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Having been grounded six months last year for buzzing the Teterboro, N.J. Airport control tower, TV's humbly arrogant Arthur Godfrey buzzed himself into another jam with the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The charge: flying so close to an airliner over Chicago's Midway Airport that he forced the plane to reduce its speed. "Oh, for Christ's sake," cried Godfrey. "We certainly weren't endangering him. I merely dipped my wing to say hello. It's like tipping your hat. How close could I have been, if the pilot had to call the tower...
...Politically, we are pursuing policies which are very different and are leading us in entirely opposite directions," said 72-year-old Lord Malvern, the former Sir Godfrey Huggins, who heads the Federation. Malvern inherited and believes in Empire Builder Cecil Rhodes's dictum: "Equal rights for all civilized men," which implies suffrage and full citizenship for qualified, educated blacks. "We do not think [apartheid] is suitable for us," said Malvern. "The Union of South Africa believes that it is divinely inspired by God to lead its people into a Republican promised land where white supremacy will be permanent . . . This...
...terror of New Jersey's Teterboro Airport, aeronaughty TV Impresario Arthur Godfrey, who was shorn of his private pilot's ticket for six months last year after he peevishly buzzed Teterboro's control tower, taxied his DC-3 at the scene of the crime, this time clipped a ground approach light with his wing. Unaware that he had dented the wing and ripped a deicer, he nonchalantly took off for Nova Scotia. The tower called Godfrey, broke the news that he had just had a slight accident. Surprised as he could be, Pilot Godfrey returned...
...what the name Disney can do. In the guise of entertainment, the show consisted of a 90-minute commercial for Disney's newest commercial enterprise. By comparison, CBS's Frankie Laine Time (Wed. 8 p.m., E.D.T.) was merely a minor, 60-minute disappointment. The summer replacement for Godfrey is a variety show, with Frankie singing and acting as host. But the acts were uniformly mediocre, and Frankie, whose singing is stylized, lacked style...
...INISTORE GODFREY Baltimore