Television Permit Freeze Holds Over Detroit Airwaves
The FCC extended a three year halt on new TV station permits starting Oct. 1 1948 with no end in sight. The agency delays color plans channel allocations and hearings while battling legal challenges to CBS color method. The industry awaits hearings slated to begin mid October and further FCC actions.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Channeils
Wayne Coy
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Battlefront notebook marks UN victory turning point in Korea
Hal Boyle's correspondent recounts Inchon to Seoul as UN forces flip from retreat to breakthrough. vivid scenes include amtracs crossing Han River, street fighting in Seoul, refugees, and a notebook capturing the rapid shift and the battle's remembered moments.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
U. N
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Inchon
Seoul
Han
Pull Up a Chair and Quips on Food and Film
A mosaic of recall bits covers meat tenderizing using dehydrated papaya, wartime rationing attitudes toward offal, a widow seeking a housekeeper, and a note on the clarinet’s sticky keys. It touches on a shuttered Oakland paper, major eye diseases, a laughing teacher joke, and wartime jeeps, with reflections on city, state, and national broadcasting reach and six months to relief in TV channel distribution.
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Newark
Oakland Calif. Post-Enquirer
Washington
France
Denmark
Germany
Revere
Mass
Foreign Flowers Baffle Botanists
In Surrey a 30 foot World War Two bomb crater hosts twenty five foreign plants not previously seen in Britain. Botanists suspect deliberate planting from Europe after ruling out seeds in the explosion and bird dispersal. Native species are slowly returning, with some aliens edging beyond the crater rim.
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INS
Britain
Box Hill
Surrey County
Europe
Germany
Balkans
J. E. Lousley
British Botanical Society
Cherokee Indian Fair Opens With Native Craft Exhibits
Indian fair at Cherokee Cherokee Nation opens tomorrow with exhibitions limited to Cherokees and featuring Indian crafts and products. An unrelated note states that the average capacity of frozen food locker plants in the United States is about 500 boxes.
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United States
Doan's Pills Offer Relief From Backache And Fatigue
Daily aches from aging and stress may slow kidney function causing backache loss of pep headaches and dizziness. Night trips and frequent urination can stem from bladder irritation. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic, have helped millions for over 50 years, flushing waste from kidney tubes and filters.
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Dean
Doan
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