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...radio or have anything to do with it. Lately, however, Publisher Highland has brought his papers up to date in at least one respect: he has turned his fury away from radio and concentrated it on television. The switch came about five months ago when Manhattan Financier John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's investment company decided to put up money (about $250,000) for a coaxial cable into Clarksburg to bring the town television programs. Whitney's company, set up to "help stimulate free enterprise" with new projects, quickly ran head-on into Publisher Highland. One paper reported that...
...Jock Whitney's plan to help Clarksburg get TV had the backing of local businessmen, the Chamber of Commerce and the city council. But Publisher Highland blocked every move, covered his front pages with stories about the evils of TV and the big-city "bellhops" who were trying to impose it on his community. Last week at the final city council meeting to decide the question, the council unanimously approved the plan, which will give Clarksburg TV within 90 days. Many Clarksburg citizens wished that Jock Whitney's free-enterprising ventures could also include a new paper...
...Peyton, who scored a last-minute touchdown against Winthrop Thursday, will start at right halfback for Dunster. Dave Bicks at fullback, Larry Boies at left halfback, and Jock Brophy round out the Funster backfield...
...disqualify him, because other physical gifts had brought him there in the first place. A 220-pounder, many colleges sought Schmitt after he had made a name for himself as a tackle at Carrick High School in Pittsburgh. Schmitt decided on. Pitt because it was closer to home and Jock Sutherland was producing great teams there...
...restaurant started off modestly. The two largest sponsors -Jock Whitney and the late Bob Benchley, whom Mike had known during his New York nightlife era-subscribed only $350 apiece; Darryl Zanuck and Joseph Schenck, only $300 each. The total take was $7,200, $1,800 short of what Mike had hoped...