Word: omnibuses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate subcommittee got very little response from most of the twelve subpoenaed witnesses, all named by Burdett. One man called, however, was Charles Grutzner, 51, since 1941 a reporter for the New York Times. By chance, Grutzner was presented on a CBS Omnibus TV program as a typical Times reporter. Burdett named him as a member of the prewar Brooklyn Eagle Communist unit. Times executives, tipped off to Grutzner's Communist background, questioned Grutzner in May. He quickly admitted party membership from 1937 to 1940. He had been recruited by Nat Einhorn, he testified, over a cup of coffee...
Died. Isabel Bonner, 47, stage, television and radio actress (Uncle Harry, Omnibus, The Right to Happiness), wife of Playwright Joseph Kramm (The Shrike), 1952 Pulitzer Prizewinner; of cerebral hemorrhage; on the stage of Hollywood's Carthay Circle Theater during the first act of a performance of The Shrike, in which she was playing the title role...
...President's omnibus draft bill, which would have put most college graduates on a three-year ready-reserve status after their regular active duty, was narrowly saved from defeat yesterday by the parliamentary tactics of its supporters...
...Omnibus, a 90-minute television program, has produced an unprecedented range of educational programs--from Shakespeare's "King Lear," to specially-commissioned music, drama, and ballet performances, to a demonstration of "What's New in Football," by the Columbia football team. In every case, Omnibus has attempted to escape the more stereotyped entertainment of most commercial television...
...item veto, however, will need more than the support of a few stalwart individuals. Real bi-partisan cooperation will be necessary for the two-thirds majorities required for Constitutional amendment. Since many members of both parties have realized the utility of an omnibus appropriations bill, it is highly likely that Congress will pass the Consolidated General Appropriations Bill. But the legislature must realize that an omnibus bill without an item veto would mean an unbridled budget, running wild under the goadings of pressure groups that won't stop prodding...