Viewing TV With HAL HUMPHREY NBC's Gambles Turn Out Losers
NBC executives face critics as Aaron Spelling notes the season favored gambling and failed shows. Spelling cites It's a Man's World, Eleven Hour, Fair Exchange and Ballad Theater as examples of pilots canceled or altered by sponsors. He argues pay TV may be the only path to true creator control while networks push ratings and safer bets.
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Aaron Spelling
Dick Power
Johnny Ringo
Spelling
Eleventh Hour
Fair Exchange
Lloyd Bridges
Pay
Ballad Theater
Burl Ives
NBC
Tewksbury
Nielsen
Television Highlights Tonight Schedule Summary
TV tonight features The Dakotas a marshal and deputies in the Old West at 7 30 on channel 2 and 12. On channel 5 Man's World Vern Hodges vows to tell the truth for one hour nightly. Saints and Sinners on channel 5 at 8 30 features a newsgal posing as a convict. Lucy Show on channels 7 and 9 follows a wedding backdrop to wild goings on. Danny Thomas on channels 7 and 9 helps a hungry boy in Paris. Brinkley s Journal on channel 5 at 10 portrays Alaska and its economy.
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TV Tonight
Dakotas
Vern Hodges
Lucy
Danny Thomas
Paris
Brinkley
Alaska
Arab Christians Cross Into Jordan for Greek Orthodox Christmas
More than 2,000 Christian Arabs from Israel crossed into the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem on Sunday to spend the Greek Orthodox Christmas with relatives in Jordan. The move reflects holiday observances among regional Christian communities amid ongoing tensions and border restrictions.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Crossword Clues From Horizont Puzzle Page
Clues cover varnish ingredient fresher pronoun Turkish officer musical instrument coarse broken flesh cloak sea brig Spanish term, etc. Includes entries for animals, body parts, verbs, and titles with various definitions and wordplay all from a 1963 King Features Syndicate crossword page.
Clifton Webb Under Knife For Abdominal Aneurysm
Houston article reports actor Clifton Webb, age 69, undergoing surgery at Methodist Hospital to repair an abdominal aneurysm. Baylor University specialists perform the operation, typically removing the bubble and replacing it with a graft. Webb is in good spirits after admission last Wednesday.
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Houston
Tex
Clifton Webb
Baylor University
Baylor
Webb
Methodist Hospital
Former Oyster House Proprietor Is Dead
Funeral services are planned Wednesday for William H. Spicer age 71 founder of Cincinnati Central Oyster House He died Saturday at his New Richmond home after a long illness
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Cincinnati
William H. Spicer
Central Oyster House
Spicer
New Richmond
Today in History highlights and notable birthdays
On this January 7, 1963 page the Associated Press recalls events from 1929 to 1952 including the Question Mark flight endurance record and California governor Olson's 1939 Tom Mooney pardon. It notes Queen Anne patenting a typewriter in 1714, the 1861 Confederate flag unfurled, 1927 transatlantic telephone service, and Atlantic City fire of 1952. birthdays include Francis Poulenc and Terry Moore.
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Los Angeles
Carl Spaatz
Ira Eaker
Air Corps
England
Henry Hill
Jackson, Miss
New York
London
California
Olson
Tom Mooney
Atlantic City
N.J
He's Allergic To Green Stuff
Clifford Fujiwara, 21, lost his teller job at American Security Bank in Honolulu due to an allergy to money. His doctor says he may be the only banker in the world unable to be around cash. Now he works in the commercial department where ledgers list money and he does not sneeze.
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Honolulu
Clifford Fujiwara
American Security Bank
Fujiwara
Three Judges Named To Study New York Paper Shutdown
A three member board appointed by Secretary of Labor Wirtz, Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner will study the 31 day New York newspaper blackout to determine if public interests are protected. The panel includes Judges Medina and O Grady and David W. Peck.
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New York
Labor
W. Wirtz
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
The
Publishers Association of
New York City
Wirtz
Rockefeller
Wagner
Board of Public Accountability
Harold R. Medina
US Court of Appeals
Joseph O'Grady
Cleveland Teamsters Buck Effort To Bring In Out-Of-Town Papers
Cleveland AP The 39 day strike that shut down the citys two daily papers has no talks scheduled this week with either union. A Saturday meeting with Teamsters Local 473 ended with no date for resuming talks while negotiations with the Cleveland News paper Guild were deferred to Jan 14. Both sides blamed the other over a union security dispute. Teamsters were involved in an incident at a bus station when six bundles of out of town papers were inspected. Local 473 officials said Klein News Co is the sole Cleveland distributor and some non striking members work there. Levitts denied illegitimate paper shipments and said a small number of out of town papers are sold to regular customers. The papers included the Pittsburgh Press and others.
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Cleveland
the Plain Dealer
The
Press and News
Teamsters Local 473
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Teamsters Union
Levitt
Martin Levitt
Feature News & Book Store
Mannie Levitt
Teamsters
Anthony DePalma
Local 473
Teamster
DePalma
George R. Klein News Co
Klein Co
Levitts
Pittsburgh Press
Secretary Wirtz to Speak at Ohio State April 11
U S Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz will give the annual Walter J Shepard lecture at Ohio State University on Thursday April 11 in Columbus Ohio The event marks a related development in labor policy and academic affairs.
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Columbus, Ohio
U. S
Willard Wirtz
Walter J. Shepard
Ohio State Union
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Terry Moore
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