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...Knife. Disappointment and near disaster trailed Nikita Khrushchev around the city. He engaged in a TV shouting match with an interviewer nearly as brash as himself-frenetic Producer David Susskind (see SHOW BUSINESS). Even Khrushchev's grisly jokes went sour. Asked by newsmen if he had changed his mind on disarmament, Khrushchev produced a penknife, said "I have this," and wondered aloud if the knife "could puncture such a sack" as the U.S.'s stout ambassador to the U.N., James J. Wadsworth...
...Damn it," said David Susskind last week, "I don't think I'm a wild egomaniac destroying Western civilization. I did my best with Khrushchev...
...Witness (CBS) is one of the more exciting shows to appear on TV in a long time. Packaged by David Susskind, it effectively utilizes a formula first laid out by more modest shows like Day in Court and The Verdict Is Yours: the simulated hearing or trial. The first episode grilled a fictional "Lucky" Luciano. While the case did not unfold too coherently, and the crowd noises in the simulated hearing room were badly overdone, the program spectacularly captured the disorderly drama of committee hearings, with all their rambling language and flashing anger. Telly Savalas, a comparatively unknown actor...
...Witness (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). A new series, produced by David Susskind, about the great heavies of all time, begins with a portrait of Lucky Luciano...
...example, on David Susskind's Open End program last month, Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon expounded the same ends-means line, saying that the difference between the parties was that to solve the same problems, the Democrats relied too much on government action while the Republicans preferred to exhaust private means before turning to the government. Paul Ziffren, California's former Democratic National Committeeman, asked, "How many old people have to go without adequate medical care before the Republicans think it's time for government action? How many children must go to school on double session before the Republicans think...