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October 1 , 1962
GULF RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF NBC-TV "INSTANT NEWS SPECIALS" AND WILL
ALSO SPONSOR "PROJECTION *63," NEWS FORECAST COLOR SPECIAL
Gulf Oil Corporation has renewed its sponsorship of NBC-TV
"Instant News Specials" for 1963 and will also sponsor "Projection
'63," full-hour special forecast of world events, presented each year
by NBC News, it was announced today by Carl Lindemann, Jr., Vice
President, Special Projects, NBC.
"Instant News Specials" make possible thorough and immediate
sponsored coverage of national and international events hours after they
occur. The number and length of the programs in the series is determined
by the news as it breaks throughout the year.
"Projection ’63," the sixth annual forecast of trends and
developments in the coming year by NBC News domestic and foreign
correspondents, will be broadcast in color on the NBC-TV Network
Sunday, Jan. 6 , 10-11 p.m. EST. This will be the third consecutive
year of "Projection" sponsorship by Gulf.
NBC News correspondent Frank McGee is anchorman for the
"Instant News Specials" series and moderator of "Projection ’63." Chet
Hagan is producer of both.
Correspondents for "Projection *63," who will discuss the
particular problems their areas will face in 1963* will be announced.
The Gulf order was placed through Young & Rubicam Inc.
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"PROJECTION '63," ANNUAL FULL-HOUR NBC NEWS FORECAST,
WILL BE BROADCAST IN COLOR SUNDAY, JAN. 6
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"Projection *63.," the annual full-hour NBC News forecast of
world events, will be presented in color Sunday, Jan. 6 , 10-11 p.m. EST,
it was announced tocay by William R. McAndrew, Executive Vice President,
NBC News.
Gulf Oil Corporation, through Young & Rubicam Inc., purchased
sponsorship of the "Projection" program for the third consecutive year.
"Projection '63," the sixth annual forecast of trends and
developments in the coming year, features NBC News domestic and foreign
correspondents discussing the particular problems their areas will
face in 1963. Correspondents who will participate in the program
will be announced.
NBC News correspondent Frank McGee is moderator of
"Projection ’63." Chet Hagan is producer.
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A.E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY TRANSFERS BULK OF ITS
NETWORK TV ADVERTISING TO NBC, BUYING INTO FIVE PROGRAMS
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, Ill,, has
transferred the bulk of its network television advertising to NBC-TV,
ordering sponsorship in five NBC-TV programs, it was announced today
by James Hergen, Director of Daytime Sales, and William Storke,
Director, Participating Sales, NBC-TV Network.
The Staley order, one of the company’s most extensive during
its nine years of network television advertising, is for participation
in the "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and in four NBC-TV day¬
time programs: "The Merv Griffin Show," "Your First Impression,"
"Truth or Consequences," and "Loretta Young Theatre."
The A. E. Staley order was placed through Erwin Wasey,
Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc., Chicago.
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HOW NBC NEWS PROVIDED SWIFT, COMPREHENSIVE TV AND RADIO
COVERAGE OF MISSISSIPPI INTEGRATION STORY OVER WEEKEND
NBC News mobilized newsmen from New York, Chicago and New
Orleans to converge on Mississippi over the weekend for rapid coverage
of swift-breaking events on efforts to admit James H. Meredith, 29-
year-old Negro, to the University of Mississippi.
The results were three television specials Saturday and Sunday
(Sept. 29 and 30), numerous bulletins on the NBC-TV and Radio networks
and live reports on NBC Radio's "Monitor '62."
Handling the three TV specials from New York was Frank McGee.
The first was broadcast at 11:15 p.m. EDT Saturday.
This was a 15-minute program that included live news summaries
from William Ryan in Memphis, Kenneth Bernstein in Jackson, Miss., and
Robert Goralski in Washington.
Sunday, at 5^30 p.m. EDT NBC News presented the second TV
special, a half-hour program with late reports from Ryan and Bernstein.
McGee outlined steps the Federal Government would take.
Films showed Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett appealing to
the fans at the Mississippi-Kentucky football game Saturday night in
Jackson. Other films showed the staging of Federal forces at Millington
Naval Air Station outside Memphis.
In Washington, NBC News correspondents Ray Scherer and Robert
McCormick discussed the political reverberations of Governor Barnett's
moves.
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At 8 p.ra. EDT Sunday, NBC News learned in Washington that a
peaceful settlement to Meredith’s registration was "imminent." During
an on-the-air telephone conversation between McGee in New York and
correspondent Richard Valerian! on the "Ole Miss" campus, Valeriani
spotted Federal marshals escorting the Negro onto the campus.
At 10 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the NBC-TV and Radio networks
carried live President Kennedy’s address to the nation on the
Mississippi situation. Scherer summarized the President’s remarks at
10:10 p.m. EDT.
The Presidential talk delayed for 15 minutes the "Du Pont
Show of the Week." When it concluded at 11:15 p.m., NBC News presented
the third TV special of the weekend -- a 15-minute show that summarized
late events.
Throughout the weekend, NBC News interrupted both radio and
television with bulletins on the Mississippi story.
A small army of NBC News reporters, cameramen and technicians
was assigned in and around Oxford, Miss.
Frank Jordan, Manager, NBC News, Chicago, coordinated all
reports out of' Oxford. Ke was assisted by Valeriani, NBC News’
correspondents out of Chicago, cameraman Earl Grotchett of Chicago, and
James Harper of New York, who handled the TV tape. A mobile TV tape
unit from WDSU in New Orleans was rushed to Oxford on Sunday.
In Jackson, Miss., correspondent Kenneth Bernstein and
cameraman Cal Marlin were on duty. Memphis was being covered by
correspondent William Ryan, director Charles Sieg and cameraman
Doug Downs. Leaving for the area early Monday (Oct. l) was reporter
Robert Farson.
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October 1, 1962
Attention, Sports Editors
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF CHANGES WORLD SERIES DATES
NBC-TV AND RADIO COVERAGE TIMES LISTED
The National League pennant playoff between the San Francisco
Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, being covered by NBC on TV and radio,
changes the previously announced schedule for the World Series, also to
be covered by NBC-TV (in color) and NBC Radio.
The first coast-to-coast World Series in baseball history
now will begin Thursday, Oct. 4, in the park of the National League
pennant-winner — either San Francisco’s Candlestick Park or Los
Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. The second game is scheduled for the same
park on Friday, Oct. 5 .
Games three, four and (if necessary) five will be played
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7 , 8 and 9* at Yankee Stadium, home
of the American League champion New York Yankees. If the best-four-
of-seven competition has not been decided after five games, play will
shift back to the West Coast for the sixth game Thursday, Oct. 11. A
seventh game would be played Friday, Oct. 12.
The Series schedule calls for open dates for travel on Oct. 6,
between games 2-3, and on Oct. 10, between games 5-6.
TV and radio times for Series games in San Francisco would
be 2:45 p.m. EDT (11:45 p.m. PDT), 15 minutes before game time. Air
times for Los Angeles games would be 3:45 p.m. EDT (12:45 p.m. PDT).
Air times for New York games will be 1:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 7 ,
and 12:45 p.m. EDT on Oct. 8 and 9.
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Bob Wolff on television, and A1 Heifer on radio, are the
commentators for NBC’s dual coverage of the National League playoff.
Wolff was one of the commentators for NBC-TV’s "Major League Baseball"
games during the past season, and Heifer announced Houston Colts games.
Air time for playoff games on TV is 4 p.m. EDT, a few minutes
before game time (instead of 3:45 p.m. EDT, as previously planned).
Radio air time is 3:45 p.m. EDT.
The best two-of-three playoff series started Oct. 1 in
Ca.ndlestick Park, San Francisco. The scene shifts to Los Angeles'
Dodger Stadium for the second game Tuesday, Oct. 2 and the third
game, if necessary, Wednesday, Oct. 3*
NBC's exclusive TV and radio coverage is nationwide, except
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FROM U.S. TO VISIT RADIO FREE EUROPE’S FACILITIES
Russell C. Tornabene, Manager, NBC News Operations In New
York, will be among a group of U. S. business executives flying to
Europe next month to make a first-hand study of the operations of
Radio Free Europe in penetrating the Iron Curtain.
The group will leave New York Oct. 12 for a 10-da.y tour of
overseas facilities that beam a steady flow of free-nation information
into the Communist satellite nations of Eastern Europe.
The touring group will inspect facilities in Munich, Germany,
where Radio Free Europe has its headquarters, and in Lisbon, Portugal,
where a powerful short-wave transmitting station is located. They will
also visit West Berlin for a look at the Communist Wall.
Radio Free Europe is a private, non-profit, non-government
enterprise founded in 1950.
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October 2, 1962
THERE’S A THIRD "NINE" IN NBC-TV COVERAGE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
They Are the Advertisers Signed in 21-Hour Period Before First Game
During the 21-hour period between the end of the Los Angeles-
St. Louis game Sunday and the start of the Los Angeles-San Francisco
playoff game Monday, nine advertisers purchased sponsorship in NBC-TV*s
exclusive coverage of the National League playoff series, it was an¬
nounced today by Richard McHugh, Manager, Sports and Special Program
Sales, NBC Television Network.
The advertisers and their agencies are:
Bristol-Myers Co.
Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield
Inc.
Schick, Inc.
Norman, Craig & Kummel Inc.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. J. Walter Thompson
Union Carbide Consumer
Products Co.
William Esty Co. Inc.
Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. William Esty Co. Inc.
Thomas Leeming & Co. William Esty Co. Inc.
Sterling Drug, Inc.
Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample Inc.
P. Ballantine & Sons
William Esty Co. Inc.
Kemper Insurance Group
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•REPORT ON MISSISSIPPI,' NBC NEWS TV SPECIAL MONDAY NIGHT INCLUDED
EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCES BY ATTORNEY GENERAL KENNEDY AND GOV. BARNETT
Two exclusive appearances, one by Attorney General Robert P.
Kennedy and the other by Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett, were
included in a special NBC News program, "Report on Mississippi," on
the NBC-TV Network last night (Monday, Oct. 1, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT).
Mr. Kennedy said in an interview with NBC News correspondent
David Brinkley that the rioting on the campus of the University of
Mississippi was due to the failure of Governor Barnett and other state
officials to keep their word that they would maintain law and order.
Governor Barnett said in a taped statement that the fatal
rioting was the responsibility of "inexperienced, nervous and trigger-
happy Federal marshals." He said that the only solution to the
integration was for the Federal Government to remove James H. Meredith,
a 29-year-old Negro student, from the university.
NBC News correspondent Frank McGee was anchorman on the pro¬
gram, which was produced by Robert Northshield and Gerald Green. It
included reports by correspondents Bill Ryan in Memphis, Kenneth
Bernstein in Jackson (Miss.), and Ray Scherer and Robert McCormick in
Washington. Other segments included an interview by correspondent
Sander Vanocur with Ralph McGill, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution.
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October 2, 1962
CREDITS FOR 'THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON'
NBC-TV Color Broadcast Series
Time:
NBC-TV color broadcasts, Monday
through Fridays, 11:15 p.m. to
1 a.m. NYT (started Monday,
Oct. 1, 1962)
Host:
Johnny Carson
Origination Point:
Studio 6 b, RCA Building, New York
Format:
Comedy, music, interviews, and
visiting guest stars each night
Announcer:
Ed McMahon
Musical Director:
Skitch Henderson
Producer:
Perry Cross
Director:
Dick Carson
Assistant Producer:
John Carsey
Commercial Producer:
Perry Massey
Assistant Director:
Stan Zapka
Writers:
Herb Sargent, Alen Robbin,
Jim McGee
Senior Unit Manager:
Ed Fought
Unit Manager:
Doug Skene
Senior Talent Coordinator:
Sy Kasoff
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Assistant to Mr. Carson:
Set Designer:
Costumes:
Technical Director:
Lighting:
Audio:
Property Man:
Production Assistant:
Commercial Production Assistants:
Floor Manager:
Sponsors:
NBC Press Representative:
Shelly Schultz, Bruce Cooper,
Shirley Wood
Mike Zinella
Frank Skinner
Joe Mostelleer
Ray Barrett
Howard Sharrott
Robert Bugg
John Day
Betty Bayer
Sheila Reilly, Marilyn Roberts
John Lynch
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SPEED AND COMPLETENESS MARKED NBC NEWS TV AND RADIO
COVERAGE OF ASTRONAUT SCHIRRA«S ORBIT FLIGHT
NBC-TV was the only television network today to provide
continuous live coverage of the first orbit of the space flight of
Commander Walter M. Schirra Jr. During the day, the network continued
to present special coverage, including a half-hour program at 12 noon
EDT and another at 3^30 p.m. EDT.
NBC News began its television coverage at 7 a.m. EDT and
continued it for three full hours, to report on preparations for the
flight, the launching from Cape Canaveral and the problems of tempera¬
ture control encountered by Schirra, during his first orbit around the
earth. The coverage was titled ’’American in Orbit: Stage III."
New York ratings showed NBC-TV with a greater audience
than both other TV networks combined during the hours 7-10 a.m. EDT.
The New York Nielsen figures gave NBC an 8.9 rating and a 46 per cent
share, CBS a 4.8 rating and a 25 per cent share, ABC a 1.7 rating and
a 9 per cent share. The New York Arbitron results showed NBC with a
10 rating and a 47 per cent share, CBS a 6.9 rating and a 33 per cent
share, and ABC a 1 rating and a 5 per cent share.
The NBC News coverage not only included comprehensive report¬
ing on all aspects of the flight, but exclusive live pickups from the
home of Schirra*s parents in San Diego, Calif.; the high school the
astronaut attended in Englewood, N. J., and the U. S. Weather Bureau
center at Suitland, Md.
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New York and correspondent Merrill Mueller as anchorman in Canaveral.
NBC News’ aerospace correspondent Roy Neal reported from the Cape on
scientific and technical aspects of the flight. The programming was
produced by Chet Hagan. It was sponsored by the Gulf Oil Corporation
as part of the series of NBC Special News Reports.
Between the special NBC News programs, the TV network
interrupted regular programs with reports on developments in the flight,
including bulletins at 11:03 a.m., 1:32 p.m. and 1:37 p.m. EDT. During
regular programming, NBC News used a "traveling" news sign running
across the bottom of the television screen to keep viewers informed
of the progress of Schirra’s mission.
At 2:25 p.m. EDT, NBC-TV carried the first message from
space to be broadcast live. The voice was that of Schirra talking
with astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. at the Port Arguello (Calif.) track¬
ing station. NBC News correspondent Merrill Mueller pointed out that
previous transmissions from space have been taped before being
broadcast.
The special program at 12 noon EDT- included interviews with
experts on important aspects of the equipment and preparations and
reaction from London transmitted via Telstar. The Telstar coverage,
taped in New York, presented Londoners being questioned on their
opinions of the American space attempt.
In the three-hour program that began the NBC News coverage,
NBC News correspondent Elmer Peterson interviewed the astronaut’s
parents, Mr . and Mrs. Walter Schirra Sr., outside their home in San
Diego. Mrs. Schirra said that she had experienced a new surge of
confidence during the past few days.
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Correspondent Stephen Flanders reported from Dwight Morrow
High School in Englewood, N. J., where students were watching the NBC
coverage on a large screen in the school auditorium. Flanders inter¬
viewed a student and a teacher who had served as Schirra's faculty
adviser when he attended the school.
NBC meteorologist Frank Field reported from the U. S. Weather
Bureau in Suitland, Md., outside Washington, on weather conditions
in the recovery zones around the world. He held an audio interview
with a U. S. Weather Bureau official in Hawaii on the progress of two
tropical storms in the Pacific, where the space capsule was to return
to earth.
NBC News’ radio coverage of Astronaut Schirra’s orbit flight
began at 7:05 a.m. EDT with correspondents Peter Hackes and Jay Barbree
handling the story live from the Cape.
The coverage continued into the afternoon with other reports
from correspondents Herbert Kaplow aboard the USS Kearsarge (the
carrier in the Pacific due to pick up Schirra), Elmer Peterson at the
home of the astronaut’s parents in San Diego, Calif., Stephen Flanders
at the high school the astronaut attended in Englewood, N. J.,; Bill
Paine of KGU in Honolulu, Hawaii; Ray Scherer at the White House, and
Dr. Frank Field at Weather Bureau Analysis at Suitland, Md.
