Susskind Quiet Comeback Shapes Network Turnaround
David Susskind, once a prolific independent producer, is staging a subtle comeback as a network player. He predicts a quality shift next year, with tailored programs, stronger sponsor judgment, and renewed television prestige, while lining up CBS East Side West Side and NBC Show of the Week projects and a potential Hootenanny replacement on ABC. NBC also plans to keep Johnny Carson for another year, silencing Tonight Show host rumors.
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New York
David Susskind
Packagress
Comek
Susskind
Talent Associates
Coventry
Federal Communications Commission
Hollywood
CBS
West Side
George C. Scott
NBC
Johnny Carson
Network
Television schedule snapshot for February 13
The page lists a dense, ad hoc network of TV program blocks across channels from morning through late night. Notable items include Mickey Mouse Club, Perry Mason, Beverly Hillbillies, Donna Reed, Dick Van Dyke, Wagon Train, and life news segments with weather and sports interleaves.
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Torey and Friends
Ken
Scope
Dickens Chronicle
Virginian
Doble Gillis
Beverly Hillbillies
Donna Reed
Dick van Dyke
Our Man Higgins
Eleventh Hour
Circle Theater City
News
Steve Allen
Johnny Carson
Wayne Poucher
Stoney Burke
Peter Gunnit
Cochise
Pny
Almanac
Our Times
College of the Air
Cartoo
Columbia
Captain
Deputy
Felix
Jack LaLanne
Pete and
Gladys
Jane
Tomaroe
Guiding Light
News 1206
Ernie Foré
Newa
Speak Up
Ee Report
Bette
Merv Griffin
Danny
Eye of ‘Night
Torey
Eazzie
Harriet
Tdteline
Peter Gunn
Unity Daily Word
Faith
Births and local notices from Eudora and De Soto area
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mason announce a daughter Debra Ann born January 21 at Law Marshall Nunn with Louis Mason and family in Lawrence as grandparents. Sandra Lynne Neustifter born January 23 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, with Harvey Pitts and the Neustifter line listed. A bridal shower honors Ruth Ann Goodrum, now Mrs. Jim Payne of Topeka, former De Soto pupil at Washburn University. Several church study courses and community activity details follow, including Brownie and Cub Scout events and a list of radio program schedules and local notices.
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Jerry Mason
Debra Ann
Law Marshall Nunn
Louis Mason
Lawrence
WLCS
Abe Jennings
Harved Doud
Ray Long
Donald Bagby
H. S. Woodard
Galen Rider
Keith Starr
Jerry Harris
Bob Wolf
Dick Ford
Delores Oelschlaeger
Connie Burkhardt
Rex Burkhardt
David Miller
Glen Jarmin
Pete Edelbrock
John Kurtz
DeSoto
Methodist Church
Jim Payne
Jim Payne. Mrs. Payne, the Former Ruth Ann Goodrum
Clyde Goodrum
Edelbrock
Washburn University
Paynes
Topeka
William L. Neustifter, Jr
Sandra Lynne
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harvey Pitts
William L. Neustifter
William L. Neustifter Sr
Tammy Schmidt
Kathy Mason
Ralph Mathia
Charles Schmidt
Kim
Kip
Tammy
Charles Mason
Gary
Kathy
Billy
Sylvia Hannon
Arrington
Don Burns
Effingham
Marvin Kasson
California
Raymond Kurtz
Gelen Rider
Jim Guy
Guy
Joe Devis
TV PREVIEWS FRIDAY NIGHT LINEUP AND DRAMA TRAILERS
Channel listings preview an evening of televised dramas and variety shows. Highlights include Dickens Chronicle with Robert Stephens and Clive Revill, Western Virginian plotlines, Going My Way with Gene Kelly, Beverly Hillbillies antics, Perry Como Show reruns, Circle Theater Ordeal by Fire, Eleventh Hour mystery, and classic dramas Bad Guy and Whiplash.
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Robert Stephens
Dickens
Rosemary Harris
Douglas Campbell
Melville Cooper
Ruth White
Richard Waring
Clive Revill
Oliver
Sam Weller
THE
Granny
Ozark
Pearl
Bea Benaderet
Clampetts
Irene Ryan
Perry Como
Perry
Dorothy Collins
Lorin Hollander
Miss Collins
Mr. Hollander
Lirst
Peter Gennaro
Como
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS AND DOWN CLUES
Puzzle clues list with historical lod per i guessing from a crossword grid. The reader tracks across and down items. Answers include Japanese sash and other common terms reflected in a vintage puzzle style.
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Mr. Smith
Fess Parker
Washington
Eudora
TV Today
Dana Wynter
James Drury
Duke
Scott Miller
Susan Oliver
Trevor Bardette
Lily Legend
Gene Kelly
Leo G. Carroll
Keir Dullea
Susan Kohner
Circle Theater
Leo Leyden
Ben Conley
Julie London
Graham
Jack Ging
Dane Clark
Alexis Smith
Zachary Scott
Channel 5
Bruce Cabot
Virginia Grey
Edward Norris
Amatoria
Miss West
Diving Bird
Brother
Advisor
United Nations
Aui
Florabundas
Luc Waz
Eed
Throluc
Jeff Cobb
London
Nancy
Loredo Crockett
Beetle Bailey
David Crane
Dick Tracy
Tory
B.C
Mutt ‘N
Jeff
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