Many Television Shows Never Get Off Their Launching Pads
Cynthia Lowry notes the fragility of preproduced episodes for new TV series while established hits like Hazel survive with head starts. She cites CBSs Judy Garland show delays and network shifts, NBCs Espionage timing, and plans to adapt That Was the Week That Was. The piece also mentions CBSs Town Meeting of the World and the annual Amahl broadcast with previews and recommended tonight slots.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
Hazel
CBS
Judy Garland
Ben Casey
Vince Edwards
NBC
Britain
Mr. Novak
Garry Moore
Dorothy Loudon
Roy Castle
Brock Peters
Earnings Tax Election Set for Ber 17 in Kansas City
Kansas City council formalized a February special election date for a proposed earnings tax of one half of one percent. Mayor W. Davis said he has asked the finance director to prepare other tax ordinances if the measure fails. The city projects about $6 million yearly from the tax, with one third from nonresidents working inside the city.
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Kaneas City
Mayer Llus W. Davis
Rollin Agard
Davis
Doodlebug Catches Fire Near Hutchinson
A two car Santa Fe Doodlebug train caught fire Monday night five miles east of Hutchinson. The front engine ignited but the train continued to move to reach help. Fire crews ran 10 blocks to the depot to subdue the blaze. Passengers rode in the second car to Dodge City.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Santa Fe
Pearl Kline
Dodge City
Dillon Pushes Kennedy Tax Cut To Byrd On Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon opened a lobbying push for the $11 billion tax reduction with Senate Finance Committee chief Harry F. Byrd watching closely. Dillon urged early action before year end, arguing the relief would boost spending and investment while expanding tax revenue in the long run. He suggested removing capital gains provisions to press forward, warning delay risks the economy. The plan would trim taxes for low income families and middle earners, potentially lifting 1.5 million from the tax rolls and cutting take more for higher earners in 1961.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Dillon
Pyrd
Virginia Democrat
Treasury
Kenner
Itis
House
Young knitter tops fair in Kansas competition
Eleven year old Rita Turner of Kingman Kansas won top honors in the knitting contest at the county fair. Her mother finished second in the same event.
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Kingman, Kan
Rita Turner
Rita
Break in Pep Pill Ring in Platte City
Peace officers link a supply chain that fed pep pills to Kansas penitentiary inmates. Mike Barone, 49, a Platte County maintenance plumber, was arrested Sunday night on felonious possession charges after officers found 25,000 amphetamine sulphate pills and 10 vials of solution. Barone faces a preliminary hearing and a $5,000 bond. Kansas Attorney General William M. Ferguson estimated the seized cargo could fetch $25,000 behind bars. Prison officials say pep pills have been a long-standing problem at the facility.
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Platte City. Mo
Seoken
Kansas
Alausing
Platte County
Mike Barone
Burene
Purene
John Lowmille
Wiliam M. Ferguson
Kansis
Sacramento girl aims for English Channel after Tahoe swim
Leonore Modell a 13 year old Sacramento eighth grader swam Lake Tahoe in 14 hours 34 minutes setting a Tahoe record. Her coach says she plans to train in France for a channel swim next year and hopes to break world records in other countries. Born in Sacramento she learned to swim at age five from her carpenter father George.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lake Tahoe
Leonore Modell
Sierra Mountain Lake
Paul Herron
Sacramento Ymca
Tahoe
Herron
Leonore
France
George
Ar‘penter
Prairie Fire Is Controlled Near Abilene Kansas
A prairie fire blackened a grassland strip three miles wide and ten miles long northwest of Abilene. It threatened Longford until shifting winds and a seven hour battle allowed crews from Ft. Riley, Schilling, Base, and Bennington to contain the blaze southwest of Longford. Farmers freed trapped cattle. saddle horses were ferried from Abilene. no buildings were damaged.
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Abilene
Kan
Longford
Ft. Riley
Schilling Air Fore Base
Bennington
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