Two Minorities to Star on Television in Fall
AP reports the 1960s season will feature Negro performers in about a quarter of shows, with guest stars and regulars across dramas and comedies. Women also gain prominence as leads in variety and sitcoms, including Carol Burnett and Phyllis Diller, while Lucille Ball remains a fixture as she ages.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Network
Picore
Carol Burnett
Phyllis Diller
Lucille Ball
Lucie
Desi Arnaz
TV Land
Laurie
Lynn
Linda
Barbara Stanwyck
Big Valley
Bea
Andy Griffith
Mayberry
Eve Arden
Kaye Ballard
Mystery Monitor Seekers Probe Cape Hatteras Wreck
A North Carolina led group uses a proton magnometer to locate wrecks off Hatteras in a nine square mile zone. The aim is to find and raise the submarine era USS Monitor, famed for its turret and Civil War role, though officials say it remains unconfirmed and the Navy shows no interest in claiming it.
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Bob Martin
Norfolk, Va
New Jersey
Pacific
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Hampton Roads
John Ericson
Greenpoint Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Robert F. Marx
Union Ironclad
Hatteras
North Carolina
North Carolina Tidewater Services, Inc
Samuel P. Townsend
State Department of Archives and Histo
Robert L. Simmons
Simmons
Marx
E. M. Eller
Naval History
Navy
Townsend
Gallup finds GOP Vietnam pledge drawn wide support
Princeton New Jersey AP reports a Gallup Poll showing 66 percent of the electorate would back a candidate who would pursue de Americanization of the Vietnam war. The finding aligns with supporters of Nixon McCarthy and Humphrey and echoes Eisenhower era strategy from 1952.
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Princeton
Gallup
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Boat Builders Lacked Patience Says Expert
Frank Zsabo, 58, a shipyard operator in Carson, says most amateur boat builders lack patience. He notes only about a fifth of his customers finish boats, with some remaining unfinished for a decade.
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Carson
Calif
Frank Zsabo
Zsabo
Isabo
Triumph and Tragedy The Story of the Kennedys
The Associated Press announces a forthcoming hardbound book titled Triumph and Tragedy The Story of the Kennedys about the famed family. Built from contributors of The Torch Is Passed, the volume will be fully illustrated in color and black and white.
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Ireland
Associated Press
Kennedy
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Cote Des Neiges
Montreal
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Mars
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Monitor
Atlantic
Lil's Cape and Apartments
Holly
Colorado
S. Main Street
Nice
Scotsman
Lillian Swisher
Tony Thornton
Springfield, Mo
W. A. Dillon
Lamar
Debra Barnes
Gallup, N.M
Mexico
N.M
W. M. Renick
Rium PH
Kennedys
CAP and
Garden City
Kans
Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Ard
Kansas
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