TV shows link to old films and books across a generation
New York television survey traces show ancestry from classic series and films while noting Nielsen ratings drive decisions for next season. Beverly Hillbillies tops the list, followed by Bonanza Dick Van Dyke and Lucy Ball with Petticoat Junction Danny Thomas and others trailing.
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Petticoat Junction
Danny Thomas
Dick van Dyke
Joey Bishop
Bill Dana
Andy Griffith
Jim Nabors
Gomer Pyle
Gomer
Jim
Jethro
Neilsen
Lucille Ball
Dorothy Dix advises rebel wife in family prison
In a puzzled column, a young wife laments living under parental control while awaiting her Army husband’s discharge. Dorothy Dix urges the wife to move to her own home, bear and raise their child, and then support her parents if possible. She notes the father’s co-signed loans and asserts the wife’s legal rights to the car title despite the initial financing.
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W.erskine
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Mama
Protestant Praise For Vatican II Reforms Across Christendom
Protestant leaders welcomed Vatican II reforms as a step toward renewed Christian partnership. Bishops and theologians from Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians foresee a new era of interchurch cooperation and religious liberty, with hopes for joint ventures and eased Catholic Protestant restrictions. The report notes Friends, Baptists, and Amish observers also weigh in on the council's potential spiritual impact.
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George W. Cornell
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
World Methodist Council
Jose Miguel Bonino
Evangelical Theological Faculty
Buenos Aires
Argentina
William Hubben
Phildelphia
Friends World Committee
Quakers
Council
Church of
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