Bringing In TV Network Show Is Complicated Operation
Claud O Shields of WECT TV Wilmington explains how bringing network shows to Wilmington requires heavy long lines and costly AT T connections. He notes WECT earns about 45000 monthly but pays 7600 to receive network programs and cites Nielsen saturation around 51 percent rising to over 90 percent per ARB and CP LCo surveys. He seeks more daytime NBC content and more Westerns due to strong regional viewer demand.
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Claud O’shields
Wect-Tv
Wilmington
ABC
CBS
NBC
Carolina
Disney
Pat Boone
O'Shields
At&t
O’shields
New
Neilsen
American Research Bureau
Carolina Power & Li Co
Arger
Crazy Horse Led Sioux at Little Bighorn Battle
Historical note clarifies Crazy Horse commanded Sioux forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn while Sitting Bull served as a spiritual figure and did not lead the fight. The common attribution to Sitting Bull is incorrect.
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Sitting Bull
Custer
the Little Big Horn
Crazy Horse
Prairie dogs described as rodents related to marmots
Prairie dogs are not actually dogs but small rodents. They resemble marmots and measure about 16 inches long with small ears and short tails. Their name derives from warning calls that sound like a yappy dog bark.
Planning a Trip 1 Rolling down o
Puzzle style clues reference travel themed crossword entries with numbered hints. Read as a sequence of terse prompts for words including sea related terms and geographic hints. The list blends geography languages and oblique cues across ordinal numbers and place names.
Woman Defends 350 Acres in Texas Tent Stand
Mrs Irene Cliett, 59, remained in a wall tent near Waller Texas with a loaded shotgun to defend 350 acres amid a legal dispute over ownership. Courts ruled her former partner Scott and his heirs entitled to half of 703 acres. marshal’s office awaiting court action.
Slam Missed Norths Fault in Four Spades
In a four spades contract from South and North, North is blamed for a flaw that blocked the slam. North's two club response and later four clubs misled, while a four diamonds bid would have clarified and kept the contract on track.
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Atlanta
North
South
Hearts
Ner
Soviet expedition finds undersea peaks in North Atlantic
Discovery London Moscow radio reports three undersea mountain peaks up to 3250 feet high in the middle North Atlantic at depths around 13000 feet. The peaks are believed volcanic. the expedition ship Mikhail Lomonosov would relay findings back to the South.
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London
Moscow Radio
North Atlantic
Science Expedition
Mikhail Lomonosov
Ball Lightning Described as Floating Fireballs
A description explains ball lightning as floating fire spheres the size of balloons that form in clouds and drift downward until they strike the ground, classed as true lightning phenomena.
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Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
High Point
Carolina Tri-City Termite CO
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WBTV
Charlotte
Sea Hunt
Channel
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RCA Victor
Dumont
Admiral
Television Sales & Service
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R.K.O
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U.S. Marshal's Office
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North’s
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Richard Widmark
Trevor Howard
Jane Greer
SALSO
Teeeere
Pire Wss Ama
Archdale
Rita Hayworth
Mica Sack Lemmon
Acousticon
S. G. Hamlet
Washington St
Technicolor
Great Southwest
Bary Sullivan
Ates Beam
Donald G
Johnson
Snipes
Johnson and Upton
U Supply Co. No. 2
West End
Donald
Johnson and Upton TV Service
Midway Theatre
Outhh Mast Recaliou
Nsopealine Avi
John Agar
Gloria Talbott
James Craig
David O. Selznick
Ernest Hemingway
Rock Hudson
Jennifer Jones
Vittorio DE Sica
Cinemascope
Sone
Comtery
Sores
Audrey Totter
Gregory Walcott
James Dobson
Orville Arampton
Alle Gordon
Edward Lar
Furr Beg
Paramount
Wsls-Tv
Roanoke
Joan
Pathe
Jack Paar
Prtton Ettee
Dayton Tires
Hughes Tire Service, Inc
North Main
Wunc-Tv
Chapel Hill
Southern Playboys
T Edwards
Jaycee Jollies
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