Television blamed for demise of Collier's and the Companion
Charles Mercer notes television's rise did not kill reading or circulation numbers for Collier's and the Woman's Home Companion. He cites record high paid circulations yet advertising declines forced closures. An agency executive argues ad money shifted to TV, suggesting deaths came through advertising rather than readership.
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Woman's Home Companion
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The Happiness Pill Hazard Revealed by AMA Panel
AMA session reports 8200 patients misusing tranquilizers with risks to health and morals. Doctors Dickel and Dixon warn abnormal reactions include severe depression suicidal intent mania and serious neurotic issues. Misinterpretation by physicians and pressure to prescribe endanger individuals and society.
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Dickel
Chesapeake and Ohio to transfer 80 employees to Huntington
C and O announces plan to move 80 workers from Richmond Virginia to Huntington on March 1. The transfer affects unspecified departments and follows prior consolidation steps by the railroad.
Theft charge filed against Richard Lewis in Christmas goods theft
Huntington city detectives arrested 21 year old Richard Lewis on grand larceny charges for stealing between 50 and 20 Christmas presents from a sales toll.
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Richard Lewis
World premiere push pays off for Marietta Ohio
Hollywood reports the Marietta push to host Universal International’s Battle Hymn world premiere. Letters from citizens and college students swayed executives, with stars including Rock Hudson and Martha Hyer set for a February unveiling in Marietta. An Air Force promise and Hollywood Teamsters arm wrestle underscore widespread civic fervor.
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Ohio
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Washington, D.C
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Col
Dean Ness
Hess
Dave Lipton
Marietta College
Lipton
Rock Hudson
Martha Hyer
lApton
Teamsters Union
Cypriots Reject British Offer In Self rule Talks
Greek majority and Turkish minority reject Britain's plan for a new constitution granting limited self rule. The proposal opens talks with Archbishop Makarios, exile leader of the Greek Cypriots, whom Greek residents insist Britain must negotiate with.
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Cyprus
Vic
Britain
Mediterranean Island
Makarios
Abain
Prison inmate climber found asleep in drain pipe
Exhausted Indiana State Prison convict Jack Swain, 36, who had climbed from a fourth story window using a rope of clothing, slid down a drain pipe at Indiana University Hospital. Police could not locate him. he was later found by hospital staff sleeping at the drain bottom with a bruised leg.
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