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America TV Heroes May Make Children Feel Inferior
New York essay argues daily TV heroes pressure children to measure up, causing inferiority and shyness. It profiles Jim Wyler of Hopalong Cassidy who rejects violent myths and promotes teaching noble, real heroes. Wyler hosts a daily program on WABC TV telling stories of great men to inspire rather than intimidate youth.
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New York
Adam
Jim Wyler
Oswego West-Lynn High
Nebraska
Wyler
Charles Atlases
Davy Crockett
Thomas
Thoreau
Johnny Appleseen Chapman
Luwther Burbank
Stonewall Jackson
Brigham ‘Young
Hopalong Cassidy
Hooper