TV Westerns and Cold War Fears Shape Public Thinking
The piece critiques Hollywood and TV Westerns for teaching Americans to expect shootouts as solutions. It cites CBS’s Eric Sevareid and nuclear debate figures like Edward Teller, notes Gary Cooper’s hero myth, warns against equating cinema heroes with real geopolitics, and urges viewing Westerns as escapist entertainment rather than life guidance.
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Republicans Plan Hour TV Show
Republicans schedule a one hour NBC program on June 18 to map the party’s future and outline the loyal opposition. Planned remarks by Dwight D. Eisenhower, William E. Miller, and the three leading 1964 presidential hopefuls Nelson Rockefeller Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater. NBC will set the times with a second show on August 11 and a third in the fall on CBS or NBC.
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Radio TV Highlights Tonight on WPFB and Channels
Program listings include WPFB baseball Cincinnati vs St Louis at 7 55 PM. TV guests John Ireland Debra Paget Robert Coote in Rawhide at 7 39 PM on CH 7 and 9. Mrs Pat O’Brien guest in Harrigan and Son at 8 PM on CH 2 and 12. Various shows feature One Happy Family The Lawless Years Way Out The Detectives and Rio Grande 1950 western with John Wayne Maureen O Hara and others.
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