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Pretzeled David. Even though their act is pretty much played out, NBC's Chet Huntley and David Brinkley still managed to be more diverting and amusing than the other so-called anchor men. Brinkley pretzels himself in an attempt to give the impression that he is doing his best to contain most of his natural wit, when actually he is straining to be funny. His best effort last week was his description of Illinois' Everett Dirksen as "a Shakespearean actor manque...
...appearances and disappearances of TV newscasters are logged by the press with a fan-club fidelity usually reserved for grease paint performers-which perhaps they are. Thus when NBC, eying San Francisco, decided to backstop its top news team of Chet Huntley and Dave Brinkley with another duo, the New York Times duly recorded their names: Ray Scherer and Nancy Dickerson. And when Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. signed Novelist-Playwright Gore Vidal to report both the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the Times gave Vidal's assignment headline prominence-meanwhile leaving unmentioned the names of several dozen experienced Timesmen...
BLUNTLEY: Well Sander, if Governor Scranton is inded on his way to the Cow Palace, he is facing more obstacles at this moment on the expressway than he ever encountered in this convention. Chet...
BLUNTLEY: On the convention floor we are still hearing seconding speeches for Senator Fong. We seem to have somewhat of a mystery over Governor Scranton's whereabouts. Chet...
BLUNTLEY: As you noted earlier, Chet, many delegates have urged Governor Scranton to withdraw as a gesture for party unity. And there is now every indication that he will do just that. Chet...