Word: orly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Five nights a week, around dinnertime, the TV sets in some 3,916,000 U.S. homes* are tuned to a 15-minute news program, NBC's Huntley-Brinkley Report. Although CBS's Doug Edwards commands a slightly larger audience, no other television newscast has collected more major awards...
The other half of the team, David Brinkley, 39, who has never lost all of his North Carolina drawl or his essentially mischievous disposition, provides the show's seasoning. Viewers have learned to rely on frequent injections of his subtle and astringent wit and to watch for the point...
Not until they go on the air does either know what the other will say; their story assignments must be written-and in some cases reported and filmed-in the hours just before show time. The news budget is restricted to five or six items, and which man takes the...
SOME stockholders grumble that Barr has spent so much on expansion that earnings have suffered (they dropped below 1957 in 1958). But Barr argues that money spent now will bring benefits in higher profits later. The rise has started. Earnings in the first half this year jumped to $10.6 million...
Many workers are using their new popularity to get wages double or treble the union rate, while some employers are cutting working hours. When Volkswagen opened its new Kassel truck plant, 3,000 workers were put on a 4O-hour week v. 44 in the usual contract. Other plants offer...