Reaction to the flight was also covered with a three-way
radio hookup between correspondents at the Cape, Moscow and London.
Ed Gough produced the radio coverage from the Cape and Bill
Fitzgerald from New York.
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NBC NETWORK VIEWERS INFORMED ON ORBIT FLIGHT
A "traveling" news sign running across the bottom of the TV
screen was used exclusively by NBC News today (Oct. 3) to keep
NBC-TV viewers informed of the progress of the orbit flight of
Commander Walter M. Schirra Jr. throughout the day.
The news sign was mounted in front of the desk used by NBC
News correspondent Frank McGee in NBC-TV*s New York studios. It first
went into operation shortly after astronaut Schirra was launched into
orbit and was seen during NBC's live coverage of the event early in
the morning.
The moving sign was subsequently superimposed on the
television screen during NBC-TV's regularly scheduled programs, which
resumed at 10 a.m. EDT.
The traveling news sign, developed by the Trans-Lux Corp.,
resembles the famous news sign on the Times Tower in New York’s Times
Square.
The sign used by NBC News is seven feet long, contains 840
light bulbs and operates at 40 words a minute. News is printed on the
screen within seconds after it is received by the operator.
The operator, located in the NBC-TV studio, received the
latest news of the Schirra flight as dictated by an NBC News writer.
Using a tra.nsci'u.ber with a standard typewriter keyboard, the operator
then punched holes in a paper tape. The tape was then fed into the
"flashcaster" panel which translated holes into electronic impulses
which triggered light in a pattern representing letters on the screen.
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FIVE MORE ADVERTISERS BUY SPONSORSHIP IN NBC-TV’S EXCLUSIVE
COVERAGE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF SERIES
Five advertisers, In addition to the nine previously
announced, purchased sponsorship in NBC-TV's exclusive coverage of the
National League playoff series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the
San Francisco Giants, it was announced today by Richard McHugh,
Manager, Sports and Special Program Sa,les, NBC Television Network.
The five advertisers (and their agencies) are: Noxzema
Chemical Co. (Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield Inc.), Block Drug
Co. (Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell and Bayles, Inc.), Dodge Division of
Chrysler Corporation (Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc.), Hills
Brothers Coffee Inc. (N. W. Ayer & Son Inc.), and Hormel Meats (Batten,
Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc.).
Advertisers (and their agencies) previously announced are:
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. (J. Walter Thompson)
Bristol-Myers Co.
Schick, Inc.
(Doherty, Clifford, Steers &
Shenfield Inc.)
(Norman, Craig & Kummel Inc.)
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. (William Esty Co. Inc.)
Chesebrough-Pond 1 s Inc.
Thomas Leeming & Co.
(William Esty Co. Inc.)
(William Esty Co. Inc.)
Sterling Drug, Inc.
P. Ballantine & Sons
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(William Esty Co. Inc.)
Kemper Insurance Group
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SPONSORS SWIFTLY SIGNED FOR NBC RADIO'S
COVERAGE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF
NBC Radio signed an advertiser for its coverage of the
National League baseball playoffs just 55 minutes before airtime, when
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., through Leo Burnett Company Inc., Chicago,
purchased one-quarter sponsorship.
It was I4 minutes before the opening game (Oct. 1), when a mess¬
enger delivered the Schlitz copy to Candlestick Park, San Francisco.
For the second and third playoff games, additional sponsors
joined Schlitz on a participation basis: E. I. duPont de Nemours &
Company Inc., through Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc..; Buick
Motor Division, General Motors Corp., through McCa.nn-Erickson, Inc.;
Chemical Compounds Inc. (S. T. P. motor oil), through Standart & O'Hern
Adv. Agency Inc., Kansas City, Mo.; and Studebaker-Packard Corporation,
through D'Arcy Advertising Company.
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October 3, 1962
— JULIE HARRIS TO STAR IN COLOR PRODUCTION OF 'PYGMALION'—,
First TV Presentation of Shaw’s Play to Be Broadcast
on NBC-TV’s "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
Julie Harris will star as Liza Doolittle in the first tele¬
vision presentation of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," to be broad¬
cast in color on NBC-TV’s "Hallmark Hall of Fame" Wednesday, Feb. 6 ,
1963 (7:30-9 p.m. EST).
"Pygmalion," most popular of the Irish playwright's works
-- written in 1912 -- will be produced and directed by George Schaefer
(for his Compass Productions Inc.) and adapted for television by Robert
Hartung. This will be the fourth of Shaw's plays to be produced in the
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" color series over NBC-TV. The others have been
"The Devil's Disciple" (1955), "Man and Superman" (1956) and "Captain
Brassbound's Conversion" (i 960 ).
For Miss Harris, "Pygmalion" will mark her seventh performance
on "Hallmark Hall of Fame." Last season she won an Emmy award for
her portrayal of "Victoria Regina." She has also starred in "The Good
Fairy," "The Lark," "Little Moon of Alban," "Johnny Belinda" and "A
Doll's House."
"Mss Harris has great versatility, " Schaefer said. "After
completing her TV role as the stately Victoria last year, she delighted
Broadway audiences as the saucy French maid of 'A Shot in the Dark.'
She will make an ideal Liza."
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PRESS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. NEW YORK 30. NEW YORK
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The TV premiere of "Pygmalion" will come almost 50 years after
its first stage performance in Vienna (1913)* with Lilly Marberg as
Liza. In 191^ Mrs. Patrick Campbell played the role in the English
language production, first in London and then in New York. Later
notable Broadway performances were given by Lynn Pontanne and Gertrude
Lawrence. Shaw himself supervised a 1938 British motion picture version
in which Wendy Hiller played opposite the late Leslie Howard.
Shaw derived the title of "Pygmalion" from the Latin poet,
Ovid, whose Pygmalion created a beautiful statue, Galatea, and then fell
in love with it. Shaw’s Pygmalion is Henry Higgins, an arrogant
professor of phonetics who attempts, on a wager, to make a fine lady of
an ignorant flower girl.
Additional casting and production details for "Pygmalion, "
which will be an NBC-TV New York origination, will be announced.
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" launches its 12th season on NBC-TV Friday,
Oct. 26 (8:30-10 p.m. EDT) with a color production of "The Teahouse of
the August Moon," starring John Forsythe, David Wayne, Miyoshi Umeki
and Paul Ford.
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" is sponsored by Hallmark Cards Inc.
through Foote, Cone and Belding.
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CREDITS FOR SEASON'S PREMIERE OF "THE DINAH SHORE SHOW" IN COLOR
A ONE-WOMAN PERFORMANCE, WHICH STARTS HER 12TH CONSECUTIVE
YEAR ON THE NBC-TV NETWORK SUNDAY, OCT. 14
Program:
"The Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-TV Network
Time and Date:
Season's premiere Sunday, Oct. 14 (10 to
11 p.m. EDT) -- the first of nine once-
a-month color specials.
Format:
Dinah Shore's one-woman show, a full-hour
concert of blues, ballads and spirituals,
re-creating her highly praised night¬
club act at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach
and the Riviera in Las Vegas.
Starring:
Dinah Shore
Assisted by
Frank De Vol's orchestra; Ticker Freeman
at the piano; the Even Half Dozen (Joe
Pryor, Mark Wilder, W. Earl Brown, Bill
Brown, Dave O'Hern and Frank Howren)
Executive Producer:
Henry Jaffe
Produced by
George Schlatter
Directed by:
Dean Whitmore
Written by:
Mort Lachman
Music Director:
Frank De Vol
Musical Numbers Staged by Nick Castle
Musical Routines:
Ticker Freeman
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Music Coordinator:
Associate Producer:
Unit Manager:
Art Director:
Costumes Designed by
Makeup:
Origination:
NEC Press Representatives:
W. Earl Brown
Nat Farber
Carolyn Raskin
Sil Caranchini
Robert Kelly
Robert Carlton
Claude Thompson
Pre-taped before an audience June 11,
1962 at NEC's Color City, Burbank,
Calif.
Bill Faith, Burbank, and A1 Cammann, New
York.
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Blues Medley:
"St. Louis Blues," "Shs.ke, Rattle and Roll," "Blues In the
Night," "Boogie Blues," "I Got a Man," "Let the Good Times Roll,”
"Dinella Blues."
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
Hello, Young Lovers."
Medley: "After You've Gone" and "Please Don't Talk About
Me When I'm Gone."
"Without Love."
"Glory of Love."
"Ain’t Down Yet."
"Hi Lili Hi Lo."
"I Get Along Without You Very Well."
Spritiual Medley: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless
Child," "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho," "All God’s Children and
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NBC NEWS SCORES WITH COVERAGE OP SCHIRRA ORBIT FLIGHT
National Arbitron Shows More Than Half TV Audience Tuned to NBC;
Comprehensive Programming on Space Peat Extended to Second Day
More than half of the national television audience was
attracted to NBC-TV, the only television network to provide continuous
coverage during three critical hours of preparations, launching and
first orbit of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., yesterday (Oct. 3).
That more Americans were tuned to NBC than to both other TV
networks combined was shown by National Arbitron reports. The figures
showed that NBC had a 14 rating and a 54 per cent share of the audience,
while CBS had an 8.1 rating and a 31 per cent share, and ABC a 2.8
rating and an 11 per cent share.
NBC-TV continued the coverage into the second day when it
scheduled a special half-hour program today (Thursday, Oct. 4, 2 to
2:30 p.m. EDT) to show first films of Schirra’s recovery in the Pacific
after his six-orbit space mission.
In all, NBC News presented more than five hours of special
TV coverage under the title of "American in Orbit. NBC News
correspondents participating in the coverage included Frank McGee,
anchorman in New York, and Merrill Mueller and Roy Neal both in Cape
Canaveral. The coverage was produced by Chet Hagan and sponsored by the
Gulf Oil Corporation.
Some highlights of the NBC News coverage:
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The first voice transmission from space to be broadcast live
was carried exclusively on the NBC-TV and Radio Networks. After
Schirra's voice was heard live, Merrill Mueller pointed out that
previous transmissions from space have been taped before broadcast.
Exclusive live pickups from the home of the astronaut's
parents in San Diego, from the high school he attended in Englewood,
N.J., and from the U. S. Weather Bureau Center in Suitland, Md., were
presented on NBC-TV .
A "traveling" news sign running across the bottom of the
television screen was used by NBC News to keep viewers informed of the
progress of the flight during regular programming and coverage of the
National League pennant playoff game.
Among the Oct. 3 news specials were two half-hour programs,
one at 12 noon EDT, and another at 3:30 p.m. EDT. A 13-minute summary
of the day's space events was presented at 11:15 p.m. EDT.
Coverage on the NBC Radio Network spanned more than 12 hours,
from 7:05 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. EDT. Correspondents Peter Hackes and Jay
Barbree reported the story live from Canaveral. Ed Gough produced the
coverage from Canaveral and Bill Fitzgerald was producer in New York.
NBC-New York, 10/4/62
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October 4, 1962
PREMIERE
'CHET HUNTLEY REPORTS' IS TITLE OF NEW NBC RADIO SERIES
FEATURING THE NBC NEWS COMMENTATOR SUNDAYS
Chet Huntley will begin a weekly NBC Radio Network program
of commentary, interviews and pick-ups from newsmaking areas of the
world Sunday, Oct. 14.
Titled "Chet Huntley Reports," the 15-minute show will be
heard each Sunday, at 6:15 p.m. NYT. It replaces "On the Line with
Bob Considine, " which concludes Sunday, Oct. 7 .
Huntley, with NBC News since 1955* currently apeears on
NBC-TV Monday through Friday on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report,"
Tuesday night on "Chet Huntley Reporting," and on various "NBC White
Papers" and special TV news programs.
His NBC Radio assignments include "Emphasis" featues and
"News-on-the-Hour" weekdays, and news analysis within the weekend
"Monitor 62 " broadcasts.
PR£SS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK
October 4, 1962
SPONSOR PARTICIPATION IN NBC-TV COVERAGE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
PENNANT PLAYOFF REACHED SOLD-OUT STATUS BEFORE LAST GAME
Advertiser participation in NBC-TV’s coverage of the
National League pennant playoff, which built steadily as the three-
game series progressed, reached a sold-out status before the final
game yesterday (Oct. 3), it was announced today by Richard McHugh,
Manager, Sports and Special Program Sales, NBC Television Network.
The few remaining participations in the final game were
purchased by Philip Morris Inc. (through Leo Burnett Co.), Miles
Laboratories Inc. (Wade Advertising), Standard Brands Inc. (J. Walter
Thompson Co.), Lewis-Howe Co. (McCann-Erickson Inc.) and Plymouth
Division of Chrysler Corporation (N. W. Ayer & Son Inc.).
As previously announced, other sponsors of NBC-TV's coverage
of the playoff were:
Liggett 8c Myers Tobacco Co. (J. Walter Thompson Co.),
Bristol-Myers Co. (Doherty, Clifford, Steers Sc Shenfield Inc.), Schick
Inc. (Norman, Craig & Kummel Inc.), Sterling Drug Inc. (Dancer-
Fitzgerald-Sample Inc.), Noxzema Chemical Co. (Doherty, Clifford Steers
Sc Shenfield Inc.), Block Drug Co. (Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell and
Bayles, Inc.), Dodge Division of Chrysler Corporation (Batten, Barton,
Durstine Sc Osborn Inc.), Hills Brothers Coffee Inc. (N. W. Ayer Sc Son
Inc.), Hormel Meats (Batten, Barton, Durstine 8c Osborn Inc.), and Union
Carbide Consumer Products Co., Chesebrough-Pond*s Inc., Thomas Leeming
Sc Co. and P. Ballantine Sc Sons (all through William Esty Co. Inc.), and
Kemper Insurance Group.
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BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 30. NEW YORK
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October 4 , 1962
SPONSORSHIP OP NBC RADIO'S COVERAGE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF
REACHED SOLD-OUT STATUS JUST BEFORE FINAL GAME
Advertiser participation in NBC Radio's coverage of the
National League baseball playoff, which built steadily as the three -
game series progressed, reached a sold-out status shortly before the
final game yesterday (Oct. 3 ).
The few remaining participations in the final game were
bought just before airtime by Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., through
Remington Advertising Inc., Springfield, Mass.; and Whitehall
Laboratories, Div. of American Home Products Corp. (Anacin), through
Ted Bates & Company Inc.
As previously announced, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., through
Leo Burnett Company Inc., Chicago, was one-quarter sponsor of the entire
series, and participating sponsors in the second and third games were:
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company Inc., through Batten, Barton,
Durstine & Osborn Inc.; Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corp.,
through McCann-Erickson, Inc.; Chemical Compounds Inc. (S.T.P. motor
oil), through Standart & O'Hern Adv. Agency Inc., Kansas City, Mo.;
and Studebaker-Packard Corporation, through D'Arcy Advertising Company.
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PRESS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY. 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. NEW YORK 20. NEW YORK
October 4, 1962
‘MEET THE PRESS' TO MARK IRTH ANNIVERSARY ON NBC-TV
WITH FIRST 1947 INTERVIEW GUEST: JAMES A. FARLEY
"Meet the Press" will mark its 15th anniversary on the NBC
Television Network Sunday, Nov. 11 with an interview with a guest who
appeared on the first NEO-TV "Meet the Press" Nov. 6, 1947.
The guest will be James A. Farley, former Postmaster General
under President Roosevelt and one of the outstanding chairmen of the
Democratic National Committee of this century.
He was interviewed on the first televised "Meet the Press"
in 1947 for his analysis of the election returns as he will be again
on Nov. 11.
After a decade-and-a-half on the air, "Meet the Press" is
today the oldest regular network television series; it is broadcast live
(with rare exception) and in color every Sunday at 6 p.m. NYT -- usually
from the NBC-TV studios in Washington.
Each Sunday, between five and 10 million Americans watch the
program. It has been filmed and recorded for rebroadcast in many
nations of the free world: England, Germany, Austria, Australia,
Belgium and Mexico. The program is also broadcast on the NBC Radio
Network every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. NYT.
The program's format has remained simple and unchanged: a
guest of national or international prominence is questioned by a panel
of four newsmen.
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The reporters' questions and the guests’ answers have
produced Monday-morning headlines week after week, year after year.
Many of the program’s news scoops have become a part of our recorded
history.
