This Is Your Life Returns to TV Syndication Trail
Television relics from the 1950s and 60s resurface in syndication as independent producers revive shows like This Is Your Life Can You Top This and Beat the Clock, while Ralph Edwards recalls dramatic moments from decades past and contemplates a 1971 comeback with renewed TV formats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyntha Lowry
NEW York
Ralph Edwards
Lowell Thomas
Hollywood
Art Linkletter
Linkletter
Lillian Roth
Eddie Cantor
Edwards
Union College Appalachian Semester aims to teach by living life
Eleven Union College students spent the semester away from classrooms to study Appalachian life firsthand. The program explores poverty, mining, and social systems, with field placements and interdisciplinary study across sociology history and linguistics.
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Bob Cooper
Associated Press
Barbourville, Ky
Union College
Hills
Appalachia
Julian D. Moseley
Moseley
Union
Peg Prosser
Cincinnati
Gunnison
Miss Prosser
Stand-In Santa Very Lucrative Stand-In Santa Very Lucrative
Dick Westermann, 55, runs North Pole Santa Co., supplying stand-in Santas across Southern California and beyond. With 112 Santas in 75 stores and 25 parties booked, the operation nets about 85,000 last year and pays an average 107 dollars weekly over four weeks. Santas are screened and bonded, penalties include a 250 dollar fine for drinking or misbehavior, with funds going to local Boys Clubs.
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Jay Sharbutt
Associated Press
LOS Angeles (Ap
Dick Westermann
Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole Santa Co
Lynwood
Westermann
California
Las Vegas
Nev
Phoenix
Ariz
Jawboning and the 1971 Economy Forecasts
AP analysis notes jawboning aims to buoy the economy with talk of a 8 percent output rise in 1971, suggesting a boom rather than a recovery. It cites optimistic forecasts, stock gains driven by rhetoric, and warnings of inflation, unemployment, and industry strain. Edwin Magee of Mackay Shields challenges the rosy view, insisting no sustained upturn is imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Washington
Nixon
Edwin Magee
MacKay -Sheilds Economics
Today In History December 10 1970 Highlights
On this date in 1898 the United States and Spain signed a Paris treaty ending the Spanish American War. Also noted are Nobel’s death in 1896 Mona Lisa recovered in 1913 and 1941 battleships sunk in the South China Sea.
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Associated Press
United States
Spain
Paris
Alfred Nobel
Louvre Museum
Prince of Wales
South China Sea
Luzon
Philippines
Martin Luther King Jr
Pacific
Selma
Ala
James Reed
Boston
Satel
Middle East
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Raiio
Mississippi
C. E. Armstrong
V. D. Morelan
Pecos
World Almanac Facto
By Neg Cochran
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
World Almanac Notes
Asea
West Texas Telephone Co
Hha
Frute
Metro.goldwyn Mayer
Burt Kennedy
Matra
Panavision
Metrocolor
Business Mirror
Magee
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