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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1960
Page
4
AP reports that news services newspapers TV and radio firms will spend billions to cover the nominating conventions. Large staffs and costly wire hookups are needed to bring timely reports and pictures to stay-at-homes. One estimate puts TV coverage alone above 18 million dollars, including coverage costs and lost sponsor revenue.
First waves of Colorado State College summer students arrive in Greeley as housing needs rise. Off campus apartments are scarce for couples and singles with Hadden Hall remodeling reducing rooms. Anyone with available units should contact CSC housing office El 27070 Ext 61. pre session opens June 14.
The piece details Westinghouse, CBS, NBC and other networks selling convention and election coverage, with Westinghouse paying six million dollars for partial airtime and expecting strong July and August sales for appliances while aiming to promote the total electric home. It also notes Greta Thyssen’s brief court case in Los Angeles and a Danish judge’s remark about her jail term suspended.
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission charges before the Colorado Supreme Court that Continental refused to hire Marlon Green, a Lansing, Michigan applicant, due to race. The commission seeks to overturn a 1959 Denver District Court ruling, arguing Green was qualified and passed over in favor of nonwhite applicants.
Saletan Farm Bureau members met at the school to discuss conservation and film saving efforts. Oscar Swanson presided as committee reports were read and approval given to install gate signs for all members.
Continental League founder Shea presses Sen. Kenneth Keating to bring the Kefauver bill to the Senate floor for a vote. He warns further delays harm expansion aims, and cites Branch Rickey’s endorsement as support, while criticizing American Association leadership.
Pat Nundell, 20, of Salida, a Western State College student, drowned after a boating accident two miles north of Gunnison. His boat struck a pier and overturned. four companions swam ashore while Nundell remained with the craft. His body was found two hours later on a small island, located from the river by a search plane.
Marjorie O'Brien, 25, a polio survivor and night nurse, will earn a bachelor of science degree from Boston College School of Nursing a week from today. She was stricken in 1955 while a student nurse and confined to a hospital wheelchair.
Salisbury reports that Rhodesia has ordered a ceiling on television advertising. Only axl minutes of ads are allowed per hour for four hours each day, with implementation details to follow.
NBC introduces a Sunday mystery series promising summer hit status. The second episode Thunder of Silence follows a police action tale set at a state school for the deaf with a superintendent under suspicion. scenes with deaf children feel real and poignant.
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