Word: franked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other delegations will not throw early support to Senator Kennedy because their leaders, both Catholics, have enough of an interest in the vice-Presidential nomination to keep off the Kennedy bandwagon. Governor Michael DeSalle and Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio and Governor David Lawrence of Pennsylvania, thus are not able to bargain with Kennedy as long as the tacit prohibition of two Catholics on the same ticket stands...
...Frank Yeomans took the dash in 4.8, and Pat Liles turned in a fine 1:15.3 clocking to win the 600, for two more Crimson firsts. In a race of teammates, the varsity's Gus Schumacher edged Art Cahn in a close 2:19.3 1000. Mark Mullin ran his old nemesis Art Freeman into the ground to take the mile, and Greg Baldwin added five points in the two-mile. Bob Downs won the broad jump, and the Crimson totaled 10 points in the relays...
...have responsibility for what is on the air," said CBS's Dr. Stanton. "May I interrupt here, Frank?" said Bob Kintner. "At NBC we accept responsibility for what is on the air, too." Not to be outdone, FTC Chairman Earl Kintner (no kin to NBC's Bob) announced: "This commission is determined to take the responsibility to keep the spigots open. We hope there's a trickle down to the stations that make up the industry." As for Mutual, it had already eliminated one offensive word from all ad copy broadcasts on the network. The word: diarrhea...
Although NBC announced the appointment of a "vice president in charge of standards and practices,'' it was still CBS that talked most loudly and earnestly about reforms. Frank Stanton explicitly forbade his flock to accept payola.* CBS top brass also issued a decree to its staff that seemed to guillotine giveaway shows. The ruling forbids mention of brand names of products other than the sponsor's, also prohibits any other form of plug. NBC continued the practice of getting prizes in exchange for plugs, but announced that the schlock operation would henceforth be supervised by the network...
...Wizard of Oz (CBS, 6-8 p.m.). A rerun of the great Judy Garland film (vintage 1939). With Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton. Color...