Whittaker Chambers appeared on the program in 19^8 and, for
the first time without the protection of Congressional immunity,
called Alger Hiss a Communist. The charge initiated a chain of events
which led to Hiss’ conviction for perjury.
In 1950, Thomas Dewey, then titular head of the Republican
Party, appeared on "Meet the Press" and revealed his support for
Eisenhower for the Presidency. This news break was one of the biggest
ever to come from a radio or television program.
Adlai E. Stevenson was interviewed on the program in 1952
and his appearance is credited with beginning the drive that ended in
his nomination for President by the Democrats. His campaign strategist,
Jacob Arvey, said, "Were it not for 'Meet the Press,’ Stevenson would
never in my opinion have been considered as a candidate for the
Presidency."
Senator Walter George, then powerful chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee, called for a meeting of heads of state "at the
summit," as he put it. His plea sparked a series of events that
resulted in the famed 1955 "summit" conference.
There was John Foster Dulles assuring a "Meet the Press"
audience in 1950 with: "There are no Reds in the top ranks of the
State Department." And in April of 19^9 on a "Meet the Press" program.
General Walter Bedell Smith revealed that the Russians had the atom
bomb.
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A list of "Meet the Press" guests reads like a page of current
history: Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, Richard M. Nixon, Joseph
McCarthy, Robert Frost, Anastas Mlkoyan, Robert A. Taft, Willy Brandt,
Konrad Adenauer, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, Adlai E.
Stevenson, Herbert Hoover, Everett M. Dirksen, John L. Lewis, Anthony
Eden, Habib Bourguiba, Pierre Mendes-France, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Ayub Khan, Lyndon B. Johnson, Edgar F. Kaiser,
Carl Sandburg, Mike Mansfield, Robert S. Kerr, Nelson A. Rockefeller,
James R. Hof fa, George Mea.ney, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, Barry Goldwater,
George Romney, Robert H. Welch Jr., and Dr. Paul Dudley White.
President Kennedy appeared on the program eight times before
his election.
The guest list includes Republicans and Democrats, liberals
and conservatives, spokesmen for labor and industry, segregationists
and anti-segregationists, diplomats, heads of state, military leaders
and philanthropists.
All have had a common denominator: they were all "in the
news" at the time they appeared on the program.
"We recognized from the first that our job was to inform and
one of the necessary elements for a successful program was a guest
important in the news, the right time for him and challenging questions
by an informed, responsible and fair panel of reporters. We have
never varied from that formula."
This is the comment of Lawrence E. Spivak, who started the
program on radio in 1945 with Martha Rountree. In 1953, he purchased
her interest and has remained producer and regular panelist ever
since. In 1955, he sold the program to NBC and continued as producer
and panelist under a long-term contract.
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it, how he looks when he says it," Spiva.k says. "Each of our tele¬
cast press conferences has a single purpose: it seeks to contribute
some additional understanding to our view about a man or an issue
with which he is concerned."
During the past 15 years, "Meet the Press" has retained the
admiration and respect of both its listening audience and the more
than 500 guests who have appeared on the program.
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October 4, 1962
-’UPDATE,* WITH NEW FORMAT, STARTS SECOND SEASON OCT. 14-
Robert Abernethy Continues as On-the-Air Editor
of NBC-TV Weekly News Program for Teenagers
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"Update," NBC-TV’s weekly news program produced especially for
teenagers, returns for its second season Sunday, Oct. 14 (5-5=30 p.m.
EDT) with a new streamlined format.
Robert Abernethy, 34, NBC News Washington correspondent,
continues as the program’s on-the-a.ir editor.
As described by William P. Wilson, the series’ new producer,
each "Update" program will consist of three "filmed essays on current
happenings in the world, particularly as they relate to the individual."
Two of the "essays will present a new treatment of important news
stories," Wilson said. The third will be a feature story. Abernethy
will narrate each one.
Each program will open with a "lead story." This will be a
detailed film report on a major news story, presenting its background,
the reasons why it is important and what it means to the individual
viewer.
The next segment will be the expanded feature story. The
subjects being considered vary from loneliness in a big city to a
Hudson River cruise of a boat crammed with folk singers and their
followers, from touch football to the life of Spanish gypsies. Magnum
Photos, whose staff includes such noted photographers as Henri Cartier-
Bresson, Cornell Capa and Ernst Haas, will be among the sources called
upon to film these features.
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been covered previously on the program and which is still making news
will complete each "Update" broadcast.
"Update" is a presentation of NBC News and Public Affairs and
will originate from New York. George A. Heinemann, Manager of NBC
Public Affairs, is executive producer.
Wilson last season produced "The Vanishing 400" and "Debutante
>62," two full-hour NBC News specials on society in America. Before
joining NBC News, he was executive producer for all of President
Kennedy's pre-election television programs.
Don McDonough continues as director of "Update." Feature
story editor will be Robert Goldman whose TV credits include the
writing of two "Theatre ’62" NBC specials, producing "The Seven Lively
Arts" series and serving as associate producer of "Playhouse 90." He
was also co-author of the books and lyrics for the 1959 Broadway
musical "First Impressions."
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NBC-TV Network, Sundays (5-5:30 p.m. NYT).
Second season starts Oct. 14 , 1962
On-the-air Editor: Robert Abernethy, NBC News' Washington
correspondent.
Original Starting Date: Sept. 16, 1961 .
Format:
A weekly television news program produced
by NBC News and Public Affairs
especially for junior and senior
high school students. The program
accents the "how" and "why" of major
news events to give students a clear
understanding of national and inter¬
national affairs. In the series'
new format, each program consists
of three filmed "essays": the lead
story, a detailed report on a major
news story ; a feature story, a light
report on an interesting aspect of
life today; and the "update" story
on an important news event which
might have been covered previously
but which is still making news.
Executive Producer: George A. Heinemann
Producer:
William P. Wilson
Director:
Don McDonough
Feature Story
Editor: Robert Goldman
Unit Manager:
Hugh Branigan
Origination:
NBC-TV's New York studios
NBC Press Representative: Stan Appenzeller
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Summary:
Schedule :
Air Times:
TV Commentators:
Radio Commentators:
NBC-TV and Radio coverage of all games of
1962 World Series between San Francisco
Giants and New York Yankees (starting
Thursday, Oct. 4, at Candlestick Park,
San Francisco). All games will be tele¬
vised in color. Five color TV cameras
will be used for games in both San
Francisco and New York. This is 16th
straight year that NBC-TV has televised
the World Series and fourth consecutive
year for full color coverage. It is the
sixth straight year that NBC Radio is
broadcasting the Series.
Games 1 and 2 at Candlestick Park, San
Francisco, on Oct. 4 and 5•
Games 3, 4 and (if necessary) 5 at Yankee
Stadium, New York, on Oct. 7» 8 and 9*
Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) in San
Francisco on Oct. 11 and 12.
2:45 p.m. EDT (11:45 a.m. PDT) for San
Francisco games. New York games at
1:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 7, and
12:45 p.m. EDT on Oct. 8 and 9. All air
times are 15 minutes before game time.
Mel Allen and Russ Hodges.
Joe Garagiola and George Kell.
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TV Producer:
Perry Smith.
TV Director:
Harry Coyle.
Radio Producers:
Hal Ashby (for San Francisco games) and
Len Dillon (for New York games).
Sponsors (and Agencies):
Chrysler Corporation (Leo Burnett
Company Inc.) and Gillette Safety Razor
Company (Maxon Inc.)
NBC Press representative:
Bob Goldwater (New York).
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Host:
Bob Wolff.
Format:
15-minute color show on NBC-TV preceding
each game of World Series, with baseball
personalities as guests to give their
views on the game coming up. Filmed
highlights of the game the day before
will be shown after the first day.
Time:
2:30 p.m. EDT for games in San Francisco;
1:30 p.m. EDT for Oct. 7 game in New
York, and 12:30 p.m. EDT for Oct. 8 and
9 games in New York.
Origination:
Taped each morning of a Series game in
city where that day's game is being
played.
Packager:
Tel Ra. Productions.
Producer:
Dan Wise.
Director:
Conley Benfield.
Writers:
Ron Kentrus and Jon Hilson.
Sponsors (and Agencies):
General Mills Inc. (Knox Reeves Advertis¬
ing Inc.) and American Tobacco Company
(Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles
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The Library of Congress is acquiring a print of the NBC
Special Projects production of "The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson --
A Personal Memoir by Herbert Hoover" for its permanent film
archives in Washington, D. C. At Mr. Hoover *3 request, the NBC
unit also is giving a print to the Herbert Hoover Presidential
Library at West Branch, Iowa. The program was broadcast on NBC-
TV Sept. 25.
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DR. THOMAS E. COFFIN DISCUSSES ’BASIC MEDIA RESEARCH’
Dr. Thomas E. Coffin, Director of Research, National
Broadcasting Company, today (Oct. 4) addressed the Chicago
chapter of the American Marketing Association at a luncheon-
seminar in that city. His topic was "Basic Media Research:
Failure and Promise."
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CAST AND CREDITS FOR 'THE BETRAYAL,' DRAMA IN COLOR
ON 'DU PONT SHOW OF THE WEEK' SUNDAY, OCT. 21
Title:
"The Betrayal" on "Du Pont Show of the Week"
Date and time:
NBC-TV color broadcast Sunday, Oct. 21
(10 to 11 p.m. EDT).
Starring:
Maureen Stapleton, Margaret O'Brien, Burt
Brinckerhoff, John Abbott and Blanche
Yurka
Special guest star:
Franchot Tone
Produced by
Lewis Freedman
Director:
Jack Smight
Written by
Ernest Pendrell
Based on
A novel, "Under Western Eyes," by Joseph
Conrad
Associate producer:
Jim Ambandos
Unit manager:
Budd Wilds
Production associate:
Wendy Sanford
Scenic designer:
Robert Wightman
Costumes by
John Boxer
Make-up:
Robert Phillippe
Music selection:
Phebe Haas
Graphic arts:
Stas Pyka.
Lighting:
Alan Posage
Video:
Mahlon Fox
Stage ma.na.gers:
Sam Kirshman and Fred Lights
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NBC Color Studios, Brooklyn, N. Y., on
color tape
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Sponsor: The Du Pont Company
Agency: Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc.
NBC Press representatives: Charlie Gregg, New York, and Bill Kiley,
Burbank
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THE CAST
The Inspector.Franchot Tone
Prof. Gretchen Thaelman.Maureen Stapleton
Elsa Thaelman.Margaret O’Brien
Carl Richter.Burt Brinckerhoff
The General.John Abbott
The Landlady.Blanche Yurka
Richard Thaelman.John Alderman
Huberman..Bruce Glover
Muller.
The Cafe Boy.
The Colonel.
The Cafe Girl.
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Brandon Maggert
Alan Alda
Otto Simanek
Carol Gustafson
THE STORY
In contemporary East Berlin, a colonel (Otto Simanek) of the
East German Peoples Police is assassinated by Richard Thaelman (John
Alderman). Thaelman flees to the apartment of a young non-political
student, Carl Richter (Burt Brinckerhoff), who believes that "...what
all men are really after is some form or perhaps some formula, of peace.
Under threat of torture and death, Richter must choose between betray¬
ing Thaelman, the young underground hero, who has exploded his private
and secure world — or protecting him, at the risk of his own life.
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MARION STEPHENSON ELECTED FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT IN NBC HISTORY
Her Post Is Vice President, Administration, NBC Radio Network
FOR RELEASE MONDAY, A.M., OCT. 8
Miss Marion Stephenson has been elected the first woman
Vice President in the history of the National Broadcasting Company,
it was announced today by Robert W. Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board of
NBC. Miss Stephenson was elected Vice President, Administration, NBC
Radio Network.
In her new post. Miss Stephenson will have reporting to her
NBC Radio Network’s business affairs activities, headed by Herbert
Brotz, Director, and Sales Service and Traffic, headed by Ludwig Simmel,
Manager.
Miss Stephenson has been Director of Business Affairs for the
NBC Radio Network since 1959. She came to NBC in 1944 as a budget
clerk in the advertising and promotion department. After serving in
the NBC Radio Network comptroller’s department, she became budget
manager of the network in 1954. Two years later she was named senior
operations analyst in the staff budget financial evaluation department.
Before coming to NBC, Miss Stephenson was on the accounting staff of
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
She was graduated from Antioch College in 1943 and earned a
master’s degree in 1948 from New York University School of Business,
where she received the Marcus-Nadler Award for excellence in finance.
She lives in Bronxville, N. Y.
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EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET AND ROME’S ECUMENICAL COUNCIL AMONG TOPICS
AS "THIS IS NBC NEWS" STARTS ITS NEW SEASON SUNDAY, OCT. 14
The European Common Market, the opening of the Ecumenical
Council, and a "human management room" where Japanese workers can "let
off steam," will be the subjects of film reports by NBC News correspond¬
ents on "This Is NBC News" Sunday, Oct. 14 (4:30-5 p.m. EDT), when the
weekly news program begins its 1962-63 season.
Ray Scherer, NBC News White House correspondent, continues
as host of the program, which each week will present film reports and
features by NBC News correspondents around the world. Scherer will open
each program with a rundown of the latest news.
With representatives of the six Common Market nations
negotiating in Brussels with England and other countries over membership
in the market, "This Is NBC News" will present a film report from that
Belgian city by NBC News’ Bernard Frizell. In addition, Joseph C.
Harsch, NBC News’ Senior European correspondent, will report from
England on the opposition by the Labor Party and other groups to that
country’s entry into the Common Market.
From Rome, NBC News’ Irving R. Levine will report on the
Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church, which opens in the
Vatican on Oct. 11. The council is to bring together in Rome the entire
hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant reaction to the
council’s discussions will be reported by NBC News’ Robert Croon in
Geneva, who will interview officials of the World Council of Churches
at the group’s headquarters. (more)
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In a humerous feature, NBC News' correspondent John Rich will
report on a "human management room" recently opened by a large Tokyo
manufacturing plant where employees can relax and let off steam. Among
such usual equipment as vibrating chairs and a putting range, the room
also contains punching bags and dummies (which look like the boss)
that the employees can punch and hit.
"This Is NBC News" will originate from NBC News' Washington
studios.
William B. Monroe Jr., Director of NBC News in Washington,
is executive producer of the program. Robert Asman is the producer and
Ralph Peterson the director.
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SEASON'S PREMIERE
'UPDATE' TO REPORT ON GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONEERING,
DIVIDED BERLIN AND AN AMERICAN DANCER IN RUSSIA
Electioneering and the growth of representative democracy, a
feature on a teenage American girl who has grown up in Russia, and a
background story on divided Berlin will be the subjects for the first
"Update" program of the new season Sunday, Oct. 14 (5-5:30 p.m. EDT).
Robert Abernethy, NBC News Washington correspondent, is on-
the-air editor of "Update," a weekly news program for teenagers.
With the 1962 elections less than a month away, "Update's"
lead story will be on the growth of representative democracy from
ancient Greek times to the present. Abernethy will examine democracy's
continuous advance, even in recent times, with women suffrage and
current re-apportionment.
Some of the "extra" things candidates do while campaigning
-- such as kissing babies, shaking hands with almost everyone, every¬
where, and eating varied foods in varied places -- will also be covered.
Anastasia Stevens, 19, the first American girl to dance with
the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, will be the subject of the week's filmed
feature story. Anastasia is the daughter of an American correspondent
in Moscow. Though she was born in the United States, she has spent
most of her life in Russia. Some of her typical activities in the
Russian capital will be shown.
The Berlin situation will be examined in the "update" section
of the program. Abernethy will explain how the city came to be divided
after World War II, the trouble which led to the building of the Berlin
Wall and its aftermath, and what the city means to all Americans.
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October 5 a 19o2
14 CANDIDATES IN STATE GOVERNOR AND U.S. SENATE RACES
WILL APPEAR ON »TODAY’ FOR SEPARATE TALKS ON ISSUES
The gubernatorial candidates in the California, Michigan,
Texas and Pennsylvania races and the candidates for U. S. Senate
in Connecticut, Kentucky and Colorado will appear on NBC-TV's "Today"
in its series of special pre-election reports on campaigns of national
interest.
The 14 candidates will discuss the major issues in their
campaigns in separate interviews with NBC News Washington correspondent
Martin Agronsky at the studios of the NBC-TV affiliate in their
respective states.
