J. K. Jamieson
Exxon
Marathon
Jamieson
Gulf
Sohio
Shell
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By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
ABC
United Press International
Audio Service
Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS Radio
AP Radio
Associated Press’ Radio Division
Socker Uni Acuivitil
Uiversito Uditorium
Philip Agee
Central Intelligence Agency
Latin America
DRI
Soviet Kgb
Latin American
Cuba
Ecuador
Uruguay
South America
By Jack Anderson
Corwall
England
Toronto
Leslie Donegan
Spain
San Sebastian
Torrelavega
Jim Bishop
Victor Lindlahr
Schenley
Dad
Lundy’s
Sheepshead Bay
Bernard Kroll
Teaneck
New Jersey
Bernie
Krall
John
Philly
Kelly
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