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...Edward R. Murrow of See It Now and CBS Reports, were considerable-although Friendly spoils his case with perhaps too much self-congratulation. Nevertheless, he does lay out forthrightly the broadcasting industry's ambivalence on commercial questions. The problem was brusquely summed up by former CBS President James Aubrey, who told Friendly: "In this adversary system, you and I are always going to be at each other's throats. They say to me: Take your soiled little hands, get the ratings and make as much money as you can.' They say to you: Take your lily-white...
Lawmen plunged into the woods after the gunman. Moments later they brought out Aubrey James Norvell, 40, a pipe-smoking, unemployed hardware salesman from Memphis. Ultimately, Norvell, with no known involvement in racial issues, was charged with assault with intent to commit murder...
Flippant Victorians parodied his name as Weirdsley Daubery or Awfly Weirdly. For the art of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, whose sinuous draftsmanship fluttered through the pages of the 1890s farthest-out books, was the scandalous titillation of his day. He seemed to have dipped his pen in laudanum and night shade; his dark silhouettes fairly rippled with overtressed vixens, leering harle quins and glinting grotesques...
...decision that rankled Friendly. Only two weeks ago, Board Chairman William Paley, 64, had announced that he and President Frank Stanton, 57, would "draw back a bit." In turn, Stanton brought in Schneider, 39, who last year had become president of CBS-TV to replace discredited Jim Aubrey. Where once Friendly reported to the top brass, he now found himself dealing with Schneider. Friendly has plenty of brass himself and apparently decided to test his own, mettle...
What of the new blood? Not one new show had made the top ten, but CBS still managed to look good. Its new series, Green Acres, ranked eleventh, and its Hogan's Heroes was tied for 13th position with still another Aubrey oldie, Gilligan's Island. NBC's top new show, Get Smart!, which in earlier Nielsens had reached No. 7, slipped last week to No. 16. Only seven other new shows were...