Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Cancelled By CBS
CBS Television Network cancels the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour amid a clash over material and network control, with Tom and Dick Smothers denying the network’s claims and accusing CBS of attempting to remove them from the air. The dispute centers on taped material and delays, with a June 15 expiration for reruns and ongoing talks with affiliates. The report also notes a related CBS dispute over censorship and a separate legal action by Jackie Mason. Navy also announces immediate enlistment processing for interested young men.
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Stanley W. Darden
New York
UPI
Columbia Broadcasting System Television Network
Smothers Brothers
Tom and
Smothers
CBS
Cbs-Tv
Robert D. Wood
Wood
Los Angeles
Tom Smothers
Brothers
the Smothers
CBS Program Department
Broadcast Practices Division
David Steinberg
Joan Baez
Jackie Mason
Mason
Hayakawa compares radicals to Nazis at Oregon talk
Dr. S I Hayakawa acting president of San Francisco State College warned at the Oregon high school International Relations League conference that today’s radicals echo Hitler era rhetoric. He spoke at the University of Oregon with Robert Scheer, who called the United States a modern imperialist nation and as authoritarian as other societies.
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Robert Scheer
Ramparts Magazine
United States
Hayakawa
San Francisco State
Ships cleared to leave Seattle port with Alaska cargo
Seattle longshoremen cleared two ships and a barge to sail for Alaska with emergency supplies. The Sea-Land Service van ship Anchorage loaded this morning and headed to Anchorage with 300 van loads. the Alaska Steamship Co barge 275 loaded at pier 46 for southeast Alaska with about 150 vans. The actions followed pleas from Alaska officials and local groups, and include 500 tons of seed, feed, and fertilizer destined for Matanuska Valley farmers.
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Seattle
UPS
International
Alaska
Sea—Land Service
Anchorage
Alaska Steamship Co
Pier
Matanuska
Poole Sailor Hero Rescues 3-Year-Old From Train Wheels
In Poole England a navy sailor leaped from a railroad car to pull 3 year old Julie Coslett to safety as the train stopped briefly. He refused to identify himself but smiled and returned to the train grease stained and hailed a hero by onlookers and the conductor.
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Poole
England
UPI
Julie Coslett
Julie
Barbara Coslett
Priscilla King
Ernest Livermore
Palm Springs hippie war ends as mayor blames rock concerts
Palm Springs shut down a week of hippie unrest after 12,000 homesteading hippies and yippies left the desert town. Mayor Howard Wiesels blamed rock music promoted to keep youths out of trouble. City losses ran into thousands as arrests reached 311 and shoppers avoided downtown stores during the invasion.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Howard Wiesels
Desert Spa
Agua Caliente
Wiesels
Tahquitz Canyon
State Department weighs steps on yacht release case
Washington and Hong Kong authorities consider what steps might appropriately be taken to obtain the release of Simco Baldwin and Miss Bessie Hope Donald after China's seizure of their Laguna Beach Florida yacht on February 10 over alleged territorial violations. State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey said he was not sure the accusation was valid.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Hong Kong
China
Simco
Baldwin
Laguna Beach
Fla
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Robert J. McCloskey
Sirhan Sirhan parole odds if given life sentence
If Sirhan B. Sirhan receives a life sentence for the Kennedy slaying he could apply for parole in seven years California law sets life at 10 years with good behavior time shared to seven. Defense says unlikely release while prosecutors near resting their case after 88 witnesses in three months.
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Sirhan
Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Grant Cooper
Twister season opens in Midwest Alley
Tornado watches were issued across the Midwest as twisters touched down near Kansas City and Drexel Missouri, with minor damage reported in several towns. Heavy rain and hail affected Nebraska and Illinois while Iowa City faced river flooding and Cedar Rapids saw rising waters. The Weather Bureau lifted watches as reports of snowmelt and mild nationwide conditions emerged.
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Midwest
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Lacyne
Kan
Drexel
Missouri
Beaver Crossing
Neb
Nebraska
Illinois
Cherokee
Iowa
Tom Boothby
Little Sioux
Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa City
Riverside Drive
Fine Arts Center
University of Iowa
Weather Bureau
Minnesota River
Mankato
Minn
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Washington
Rockies
Southwest
Jamestown
N.C
Key West Naval Air Station
Fla
Beilenson Bill Aims to Shield Testifying Workers
Sacramento senator Beilenson plans a bill to bar employers from firing employees who testify before government bodies. Dismissal would incur up to 25000 dollars in damages, prompted by a General Telephone employee fired after testifying to the Public Utilities Commission. The measure targets retaliation against those exercising constitutional rights.
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Sacramento
UPI
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills Democrat
General Telephone Co
Jerry Finerock
Public Utilities Commission
Nixon on vacation in Florida with Easter plans and quiet sessions
President Nixon vacationed at his Florida seaside estate for Easter with family and planned church services. A Friday meeting with top advisers at the Rebozo villa discussed domestic priorities to be sent to Congress after the recess.
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Helen Thomas
Nixon
Congress
Bayside Villa
Charles G
Bebe’ Rebozo
Robert Finch
White House
Robert Burns
Daniel P. Moynihan
John D. Erlichman
Congressional
Bryce Harlow
Johnson
Rebozo
Julie
Florida White House
Grand Cay
Bahamas
Robert Abplanap
New York
Precision Valve Co
David Eisenhower
David
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lawmakers Propose Withholding Tax to Cut Property Welfare Costs
Sacramento Assemblyman Gordon Duffy proposes a state withholding income tax to fund welfare programs and reduce county property tax burdens. The plan shifts welfare costs onto the income tax base with the state covering most welfare costs, while ASP Bill Bagley earlier introduced a similar withholding measure in this session.
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Sacramento
UPS
Duffy
William T. Bag«ley
ReSan Anselmo
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