In addition, the New York gubernatorial and Massachusetts
senatorial contests will be covered on "Today" with films of the
candidates as they present the issues in the course of their campaign¬
ing. Agronsky will also be on hand to discuss these campaigns.
Agronsky will conclude each report with the predictions of
the local political experts as to the outcome of the contest.
The series of special reports will be presented during the
7:30-8 a.m. NYT segment of "Today" (Monday through Friday, 7-9 a.m.
NYT) starting Oct. 15.
Following are the candidates and the dates on which they
will be seen on "Today":
Monday, Oct. 15 -- Texas gubernatorial candidates John B.
Connally (D.) and Jack Cox (R.).
Wednesday, Oct. 17 -- Kentucky senatorial candidates Thruston
B. Morton (R.), the incumbent, and Wilson Wyatt (D.).
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Friday, Oct. 19 -- Michigan gubernatorial candidates John B.
Swainson (D.) the incumbent, and George B. Romney (R.).
Tuesday, Oct. 23 -- Colorado senatorial candidates John A.
Carroll (D.), the incumbent, and Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R.).
Wednesday, Oct. 24 -- Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates
Richard Dilworth (D.) and Congressman William W. Scranton (R.).
Friday, Oct. 26 -- Connecticut senatorial candidates Abraham
Ribicoff (D.) and Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R.).
Monday, Oct. 29 -- Film reports on New York gubernatorial
candidates Nelson A. Rockefeller (R.), the incumbent, and Robert M.
Morgenthau (D.).
Wednesday, Oct. 31 -- Film reports on Massachusetts senatorial
candidates Edward M. Kennedy (D.) and George Cabot Lodge (R.).
Friday, Nov. 2 -- California gubernatorial candidates
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown (D.), the incumbent, and former Vice President
Richard M. Nixon (R.).
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October 5> 1962
LINCOLN GORDON, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL, IS GUEST PANELIST
ON HIS MOTHER'S NBC RADIO SERIES: "THE DOROTHY GORDON YOUTH FORUM”
Lincoln Gordon, United States ambassador to Brazil, is
guest panelist on his mother's NBC Radio series -- the "Dorothy
Gordon Youth Forum" -- Sunday, Oct. 14 (network except WNBC, 2:05 p.m.
EDT; WNBC only, 10:35 a.m. EDT).
He joins a group of Brazilian students in discussion of
"Latin America and the Alliance for Progress." The program was
tape-recorded in Rio de Janeiro.
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NBC COLOR TELEVISION NEWS
October 5> 1962
DINAH SHORE STARTS 3-WEEK ENGAGEMENT
AT LAS VEGAS' RIVIERA, SPOT THAT
INSPIRED HER 'ONE-WOMAN' TV SHOW
Dinah Shore, whose one-woman performance will be presented
as the 1962-63 premiere color broadcast of NBC-TV's "The Dinah Shore
Show" Sunday, Oct. 14 (10-11 p.m. EDT), opened a three-week engagement
at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas today (Oct. 5.)*
It was at the Riviera earlier this year (March 23) that Dinah
made her first solo nightclub appearance. Enthusiastic critical
notices influenced her decision to re-create the show for her TV
audience. One June 6 she returned to the Riviera for a single night to
stage her final "rehearsal" for the NBC-TV special she taped several
days later.
When Dinah returns to Burbank from Las Vegas at the end of
October, she will begin rehearsals immediately for her second special
of the season. Guests will be announced. She will present nine once-
a-month full-hour programs from October through May under the full
sponsorship of S&H Green Stamps.
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•TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, f STUNT SHOW WITH ACCENT ON COMEDY,
NOW IN ITS NINTH SEASON ON NBC-TV NETWORK
"Truth or Consequences," the fun-filled stunt show with the
comic questions, the farcical penalties for incorrect answers and a
quick-witted emcee named Bob Barker, is now in its ninth season on
NBC-TV (Monday through Friday, 12:30-12:55 p.m. EDT).
The "consequences" on this audience-participation show range
from relatively simple parlor game forfeits to elaborate stunts. A
young lady from the studio audience might be required to dance blind¬
folded with three different partners, then attempt to describe each one.
Or a couple might be whisked off on a motorscotter trip across the
United States.
Contestants perhaps find their dignity in momentary jeopardy
at times, but the penalties they are asked to perform are accepted in
the spirit of good fun and they are rewarded with valuable prizes. Over
the years the more than 5*000 pranks, gag-stunts and forfeits have
brought extensive newspaper, magazine and public attention to this long-
running show.
"Truth or Consequences" started as a radio show on NBC
Aug. 17, 1940, with Ralph Edwards as master of ceremonies. On May 18,
1954, after enjoying 14 popular years on radio, the program bowed on
NBC-TV in prime time. Jack Bailey took over as emcee during the 1955-56
season. On Dec. 31, 1956, the show became a Monday-through-Friday day¬
time feature on NBC-TV with handsome Bob Barker as host.
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"T or C" is the only TV and radio program with a city named
after it. In an unusual tribute to the show’s creator, Ralph Edwards,
and to the popularity and influence of the program, the town of Hot
Springs, N. M., in 1950 voted to change its name officially to Truth-
or Consequences. Each year since then, Edwards and the "T or C"
production staff have returned to the town for the annual Ralph Edwards
Fiesta.
With its flexible format, a. typical "Truth or Consequences"
program may include a sentimental reunion, a zany stunt and a glamorous
guest star. (Top personalities appear occasionally and participate in
the stunts.)
Contestants are chosen by Barker in a. warm-up before the
show. The questions usually are wacky riddles with a funny connota¬
tion. Typical of those created by the "T or C" staff:
What is a bulldozer? (A sleepy bull).
What did Eli Whitney say to his wife? (Get your cotton-
pickin' fingers out of my gin).
Is it any wonder that so many contestants have to "pay the
consequences?" (While winning big prizes, too).
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Program:
"Truth or Consequences"
Date and Time:
NBC-TV, Monday-through-Friday (12:30 to
12:55 p.m. NYT)
Format:
Audience-participation show with comedy-
stunt "consequences."
Background:
This pioneer audience-participation show
began on NBC Radio Network Aug. 17,
1940. Ralph Edwards was emcee for
14 years on radio and one year on TV
Premiered on NBC-TV Network May 18,
1954.
Star-Emcee:
Bob Barker
Executive Producer:
Ralph Edwards
Producer:
Edwin Bailey
Associate Producers:
Charles Lyon and Dresser Dahlstead
Director:
Bob Lehman
Asst, to Edwin Bailey:
Barbara Fleming
Script Supervisor:
Marilyn Hohmann
Unit Manager:
William S. Palmerston
Announcer:
Charles Lyon
Music Director:
Don Isham
Production:
A Ralph Edwards Production
Origination:
NBC-TV Studios, Burbank
Sponsors:
Various
NBC Press representatives: Jane Ober, Burbank; Alan Patureau,
New York
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GEORGIA FACIFIC PLYWOOD, IN FIRST NETWORK TV BUY, PURCHASES WEEKLY
PARTICIPATION IN NBC-TV'S SPORTS INTERNATIONAL WITH BUD PALMER,"
AND ONE-FOURTH SPONSORSHIP OF SUGAR AND SENIOR BOWL GAME COVERAGE
Georgia Pacific Plywood Corporation, Portland, Ore., making
its first network television buy, purchased weekly participation in
NBC-TV's "Sports International with Bud Palmer" and cne-quarter sponsor¬
ship of NBC-TV's coverage of the Sugar Bowl and Senior Bowl football
games, it was announced today by Richard McHugh, Manager, Sports and
Special Program Sales, NBC Television Network.
"Sports International with Bud Palmer," a 90-minute sports
variety series in color, will present out-of-the-ordinary championship
sports events from sports capitals of the world. The program will be
broadcast on the NBC-TV Network Saturday, 3:30-5 p.m. NYT, starting
Jan. 12, 1963.
NBC-TV* s coverage of the Sugar Bowl football game on New
Year's Day in New Orleans will begin at 1:45 p.m. NYT. The Senior
Bowl Game coverage begins at 2 p.m. NYT, Saturday, Jan. 5, in Mobile,
Ala.
Robert 0. Lee, Georgia Pacific's public relations and
advertising director, said "television's ability to present our pro¬
ducts and their uses in color and action to the potential consumer in
the comfort of his home has interested us for some time. We have been
awaiting the chance to secure a series of programs which have a sparkle
and news interest...Now we have been able to purchase a group of shows
which meet the standard we had set up.’
The Georgia Pacif ic order was placed through McCann-Erickson,
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October 8, 1962
TEACHER’S GUIDES FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS RELATING TO NBC-TV'S
"EXPLORING," EDUCATIONAL SERIES FOR CHILDREN, ARE MAILED
TO PRINCIPALS OF 70,000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN U.S.
Teacher's Guides suggesting classroom projects relating to
the material presented on NBC-TV's "Exploring," the new educational
series for children five to 11 years old, have been mailed to the
principals of 70,000 elementary schools -- a vast majority of the
public, parochial and private schools in the United States.
Upon request, NBC will furnish the schools with any desired
quantity of these helpful teaching aids.
"Exploring" will be broadcast in color on Saturdays from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. NYT, beginning Oct. 13. The program is designed to
stimulate the young viewers' interest in five major areas of learning:
language, music, mathematics, social studies and science.
The Guides will be mailed well in advance of the air dates,
so that teachers will have ample opportunity to plan coordinated
activities. The first Guide covers the Oct. 13 premiere program and
the second program on Oct. 20. The second Guide and most of the
following ones will cover three programs.
The Guides are being prepared by a professional educator
under supervision of Craig Fisher, producer of "Exploring," and Edward
Stanley, Director of Public Affairs, NBC News.
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A Guide will cover each segment of each television program,
setting forth the topic and the aim of that segment, presenting a
synopsis of its material, giving before-viewing and after-viewing
teaching suggestions, listing suggested activities, and including a
bibliography of reference books.
For example, in the mathematics section of the Guide for
the Oct. 20 program, the topic is the history of numbers and the aim
is: "To show how and why men first began to write numbers. To show
how and why we use a base of 10." The synopsis is: "Animation tells
the history of numbers from primitive times, and discusses Babylonian
and Arab systems, as well as the numbers we use today."
The paragraphs containing teaching suggestions before
viewing and after viewing ask such questions as "When did men first
discover they needed to keep a record of things they counted?" and
"How did the Romans improve upon the Egyptians' numbers?" Each question
is followed by its answer.
Suggested activities include making a notching stick
calendar and keeping a record of the month's days on it, making a paper
plate clock and putting Roman numerals on it, and starting a scrap¬
book of pictures of things that were first invented long ago.
In some cases, different activities are suggested for early
grades and intermediate grades.
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October 8, 1962
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, GREER GARSON AND LOIS NETTLETON TO STAR
IN ’THE SHADOWED AFFAIR,’ ORIGINAL LOVE STORY IN COLOR
ON ’DU PONT SHOW OF THE WEEK' SUNDAY, NOV. 4
Douglas Fairbanks, Greer Garson and Lois Nettleton will star
in "The Shadowed Affair" -- an original Michael Dyne love story set
against a strange and gripping background -- to be broadcast in color
Sunday, Nov. 4 (10-11 p.m. EST) on NBC-TV's "Du Pont Show of the Week."
"The Shadowed Affair" will be directed by Fielder Cook (for
his Directors Company) and produced by Jacqueline Babbin, with Jan
Scott as scenic designer and Robert Hopkins as associate director.
The broadcast will be color taped Oct. 17 in NBC’s Brooklyn, N. Y.,
color studios.
The focal characters of "The Shadowed Affair" are a seques¬
tered Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Hans Harben (Fairbanks); a young
magazine reporter, Jennifer Graham (Miss Nettleton), who comes to
interview him, and Juliette (Miss Garson), the novelist's emotionally
disturbed wife. The storyline centers around the strange bind that
links Harben with his psychotic wife -- despite this woman's willingness
to throw her husband at pretty girls.
Michael Dyne’s many writing credits include original tele¬
plays for "Philco Playhouse," "Studio One," "Du Pont Show of the Month,"
"Robert Montgomery Presents" and 'Twilight Zone."
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Douglas Fairbanks is a distinguished stage, screen and tele-
vision actor whose many motion picture credits include "Outward Bound,"
"Accused," "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Exile." On the London,
Manchester and New York stage, he has starred in such hit productions
as "Saturday's Children," "Stephen Steps Out," "Young Woodley" and "The
Winding Journey." He was producer, host and occasional star of NBC-
TV's "Douglas Fairbanks Presents" anthology series during 1953-59*
Greer Garson, who won an Academy Award for her film portrayal
of "Mrs. Miniver," was last seen on NBC-TV in "Captain Brassbound's
Conversion" on "Hallmark Hall of Fame." Her many other movie credits
include "Goodbye Mr. Chips," "Mme. Curie," "Pride and Prejudice" and
"Sunrise at Campobello," in which she drew critical acclaim for her
portrayal of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Lois Nettleton has starred on Broadivay in "God and Kate
Murphy" and "Silent Night, Lonely Night." Her many TV credits include
"Great Ghost Tales," "Frontiers of Faith," "Kraft Mystery Theatre" and
"True Story." She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her dual
portrayal of Laura Fairlie and Ann Catheric in "The Woman in White"
on NBC-TV's "Dow Hour of Great Mysteries."
"Du Pont Show of the Week" is sponsored by the Du Pont
Company through Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc.
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START OP ECUMENICAL COUNCIL IN ROME TO BE FILMED FOR BROADCAST
ON NBC-TV VIA TELSTAR ON OPENING DAY, OCT. 11
NBC News will present special TV coverage of the
opening of the Ecumenical Council in Rome Thursday, Oct. 11,
with film transmitted via the Telstar communications
satellite.
The program, from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday,
will originate in New York with news correspondent Merrill
Mueller as anchorman.
A 20-minute package of film on the Council activities
will be sent via Telstar to the U. S. by Radiotelevisione
Italiana, the Italian TV Network. NBC News' Rome
correspondent, Irving R. Levine, will narrate the films.
The communications satellite will be in position
to transmit the signal from Europe between 8:44 a.m. and
9:15 a.m. EDT. The special NBC News coverage will be pro¬
duced by James Kitchell.
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PAST LOOKING NECESSARY TO SPOT MITCH MILLER'S MYSTERY GUESTS
Mitch Miller has consented to reveal the names but
not the dates for appearances of mystery guests on "Sing
Along with Mitch" (NBC-TV Network color broadcasts, Fridays,
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. NYT).
Jim Backus, William Bendix, Red Buttons, Xavier
Cugat, Chet Huntley, Jack E. Leonard, Sam Levenson, Hal
March, Basil Rathbone and Cyril Ritchard are among the
celebrities who will appear briefly on-camera during the
shows.
"Unannounced, they will merely blend in with
the gang," Mitch said. "It's completely up to the viewers
to spot and identify the mystery guests. They'll have to
be quick because each guest will be on the screen for only
a few seconds."
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October 9* 1962
LIBBY McNEIL & LIBBY PURCHASE OF ONE-SIXTH SPONSORSHIP MAKES
NBC-TV’S COVERAGE OF 1952 ELECTIONS COMPLETELY SOLD
With the purchase of one-sixth sponsorship by Libby, McNeil
& Libby, NBC-TV's coverage of the 1962 elections is completely sold,
it was announced today by John M. Otter, Vice President, NBC
Television Network National Sales.
NBC-TV’s coverage of the election begins at 7 p.m. EST on
Tuesday, Nov. 6 , and will feature Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and
a special NBC News staff of about 1,000.
Libby, McNeil & Libby joins the Purex Corporation, Lincoln-
Mercury Division of Ford Motor Company, Lipton Tea, Block Drug
Company and Carter Products Inc. as sponsors of NBC-TV’s election
coverage.
NBC-TV's coverage of the i 960 Presidential election, which
featured Huntley and Brinkley, was viewed by a larger audience than
that of the other two networks combined.
The Libby, McNeil & Libby order was placed through J. Walter
Thompson Co.
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October 9* 1962
’THE MATCH GAME,' GOODSON-TODMAN SHOW IN WHICH PLAYERS THY
MATCHING WITS IN POKER-PLAYER STYLE, WILL BE NBC-TV
MONDAY-THROUGH-FRIDAY DAYTIME SERIES IN 1963
"The Match Game," a new Goodson-Todman game show in which
audience participants and celebrities try to match their minds like a
poker player matches cards, will premiere in January* 1963 # as a Monday-
through-Friday daytime feature on NBC-TV in the 4-4:30 p.m. EST time
period.
