Word: showings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ANDREW WILLIAMS' MAGIC LANTERN SHOW COMPANY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Music is the main magic, since Andy's guests are Aretha Franklin, Roger Miller, Sergio Mendes and Brasil...
...BEST ON RECORD: THE GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The announcement of Record of the Year will be made after competing Grammy winners-The Beatles (Hey Jude), Jeannie C. Riley (Harper Valley P.T.A.), Glen Campbell (Wichita Lineman), Jose Feliciano (Light My Fire), Mason Williams (Classical Gas), Simon and Garfunkel (Mrs. Robinson), Bobby Goldsboro (Honey) and the Los Angeles cast of Hair (Let the Sunshine In and Aquarius)-have done their stuff. A star-studded crowd of "presenters" will also be on hand...
...Showing the flag is an ancient ploy that has worn a bit thin. Richard Nixon's decision to show American military might last week was an appropriate reaction in the face of severe North Korean provocation. But he may have overdone it somewhat. In response to North Korea's destruction of a U.S. EC-121 spy plane over international waters, the President gave sailing orders to Task Force 71, a 40-ship armada assigned the task of protecting future reconnaissance flights near North Korea...
Costly and Limited. At week's end it seemed that the Administration was drawing back from its show of strength. About 20 of the 29 surface warships of TF-71 were redeployed from the Sea of Japan to the Yellow Sea, possibly in response to Russian displeasure. The withdrawal takes the main force from the eastern side of the Korean peninsula to its western approaches. More important, it moves the ships farther from Soviet shores, making them less provocative to Moscow. In any event, it seems that TF-71 will be only a temporary measure. General Earle G. Wheeler...
CALKINS was also grossly out of place on the interlocking-directorate charts that some radical students had prepared to show how the Corporation dominates American business. Calkins' only tangible business involvement was his role as director of a Rhode Island manufacturing company. He later said he took the job to help a friend whose company was in trouble...