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...Vatican Observatory. To replace ailing Cardinal Canali as deacon, the Pope will likely choose one of several Vatican monsignori. Among best bets for the remaining red hats: Archbishops Giovanni Battista Montini of Milan. Rufino Santos of Manila, Richard J. Gushing of Boston, Tatsuo Doi of Tokyo, William Godfrey of Westminster, Francis König of Vienna, John Landazuri Ricketts of Lima, Peru, and Joseph Maria Bueno y Monreal of Seville. A Negro cardinal for Africa is likely; candidates include Archbishop Joseph Kiwanuka of Uganda and Bishop Aloysius Bigirumwani of Nyundo...
...Arthur Godfrey summoned newsmen to the presidential suite of San Francisco's Sheraton-Palace Hotel last week and let them in on a few things. To keep CBS out of "jeopardy" over his strong views supporting manned bombers against guided missiles, said Godfrey, he has adopted a "self-imposed censorship" on his radio and TV shows. He admitted that his plans for the nation's defense-which he got down on hands and knees to illustrate with a table knife on the carpet -have already queered Godfrey himself with the Administration...
...House in two years," he said, lifting the curtain a bit. "You know you can go to some people and say, 'Look, I'm going to tell you this for your own good.' You can't do that with Ike any more. He gets irritated." Godfrey also revealed that even his longtime friendship with ex-Defense Boss Charlie Wilson had deteriorated to just "polite phone calls on birthdays...
Tedium seemed to be growing so fast in TV that Cunningham's outfit tried to measure "the Boredom Factor" by depth interviews, found that heavy percentages of ordinary viewers-not just the critics-yawning at such TV sacred cows as Arthur Godfrey (47%) and Red Skelton (38%). Cunningham feels that the Boredom Factor causes "dial-twitching, vacant-minded viewing, lower ratings" and, as far as the sponsor is concerned, "less penetration-per-skull per dollar...
...Arthur Godfrey, for this reason, became a minor czar of the TV world, because--in the words of one advertising executive--"He can sell 'em anything." The biggest hit song this year is "You'll wonder where the yellow went...