The new series was announced today by Mort Werner, Vice
President, Programs, NBC Television Network. Sponsorship will be by
various advertisers.
A master of ceremonies and production staff will be announced
shortly for the program, which will originate in NBC-TV's New York
studios. "The Match Game" becomes the eighth game show now being
produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Others on NBC-TV are "The
Price Is Right," "Play Your Hunch" and "Say When."
"The Match Game" mixes exciting elements of mental tele¬
pathy and chance. The game is played by two opposing teams, made up
of three players each -- one celebrity and two teammates selected from
the studio audience. Their goal: To match each other's answers to a
given question in a category they have chosen.
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For example, "The Match Game" panel might be asked to name
a President whose likeness appears on a U. S. monetary coin. If all
three members of one team answer "Washington" (or "Lincoln," etc.), and
only two members of the other team pick a "Jefferson" (etc.), team No.
1 wins the round.
"Make Room for Daddy," will move to the 4:30-5 p.m. EST time
slot Mondays through Fridays when "The Match Game" debuts in the 4 p.m.
period.
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October 9* 1962
SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL TO BE SUBJECT OP NBC NEWS SPECIAL
FILMED IN COLOR IN THE VATICAN AND ROME
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The forthcoming Second Vatican Council, regarded by Roman
Catholics as the most important meeting of church leaders in centuries,
will be the subject of an NBC News special to be filmed in color wholly
in the Vatican and the city of Rome.
Filming by the network's European production crew, headed by
George Vicas, started Oct. 4 and will continue for two weeks. The
program will be broadcast by the NBC-TV Network Tuesday, Oct. 30 from
10:30 to 11 p.m. EST, with NBC News correspondent Irving R. Levine as
reporter.
Pope John XXIII will open the Second Vatican Council (known
also as the Ecumenical Council) in Rome on Oct. 11. It will cover a
wide range of ecclesiastical matters ranging from doctrine to
Christian unity. The sessions will run from Oct. 11 to mid-December,
and from shortly after Easter (April 14, 1963) to mid-June. Official
delegate-observers representing most of the major Protestant bodies will
attend the Rome gathering.
In addition to the opening of the Council in St. Peter's
Basilica, sound-film cameras will cover the general setting in Rome and
the Vatican, the behind-the-scenes activities which go into the
organization of the Council, the arrival of delegates from all parts of
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the world, the housing of the delegates in monasteries, homes and
hotels, and their working agenda.
In interviews with leading churchmen, the program will cover
the purpose of the Council, its meaning to the Catholic Church, to
non-Catholics and Americans, as well as the results that can be expected
from it and the possibility for unity of Christian churches.
Paintings and other works of art in the Vatican Library,
filmed in such a way as to give a sense of movement, will provide
historicalbackground on earlier Church councils and perspective for
the coming one. (The Second Vatican Council will be the 21st
Ecumenical Council. The first Ecumenical Council was held in 325 at
Nicea, and the First Vatican Council in 1869-70. Ecumenical means
universal, specifically pertaining to the Christian church throughout
the world, and the coming Council will be the most inclusive that has
ever been held).
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•THE 44TH NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW,' NBC NEWS COLOR TELEVISION SPECIAL
WITH CHET HUNTLEY, HUGH DOWNS, MERRILL MUELLER AND PAT FONTAINE,
WILL ORIGINATE IN DETROIT OCT. 21; SPONSOR IS REYNOLDS METALS
NBC News correspondents Chet Huntley and Merrill Mueller,
"Today" host Hugh Downs and "Today Girl" Pat Fontaine will take
viewers on a tour of the 44th National Automobile Show at Detroit's
new Cobo Hall for a look at the 1963 cars and other advances in the
auto industry during a special full-hour color program Sunday, Oct. 21
on the NBC-TV Network (6-7 p.m. EDT).
"The 44th National Automobile Show" will be a presentation
of NBC News. It will be produced by Robert Northshield and directed
by Jim Kitchell. Carl Lindemann Jr., Vice President, Special Projects,
NBC News, will be executive producer. The program will be sponsored
by Reynolds Metals Company through Lennen & Newell Inc., New York,
and Clinton E. Frank Inc., Chicago.
The National Automobile Show, which is under the sponsorship
of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, traditionally captures
the glamour and excitement that surrounds the showing of the new car
models.
The theme of this year's show is "America Drives Ahead." All
the new U. S. passenger cars and most of the new truck models will
be on display together for the first time in some 22 exhibits in the
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new seven-acre exposition hall. Each automotive company has been
allocated more space to exhibit its products than ever before.
In addition to presenting next year’s cars and trucks, there
will be educational exhibits on vehicle safety and problems of air
pollution. Designs and prospects for future automobiles and industry
technical advances also will be shown.
The National Automobile Show is one of the traditions of
U. S. industry, having started in January of 1900 at New York's old
Madison Square Garden. It is the opening event of the new model year
in which it is held. In October, i960, the 43rd National Automobile
Show opened as the dedication event for Detroit’s new Cobo Hall
exhibition center and was attended by 1,400,000 visitors in a 10-day
period.
The 44th show this year will be open to the public from
Oct. 20-28.
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NBC-TV NETWORK COLOR BROADCAST SCHEDULE
For November, 1962 (All Times EST)
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1 and 2
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11-11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:53 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Thursday, Nov. 1
9:30-10 p.m. -- "Hazel"
10-11 p.m, -- "The Andy Williams Show"
Friday, Nov. 2
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Sing Along with Mitch"
10-11 p.m. -- "The Jack Pa.ar Program"
Saturday, Nov. 3
9:30-10 a.m. -- "The Ruff and Reddy Show"
10-10:30 a.m. -- "The Shari Lewis Show"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects"
12:30-1:30 p.m. -- "Exploring"
8:30-9 p.m. — "The New Joey Bishop Show"
9-11 p.m. -- "Saturday Night at the Movies": "Beneath the 12-Mile
Reef"
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Sunday, Nov. 4
5:30-6 p.m. -- "The Bullwlnkle Show"
6-6:30 p.m. -- "Meet the Press"
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color"
9- 10 p.m. -- "Bonanza"
10- 11 p.m. -- "Du Pont Show of the Week": "The Shadowed Affair,"
with Douglas Fairbanks and Greer Garson.
Monday through Friday, Nov. 5-9
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
(except Tuesday, Nov. 6, when it will be pre-empted by NBC-TV
election coverage)
Monday, Nov. 5
9:30-10 p.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
10-10:30 p.m. -- "David Brinkley’s Journal"
Wednesday, Nov. 7
7:30-9 p.m. -- "The Virginian"
9- 10 p.m. -- "Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall"
Thursday, Nov. 8
9:30-10 p.m. -- "Hazel"
10- 11 p.m. -- "The Andy Williams Show"
Friday, Nov. 9
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Sing Along with Mitch"
10-11 p.m. -- "The Jack Paar Program"
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10-10:30 a.m. -- "The Shari Lewis Show"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects"
12:30-1:30 p.m. -- "Exploring"
8:30-9 p.m. -- "The New Joey Bishop Show"
Sunday, Nov. 11
5:30-6 p.m. -- "The Bullwinkle Show"
6-6:30 p.m. -- "Meet the Press"
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color"
9- 10 p.m. -- "The Danny Kaye Show"
10- 11 p.m. -- "The Dinah Shore Show"
Monday through Friday, Nov. 12-16
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government
10:30-11 a.m. —"Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Monday, Nov. 12
9:30-10 p.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
10-10:30 p.m. -- "David Brinkley’s Journal"
Tuesday, Nov. 13
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Laramie"
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Empire"
Wednesday, Nov. 14
7:30-9 p.m. -- "The Virginian"
9-10 p.m. -- "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall"
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Thursday, Nov. 13
9:30-10 p.m. -- "Hazel"
10-11 p.m. -- "The Andy Williams Show"
Friday, Nov. 16
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Sing Along with Mitch"
10-11 p.m. -- "The Jack Paar Program"
Saturday, Nov. 17
9:30-10 a.m. -- "The Ruff and Reddy Show"
10- 10:30 a.m. -- "The Shari Lewis Show"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects"
12:30-1:30 p.m. -- "Exploring"
3:30-9 p.m. -- "The New Joey Bishop Show"
9-11 p.m. -- "Saturday Night at the Movies": "White Witch Doctor"
Sunday, Nov. 13
2:30-4:30 p.m.-- NBC Opera Company: "Boris Godunov" (Repeat)
5:30-6 p.m. -- "The Bullwinkle Show"
6-6:30 p.m. -- "Meet the Press"
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color"
9- 10 p.m. -- "Bonanza"
Monday and Tuesda.y, Nov. 19 and 20
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
11:15 p.m.-1 a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Monday, Nov. 19
9:30-10 p.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
10- 10:30 p.m. -- "David Brinkley's Journal"
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8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Empire"
Wednesday, Npv. 21
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
11:30-12 noon -- "Concentration"
12- 12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
12:30-1 p.m. -- "Truth or Consequences"
2 p.m.-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
3:30-4 p.m. -- "Young Dr. Malone"
7:30-9 p.m. -- "The Virginian"
9 p.m.-10 p.m. -- "Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Thursday, Nov. 22
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10 a.m.-12 noon -- "Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Circus"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
5:30-6:30 p.m. -- "The Pat Boone Thanksgiving Special"
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Bell Telephone Hour"
9:30-10 p.m. -- "Hazel"
10- 11 p.m. -- "The Andy Williams Show"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Friday, Nov. 23
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
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Friday, Nov. 23 (Cont’d)
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8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Sing Along with Mitch"
10-11 p.m. -- "The Jack Paar Program"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday, Nov. 24
9:30-10 a.m. -- "The Ruff and Reddy Show"
10- 10:30 a.m. -- "The Shari Lewis Show"
10:30-11 a.m. -- "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects"
12:30-1:30 p.m. -- "Exploring"
8:30-9 p.m. -- "The New Joey Bishop Show"
Sunday, Nov. 25
5:30-6 p.m. -- "The Bullwinkle Show"
6-6:30 p.m. -- "Meet the Press"
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color"
9- 10 p.m. -- "Bonanza"
Monday through Friday, Nov. 26-30
6:30-7 a.m. -- "Continental Classroom" - "American Government
10:30-11 a.m. -- "Play Your Hunch"
11- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
12 noon-12:30 p.m. -- "Your First Impression"
2-2:55 p.m. -- "The Merv Griffin Show"
11:15 p.m.-l a.m. -- "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Monday, Nov. 26
9:30-10 p.m. -- "The Price Is Right"
10- 10:30 p.m. -- "David Brinkley’s Journal"
Tuesday, Nov. 27
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Laramie"
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Empire"
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9- 10 p.m. -- "Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall"
Thursday, Nov. 29
9:30-10 p.m. -- "Hazel"
10- 11 p.m. -- "The Andy Williams Show"
Friday, Nov, 30
7:30-8:30 p.m. -- "Shakespeare: Soul of an Age"
8:30-9:30 p.m. -- "Sing Along with Mitch"
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October 11, 1962
’THE TUNNEL,' 90-MINUTE NBC NEWS TV SPECIAL, WILL REVEAL
WEST BERLIN STUDENTS 1 PERILOUS TASK TO RESCUE
59 PERSONS FROM BEHIND THE WALL
Gulf Oil Corporation Will Sponsor Program
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"The Tunnel," a special 90-minute NBC News documentary
telling the story of a group of West Berlin students who dug a 450-foot
underground passageway into East Berlin to rescue 59 men, women and
children from behind the Wall, will be presented on the NBC Television
Network Wednesday, Oct. 31 (7:30-9 p.m. EST). The program will be
sponsored by the Gulf Oil Corporation.
William R. McAndrew, Executive Vice President, NBC News, who
announced the program, said it would show the long, difficult, often
dangerous work that went into the tunnel, which was equipped with
electric lighting, a telephone line, ventilation and pumping systems
and a rail-borne cart to remove the earth during the digging.
NBC News learned of the tunnel early last Summer when it had
been under construction for about a month and had progressed some 60
feet toward the Wall. At the invitation of the students, NBC News
assigned a film crew to cover the operation. The coverage was super¬
vised by Reuven Frank, NBC News, assisted by Piers Anderton, NBC News
correspondent in West Berlin, and Gary Stindt, Chief, NBC News Film,
Central Europe.
NBC News covered the operation as closely as possible without
compromising its secrecy and thus endangering the safety of the
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tunnelers and those who hoped to escape. Among NBC Newsmen, the pro¬
ject was known only to the cameramen directly involved and to Julian
Goodman, Vice President, NBC News, in addition to McAndrew, Frank,
Anderton and Stindt.
SECURITY STRATEGY
As a security precaution, the project was never mentioned by
the newsmen in telephone calls in or out of West Berlin, on the
assumption that the Communists monitor these circuits as they
pass through East Germany. To avoid drawing attention to the operation
producer Frank refrained from visiting West Berlin until the day before
the expected breakthrough. During the three months of filming, he met
with Anderton and Stindt elsewhere in Europe -- in London and in Paris.
The tunnel was conceived by two young Italians studying in
West Berlin -- Dominico Sesta, an engineering student, and Luigi Spina,
an art student. They planned it as an escape route for a close friend
who wanted to leave East Berlin with his mother, his wife and his
young child. Sesta and Spina were joined by other West Berlin students
-- from the Berlin Technical University, the Free University of Berlin
and the Academy of Fine Arts -- most of them with friends or relatives
who wanted to escape from East Berlin.
The students had decided to start their tunnel in a heavily
populated section rather than in one of the many open areas that line
the Berlin Wall. For its entrance, they selected a spot inside a
building on Bernauerstrasse, a street which runs along the Vfall for
about a mile. They managed to obtain a detailed plan of Berlin,
which they used in laying out the route of the tunnel through the under
ground maze of sewer lines, water mains and utility cables.
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At its entrance, the tunnel went down vertically about 15
feet, then leveled off in a shaft one yard wide and one yard high -- or,
as Reuven Frank has pointed out, "not much roomier than a coffin." Only
one of the students could dig at a time. He had to work lying on his
back, bending forward to wield a shovel at the square yard of earth at
the working face of the tunnel.
NBC NEWS CAMERAMAN FOLLOWED DIGGER
Once the film coverage had begun, the digger was frequently
followed by NBC News cameraman Peter Dehmel, a 26-year-old West German,
who volunteered to film the underground work. Dehmel lay on his back
just behind the shovel-man, and filmed the digging by holding his camera
on his shoulder and chest. He, in turn, was followed by his brother
Klaus, lightman and assistant camercjnan, who aimed his lights through the
narrow space on either side of the camera.
The working space was so tight that Peter Dehmel could not
use the normal 400-foot film magazine on his camera, but instead had to
use a 100-foot magazine. This meant that he had to change magazines
after every two-and-a-half minutes of shooting. His job was further
complicated by the necessity to unwrap and rewrap the entire apparatus
with a plastic cover with each change of film to keep it free of sand,
dirt and mud.
The work went on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for four
months. Each day was divided into two 12-hour shifts, and members of
each shift relieved one another at the toughest job -- digging at the
tunnel face. To carry the earth to the opening, they laid a single
steel rail on which they ran a small rope-drawn cart. They shored up
the passageway with timbers throughout its length, and where it cut
through sand, rather than clay, they covered its floor and roof
completely with planking. (more)
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The students strung electric lights along the tunnel and
rigged a telephone line so that those underground could talk with those
on the surface. (Once they had penetrated beyond the Wall, they dubbed
their phone line "the only direct telephone connection between East and
West Berlin.") When the digging had progressed so far that air
circulation became a serious problem, they bought an air compressor
and devised a ventilation system that blew fresh air from one end of
the tunnel to the other.
Twice the work was impeded by breaks in Berlin's water mains.
The students fought the first flooding with a hand pump, and managed
to alert West Berlin officials to the leak without alerting them to
the tunnel. The second break occurred on the East Berlin side and,
while waiting for Communist officials to discover it, the tunnelers
installed an electric pump.
CHANGE PLANS TO AVOID DISCOVERY
Because of these delays and because of a mounting fear that
the tunnel would be discovered by East Berlin police, the students
changed their plan. They had originally hoped to penetrate two blocks
into East Berlin before digging to the surface. They now decided to
make their breakthrough only one block from the Wall. They scheduled
the breakthrough -- and the escape attempt -- for Sept. 14.
