Vanik Faces TV Campaign Costs Growing Tenfold
The article notes Charles A. Vanik spent up to 30 000 on TV time to beat Francis Bolton in 1968, a shock that illustrates rising broadcast costs. A Senate Commerce subcommittee weighs a bill offering candidates up to 80 percent discounts in the five weeks before elections, amid concerns incumbents’ advantages and moneyed interests dominate campaigns.
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Washington
Charles A. Vanik
Congress
Vanik
Cleveland
Ohio
Francis P. Bolton
Bolton
Standard Oil
Senate Commerce
New York
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
U.S. House
Senate
House
Firestone Stores Hit With Wage Law Judgments
Two Firestone Tire branches in New Castle and near Greensburg were ordered to pay a total of 10572.60 to 84 employees for minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The New Castle unit must pay 2041 to 15 current and former workers, while the Greensburg-area branch owes 8531 to 19 employees.
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Pittsburgh
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
New Castle
United States District Court
Edward Dumbauld
United States District
Louis Rosenberg
Greensburg
Wage Hour
McKeesport
Saat Richman
Joseph Lambolt
Offbeat Hero and TV Ratings Highlight NBC Night
NBC led the week in national ratings with 20.1, Bob Hope drew 47 percent of sets, while Peter Vanin plays a quirky spy on Destiny of a Spy. The NBC film features Lorne Greene and British actors amid a London setting and a plot linking a 20 year old murder to a weapon project.
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Peter Vanin
NBC
Lorne Greene
London
Rachel Roberts
Bob Hope
Nielsen
Audience Research Organization
CBS
ABC
Red Skelton
Lucy
Hope
Roberta
Ladies in Blue Mark Army Service Clubs 50th Anniversary
Washington AP reports the Army Service Clubs mark 50 years aiding GIs with home comforts since 1919. The Ladies in Blue oversee 250 clubs staffed by 750 women, ensuring no alcohol or gambling, with dances and social events, amid graft allegations circling NCO clubs abroad and at home.
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Army
Ladies In Blue
Army Service Clubs
Senate
Germany
Vietnam
United States
Pat Abertheny
Army Service Club
Miss Abertheny
Abertheny
Caesar
Korea
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