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...Issue. In his nationwide radio-TV speech, Joe McCarthy flatly opposed Eisenhower's expressed hope that the Communists-in-Government problem will be handled so well that it will not be a major issue in the 1954 elections. McCarthy, who has built his career on that issue and cannot afford to have it die. indicated that he thought the President's attitude was "well-meaning" but not wise. He had a main issue of his own to propose for 1954: McCarthy...
Family Portrait SIR: MANY THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL NOV. 9 STORY [ON THE RADIO-TV SHOW "MY LITTLE MARGIE"]. ALL OF US WERE VERY THRILLED, ALTHOUGH MY THREE SONS, PHILLIP, PETER AND PAUL, RAISED A FEW OBJECTIONS. THE BABY WHO APPEARED IN THE PHOTO WITH ME WASN'T MINE BUT SIX-MONTH-OLD DEBORAH ANN FARRELL (NO RELATION TO CHARLEY), WHO WAS FEATURED ON ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MIND, AND AM SURE DEBORAH ANN DIDN'T, BUT MY BOYS SEEMED TO RESENT AN INTRUDER...
...Chicago, William Irvin, radio-TV editor of the Sun-Times, was fired after 18 years on the radio beat for missing the La Rosa firing. "It was my day off," he said ruefully. "I took my son to the doctor and missed the Godfrey program...
Stroke of Fate (Sun. 9 p.m.) poses some intriguing iffy questions about history. First question: "What might have happened if Robert E. Lee had accepted Lincoln's offer to command the Union Army?" After consultation with Columbia Historian Allan Nevins, veteran Radio-TV Writer Mort Lewis decided that Lee's generalship would have ended the Civil War two years sooner, thus leading to an earlier assassination of Lincoln and Lee's election as President. Other Stroke of Fate teasers: Suppose Montcalm had defeated Wolfe at Quebec, Hamilton had killed Burr in their duel, Hitler had been killed...
Reason for the sighs of relief: Dragnet is a blaring, full-blown version of the theme song of the popular radio-TV show sponsored by Chesterfield. Last week Dragnet was still 19th on the Hit Parade listing, although Variety now put it second among disk jockeys, third in retail, second on coin machines. Would the Hit Parade play a rival cigarette's theme song if it reached the Lucky Strike top seven? "Certainly," snapped a Lucky executive. "We couldn't possibly not play it. Our whole reputation is involved." Is the tune . likely to make...