Television enters new era as color and diversity expand reach
The piece notes TV’s 25 year milestone since the 1951 Truman relay, the rise of satellites, and Mars and Moon broadcasts. It cites TBA forecasts for 1976 billings at 6.6 billion, Olympic driven viewing, ABC leading in ratings, CBS and NBC trailing, and new shows including LGBT representations and a Gone With the Wind NBC telecast.
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Truman
Chicago
Apollo
Moon
Viking
Mars
Television Bureau of Advertising
TBA
NBC
Rhoda
Phyllis
Maude
Chico and
the Man
Bob Newhart
Nancy Walker
National
Carter Gains Edge as Democrats Rally Behind Him
Carter unites the Democratic Party, polls show strong cross over support, and independents favor him over Ford. Ford counters with economic stewardship, health and tax reform plans, and emphasizes bread and butter issues to appeal to Main Street voters.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Melvin Laird
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Harris
Carter
Gerald Ford
Democratic Party
Chalet Intry
Labor Union Power Grows in British Press Control Fight
The NUJ presses for a closed shop in British journalism risking editors and independent writers. A national charter for press freedom is debated as Labour and the Trades Union Congress push to expand union power, potentially allowing editors to be forced to join and influencing editorial policy.
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London
William Shakespeare
Fleet Street
Hamlet
Ophelia
National Union of Journalists
NUJ
Trade Union and Labor Relations Act
The
Institute of Journalists
Tribune
Labor
Nation of
Portugal
Resolu
Joe
Britain
Northamptonshire
Evening Telegraph
Chapel
Michael Foot
Buckingham Palace
Harold Wilson
Cardiff
Trades Union Congress
Afl-Cio
America
North Korea
South Africa
Israel
NUJ Council
Labor Movement
Labor Party
TUC
Wilston Churchill
The Tourist Prayer Goes Global and Local
Art Buchwald parodies a Greek Orthodox anti tourist prayer by imagining a tourist reform prayer. He lists humorous lines about planes, luggage, guides, tipping and shopping while invoking Conrad Hilton, Thomas Cook and American Express.
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Times of London
Renee
Conrad Hilton
Thomas Cook
The
American Express
Almanac for August 31 1976 events and birthdays
On this date in history notable moments include Edison’s kinetoscope patent in 1887 and a Packard cross country journey in 1903. Hitler’s 1939 peace offer preceded World War II. Hurricane Carol in 1954 caused 68 deaths and extensive damage. Arthur Godfrey born 1903.
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United Press International
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Arthur Godfrey
Thomas Alva Edison
San Francisco
New York
Adolf Hitler
Poland
New England
New Jersey
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CBS
Montreal
the Butchers Thumbs
Capital
Democrats United
George Govern
Richard Ixon
Robert Bole
Kansas City
Andrew Tully
Mike Foot
House of Commons
Victor Riesel
Art Buchwald
Lord Jesus Christ
Son of God
Heavenly Father
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