Funny title swap could lift Paar special ratings
NBC renamed Jack Paar’s NBC TV special to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House, aiming to boost ratings. CBS leads in punctuation with many titles, including Vietnam: How We Got In Can We Get Out. ABC touts Cosmopolis The World City as a documentary series title.
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Spotlight on movie queens of Hollywood journalism decline
Hollywood columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper dominated coverage for decades. Parsons left December 1 and Dorothy Manners replaced her. Hopper died February 1 ending an era of moral policing and sharp language. The piece notes the shift of power beyond California and the aging glamour’s end.
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Northeast Snarled by Heavy Snow in Seven Decades
A storm drenched the Northeast with a heavy snow cover the worst blizzard in seven decades, closing schools and crippling transport. Oswego logged 102 inches as 30 foot drifts formed, while water from snowpack may restore depleted reservoirs.
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Alabama racist extremist group in spotlight
The House Un American Activities Committee moves to examine Alabama racist extremist groups linked to Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton. Chief investigator Donald T. Appell cites prior Mississippi cases, noting church and home burnings near McComb and a guilty plea by Henry Allen Lee who described himself as a demolition expert.
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