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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...smokers. In addition, to make his message more visual and urgent, Frederickson projects film of cancer-riddled lungs or of an emphysema patient who does not have enough breath to blow out a match. From time to time, a Laugh-In-style "crawl" message crosses the bottom of the TV screen with a variety of warnings, such as "41% of heavy smokers die before...
...TV's race for ratings would seem to be a matter of interest only within the industry. Yet each spring Americans await the final results in much the same way that they await the results of an election: as participants, they want to see which entries they have made the favorites. This season, for the 14th time in as many years, CBS held a slim numerical edge. CBS, by its own calculations (Nielsen ranks shows, not networks), won 20.3% of the audience...
...Meaning that CBS was watched by 20.3%, NBC by 20.0% and ABC by 15.6% of TV-owning households during prime time, 7:30-11 p.m. Each percentage point equals roughly 1,200,000 viewers...
...TV Bonus. The surfeit of shortages is reflected in the rising fees charged by employment agencies and training schools. Some agencies collect as much as $2,400 to fill a $15,000 job. Rather than pay such bounties, Loral Corp., a Scarsdale, N.Y., electronics firm, offers a color television set to any employee recommending an engineer who remains with the company for at least three months. Marcor, Inc., formed by the merger of Montgomery Ward and Container Corp. of America, awards $100 merchandise credits to employees who help recruit new data processors and secretaries...
...long time coming-32 years-from the day she toddled on to a Paisley, Scotland, stage to pipe Roamin' in the Gloamin' at the age of two. Besides Finian, she did Sons o' Fun and George White's Scandals, then went on to movies and TV until her semi-retirement in the 1950s...