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NOTHING THRILLED US HALF AS MUCH (Epic). This reissue of The Best of Fred Astaire is decidedly a collector's item: original recordings of such favorites as Cheek to Cheek, Slap That Bass and Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, sung and danced (the tapping is almost as expressive as the lyrics) by the master...
...ITEM: Three dead people were given posthumous Emmys. I want you to know that I think of this as last resort, but one way or another, this network will win more awards, posthumous or otherwise. A word to the wise...
...ITEM: The writers of the Carol Channing Special won an award. The show was universally loathed, had no laughs and precious little taste. Surely with all our staff we can do as well. Let me see suggestions on the above items, starting Tuesday. Monday I will be in Chicago delivering a speech to the Advertisers Club on "Creative Imagination in Broadcasting." Branch officers are expected to attend...
Soothing Fears. One reason for Thompson's widespread support among the assembly rank and file was his work on behalf of the most controversial item on the agenda: the Confession of 1967. First presented to the 1965 assembly, the new creed is intended to supplement the classic Westminster Confession of 1647. The aim was to draft a new creed that did not abrogate any previous statement of faith accepted by the church, including the Apostles' Creed, but merely supplied a new emphasis to traditional belief...
...Welfare reports a consistent drop in the U.S. birth rate since 1958 (TIME, May 6); last year it sagged 7%, and the total of 3,800,000 was the smallest in 15 years. Understandably, Mrs. Gerber and her husband's industry are beginning to fret. The newest item on the fret list of the baby-food business is the growing popularity of "the pill." The baby-food people still just seem to hope that it will somehow go away. "Birth control," says a Gerber executive primly, "is a necessity in some countries...