Allen Program Sharp Offering On TV Rivaling Tonight Show
Hollywood report says Steve Allen launched a new television show from a Vine Street theater in Hollywood on Monday night. The program aims to provide sharp competition to the Tonight show in major cities, challenging the Westinghouse PM program hosted by Mike Wallace.
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Faulty Switch Blamed For Wide Blackout
A faulty switch at Fort Randall Dam caused a two hour power outage affecting Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. The failure cut 320000 kilowatts and triggered a domino effect as a 1000 kilowatt Omaha generator also failed. Emergency systems kept hospitals running and major cities briefly cut off from service.
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Guild Boss Fires Back At Witnesses
Washington AP report says AGVA chief Jackie Bright defends union against charges of protecting sex rackets and demands a housecleaning. He agrees to a lie detector test amid Senate hearings shifting toward Billie Sol Estes case. Bright denies taking $2,000 payoff from the Harts and portrays himself as a target of disgruntled former aides while the Harts accuse him of corruption.
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Supreme Court to Rule on Louisiana Sit-In Law
The U S Supreme Court will hear next fall an appeal challenging a Louisiana criminal mischief statute used to convict four sit in demonstrators at a McCrory five and dime on Canal Street New Orleans two years ago. The group included three white students and one Black student.
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Long Islanders Celebrate Victory in School Prayer Suit
Five Long Island parents who fought public schoolroom prayer for over three years call the Supreme Court ruling a victory for religion and the Bill of Rights. Led by Lawrence Roth of Roslyn Heights, they joined with NY Civil Liberties Union to challenge a 22 word daily prayer, asserting it violated the First Amendment.
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Rostow Faces Senate Quiz On Foreign Policy Strategy
Walt Rostow, 45, State Department counselor and policy planning chief, faces a closed-door Senate Foreign Relations Committee interrogation regarding his master strategy document. Critics question if the plan soft-pedals communism while supporters defend the Kennedy administration’s foreign policy. The document, compiled by Rostow and withheld from public view, is now with the White House and NSC archives. Senate Leader Dirksen urged the hearing amid Republican charges of a no-win policy.
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