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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...teachers are being shifted around, we black students are afraid of losing teachers we have begun to trust and respect. We had six black teachers removed. It was a court order, so they just went." Most of the fifth-graders in an overwhelmingly black Newburgh, N.Y., school told an NBC interviewer last week that they were against integration and did not want to be bused to an integrated school, partly out of fear that the whites would outnumber them and try to boss them around. James Stewart spoke succinctly of his classmates' feelings: "Some of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Does Integration Still Matter to Blacks? | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

...THESE preparations may appear ex-??me, especially since NBC and CBS ??th plan live color coverage from Mexico, but a total eclipse is one of the most spectacular of natural phenomena. For earth-bound observers, there are four major eclipse features to watch...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: ?? Blotted Out-From the Sky | 3/6/1970 | See Source »

...field of music, the names of Enrico Carusa, the great tenor and Arturo Toscaniui, the conductor of the New York Philharinonic and the NBC Orchestra are known all over the world. Many other Americans with Italian roots have been prominent in art and music circles...

Author: By Lawrence S. Dicara, | Title: Sail On! Sail On! Sail On and On! | 3/5/1970 | See Source »

...ratings race, CBS is having its worst season since 1955, trailing NBC by 3% in prime evening-time audience. What is more, NBC, with its more urban-oriented schedule, holds a 29% edge in college-educated viewers and a 28% margin among those earning $10,000 or more. Since such demographic breakdowns are becoming increasingly critical for sponsors, Skelton and Petticoat Junction were dumped even though they ranked among the top 25 programs in total audience. CBS also dropped Lancer, Get Smart and the Tim Conway situation comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Overhaul at CBS | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...NBC is also doing some shuffling, but less than ever before. On the canceled list: / Dream of Jeannie, Daniel Boone, Dragnet '70, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Then Came Branson and My World and Welcome to It. In their place will go variety hours starring Black Comic Flip Wilson and Don Knotts (from the old Andy Griffith Show) plus Nancy, a sappy-sounding sitcom with Celeste Holm set in the White House. NBC has also taken on CBS Castoff Skelton, although for a half-hour at a time instead of an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Overhaul at CBS | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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