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That evening, indefatigable Dick Nixon made a second report, this time to the people. Over a half-hour nationwide radio-TV hookup, in his chatty manner, the Vice President described the problems and aspirations of Asian peoples, and their vulnerability to Communism. He said: "We shook hands with over 100,000 people . . . Why see these ordinary people? . . . We wanted them to know America, and we wanted to know them." Nixon recalled that the "very wise and very young" King of Siam had summed up his people's needs: military assistance, economic assistance and understanding. "Significantly enough, he told...
...kickoff time, a crowd of 54,577 was packed into Detroit's Briggs Stadium despite freezing weather, and another estimated 20 million were set to watch the game on television in the biggest (134-station) hookup in sports-television history. Cleveland was favored by just three points, the margin of a field goal that might be kicked by Cleveland's famed Tackle Lou ("The Toe") Groza. But Layne & Co. had other ideas. Detroit's huge (average: 235 Ibs.), hard-charging line forced Graham to fumble soon after the opening kickoff. Layne promptly called on an old Texas...
...gate attraction alone, Cousy is worth every penny of that to the Celtics and the N.B.A. Last week the N.B.A. began national telecasting of Saturdayafternoon games over a 51-station hookup (Du Mont), and Cousy & Co. were the stars for the first three performances...
Faced with an unprecedented hookup of the army and labor, Perón let Duarte, his own brother-in-law, "resign" without so much as a letter of thanks for his services. Defensively, he then took to the radio with a rambling, emotional speech. Talking about inflation, Perón shrilly told the Argentines they were "18 million dunces" for "permitting themselves to be robbed" by black-marketeers. As for corruption: "It is usual for people to judge all public officials as thieves. But you can't call a man a thief unless you can prove...
...view of Richards' radio program at first. But by 1937 it was going so well that Pacific Coast officials of the church urged him to put the Voice on a coast network. In 1942, with the whole church behind him, Richards began preaching on a national hookup (Mutual), and the next year began to line up foreign stations...