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Exaggerated prophecies of gloom had surrounded Dean Acheson's departure for the London and Lisbon parleys. Last week, reporting on his trip over a radio-TV hookup, Acheson countered with an exaggerated picture of sunlight and good cheer. Said he: "The past two weeks have been a time of historic decision . . . They have brought us to the dawn of a new day in Europe." Acheson based his claim on "five major accomplishments" of the London and Lisbon meetings...
This week a Christmas Eve audience watched the world premiere of Amahl and the Night Visitors on the largest TV hookup (35 stations) that NBC has ever strung together for opera. Like most Menotti works, Amahl is a one-man show-music, libretto and stage direction by the composer. The story is a simple Menotti mixture of melodrama and pathos, with more than enough invention to fill out 50 minutes...
Bolles expressed regret that several stations had been taken out of the Harvard hookup, especially because it meant a $15,000 cut in fees from the National Broadcasting Company, the telecast...
...Unsponsored programs, produced by northwest Germany's network NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) and telecast six to ten hours a week, will be supported by set owners, who will pay about $1.19 a month to the city. Next step in Germany's TV expansion: a Hamburg-Berlin hookup...
When Illinois' Senator Douglas was informed that petitions were being circulated to put him in the Oregon race against Truman, he sent a wire asking his friends to desist. Then Douglas tried for a 100% no. On a nationwide radio hookup, he said: "I will have to do the Sherman* and say that I would not run if nominated, I would not serve if elected . . . and I am no more a candidate for the vice presidency than I am for the presidency...