My Sweet Charlie Turns Into TV Turning Point
Hollywood critic notes NBC TV movie My Sweet Charlie with Patty Duke and Al Freeman Jr. drew top ratings the week of Jan 1925, signaling networks can pursue contemporary adult dramas beyond potboilers. March 5 CBS features The African Queen with Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.
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al Freeman Jr
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CBS TV
Katharine Hepburn
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Predicts End To Big Riots
Washington based official Benjamin F. Holan predicts the nation may not see another riot on the scale of Watts or Detroit as Black communities pursue nonviolent methods. He cites increased unity pride and fear of death as factors and notes police and officials have grown more sophisticated in handling crime while Black demands for local control rise and whites are urged to help with decent homes.
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Cartoonist William Donahey Dies At 86 In Chicago
William Donahey the Ohio born creator of The Teenie Weenies died at Michael Reese Hospital aged 86 in Chicago. He built a syndicated strip from a roomful of toy soldiers and later modernized Mother Goose verses for children. His brothers included Ohio governor A J Donahey and a Plain Dealer cartoonist.
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UPI
William Donahey
Michael Reese
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Donahey
the Dance
Mr. Chipmen
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mary Dickerson
New York World
New York Journal
Joseph Medill Patterson
Chicago Tribune
A.J
United States
Plain Dealer
LBJ Joins Campaign Ethics Board in Major Move
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson has been elected to the board of directors of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee, a private nonprofit group aiming to raise ethical standards in federal and statewide election tactics.
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UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Ohio University dorm tear gas incident amid campus protests
A homemade tear gas bomb exploded outside Ohio University police headquarters during demonstrations over a $10 per quarter tuition hike. Gas reached Howard Hall dormitory as students and officers fled. The Coalition of Concerned Students accused the administration of provoking arrests and demanded funding breakdowns. Police and National Guard were on alert, with six students arrested previously and fines levied.
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UPI
Ohio University
Earl Starkey
Coalition of Concerned Students
University
Claude Sowle
Sowle
James A. Rhodes
National Guard
Fire in Manhattan Towers Hotel Injures Firemen
A basement gas main rupture sparked a fire at the Manhattan Towers Hotel on Broadway near West 76th Street. Eighteen firemen were injured, three severely, as 560 guests exited calmly to the street while smoke filled elevators and the cellar fire was contained.
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UPI
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Manhattan
Botanist pursues marigold as national flower to Congress
DOYLESTOWN Pa UPI botanist David Burpee launches a renewed campaign to name the marigold the United States national flower. He will send large orange and yellow bouquets to Mrs Nixon Mrs Agnew and about 50 lawmakers in Washington.
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Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
United States
Burpee
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Washington
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