Factfinder for TV shows works from library of oddities
Gene Handsaker profiles Keilani de Forest a 40 year old fact checker for television. In Desilu’s library he verifies scripts and pushes factual accuracy from 52 points in one seven page review. He runs a team of five assistants, handles per show fees, and safeguards against anachronisms and misnaming while supporting 38 TV series since 1951.
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Spy
Morrocco
Id America
DeForest
Lee deForest
Big Valley
U.S
Harvard
George Smith
Verdi
Joan Pearce
Forest Research
Westervliet
Pearce
Navy
Kennedy Center Work Delayed Near Harvard Yard
Boston report says the Kennedy Library project faces delays as the current Cambridge yard site for MBTA transit may not be moved yet. Construction could start by October 1968 with a 1970 spring opening. The Kennedy collection boasts 14.9 million manuscript pages plus vast photo, film, and audio archives.
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Cornelius F. Hurley
Boston
Beacon Hill
Streat
Massachusetts State House
Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Cambridge
Charles River
Harvard University
Winthrop House
Harvard
Cambridge Yards
Boston- Cambridge
Harvard Square
John F. Kenedy School of Government
Kennedy Center
Graduate School of Public Administration
John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government
NBC
CBS
Eisenhower Bradley Dedicate D Day Mural at West Point
West Point is hosting a D Day mural dedication by former President Eisenhower and General Bradley. The event opens June Week at the U.S. Military Academy with 584 cadets to graduate next Wednesday at Michie Stadium. The class of 1744, including Eisenhower’s son John, inspired the mural painted by William Linzee Prescott. Stanley R. Resor will speak. notable graduates include James D. Fowler Jr., first Black graduate, son of Col. James D. Fowler.
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West ‘Point
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Normanly
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Wiliam Linzee Prescott
Mexico
Eisenhower
John
Europe
Bradley
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Miche Stadium
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
James D. Fowler Jr
Col
James D. Fowler
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Farmland Area in U.S. Reaches 1,139 Billion Acres
The report states that there are 1,139 billion acres of farmland in the United States, indicating the total land area under agricultural use across the country. This territorial figure underscores the scale of U.S. agricultural resources and could influence policy and market discussions.
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U.S
Wherever You Go It Is Mao Editor's Note
A Japanese observer reports from China in 1947 about the ubiquity of Mao Tse tung imagery and propaganda. She describes receiving Mao quotations, watching songs and dances praising Mao, and seeing officials and conductresses wearing Mao red cameos while traveling from Hong Kong to Canton. The piece notes the pervasive cult of personality and the vast effort behind the Great Wall building.
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China
U.S
Nishio
Pering
Mao
Mao Tsetung
Hong Kong
Shumechun
Mao Tse-tung
Canton
Tor
Egypt
Liu Shao-chi
Fredom
Tese
Peking
Shanghai
Chengchow
Aong the Great
Fatshan
Docking to Appear At Eagles Convention
Kansas Governor Robert Docking and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Robert Hansen will speak at the 49th annual convention of the Kansas State Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles in Wichita. The auxiliary holds its 17th annual convention with the four day event.
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Wichita
Kansas
Robert Docking
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
Robert Hansen
Kanass State Aerie
Order of Eagles
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Lke. Bradley
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