TV title testing and gadgets shape new shows
Hollywood executives chase sure things using title testers and pilot pre tests. CBS tests possible names for Desilu and Bea Benaderet show moves from Ozark Widow to Petticoat Junction. Nielsen ratings and laugh machines decide a show's fate as pre tested pilots fail and syndication follows.
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Radio TV Highlights Tonight Listings
Reds take on the Phillies on WPFR AM while TV channels feature the Vienna Ice Revue in Freiburg. Other programs include Flintstones hockey bits Route 66 murder chase Bus Stop Hitchcock Hour and a Civil Rights era religion debate on Quiet Revolution.
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Band Leader Eddy Howard Dead At 47
Palm Desert, Calif. band leader Eddy Howard, 47, known for the hit To Each His Own, died Wednesday night at his home of a heart attack after years of ill health. He led a Palm Springs band for three seasons and had 11 gold records. Survivors include widow Jane, and children Eddy Jr. and Lynn.
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Stanford University Medical School
Dick Jurgens
Chicago
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Toledo Youth Wins Painting Scholarship in National Art Contest
The 17-year-old Dave Rankin of Toledo Ohio won for his watercolor Early Morning and received a $400 art scholarship. Rankin placed second in the 10th annual high school seniors fine arts contest, with Charles M. Densler Jr. of Charleston South Carolina taking first and a $600 scholarship. Rankin plans to enter Cleveland Industrial Art Institute next fall.
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Ohio
University
Rankin
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Charleston
S. C
DeVilbiss High School
Cleveland Industrial Art Institute
Series clash mirrors time slot mix up
The performer notes a scheduling error claiming he was matched against Lassie, describing a wrong time slot that pitted him in an unexpected pairing.
Appointed To School TV Bods for Ohio
Four new members join the Ohio Educational Television Network Commission after Thursday appointments by Governor Rhodes. The nine member panel includes the state superintendent by statute and four fresh appointees named: Roger Burke of Newark Richard Hull of Upper Arlington Allan Land of Zanesville and Walter Bartlett of Worthington. Rhodes will name the remaining four next week to fill the board.
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Ohio Educational Television Network Commission
James A. Rhodes
Senate
Rhodes
State
E. &. Holt
Roger K. Burke
Newark
Richard B. Hull
Upper Arlington
Allan H. Land
Zanesville
Walter E. Bartlett
Worthington
New Greyhound Contract Signed
Atlanta AP reports a new contract affecting about 3600 Southeastern Greyhound Bus Co. employees was reached after three days of negotiations. The agreement awaits ratification by union members and includes improvements in wages and working conditions.
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Southeastern Greyhound Bus Co
Rockefeller Plans State Tour After Honeymoon
Governor Nelson Rockefeller, 54, fresh from an 18 day honeymoon, says he will take his 1 year old bride on a tour of New York after settling in. The couple, amid national debate on their marriage, will live in Albany and at Pocantico Hills while renovations curb his Fifth Avenue apartment.
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France and Spain Press for Aerial Defense Ties
Paris AP dispatch says France cooperates closely with Spain on aerial defense. The bulletin notes Spain not in NATO, yet geography makes such cooperation necessary for regional security.
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