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...chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and his audience was the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Washington. Accustomed to a mild FCC that never interfered with programing, the TV owners and operators were more deeply shaken by Minow's blast than they had been by the quiz scandals or anything else in TV history...
...pillowcase sheaths with her little sister (now a housewife in Montrose, Calif.) and learned the Charleston. At the University of Washington, she majored in drama, minored in mononucleosis, got elected princess of this and that-later, it was to be "Queen of Better Drive-Ins"-and handed out quiz prizes for a local TV station. Two years ago, Dorothy began looking pretty for Warner Bros, at $500 a week. In her first TV series, The Alaskans, she played opposite a moose. There was no opportunity to Charleston, and the series died...
...most favorably (75%) regarded by consumers. Then came newspapers (73%), television (55%), radio (32%), and at the bottom of the list, highway billboards (20%). Last year newspapers occupied the top spot in the consumer's affection as an advertising medium. In 1957 television was on top. But the quiz scandals knocked its favorable rating from 83% to 49% before it started up again...
...victims. Thus the recent U.S. scene has offered the spectacle of "The Martyr as Manly Rapist" (Caryl Chessman), "The Martyr as High-Minded Gigolo" (Chance Wayne in Sweet Bird of Youth), and "The Martyr as Put-Upon Professor" (Charles Van Doren, self-proclaimed victim of the TV quiz riggings). The ultimate in 20th century "compassion" is to declare God irresponsible. In a Jules Feiffer cartoon a kindly chap standing on a stool concludes his monologue with God thus: "Listen up there-if you ever start a war, I'll understand. It's an attention-getting device...
...more than 2,500 college and high school classrooms in the U.S. and Canada where TIME is used regularly as a supplementary text, students this month are taking TIME'S latest Current Affairs Test. This 100-question quiz offers an entertaining way to review the eventful period from September through December. You may have a copy of the test booklet (and answer sheet) by sending 25? (or $1 for five) to TIME 1961 Current Affairs Test, P.O. Box 1961, Radio City Station, New York...