Word: presbreys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their hot pursuit of headlinemakers, TV's three major news-panel shows have grown so competitive that they are forcing statesmen to new stratagems of diplomacy. When Moderator Oliver Presbrey of ABC's Press Conference began thanking Britain's Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell for having "chosen" to appear in a filmed edition of the show, Gaitskell broke in to ask that he change that to "accepted" the invitation. This phrasing would square him with a future host, CBS's Face the Nation, explained Gaitskell, who added discreetly that he already had promised NBC's Meet...
...occasion was the first anniversary of Martha's marriage to Oliver Presbrey, a New York advertising executive. Millionaire Clendenin Ryan, who would like to be governor of New Jersey, footed the bill as a belated wedding present for the Presbreys. At first he planned a cozy little party at his Warrenton, Va. estate. "We asked 40 people and 60 accepted," said Ryan. Ryan and Martha were convinced that the scope of the enterprise should be expanded and brought to Martha's home in Washington...
Married. Martha Rountree, 35, blonde, bouncy coproducer (since 1945) of the successful Radio-TV show Meet the Press; and Oliver Presbrey, 43, advertising agency account executive; both for the second time; in Tucson, Ariz...