Television and Sports on TV in 1960s America
A columnist notes television's rise as a live sports showcase from baseball to boxing and the Olympics. Televised events spur fan growth, more varied programming, and advanced production with CBS backing the Rome Olympics and twenty hours of coverage across Rome Paris Idlewild and midtown units.
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Voracius
Milton Berle
Jackie Gleason
Red Buttons
Marshall Dillon
Arnold Palmer
Neale Fraser
CBS
Penny Pitou
Squaw Valley
Rome
Eternal City
Paris
Idlewild
Midtown
Tokyo Giants
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Weekend sports calendar for Titusville area events
Golf schedules list Titusville vs Warren on July 30 at CVCC and Kahkwa Club championships on August 10 and 14 plus State Country Club events, with CVCC inter club and Lake Shore Erie fixtures. Softball at West Side diamond includes Soda East Side Merchants Betts and Shaughnessey playoffs start August 15 with final August 22. Stock car racing features Late Models July 30 and Jalopy Race August 4 at Stateline Speedway with 8:30 pm starts.
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Mon
Man
Lake Shore
Erie
Soda
West Side Merchants
East Side Merchants
Betts
400 Block
Soda Mineral
Shaughnessey
Stateline Speedway
Young fisher wins smallest catch at Huck Finn Day
Linda Lee Jarvis age 9 won the smallest fish prize during Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher Day at Crescent Park. She is the daughter of Howard and Barbara Jarvis of Warren and kept her goldfish alive after bringing it to a pail at Memorial playground.
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Kitty
Huck Finn
Becky Thatcher
Crescent Playground
Crescent Park
Linda Lee Jarvis
Howard Jarvis
Russell St
Warren
Linda
Memorial Playground
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