Reuven Frank and film editor Gerald Polikoff arrived in West
Berlin the day before. Sept. 13. On the way from the airport, they
were driven along Bernauerstrasse, and for the first time were told
where the tunnel lay. They screened film all that afternoon and most
of the following day. Some 6,000 feet of film had been shot under¬
ground by Dehmel and an equal amount by cameraman Harry Thoess, who
manned a hidden camera covering the Berlin scene at street level, just
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On the evening of Sept. 14, Frank, Anderton, Stindt and
Thoess gathered in the NBC News Bureau, while the Dehmel brothers
waited with a camera setup at the tunnel entrance. The breakthrough
time of 7-30 p.m. came and went without word from the tunnel. At
11:30 p.m. Frank and Thoess drove down Bernauerstrasse past the site,
but could see no police activity on either side of the Wall.
It was not until 1 a.m. the following morning that the
newsmen heard from the tunnel and learned that the first escapees, a
young mother and her child, had come through at 5 p.m. the day before.
They were followed by 57 others, ranging in age from six months to
70 years, all of them muddy and exhausted after their 450-foot crawl,
but safe on the West side of the Wall.
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October 11, 1962
BOB HOPE'S SIX NBC-TV SPECIALS FOR 1962-63 SEASON COMPLETELY SOLD
WITH PURCHASE OF HALF OF SECOND PROGRAM BY KITCHENS OF SARA LEE
Bob Hope's six 1962-63 specials on NBC-TV are completely
sold, it was announced today by Sam K. Maxwell Jr., Director, Special
Program Sales, NBC Television Network. Kitchens of Sara Lee purchased
one-half sponsorship of the second Hope program, to be presented
Thursday, Nov, 29, completing sponsorship of this season's "Bob
Hope Show" specials.
The Kitchens of Sara Lee order was placed through Hill,
Rogers, Mason & Scott Inc. As previously announced, Hope's other
sponsors during 1962-63 are: Timex (through Warwick & Legler Inc.),
which purchased one-half sponsorship of the six programs; Lever
Brothers Co. (through Foote, Cone & Belding), which bought one-half
sponsorship of four programs); and the Chemstrand Corporation (through
Doyle Dane Bernbach Inc.), which purchased one-half sponsorship of
one program.
Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball and Juliet Prowse will be Bob
Hope's guest stars Wednesday, Oct, 24 (9~10 p.m. NYT), when the first
"Bob Hope Show" of the season will be broadcast.
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October 11, 1962
FIVE PROMOTIONS IN NBC RADIO NETWORK ARE ANNOUNCED
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Five NBC Radio organizational changes were announced today
by William R. McDaniel, Executive Vice President, NBC Radio Network.
Howard G. Gardner was appointed Director, Sales Administra¬
tion and Development, NBC Radio Network. He formerly was Manager,
Sales Development, NBC Radio Network. He reports to William F.
Fairbanks, Vice President, Sales, NBC Radio Network.
Robert C. Hitchens was named Director, Sales Planning, NBC
Radio Network, reporting to Mr. McDaniel. He had served as Manager,
Sales Presentations, NBC Radio Network.
Appointed Manager, Sales Development, NBC Radio Network, was
Joseph Kelly, formerly an analyst in the Sales Development Department.
He reports to Mr. Gardner.
Jack Bernstein was promoted to Manager, Sales Presentations,
NBC Radio Network, reporting to Mr. Hitchens. He had been a writer in
the Sales Presentations Department.
Herbert Brotz was named Manager, Business Affairs, NBC
Radio Network, reporting to Miss Marion Stephenson, Vice President,
Administration, NBC Radio Network. He previously was Manager, Budgets,
NBC Radio Network.
Mr. Gardner came to NBC in 1939 after graduation from
Colgate University, starting as a page and moving thereafter to the
Research Department. After three years of World War II service in the
Army, he returned to NBC Research, advancing quickly to manager. In
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2 - NBC Radio Promotions
1952 he became Manager, Sales Development, NBC Radio Network, acting
also as Manager, Sales Development, NBC Television Network, until the
two areas were separated in 1955.
Mr. Gardner lives with his wife and three children in
Ridgewood, N.J.
Mr. Hitchens joined NBC Radio in 1951 as sales presentations
writer, subsequently advancing to sales promotion supervisor, then to
Manager, Sales Presentations. He started in radio in 1946 as
continuity director at Station WEEK, NBC Affiliate in Peoria, Ill.
(call letters later changed to WAAP). In 1948 he joined WNAL,
Raleigh, N.C., as program director, moving in 1950 to the post of
public relations manager for the National Industrial Advertisers
Association.
Mr. Hitchens, a graduate of the University of Missouri,
served in the Navy in World War II. He lives with his wife and teen-age
daughter in Seaford, Long Island, N.Y.
Mr. Kelly joined NBC in 1953 as an accountant, first in the
Facilities Division, then in Traffic and Communications. He moved to
the Radio Network in 1956, working in the budget area, switching to
Sales Development in 1957. He served as sales analyst until the
current promotion.
Mr. Kelly received a Business Administration degree from the
evening school of St. John's University, New York, in 1958. He lives
with his wife and child in Plainview, L.I., N.Y.
Mr. Bernstein served on the editorial staff of Variety
(1957-59) before joining NBC as a Press Department staff writer in i960.
Later that year he moved to NBC Radio Sales Presentations as a writer,
holding that post until the current promotion.
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then served in Europe with the Army 195^-56. He is a bachelor, living
in Manhattan.
Mr. Brotz, who soon marks his 10th anniversary with NBC,
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financial analyst, before joining NBC Radio in 1958. He served in the
Navy during World War II, and graduated from City College of New York
in 19^9. He lives with his wife and two children in the Bronx, N.Y.
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NBC INTERNATIONAL ARRANGES FOR NIGERIA'S TELEVISION VIEWERS
TO SEE FI IMS OF TIGER-FULIMER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
NBC International has arranged for television
viewers in Nigeria to see one of their favorite sons, Dick
Tiger, challenge Gene Fullmer for the Middleweight Champion¬
ship of the World, at a date soon after the Oct. 16 fight in
San Francisco.
Films of the scheduled 15-round title bout in
Candlestick Park will be presented over the Nigerian Tele¬
vision Service in Lagos. NBC International is the managing
agent for this new federal network in Nigeria.
NBC-New York, 10/11/62
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October 11, 1962
NBC NEWS, VIA TELSTAR, PROVIDED U.S. TV VIEWERS WITH SWIFT
COVERAGE OF ROME'S ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OPENING
Television coverage of the opening of the Ecumenical Council
of the Roman Catholic Church, transmitted from Rome via Telstar, was pre¬
sented on a special NBC News program on the NBC-TV Network: today
(Thursday, Oct. 11, 9-9**30 a.m. EDT).
Coverage of the event, including an address by Pope John
XXIII in St. Peter's Basilica, was taped by the Italian television
network (RAI) and was transmitted to New York by the communications
satellite starting at 8:51 a.m. EDT.
In New York, NBC taped the coverage again and began running
the tape on the air 10 minutes later, at 9:01 a.m. EDT. Since Telstar
was still transmitting while the tape playback was in progress, the
operation required three tape machines -- one to record, one to play
back on the air, and a third to fill the gaps while segments of tape
were moved from one machine to another.
NBC News' Rome correspondent Irving R. Levine reported the
event via an audio circuit from Rome. Correspondent Merrill Mueller
served as anchorman in New York. The program was produced and directed
by James Kitchell.
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NBC'S SAMUEL CHOTZINOFF TO BE CHIEF SPEAKER
AT TOSCANINI MEMORIAL PROGRAM
OF AMERICA-ITALY SOCIETY
Samuel Chotzinoff, producer of the NBC Opera Company and music
consultant of the National Broadcasting Company, will be chief speaker
at the Toscanini Memorial program of the America-Italy Society on
Wednesday, Nov. 14 (not a broadcast). Chotzinoff’s topic will be "The
Need for Toscanini."
His talk will be illustrated with recordings of performances
and rehearsals and with film clips from television appearances of the
late maestro Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. It will
take place in the new Ferris Booth Hall of Columbia University, New
York City, at 8:30 p.m.
Toscanini conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra, formed
esepciaily for him, from 1937 to 1954, when he retired. The Italian
conductor was in semi-retirement in 1936, when Samuel Chotzinoff, on
commission from NBC, went to Italy and persuaded him to return to active
musical life. Toscanini's activities with the NBC Symphony in broad¬
casts, recordings and touring concerts added significantly to America's
cultural history.
Chotzinoff's personal friendship with Toscanini preceded by
many years the formation of the NBC Symphony in 1937-
The America-Italy Society is a non-profit organization which
fosters friendship and cultural exchange between the two countries.
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM VENTURE WILL PROVIDE TV DRAMATIZATION
OF A. J. CRONIN'S "SHANNON'S WAY" FOR NBC'S "DU PONT SHOW OF THE WEEK"
Hour Will Be Taped in London's Associated Rediffusion Studio
For U.S. Broadcast Dec. 16, and Will Be Seen in Britain, Too
FOR RELEASE MONDAY A.M., OCT. 15
An international, cooperative network programming venture --
a one-hour television dramatization for English and American audiences
of A. J. Cronin's best-selling novel, "Shannon's Way" -- was announced
today by the National Broadcasting Company and Associated Rediffusion
Limited.
Mort Werner, Vice President, Programs, NBC Television Network,
and John McMillan, Controller of Programs, Associated Rediffusion Ltd.,
described the project as "an important step toward the utilization of
international facilities in bringing quality television drama to world¬
wide audiences."
"Shannon's Way" -- to be produced by Lewis Freedman -- will
have exteriors filmed on location in Scotland and will be taped Nov. 28
in the Associated Rediffusion studios at Television House, Kingsway,
London.
The drama of a young doctor's need to choose between careers
of research and medical practice has been adapted for TV by John Keir
Cross. Freedman is producer of dramas for NBC-TV's "Du Pont Show of
the Week" and formerly produced such critically acclaimed TV programs
as "Play of the Week," "Reading Out Loud" and "Camera Three."
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in black and white only) as a "Du Pont Show of the Week" drama over the
NBC-TV Network -- and will also be broadcast in England, Scotland and
Wales (on a December date to be announced) over the Associated
Rediffusion outlets.
A director for "Shannon's Way" will be selected by Freedman
and Associated Rediffusion. An American star of distinguished ability
will be chosen for the role of Shannon. The remainder of the cast will
be drawn from the ranks of England's foremost television actors.
Freedman flies to London on Oct. 18 to assist in the
selection of a director and cast for "Shannon's Way," returning to New
York on Oct. 23 and flying again to London on Nov. 16 for rehearsals
which begin on the following day.
Commenting on NBC's plans for "Shannon's Way," Freedman said:
"This is a drama that could not have been produced as well in America.
The characters and generic setting are so completely English that it just
could not come off as effectively in a New York or Hollywood studio.
"We hope to tape overseas at least one more drama for 'Du
Pont Show of the Week' this season, on such a cooperative inter-network
basis. It is not inconceivable that we are opening up a wholly new
television expression -- with entertainment programs originating coopera¬
tively in the near future all over the world, in France, Italy, Japan,
Hong Kong, Latin America and even the Soviet Union."
Casting and added production details for "Shannon's Way" will
be announced shortly.
"Du Pont Show of the Week" is sponsored by the Du Pont Company
through Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn Inc.
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OFFICIAL PRAISE FOR NBC'S GRANT F. WOLFKILL
Citation Accompanying Medal of Freedom Honors Meritorious Service
To U.S. While a. Prisoner of Reds In Laos for 15 Months
The following citation accompanied the Medal of Freedom
awarded recently to NBC News cameraman Grant F. Wolfkill, held prisoner
15 months by Communist forces in Laos.
The award, authorized by President Kennedy, was presented by
U. S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Earle G. Wheeler. The citation reads:
"Mr. Grant F. Wolfkill, news cameraman for the National
Broadcasting Company, distinguished himself by meritorious service
while a prisoner of hostile forces in Laos from May 1961 to August
1962. Throughout this period, Mr. Wolfkill demonstrated a devotion
to the high standards of the Code of Conduct that was in keeping with
the finest traditions of our nation.
"His actions, characterized by boldness, tenacity and courage
in the face of probable execution were evidenced daily as he led
American military and civilian prisoners in a brilliantly successful
effort to survive the brutalities of the hostile forces and to
resist their never-ending efforts at brainwashing.
"His unquenchable spirit elevated the morale of his fellow
prisoners and tempered their will to resist until this will had become
invulnerable.
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"His selfless dedication to the principles for which his
government stands and his consummate courage and coolness under
pressures and threats did much to prevent hostile forces from making
propaganda capital at the expense of the United States.
"His meritorious service to the nation was complemented by
his personal valor that was genuinely inspiring. His devotion to the
Code of Conduct in the face of the threat of death, peerless intrepidity
and unshakable dedication to the cause of his Government marks him as
a gallant American patriot. Mr. Wolfkill's faithful and exemplary
conduct while a prisoner of hostile forces reflects great credit upon
himself, the United States and the Free World."
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IN COLOR ON 'DU PONT SHOW OF THE WEEK' SUNDAY, NOV. 4
Title:
"The Shadowed Affair" on "Du Pont Show
of the Week"
Date and Time:
NBC-TV color broadcast Sunday, Nov. 4
(10-11 p.m. EST)
Starring:
Greer Garson, Douglas Fairbanks and
Lois Nettleton
Original teleplay by
Michael Dyne
Executive producer:
Fielder Cook
Producer:
Jacqueline Ba.bbin
Director:
Fielder Cook
Associate director:
Robert Hopkins
Assistant to the producer:
Nora Ahern
Assistant to the director:
Maureen Hesselroth
Technical director:
Jack Coffey
Scenic designer:
Jan Scott
Unit manager:
Jim Marooney
Costumes by
Noel Taylor
Makeup by
Robert Phillippe
Graphic arts:
Guy Fraumeni
Lighting:
Alan Posage
Video:
Arnold Dick
Audio:
Jim Blaney
Stage Manager:
Frank Kaden
Production by
The Directors Company
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Agency: Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn Inc.
NBC Press Representatives: Charlie Gregg, New York, and Bill
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THE STORY
Michael Dyne's original teleplay, "The Shadowed Affair,"
centers around the eternal triangle of love stories — set against a
strange and gripping background. The locale is the sophisticated New
York literary world. The time is the present. The focal characters
are a sequestered Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Hans Harben (Fairbanks);
a young magazine reporter, Jennifer Graham (Miss Nettleton), who comes
to interview him; and Juliette (Miss Garson), the novelist's emotionally
disturbed wife. The story focuses on the strange bond that links
Harben with his psychotic wife -- and her willingness to throw her
husband at pretty girls.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Juliette Harben
Greer Garson
Jennifer Graham
Lois Nettleton
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Greer Garson (Juliette Harben), who won an Academy Award for
her film portrayal of "Mrs. Miniver," was last seen on NBC-TV in
"Captain Brassbound's Conversion" and "The little Foxes," both on
"Hallmark Hall of Fame," and in "Reunion in Vienna" on "Producer's
Showcase." A few of Miss Garson's many movie credits include
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"Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "Mme. Curie," "Pride and Prejudice" and, most
recently, "Sunrise at Campobello," in which she drew critical acclaim
for her portrayal of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Douglas Fairbanks (Hans Harben) is a distinguished stage,
screen and television actor whose many motion picture credits include
"Outward Bound," "Accused," "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Exile."
On the London, Manchester and New York stage, he has starred in hit
productions including "Saturday’s Children," "Stephen Steps Out," "Young
Woodley" and "The Winding Journey." He was producer, host and star of
TV's long-running ( 1953 - 59 ) anthology series, "Douglas Fairbanks
Presents."
Lois Nettleton (Jennifer Graham) has starred on Broadway in
"God and Kate Murphy" and "Silent Night, Lonely Night." On NBC-TV, she
won critical applause for her dual portrayal of Laura Fairlie and Ann
Catheric in "The Woman in White" on "Dow Hour of Great Mysteries." Her
many other TV credits include "Great Ghost Tales," "Frontiers of Faith,"
"Kraft Mystery Theatre" and "True Story."
