FTC Urges Broadcasters to Clean Up Radio TV Ads
FTC official Earl Kintner told a conference that broadcasters must craft a plan without loopholes to curb false and misleading advertising on radio and television. He stressed the need to restore public trust and noted the commission’s duty to protect consumers in interstate commerce.
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Southlanders Win Top Spots on Bridge Team
The 33rd National Bridge Tournament in Coronado named the remaining U S teams for the World Bridge Olympiad. New York City players Charles Goren Helen Sobel Howard Schenken Harold Ogust join Lew Matthey and Ed Taylor of Los Angeles for one squad. The other team includes Ivar Stakgold Leonard Harmon Sidney Lazard William Hanna Donald Oakie Meyer Schleifer of multiple cities. Earlier, John R Crawford and Mrs Dorothy Hayden won the national mixed pair championships.
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New Orleans
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NBC orders oath from all NBC music selectors
NBC requires every employee who selects music for its 11 NBC owned stations to swear before notaries about any outside interests in music publishing or record manufacturing. Questionnaires have been sent, to be notarized and returned, as part of a self scrutiny amid a payola probe by Congress.
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TV Cameras for Security at Fort Madison Penitentiary
Iowa Board of Control discusses installing television cameras at the Iowa penitentiary in Fort Madison to monitor inmate activities. Board chairman George Callenius says security would improve and each camera could replace several guards.
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Albany jail closed as fire hazard
The state fire marshal labeled Albany's wood frame jail a fire hazard and ordered it closed. Albany asked Berkeley and Alameda County to take custody of prisoners until funds can eliminate the jail's hazard features.
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Five Die From Gas Fumes In Newark Home Tragedy
Newark Ohio UPI: Father finds five bodies two miles east of town after returning from work. Victims include mother Jean Thurman 27 and children Nancy Lynn 4 Terrence 2 Randall 3 months. Hired girl Memphis Mabe 19 also dead. Fumes from faulty gas stove likely cause. family had just moved in.
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Readers Give New Hand to Handless Boy
Mike Plaugher a six year old born without a left hand may receive an artificial hand by Christmas thanks to donations from readers. Donnie his five year old brother initiated the act of charity and others have offered to cover roughly eight hundred dollars for the prosthesis. Support comes from New York and Boston donors with anonymity, while Crippled Children’s Bureau officials in Richmond express cautious optimism about timely completion.
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Four Children Burn to Death in Kentucky House Fire
Pineville Kentucky report says four Smallwood children died in a blaze that destroyed their home while parents visited a neighbor. Fatally burned were James Carson 5 Cecil 4 Evelyn 2 and Bonnie Sue Smallwood 13 months. A fifth child Lee 7 escaped unharmed. Firemen found three victims in beds covered by blankets. The tragedy brings the death toll to 11 in the area.
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Little Girls Chase Ducks Die On Thin Pond Ice
Two young sisters aged five and two died when their ice broke while chasing ducks on a farm pond near Somerset Pennsylvania. Firemen found their bodies in four feet of water as they visited their grandparents Leroy and Mrs Barron.
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Longshoremen avert walkout after new contract
International Longshoremen's Association and employers reached a new deal averting a renewed East and Gulf Coast dock strike as Taft Hartley injunction nears expiry. Arbitration would decide automation if no agreement is reached in ten days of talks.
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