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Died. William R. McAndrew, 53, director of NBC News since 1951, who devised the hugely successful concept of team news coverage (Huntley-Brinkley) and organized a 1,000-man army of network newsmen; of injuries received in a fall; in Bronxville...
Good News. Nor does he spare the troops. In Viet Nam last Christmas, Hope told them that "it's such a thrill to see the Huntley-Brinkley show performed live. But you better get on the ball. If you don't get better ratings, this whole war may be canceled." Hope also had "good news" for the boys: "The country is behind...
...Simply Trash." Interior Secretary Stewart Udall says flatly that he has time for nothing less portentous than a presidential message, but an aide has caught him tuning in on the World Series. HEW Secretary John Gardner is a Huntley-Brinkley man and also grabs the 11 p.m. news. Sometimes he watches the Today show on his way to work: his limousine sports...
Arriving at Manhattan's NBC news studios, leased for the premiere of the Public Broadcast Laboratory (TIME, Nov. 10), Executive Director Av Westin last week found a note left by the regular occupants. "The moneymen of Huntley-Brinkley," the message read, "hope you do-gooders do good. Good luck!" PBL will need some luck; it didn't do so good...
...HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT SPECIAL: JUST A YEAR TO GO (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The NBC news team watches President Johnson, Richard Nixon, George Romney, Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan waging their campaigns and non-campaigns on this first program of a new series...