Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fresh face- and a pretty one at that-to cover politics for its lady readers. Armed with a note pad and a camera Actress Candice Bergen, 22, is heading for the hustings on Bobby Kennedy's campaign trail in the first leg of her new assignment to report on the candidates in the Oregon primary. "I didn't even know what a primary was," admits Candy. Still, writing is what she likes to do most (she's published articles in Esquire and Vogue), and be sides, "I think...
Worse, from Mrs. Kennedy's view, was soon to come. A syndicated Washington columnist burst into print with the report that Annemarie was 1) making a pilot film for TV, 2) planning to open a gourmet club in a Manhattan townhouse, and 3) about to publish a cookbook. The column also reported that, presumably because of Annemarie's dietary meals, Jackie had slimmed down from a size 12 to a size 8 dress...
...Chrysler, the only automaker to report, had record sales of $1.7 billion (up 33% over last year's first quarter) and record earnings of $69.3 million (up a whopping 280%). A few auto suppliers also had good quarterly earnings, including B. F. Goodrich with a record 16.7% climb, Uniroyal up 26.3% and glassmaker Libbey-Owens-Ford, which had a hefty 48% increase...
Even before they report for duty next month, most of the 24,500 reservists just called to active military service will be facing no small battle on the home front. During tours that can last as long as two years, spartan soldiers' pay will have to be stretched to cover civilian responsibilities. Yet a fortunate few will be able to count on a financial ally: U.S. businesses that sense a duty to their duty-bound employees...
...newsmen say no, yet their generally restrained coverage of the "disturbances" following the King assassination, compared with the full-blast coverage of last summer's riots, proves that television need not err on the side of sensationalism. Though the President's riot commission report tends to discount TV's role as an inciter it guardedly adds that "the question is far-reaching and a sure answer is beyond the range of presently available scientific techniques...