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NBC NEWS TEAM--FIRST TV CREW PERMITTED ON POLARIS SUBMARINE
ON EXTENDED MISSION, INCLUDING FIRING OF ITS MISSILES--
PREPARES FULL-HOUR COLOR DOCUMENTARY FOR DEC. 19
Liggett & Myers Purchases One-Half Sponsorship of Program
A special one-hour color program, filmed by the first tele¬
vision crew ever permitted aboard a Polaris submarine during an extended
mission that included the firing of its missiles, will be presented on
the NBC-TV Network, Wednesday, Dec. 19 (10-11 p.m. EST).
A six-man NBC News crew, including correspondent Martin
Agronsky, spent 16 days aboard the U. S. S. George Washington and filmed
in detail a realistic exercise climaxed by the launching of missiles
into the Atlantic missile range.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., through J. Walter Thompson Co.,
has purchased one-half sponsorship of the program.
The program, titled "Polaris Submarine: Journal of an Under¬
sea Voyage," is being produced by Lou Hazam. The NBC crew aboard the
submarine included, in addition to Agronsky: Daniel Karasik, associate
producer; Tom Priestley, director; Scott Berner, cameraman; John
Langenegger, sound man, and Robert Gelenter, assistant cameraman.
The NBC newsmen filmed the Polaris submarine base at Holy
Loch, Scotland. They then boarded a chartered vessel and made a
rendezvous with the George Washington, which had just completed a six-
week patrol and was about to begin its exercise.
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Aboard the George Washington, the newsmen filmed daily life
on a nuclear-powered Polaris submarine -- officers and crew members
working at their stations throughout the ship, their off-duty moments
at movie showings, church services, in card games and bull sessions in
the wardroom and the crew's mess.
After the submarine had been at sea for about a week, its
captain. Commander Edward Cooke, set the stage for realism by announcing
"We have entered the patrol area. We may be ordered to launch missiles
at any time. I do not plan any drills. If you hear the alarm, you
know this is a firing run."
The film shows crew members waiting for the fire message,
then answering to the order "Battle stations, missile." For the first
time, it shows the details of a Polaris countdown and finally it records
the underwater launching of the missiles, whose nuclear warheads had
been removed.
In a filmed interview with Agronsky, Commander Cooke dis¬
cusses the Polaris system and its relation to over-all U. S. defense
strategy, the safety precautions to prevent a Polaris missile from
being fired by mistake, and his own feelings about the ship and its
firepower -- which is the equivalent of all bombs dropped during World
War II, including the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Agronsky said at the end of the cruise: "I couldn't find one
man aboard the George Washington, from the captain to the youngest sea¬
man, who is unaware of the awful destructive power he could be commanded
to unleash."
(This Dec. 19 NBC News special pre-empts "The Eleventh Hour"
this date only).
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October 15, 1962
SKITCH HENDERSON BAND AND THE MUPFETS ARE ADDED HIGHLIGHTS
OF ' 44 th NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW* COLOR SPECIAL ON NBC
Skitch Henderson and his band, and the Muppets (Jim and Jane
Henson's humorous hand puppets) have been added to the highlights of
NBC News full-hour color special, "The 44 th National Automobile Show, "
on the NBC-TV Network Sunday, Oct. 21 ( 6-7 p.m. EDT).
NBC News correspondents Chet Huntley and Merrill Mueller,
"Today" host Hugh Downs and "Today Girl" Pat Fontaine will take
viewers on a tour of the auto show at Detroit's new Cobo Hall for a
look at the 1963 cars and trucks and other advances in the auto
industry.
( NOTE : The special broadcast will pre-empt "Meet The Press"
and "McKeever and the Colonel" on this date only.)
Skitch Henderson will provide the music for the program and
will also play an original composition giving his musical impression of
Cobo Hall, one of the largest and most complete exhibition and con¬
vention centers in the world.
The Muppets will provide an entertaining commentary on the
new cars. For the program, the Hensons have created a new talking car-
puppet, the 1963 "Crunk." The Muppets, who have their own daily pro¬
gram on WRC-TV, NBC's owned station in Washington, D.C., also have
appeared on NBC-TV's "Today."
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NBC NEWS’ ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE WILL STRESS CONGRESSIONAL
RACES, WITH EXPERTS COMPILING AND ANALYZING
RETURNS AT SPECIAL 'HOUSE DESK'
Two approaches to politics -- the journalistic and the
academic -- will be combined in the NBC News television and radio
coverage of the contests for seats in the House of Representatives in
the Nov. 6 elections.
Elmer W. Lower, General Manager, NBC News, said that the
election night coverage on NBC-TV would place special emphasis on
the races for the 435 House seats, and that the returns would be
compiled and analyzed at a special "House Desk" in NBC's Studio 8H
in New York.
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contests in the House, which will test the popularity of the Kennedy
administration in every section of the 50 states," Mr. Lower said.
"We will also keep in mind the often-recalled fact that only once in
modem elections, in 1934, has the party in power gained seats at
mid-term."
Two experts will head NBC's House Desk. One, a practical
authority on Congressional politics, is Joseph McCaffery, an NBC
consultant and newsman who will draw on his long personal knowledge
of members of the House and their constituencies to interpret the
election returns. McCaffery has been covering Congress since 1947
for newspapers, magazines, radio and television and, since 1954, has
served as a consultant to NBC News on all national elections. He is
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author of an Election Guide containing voting data on all 435
Congressional Districts, which he is updating for use on election night.
The other expert, whose training and experience lean toward
the academic, is Dr. Milton C. Cummings, a research associate at the
Brookings Institution in Washington. Dr. Cummings has degrees from
Swarthmore College and Oxford University, and took his doctorate at
Harvard in i960. His thesis dealt with House elections from 1920 to
I960, and he is currently revising it for a book to be published by the
Free Press of Glencoe.
On election night. Dr. Cummings will be assisted at the House
Desk by his wife, Nancy, who is a physician. In analyzing the returns,
they will use a system of file cards carrying historical data on
voting patterns in every Congressional district. The "needle-sort"
cards are assembled in a container about the size of a shoe-box which
is, in effect, a kind of hand-operated computer.
"By inserting a special needle into the box and through holes
in the cards, we can extract a series of cards that will, for example,
identify all the districts that voted Democratic in 1950," Dr.
Cummings says. "Using this kind of information, we believe that early
on election evening we will begin to spot the voting trends."
Analytical material produced by Mr. McCaffery and Dr.
Cummings will be used by NBC News correspondents on both the NBC
Television and Radio Networks. It will also be supplied to the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting
Corporation, both of which will originate programs from the NBC News
election headquarters in Studio 8-H.
The House Desk will be staffed by six additional statisticians
and reporters, all engaged in the prodigious job of keeping track of
the 435 House races.
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PAUL M. HANCOCK APPOINTED MANAGER, SALES,
EASTERN OFFICE, NBC RADIO NETWORK
Paul M. Hancock has been named Manager, Sales, Eastern
Office, NBC Radio Network. His appointment, effective Oct. 22, was
announced today by William F. Fairbanks, Vice President, Sales, NBC
Radio Network.
Mr. Hancock has been with NBC 13 years as Regional Manager,
Station Relations.
He began his broadcasting career in station relations with
the Mutual network in 19^5* Two years later he founded radio station
WMID in Atlantic City, N. J., remaining there for one year. He returned
to Mutual in 1948, and joined NBC the following year.
During World War II, Mr. Hancock served in the Bureau of
Overseas Intelligence (OWI). Before the war he worked in Italy as
assistant to the president of an Italian oil company. (He speaks three
foreign languages.)
Mr. Hancock, a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and
Princeton University, is married to actress-singer Evelyn Wyckoff and
lives with her and their child in Bronxville, N. Y.
Tennis, golf and gardening are among his favorite pastimes.
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October 16, 1962
NBC INTERNATIONAL’S PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION
INAUGURATED IN THE LATIN AMERICA AREA
NBC International’s Public Affairs Association has been
inaugurated in the Latin American area. Stations in Argentina,
Guatemala, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela have joined the plan
which provides for at least one NBC public affairs program on the air
each week over member TV stations.
"Our Public Affairs Association," Alvin Ferleger, Sales
Manager, NBI, said, "represents another breakthrough in Latin American
programming from the U. S. The interest in our programs was mostly
in the field of entertainment. Now, stations, advertisers and viewers
are recognizing the growing importance of news and public affairs
programming."
The Public Affairs Association of NBC International has
already been activated in Japan (Fuji Broadcasting), Australia
(TCN Network), the Philippines (Bolinao Network), and Hong Kong
(Overseas Rediffusion).
Initiated during the last few weeks, the plan in the
Latin America area has included sales of news and public affairs
programs to Cadete in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Radio Caracas in
Caracas, Venezuela; RPC in Panama City, Panama; WAQ-TV in San Juan,
Puerto Rico^ and Guatemala TV in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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October 16, 1962
FLYING TRIP TO BRITAIN PROVIDES MERV GRIFFIN WITH LINEUP
OF NOTED OVERSEAS PERSONALITIES FOR HIS NBC COLOR SHOW
Thanks to the World Series, NBC-TV daytime star Merv Griffin
and his producer Bob Shanks will get to make a five-day flying trip to
London Thursday night (Oct. 18) to film some overseas interviews in
color.
The conversational stints, with outdoor and indoor areas of
London as a backdrop, will be broadcast on later dates on the new "Merv
Griffin Show" color series (Monday through Friday, 2-2:55 p.m. EDT).
Already lined up for interviews are British comedian Terry-
Thomas, who will take Merv on a sightseeing trip; Bob Hope, on-location
at his new movie "Call Me Bwana"; movie stars Anita Ekberg and Robert
Wagner, and Italian actress Claudia Cardinelli. And he is endeavoring
to get other prominent names, too.
Merv termed this a "pilot" trip, and if it proves successful,
he hopes to take the entire show to Rome and Paris next Spring.
Normally the "Merv Griffin Show" is broadcast later the
same day it is taped at NBC-TV’s New York studios. This taping
schedule was maintained even on three recent days when World Series
broadcasts from Yankee Stadium preempted Griffin on the network.
As a result, Griffin has three shows "in the can" -- and
these will be aired Friday, Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 19, 22, 23) while
Merv is abroad.
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October 17, 1962
HIGH-RANKING DIPLOMATS IN SPECIAL NBC RADIO PROGRAM
COMMEMORATING UNITED NATIONS DAY
United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant, United
States Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and other high-ranking
diplomats from all parts of the world will be heard on NBC Radio’s
"United Nations ’62," Sunday, Oct. 21 (8:15-8:30 a.m. EDT).
Taped in advance, the special program commemorates United
Nations Day (Oct. 24). Emphasis is given to UN delegates' assessment
of the organization's work thus far and what hopes they hold for its
future.
NBC RADIO REPORT ON SAIGON INSERTED IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
The entire text of an NBC Radio "Ring Around the World"
report from Saigon has been inserted in the Congressional Record of
Oct. 4. The report from NBC News correspondent David Hudson on
American efforts to aid South Viet Nam in its struggle against
Communist guerrilla forces, ran in the Congressional Record at the
request of Senator Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.). It was broadcast by
NBC Radio Sept. 22.
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CONGRESSMAN COHELAN COMMENDS NBC FOR FORTHCOMING NBC NEWS
COLOR SPECIAL, 'SHAKESPEARE: SOUL OF AN AGE'
Representative Jeffery Cohelan (D.-Calif.) has expressed
appreciation to the National Broadcasting Company for its forthcoming
NBC News special, "Shakespeare: Soul of an Age," a full-hour color
program to be broadcast on the NBC-TV Network Friday, Nov, 30 (7:30 to
8:30 p.m. EST).
Sir Michael Redgrave, voicing excerpts from Shakespeare's
plays, will star in the program, and Sir Ralph Richardson will be
special guest narrator. Lou Hazam is producer and writer of the
production, which is being filmed in England, Wales, Scotland and
France "in the footsteps of Shakespeare and many of the characters of
his plays."
Representative Cohelan, in remarks published in the
Congressional Record, noted that the program will anticipate the 400th
anniversary (April 23, 1964) of Shakespeare's birth. He said it
will be "no ordinary presentation of Shakespeare's works, but a
scholarly as well as entertaining undertaking designed to show what
remains on earth that recalls Shakespeare's life."
"I believe it is appropriate," Representative Cohelan
concluded, "for us to express appreciation to the National Broadcasting
Co. which, through NBC News, will bring into the homes of millions of
American families this important television program, a program which
marks still another of the important contributions to news, public
affairs and the arts that this network has presented through the years."
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October 17, 1962
REVISED CREDITS FOR ‘THE JACK PAAR PROGRAM' COLOR BROADCASTS ON NBC-TV
Title:
"The Jack Paar Program"
Time:
NBC-TV color broadcasts, Fridays, 10 to
11 p.m. NYT.
Star:
Jack Paar
Premiere Date:
Sept. 21, 1962
Format:
Informal hour of interviews, discussions
music and special features. Guest
stars on each show.
Produced by
Jack Paar with Paul Orr and Paul W. Keye
Directed by
Hal Gurnee
Associate Producer:
Tom Cochran
Writers:
Paul W. Keyes, Bob Howard, Robert Orben
Musical Director:
Jose Melis
Scenic Designer:
Charles Rosen
Unit Manager:
Stewart MacGregory
Associate Director: Peter Fatovlch
Graphic Artist:
Guy Fraumeni
Technical Director:
Bill Kelley
Lighting Director:
Fred McKinnon
Audio:
Norman Ogg
Origination:
NBC Studios, New York
Sponsors:
Various
NBC Press Representatives: Betty Lanigan (New York) and Doug
Duitsman (Burbank).
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JACK TRACY
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October 13, 1962
NORMAN A. LUNENFELD IS PROMOTED TO POST
OF MANAGER, NBC MERCHANDISING
Promotion of Norman A. Lunenfeld to Manager, NBC Merchandising,
was announced today by Morris Rittenberg, Director, NBC Domestic
Enterprises. Mr. Lunenfeld was Sales and Promotion account executive
before advancing to his new post.
Before joining NBC, Mr. Lunenfeld was sales promotion manager
at the C. J. LaRoche Advertising Agency. Previously, he was executive
vice president of Promotion House Inc, and director of the Premium
Center.
Commenting on Mr. Lunenfeld‘s new appointment, Mr. Rittenberg
said: "We are fortunate to draw more fully upon the talents of Norman
Lunenfeld. His thorough experience in all aspects of merchandising,
and his ability to promote new properties, will ensure the steady
expansion of NBC Merchandising activity."
Mr. Lunenfeld, a graduate of Columbia Law School, resides with
his wife in New York City.
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October 18, 1962
NBC OPERA OPENS 14TH SEASON SUNDAY, NOV. 18, WITH RE-SHOWING
OF ‘BORIS GODUNOV' IN COLOR BROADCAST STARRING GIORGIO TOZZI
The NBC Opera Company will open its l4th successive season
with a re-showing of Moussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" with Giorgio
Tozzi in the title role Sunday, Nov. 18 (NBC-TV color broadcast, 2:30 to
4:30 p.m. EST). The two-hour color presentation was given great praise
in the music and television press when it was first broadcast on
March 26, 1961 .
Other principal singers in the cast are Gloria Lane, Frank
Porretta, Andrew McKinley, Lee Cass, Richard Cross, Richard Torigi,
Spiro Malas and Jeanette Scovotti. Peter Herman Adler is conductor.
Modeste Moussorgsky's opera was performed by the NBC Opera
Company in English, in a translation by John Gutman. The musical
version by Rimsky-Korsakov was used.
Set in Russia and Poland in the late 16th century, the opera
tells the story of Boris' rise to power and his agonized last days, when
he is driven by conscience for the murder of the Czarevitch Dimitri.
Boris has ruled well, but the means of his gaining the throne haunts his
life.
The production was designed by Ed Wittstein, and the costumes
by John Boxer. Kirk Browning directed the production. Samuel
Chotzinoff is producer of the NBC Opera Company.
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Two new productions and two other repeat showings also have
been announced by Chotzinoff for the 1962-63 season of the NBC Opera
Company on NBC-TV* Ihe repeats are "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by
Menotti on Sunday, Dec. 23 (3:30-4:30 p.m. EST) and "The Love of Three
Kings" by Italo Montemezzi Sunday, Jan. 27 (color broadcast, 2-4 p.m.
