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Lesser said he was pleased by the success which the program had had so far but stressed that its "ultimate success" would depend on "whether kids learn from...
LASSIE (CBS, 7-7:30 p.m.). With help from their canine friend, six blind children learn to use the Braille Nature Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest...
...surface. While Dean photographed the spacecraft, Conrad picked up some valuable souvenirs. First, he clipped off some of Surveyor's insulated TV cable, which had contained a known quantity of microorganisms when it left the earth; by examining the cable after it is returned to Houston, biologists will learn if any terrestrial bugs survived and multiplied on the moon. Conrad also removed Surveyor's TV camera; a study of its "aging" could help in the design of future lunar equipment. Then he snipped off some glass and shiny tubing for evidence of micrometeorite bombardment. Finally, he removed Surveyor...
...comment to the nation's television viewers. "A small group of men," said Agnew, "numbering perhaps no more than a dozen anchormen, commentators and executive producers, settle upon the film and commentary that is to reach the public. They decide what 40 to 50 million Americans will learn of the day's events in the nation and in the world." Such vast and unchecked power in the hands of a "small and unelected elite," the Vice President claimed, has served to distort traditional rhythms of "normality" -"our national search for internal peace and stability." Gresham...
...comes closest to the liberal intellectualism that is anathema to Agnew. Yet, even he shares an Agnewesque distaste for "professional intellectuals. They tempt me to agree with Eric Hoffer, who said that intellectuals must never be given power because they want people to get down on their knees and learn to love what they really hate and hate what they really love...