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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
5
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Howard K. Smith, cut loose from CBS, says he expects to return to network television soon. He is negotiating a show with a sponsor rather than a network and plans freelancing for educational TV projects while he travels to Berlin on a documentary about East-West relations. He views TV as an educational tool but prefers freelance, adult-oriented commercial work.
Kansas City AP reports the Missouri Case Court of Appeals affirms a 75 dollar speeding fine against William Birch Hunt a Columbia Missouri druggist. The case began four years earlier with a 400 dollar conviction that was overturned over jury instruction errors and later technicalities. The suit tested Missouri's 1957 speed law setting 70 mph daytime 65 mph night limits.
New York AP reports the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in mid-Manhattan was officially lit Thursday night. The 85 foot Norway spruce now gleams with 3,750 multicolored lights and 250 tiny snow men adorn the skating rink area, marking the season’s start.
A dense list of December airings across stations features Huckleberry Hound, Route 66, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, How the Weather and News blocks, and multiple movies and religious programs. Names include Warren, Griffith, and various network titles in a regional guide.
Preview listings note Route 66 and Sunset Strip episodes with dramatic incidents atop a skyscraper and a haunted plot involving a killer, plus music on Bell Telephone Hour and a Carthage drama. Channel lineups include Channel 5 13 9 and 4 with films spanning Tokyo Comanche Dark Hazard and a live operatic offering.
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