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Claiming they had suffered "embarrassment and mental agony," Robert Welch, 64, president of the John Birch Society, two aides and the society itself sued NBC in Fort Worth for $8,000,000 in damages. A May 20 broadcast by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, said the plaintiffs, falsely reported that the FBI had arrested "parties engaged in selling arms to the society." Said their lawyer: "More than likely, the broadcast went out all over the U.S., and we could have sued almost anywhere, but we wanted a more favorable climate, as distinguished from a climate that is ultraliberal...
...swimming trials, American swimmers Chet Jastremski and Wayne Anderson moved into the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke. In the women's 100-meter butterfly Kathy Ellis, Donna De Varona, and Sharon Stouder broke the Olympic record in succession in the trials, with Miss Stouder posting the best time...
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rose in the Senate to propose that the Congress recess until after the Nov. 3 elections, then return to finish its work. A chorus of protest swept the chamber. In the House, California Democrat Chet Holifield cried: "This House should adjourn!" Congressmen cheered and clapped in agreement. In such a mood of rebellion, the lawmakers last week spurned the pleas of President Johnson and finally adjourned the 88th Congress...
...CHET BAKER (Colpix), freshly returned from a dope cure in Europe, makes his first recording in five years and shows that he is coolly sure of himself and very jaunty (in Walkin'). He can also be as lyrical as anyone in jazz today. He says a lot in little, can sing like a flugelhorn (Whatever Possess'd Me) and make a flugelhorn sing (Soultrane...
...RISE OF KHRUSHCHEV (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). NBC's 1963 White Paper on Nikita-the-Bold's ascent to the throne left vacant by Stalin. Chet-the-Huntley narrates. Repeat...