Ten Worst TV Awards of 1963 Spoof by Hal Humphrey
Hollywood humorist Hal Humphrey lists absurd contenders for his sixth annual Ten Worst TV Awards. Notable items include worst special event featuring McClellan and Valachi, plus mock categories across drama, game shows, sitcoms, and commercials with dismissive commentary on programs and personalities. The piece ends noting Newton Minow’s planned but unaccepted Wasteland award.
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Hollywood
Alphonse - and - Gaston
John McClellan
D.ark
Cosa Nostra
Joe Valachi
Network TV
New York Society
Paris
NBC
Monaco
Princess Grace
Little Kingdom
CBS
Joan Crawford
Patrick O'Neal
Lauren Bacall
Walter Lippmann
du Pont
Gerald Q. Wert
Art Carney
Hal March
Hans Conried
ABC
Jerry van Dyke
Bill Dana
Jimmy Dean
Jerry Lewis
Dean
Jerry
Channing
Jason Evers
Henry Jones
Jaimie McPheeters
Garry Moore
Danny Kaye
Garry
Allen Funt
Gertrude
FCC
Newton Minow
Minow
TV Campaign Story Skims Surface on JFK Nixon Campaign
Cynthia Lowry reviews ABC’s The Making of the President 1960 and NBC’s The Law and Lee Oswald. The piece notes the program’s timing around Kennedy’s assassination, the limits of TV in explaining a campaign, and discusses Johnson’s earlier nomination challenge and media control ideas.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
John F. Kennedy
White House
Richard M. Nixon
ABC
Theodore H White
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Ted Kennedy
Wyoming
John Kennedy
Ted
NBC
Lee Oswald
Oswald
Dallas
Leonne Daiee
Newton Mimow
Federal Communications Commissioner
Plane Hunt Cancelled After Private Plane Lands Safely
Highway Patrol halted a search in Southeastern Ohio after a private plane believed to have crashed in the area landed safely in Louisville Kentucky. Pilot identified as E Martin of Greencastle Pennsylvania and three passengers were on a flight from Hagerstown Maryland to Tucson Arizona when the craft was reported missing.
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Athens, Ohio
Highway Patrol
Ohio
Louisville
E. Martin
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Tucson
Ariz
Television Highlights for Tonight Airing Across Channels
The schedule lists Out er Limits with ants invasion on CH 2 and 12, Kiss Me Kate starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel on CH 5, Wagon Train on CH 2,12 with a desertion accusation, Lucy Show on CH 7,9 with Wally Cox in hiccup cures, Hollywood and the Stars on CH 5 bus tour, and Bonanza on CH 7 with Hoss returning a strongbox of gold for leprechauns.
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Earth
Kathryn Grayson
Howard Keel
Lucy
Wally Cox
Hollywood and the Stars
Hoss
Meetings Monday Evening Optimist Club and Local Groups
On Monday evening the Optimist Club meets at 6 30 p m in Manchester at 112th and 1093rd Trans Bn 7 30 p m Armory Middletown Civic Symphony performs at 7 30 p m in Middletown High School VFW Post 6405 gathers at 7 30 p m at 1232 Garfield The drum is the oldest musical percussion instrument.
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Manchester
Armory
Middletown Civic Symphony
Middletown High School
VFW Post
Garfield
Loewe Donates Royalties to Desert Hospital
Composer Frederick Loewe of My Fair Lady fame gives Desert Hospital about 1 million dollars in music royalties. He arranged to donate 50 percent of his royalties for the life of the copyright, saying Palm Springs is his favorite place and he wanted to give back.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Frederick
Fritz) Loewe
Desert Hospital
Loewe
the Hospital
CORE threatens to halt New Year parade over blackface
CORE and the Chester Committee for Freedom Now vow to block the Philadelphia Mummers Parade if blackface is allowed. Louis Smith and Stanley Branche lead a nonviolent street protest plan to mobilize Eastern chapters on New Year’s Day to oppose the broadcasts and potential violence linked to blackface performances.
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Philadelphia
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Chester Pa
Committee For Freedom Now
Louis Smith
Stanley Branche
Chester Committee
John Schaefer
Seaboard
Smith
John H. Schneider
Wcau-Tv
Schneider
Smith and Branche
North Korea institutes science prize with monetary reward
In Tokyo AP reports that North Korea has created a science prize with a monetary reward to spur development. The New China news agency relays the official measure as a state effort to boost scientific progress.
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Tokyo
North Korea
New China News Agency
Our Homeowners Policy Coverage Details
Policy overview highlighting dwelling contents and liability in a single package. Insurer John Dobrozsi Jr Inc lists address 1820 First Ave Middletown GA 3.4696.
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John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
Middletown
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Jimmy Sean
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Meeker
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Adolph
Acae
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Morewear
Pillow
CASS
Charm House
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