License To Print Money Ends Channel 10 Case
The FCC orders WPST off air by 3 a.m. Monday Nov 20 in a three year Channel 10 license scandal. FCC disqualified Public Service Television. Supreme Court refused review. L. B. Wilson Inc. granted the license, warning against backdoor tries. Networks earned huge profits, underscoring incentive in broadcasting.
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Miami
WPST
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Channel 10
House
Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D Ark
Public Service Television
Scraml
F.C.C
Indianapolis
L. B. Wilson, Inc
Bumps On The New Frontier
Public service recruits face layoff fears as Kennedy cuts 500 State Department jobs from a 7200 staff amid a $7.2 million shortfall. Anonymous reports blame spending, while officials cite Congress funding gaps as the cause of the reduction in force. The move underscores recruitment difficulties for government roles across parties.
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Washington
New Frontier
Kennedy
Potomacland
State Department
Rusk
Department
Congress
RIF
New Jersey setback reshapes GOP 1962 strategy
Bruce Bioss analyzes the New Jersey gubernatorial loss to Democrat Richard J. Hughes as a blow to the GOP and a sign of needed broad rebuilding. The piece examines how statewide results affect national hopes, the Kennedy campaign impact, and shifts likely for Rockefeller and Goldwater, with Hughes’ margin and Essex County dynamics highlighted.
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New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
GOP
Kennedy
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Migehel
Hughes
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Mitchell
New Yorker
Rockefeller
Wagner
Clifford Case
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Brandh
Essex
Newark
Statehouse
Robert Meyner
Engagements Linked to Roosevelt Jr and Rizos
25 Years Ago From The 1936 Files Of The Raleigh Register announces Ethel du Pont engagement to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and Mary Alice Winston to James G. Rizos. An organ recital at the Presbyterian church features organist Mrs. William Taylor with assistants Mrs. H. A. Sloan Mrs. Thomas Elswick Miss Violet Cook and Miss Elizabeth.
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Eugene duPont
Ethel duPont
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Robert Winston
Winston
Mary Alice
James G. Rizos
Presbyterian Church
William Taylor
H. A. Sloan
Thomas Elswick
Violet Cook
Elizabeth
Park visit signals new US Korea deal
Washington reports a possible new US Korea arrangement after Lt. Gen. Chung Hee Park, leader of South Korea's military junta, visits the capital. Park, 44, with a history in the Japanese army and the Korean War, is noted for his decisive actions against Communists and ties to U.S. military training.
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Washington
Nea
Chung Hee Park
Supreme Council of Military Junta
South Korea
United States
U. S
Samuel Berger
Korea
Park
Military Academy
Japan
U. S. Artillery School
Fort Sill
Oklo
Washington Outlook Brightens for U S Korean Ties
Pak Chung Hui and young Korean officials reshaped governance in five months ending corruption, reforming tax, farm loans, and state enterprises. Seoul sees borrowed aid from the U S totaling about 5 billion since 1946, with $300M economic and $200M military last year, as Korea struggles with unemployment and limited arable land while planning new investments in power and industry.
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Park
U.S
South Korea
Indiana
United States
U. S
Congress
Korea
Typewriters Are Cash Registers
New York marketing consultant Stanley Arnold says businesses should treat typewriters as cash registers not words. He explains he creates sales excitement by driving customer impact and insists on not accepting no as final.
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New York
UPI
Stanley Arnold
Washington
Lincoln
Hamilton
Arnold
Park Avenue
Stan
Financial Gossip and the Idea that Won’t Quit
The piece notes how major firms like Esso Standard Oil du Pont Lever Brothers IBM and Columbia Pictures faced a push to embrace new ideas. It highlights a creator who will gross about 1,000,000 this year and began his company in 1958 with a desk hatrack and no clients after working for Arnold family interests and two New York ad agencies.
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Esso Standard Oil
du Pont
Lever Brothers
IBM
the Carnation Company
American Tobacco Company
Reynolds Metals
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cole National Corp
Columbia Pictures
Davidson Brothers
Department Stores
Charms Company
Desk
Hatrack
Arnold
Pick-n-Pay
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Last
Young and Rubicam
Big City Costs Require Big Income
A UPI analysis cites University of Iowa survey showing most journalism students oppose settling in towns over 500,000. It outlines the financial math of city life, from 40 ride tickets to commuting costs, and suggests only about 41 percent have planned enough to cover urban expenses.
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Jesse Bogue
UPI Financial
New York
UPI
Dispatch
University of Iowa
University Journalism School
UPI Dispatch
320 Years Ago From The Citizens Concert Band Reorganization
The 1911 file notes the Citizens Concert band reorganized with officers A E Sampson president Harvey Reppert vice president William Shannon secretary Charles Bailey treasurer E K McKinney librarian and Rev C C Booze a respected local figure. The article then shifts to a humorous aside about daily costs and routines, detailing breakfasts fares transit and workday expenses leading to yearly totals and percentages.
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Raleigh Register
Citizens Concert Band
A. E. Sampson
Harvey Reppert
William Shannon
Charles Bailey
E. K. McKinney
C. C. Booze
Henry Mitchell
Global drink tastes from coffee to sherry and tea
A travelogue of beverages around the world notes Swiss appen seller bitter Turkish sherbet Ugandan banana beer Indian date juice and Greek ouzo. It covers Berlin raspberry beer French cafe au lait English room temperature liquor and Spain’s sherry with footmade pressing and vintage feasts. It ends with coffee blends and a prayer by Richard L. James of Jacksonville Florida.
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Alps
Africa
Japan
Portugal
Denmark
Myra Waldo
Berlin
France
Russia
England
Waldo
Spain
Jerez de la Frontera
California
Jerez
R. S. Harvey
Tibet
Mongolia
Charlton Heston talks marriage and on screen kisses
In a chat at the Forum Heston jokes about the occupational risk of round shoulders from kissing many actresses including Anne Baxter Gloria Grahame and Sophia Loren. He notes leading men endure fame and invites humor on film life while mentioning other stars and recent showbiz happenings.
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New York
Charlton Heston
Heston
The
Forum
Anne Baxter
Yvonne de Carlo
Betty Hutton
Gloria Grahame
Haya Harareet
Chuck
Elsa Martinelli
Sophia Loren
Spain
el Theed
South America
el Seed
U.S
el Sid
Sid Caesar
Bronx
Brooklyn
el Sidney
Beckley Newspapers rates and delivery policy notice
Publishing notice lists subscription rates for West Virginia readers, including daily and Sunday and mail options. It notes three percent sales tax, change of address requirements, and that carriers and distributors are independent contractors not responsible for ads and delivery details.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Jacksonville, Fla
Riverside Avenue Christian Church
Midnight Earl
Frank Sinatra
Henry Fonda
Milton Berle
Las Vegas Flamingo
Desert Inn
Miltie
Ray
N.Y
Savario Saridas
Plaza Hotel
Neal Lang
Plaza Persian
Paul Newman
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Earl Wilson
Morocco
Paul
Joanne Woodward
Jennifer Billingsley
Wilson
Bill
Earl
Raleigh
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
Beckley CL
J. McQuade
Managing
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Ward-Griffith Impany, Inc
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