Blue Pencil Problems Haunt Early TV Ethics Code
A television industry grapples with self censorship as a committee drafts ethics rules for onscreen indecencies and sensitivities. Examples include a near televised strip act, language and wardrobe slips, animal antics, and uncensored crowd shots that challenge blunt neutrality and proper appeal to family audiences.
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Twins Born in Two States Across Mississippi River
Ronnie and Lonnie Hasty, newborn twins, arrived on different days in two states. Lonnie was born in Bell City, Missouri, before midnight, then the family traveled to Cairo, Illinois, where Ronnie arrived more than 10 hours later.
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Cougar records speed of North American big cat
A mountain lion is described as the continent’s fastest animal with a top burst covering 100 yards in about three seconds. The text notes the animal’s lean lungs and quick fatigue after rapid sprints.
Wisconsin vets housing ideas gathered in Madison
A Madison conference drew industry labor banking and local housing agencies to propose how to carry out a state veterans housing program. The meeting aimed to draft suggestions for legislation and to back a constitutional amendment allowing state aid to veterans housing, previously endorsed by a 1947 legislature special session and needing voter approval in 1949.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Veterans Housing
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