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...Point of Order. The classic American documentary by Emile de Antonio. Joseph McCarthy turns in a very convincing performance as an alcoholic, red-baiting Senator who has succeeded in terrorizing the entire country. Joseph N. Welch is not quite as good as Spencer Tracy would have been in the role of the New England lawyer who puts an end to the foolishness ("Senator, at long last, have you no shame?"), but Tracy reportedly wanted too much money for the part. Cameo performanced by Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Cohn, and G. David Schine (who grew up to be executive producer...
...Point of Order. The classic American documentary by Emile De Antonio. Joseph McCarthy turns in a very convincing performance as an alcoholic, red-baiting senator who has succeeded in terrifying the entire country. Joseph N. Welch is not quite as good as Spencer Tracy would have been in the role of the New England lawyer who puts an end to the foolishness ("Senator, at long last, have you no shame?"), but Tracy wanted too much money. Cameo performances by Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Cohn, and G. David Schine (who grew up to be executive producer of The French Connection...
Died. Samuel Irving Rosenman, 77, one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's most valued advisers and speechwriters; in Manhattan. Rosenman's father was a clothing manufacturer in San Antonio before the family moved to New York when the boy was eight. In 1928, when Roosevelt ran for Governor of New York, Rosenman joined the campaign as legislative expert. He became Roosevelt's counsel the following year and, for F.D.R.'s acceptance speech of the 1932 presidential nomination, he contributed the term "New Deal." Later in the campaign Rosenman recruited the intellectuals for the Brain Trust. A state...
...Pope's anniversary was marked by other ecclesiastical notes as well. One was an extraordinary offer attributed to the Pope by a Vatican ecumenical adviser, the Rev. Antonio Javierre. Pope Paul, said Javierre in an interview with the Salesian News Agency, would be willing to move out of both his Vatican Palace and St. Peter's Basilica "if it were the price to be paid to achieve [Christian] unity." According to the priest, the Pontiff made the remark in a recent private conversation in response to Javierre's own questioning. The Pope reportedly added that he could...
...problem of processing the garbage before it is plowed under will be handled by Alton Newell, a millionaire manufacturer of auto-shredding machines in San Antonio. Seeking to diversify his company, he is building a special, highly automated garbage-handling machine for Odessa. It will sort out the wastes and crush them into small pellets. Old paper and other leftovers will go to Dr. Stanford's project. Newell will sell the metal wastes to recyclers until he recoups the $600,000 construction cost of the machine, which he will then turn over to Odessa for $1. Meanwhile, the city...