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When Manhattan Chemical Engineer Louis Schweitzer gave away his $200,000 FM station last year, he did so, he said, because it was threatening to become a commercial success. The December 1958 newspaper strike had brought so many advertisers and so much advertiser interference to New York's WBAI that Schweitzer had to scramble for a way to preserve his programing ideal: "Free radio...
Last week WBAI-FM began broadcasting under new ownership-California's Pacifica Foundation-and Donor Schweitzer's ideal was getting a good run for his money. The station's program is crowded with excellent music, also makes room for viewpoints that would make many a network executive's brush cut burst into flame...
...subscriber was Louis Schweitzer himself, who was also serving as unsalaried manager. The station could hardly have more fond attention. Schweitzer, one of three brothers in a firm that makes specialty papers (it merged in 1957 with Kimberly-Clark), keeps a G.E. transmitter tube on his desk because he considers it beautiful, has been an active ham operator since...
...Gondola. At 60, Russian-born Louis Schweitzer sits atop a colorful legend, built by spending his money both wisely and well. He married Broadway Actress Lucille Lortel in 1931, gave her off-Broadway's Theater de Lys for a 24th anniversary present ( The Threepenny Opera has been running there since 1955); earlier he had built the White Barn Theater in Westport, Conn. To help himself and his wife get around the city, he bought a Mercedes-Benz 190, had it equipped with a meter and a rooftop light, coughed up another $17,000 for a hackie's license...
...Following the fantastic international temblor of drum beating, which caused Stanley Kramer's On the Beach to open simultaneously in 18 cities, including Melbourne, Moscow, London, Paris, Tokyo and Washington, the drums are now being carried right into the jungle. To Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, Gabon Republic (French Equatorial Africa) went a special 16-mm. print of On the Beach for his 80th-birthday celebration this week...