EST). The new productions are an untitled opera by Gian Carlo Menotti,
commissioned by NBC, on Sunday, March 3 (color broadcast, 2-3 p.m. EST)
and the complete, uncut "St. Matthew's Passion" by Johann Sebastian Bach
in two two-hour color presentations Saturday, April 6 (1:30-3:30 p.m.
EST) and Sunday, April 7 (2-4 p.m. EST).
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'THE UNITED NATIONS AT SEVENTEEN,' SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
WITH WORLD HEADLINE PERSONALITIES, SCHEDULED ON NBC RADIO
NBC Radio will broadcast "The United Nations at
Seventeen," a special documentary program narrated by actor
Jason Robards Jr. on M onday, Oct. 22 (10:15-10:30 p.m. EDT).
It includes commentary by President Kennedy, Acting Secretary
General U Thant, Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, U. S.
astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., Russian cosmonaut Gherman Titov
and others.
The program was taped in advance by United Nations
Radio to celebrate United Nations Week (Oct. 21-28).
NBC Radio, as previously announced, also will broad¬
cast another commemorative program, "United Nations *62"
Sunday, Oct. 21 (8:15-3:30 a.m. EDT).
PRESS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY. 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20. NEW YORK
JACK TRACY
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NOTED SPOKESMEN FOR THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES--SEN. HUMPHREY (FOR DEMOCRATS)
AND SEN. SCOTT (FOR REPUBLICANS)--TO MEET IN NBC TELEVISION AND RADIO
FULL-HOUR DEBATE ON NATIONAL ISSUES OF 1962 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
FOR RELEASE MONDAY A.M., OCT. 22
NBC will bring together a distinguished spokesman for each of
the two major political parties in a full-hour debate on the NBC-TV and
NBC Radio Networks, designed to place in sharp focus the national issues
of the 1962 Congressional elections, it was announced today by William
R. McAndrew, Executive Vice President, NBC News.
The program, to be presented live Monday, Oct. 29 from 8:30 to
9:30 p.m. EST, will be the first nationwide debate during a mid-term
election year between two non-office-seeking representatives of the two
parties. It will originate from NBC’s Washington studios.
The speakers will be Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota,
speaking for the Democratic Party, and Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania,
representing the Republican Party. They were chosen respectively by
John M. Bailey, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and
Representative William E. Miller of New York, Chairman ol the Republican
National Committee. Neither speaker is a candidate for office in the
1962 elections.
The initiative for this unprecedented broadcast came from
Mr. McAndrew, who invited Mr. Bailey and Representative Miller to
designate a leading spokesman for each party to join in a debate. I
earnestly hope you will share our conviction that the program we propose
affords a fresh opportunity to advance the public interest, both as a
broadcasting undertaking and as an Innovation in the off-year political
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campaign process," Mr. McAndrew said in his invitation to the political
leaders.
Mr. McAndrew said the program will be patterned after the
format of the fourth debate in the widely acclaimed "Great Debate" series
between the Presidential candidates in i960. "It will thus apply the
resources of broadcasting and the technique of direct confrontation to
an effort to develop full understanding of off-year elections in terms
of their national significance," he said.
The format will consist of an opening statement of eight
minutes by each spokesman and a closing summary of three minutes by
each. Between the opening and closing statements, the speakers will
answer questions from a panel of four NBC News correspondents. Each
spokesman will be questioned in turn, with opportunity for comment by
the other. Each answer will be limited to two and one-half minutes
and each comment to one and one-half minutes.
The NBC News correspondents participating will be announced
soon. William B. Monroe, Director of News in Washington, will be
executive producer of the program.
Senator Humphrey, Majority Whip, was elected to the Senate
in 1948 and was reelected in 1954 and i960. He is a member of the
American Political Science Association, of which he was elected Vice
President in 1954. He was a Presidential aspirant in i960.
Senator Scott was elected to the House of Representatives in
1940 and was reelected for seven additional terms. He was national chair¬
man of the Republican Party in 1948-49 and general counsel to the
Republican National Committee in 1955-60. He was elected to the Senate
in 1958.
This special full-hour program pre-empts the NBC-TV "Saints
and Sinners" episode this date only.
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DRAMA CRITIC RICHARD WATTS JR. WILL REVIEW
BROADWAY SHOWS IN NEW 'TODAY' FEATURE
A review of the new Broadway plays by one of New York's leading
drama critics will become a regular feature on NBC-TV's "Today" show
starting Thursday, Oct. 25 (7-9 a.m. EDT).
Richard Watts Jr., New York Post drama critic, will make his
first appearance that day to discuss the Broadway dramas and musicals
which have opened so far this season. Watts will appear regularly
thereafter during the drama season to review and discuss the Broadway
openings with members of the "Today" cast.
"Today" producer A1 Morgan said that Watts will be the newest
member of "Today's" roster of guest authorities who will visit the
program from time to time to discuss current happenings in their fields
of interest. Others who appear regularly on "Today" include social
historian Cleveland Amory, with essays on society; former New York
Times art critic Aline Saarinen, reporting on art and architecture;
Skitch Henderson, who has frequently introduced new musical
personalities and Roland Clement, National Audubon Society staff
biologist, who reports on bird migrations each season.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 on NBC-TV NETWORK
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Program:
"The Bob Hope Show" comedy special.
Date:
NBC-TV Network Wednesday, Oct. 24 (9 to
10 p.m. EDT).
Starring:
Bob Hope
Also Starring:
Lucille Ball, Juliet Prowse, Les Brown
and his Band of Renown, with special
guest Bing Crosby.
Executive Producer:
Bob Hope
Produced by
Jack Hope
Directed by
Jack Shea
Written by
Mort Lachman and Bill Larkin; John Rapp
and Lester White; Charles Lee
Consultant:
Norman Sullivan
Additional Material:
Gig Henry
Choreographer:
Tom Hansen
Art Director:
E. Jay Krause
Costumes:
Kate Drain Lawson
Makeup:
J. Manning Smith
Associate producer:
Sil Caranchini
Associate director:
Dick Bennett
Assistant to the producer:
Onnie Morrow
Origination:
NBC Studios, Burbank, Calif., on tape
Sponsors and agencies:
U. S. Time Corporation for Timex Watches
(Warwick & Legler Inc.), and the Chem-
strand Corporation (Doyle Bane Bernbach
Inc.
NBC Press Representatives:
Bill Faith, Burbank, and A1 Cammann, New
York.
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WORLD-WIDE ORGANIZATION OF BROADCASTERS TO MEET
VITAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL TV
IS PROPOSED BY ROBERT W. SARNOFF
Suggests European Broadcasting Union Form a Study Group
To Explore Prospect and Pledges NBC’s Full Cooperation
The creation of a world-wide organization of broadcasters to
meet the vital problems and challenges of global television was pro¬
posed today by Robert W. Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board of the
National Broadcasting Company.
Mr. Sarnoff made the proposal at a luncheon given by NBC at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, in honor of the delegates to the
first American meeting of the European Broadcasting Union.
He suggested that the E.B.U. itself, in light of its
"imposing credentials" in international television, should lead the way
to the creation of a World Broadcasting Union by forming a Study Group
to explore the prospect of a global organization of television broad¬
casters. He pledged the full cooperation of NBC.
"I would hope that the Study Group would find it desirable and
feasible to propose concrete steps for setting up such an organization,"
Mr. Sarnoff said. "This is not a suggestion to enlarge the E.B.U. nor
to alter its identity or its present course in any way: it is a
suggestion that envisages the creation of another organization, world¬
wide in character, in which the E.B.U. -- as a body or through its
individual members -- would play a significant role."
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Mr. Sarnoff asserted that "global television will not come of
age until it can be met on an organized world-wide basis" and pointed
to several needs likely to arise that would require attention on a
world-wide basis. Among them:
An international "nerve center" from which broadcasters could
learn what programs were available and register their own program
requirements; free exchange of specialized information to cope with
such satellite-created problems as time differentials, scheduling
clearances and simultaneous translation; close international liaison
with respect to differing technical standards among various television
systems; the development of uniform measures affecting artistic,
business and labor interests.
Outlining his thoughts on the character of the proposed World
Broadcasting Union, Mr. Sarnoff said it should be open to broadcasters
of every nationality, "for its usefulness would rest in large part on
its universality." It would consist, he said, of broadcasters, rather
than governments. But he noted that by their very nature some of the
broadcasters would be direct agencies of national governments, others
would be private companies, and still others would represent
independent government-chartered corporations.
"Whatever these differences," Mr. Sarnoff said, television's
broad aims are everywhere the same -- to provide entertainment, in¬
formation and education to a vast public comprising the largest
audiences in history."
Mr. Sarnoff said he would hope that broadcast organizations
not currently associated with E.B.U. as well as non-European broad¬
casters who are associate members would be invited to participate in
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the Study Group. He also emphasized that the organization that
eventually would emerge "cannot and should not be political or partisan
in any sense."
Although acknowledging that the recommendations of the Study
Group would be binding upon no one, he expressed the belief that "given
patient and conscientious deliberations by a genuinely representative
body of broadcasters, surely the findings upon which they could agree
would commend themselves to television broadcasters everywhere."
The NBC Chairman raised several questions that would have to
be resolved by the Study Group: Would eligibility for membership in
the World Broadcasting Union be based upon countries, individual
broadcasting companies, national groups of broadcasters, or a
combination of the three? What would the relationship be with existing
regional organizations, such as the Inter-American Association of
Broadcasters or the E.B.U. itself? What would the new organization do
about financing, permanent staffing, a headquarters, or methods of
disseminating information?
Mr. Sarnoff said he felt it particularly appropriate to
propose such a world broadcasting organization before members of the
European Broadcasting Union.
"To most Americans," he said, "the phrase 'international
television 1 evokes the future, but for the E.B.U. it also represents a
distinguished past and present. Over a period of more than eight years,
Eurovision has televised some 3*200 live programs throughout v/estern
Europe, and it does so today with the resources of 21 television
services in 17 countries. In making these exchanges possible, the
E.B.U. has tackled and mastered many of the very problems that will
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confront any organization devoted to program exchange on a global basis.
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Chairman of the Board
National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Before the European Broadcasting Union
New York, New York
October 22, 1962
GLOBAL TELEVISION: A PROPOSAL
I am greatly honored, in behalf of the National Broadcasting
Company, to greet the European Broadcasting Union on the opening day
of your unprecedented visit to the United States. In a sense you
really made your first appearance here three months ago on the historic
day when broadcasters on our two continents joined to extend man’s
sight farther than ever before.
Trie live program you sent us, ranging from the Arctic Circle
to the warm shore of Sicily, will live in the memory of the millions
upon millions who saw it. Yet, there is still something to be said for
live appearances of the old-fashioned kind, and I know I speak for all
my American colleagues when I say it is delightful to have you among
us in the flesh, secure in the knowledge that you will not disappear
over the horizon in 20 minutes.
The visit that begins today cannot compare in visibility,
spectacle or sheer excitement with the one we exchanged by satellite
three months ago, but I hope that in the long run it may prove almost
as significant a. milestone in the development of intercontinental
television. Toward that end, I want to take this occasion to offer
a proposal for your consideration -- a proposal intended to prepare
the world’s broadcasters to move together most effectively into the
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Any such proposal must be considered against the background
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inspired the widespread phrase, "a window on the world." Small wonder
that the whole world is crowding up to this window.
Television has taken root almost everywhere -- in widely
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emerging nations as well as sophisticated industrial countries. It
can be found in every phase of growth, from the planning period to
enterprising beginnings, from dramatic boom to the steady expansion of
highly developed broadcasting services. It flourishes in different
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advertising-based, viewer-supported and varying combinations of these.
Whatever these differences, television's broad aims are
everywhere the same -- to provide entertainment, information and
education to a vast public comprising the largest audiences in history.
Today television is transmitted in some 80 countries by 3^000 stations
to more than 120 million sets. And everywhere it has endowed our
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television system on earth. Successful program exchange via Telstar,
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day.
Even then it is difficult to predict to what extent satellite
transmissions will figure in regular television fare. But whether or
not satellites will be used only sparingly and on a specialized basis
for program transmission, the rise of television in so many countries
around the world, coinciding with the perfection of tape and film,
means that the age of global television is upon us.
What lies immediately ahead is not only a period for
continued exchanges through existing facilities but a precious interval
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television as it matures. Man's hopes for this era are high; its
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perceived this need in recent years and months; it wa3 touched upon in
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of our Federal Communications Commission.
Clearly, we are faced with a difficult task of organized
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though limited part -- can be assigned to an organization already in
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national Telecommunications Union serves as a clearing house for
agreements on frequency allocations and technical standards. This
organization, with its specialized agencies, has a vital basic role to
play. It has scheduled a special conference in Geneva next year to
allocate frequencies in space communications.
But the I. T. U. is an organization of governments, not
broadcasters, and the functions it performs -- vital as they are -- do
not deal with the myriad of new operational problems that will con¬
front the world's growing number of broadcasters as technology draws
them closer together. The experience of the E. B. U. within Western
Europe has demonstrated the need and effectiveness of joint inter¬
national efforts in programming, legal and technical matters. The need
for similar cooperative arrangements among broadcasters of different
regions is already being felt; it will grow year by year, and global
television will not come of age until it ca.n be met on an organized
world-wide basis.
What are some of the needs that are likely to arise? One
certainly is a need for authentic and readily available information
about programs -- a nerve center from which any broadcaster could learn
what programs are available to him from all foreign sources. Such a
center could maintain an up-to-date catalogue of such programs in every
category -- entertainment, information and education -- and of every
type -- live, film or tape. At the same time it could compile a
continuing record of what kinds of programs are needed or desired by
various broadcasters, particularly in countries of limited production
resources where television is in early stages. Prompt awareness of
these requirements should in turn stimulate attempts to meet them, not
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only by the few countries now actively engaged as program suppliers to
the world market but by many others which have barely or not yet
entered it.
The developing exchange of live programs by satellite will
pose a need for more specialized information as well, since these
transmissions must cope with such factors as time differentials,
scheduling clearances and simultaneous translation. Ultimately, as
we approach a world-wide television network -- or even networks --
comparable to the Eurovision network, international programming will
involve major long-range planning as well as day-to-day coordination.
One of the most vital needs of the global television era
will be to promote the closest international technical liaison. Where
technical standards are r.ct uniform, we must seek constantly better
means of overcoming the differences. Another need can be served
through personnel exchanges and training courses in all aspects of
television to make the skills and experience of advanced broadcasters
available to their newer counterparts abroad. Still another field
for collaboration is in the development of uniform measures affecting
artistic, business and labor interests and rights in connection with
internationally televised material.
To meet all these and other needs will require an international
organization of broadcasters, global in scope, which does not yet exist.
I propose that we set about creating a World Broadcasting Union. How
can we best make a start in this direction? The question could not be
put before any forum as qualified or appropriate as the European
Broadcasting Union.
To most Americans, the phrase "international television"
evokes the future, but for the E. B. U. it also represents a
distinguished past and present. Over a period of more than eight
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years, Eurovision has televised some 3*200 live programs throughout
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of the United States and Canada.
In the light of these imposing credentials, I respectfully
suggest that the European Broadcasting Union form a Study Group to
explore the prospect of a global organization of television broad¬
casters. I would hope that the Study Group would find it desirable and
feasible to propose concrete steps for setting up such an organization.
This is not a suggestion to enlarge the E. B. U. nor to alter its
identity or its present course in any way; it is a suggestion that
envisages the creation of another organization, world-wide in
character, in which the E. B. U. -- as a body or through its individual
members -- would play a significant role.
Through your clear record of leadership in international
television, the E. B. U. has earned the right, and indeed perhaps
incurred the duty, to lead the way to the formation of a World Broad¬
casting Union. And you would be acting fully in harmony with the
goals set forth in Article 2 of the E. B. U. statutes; especially these
two:
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"(c) to promote all measures designed to assist the
development of broadcasting in all its forms."
The procedure I have suggested -- the formation of a
Study Group -- is, of course, in accordance with Article 14 of the
Statutes, providing for the creation and functioning of such groups.
Having presumed to set this idea before you, let me
presume briefly to offer some thoughts on the character of a world
broadca.sting organization and the task of an E. B. U. Study Group
exploring how it might work.
The kind of organization I have in mind would consist of
broadcasters rather than governments per se. In some instances, of
course, the broadcasters would be direct agencies of national govern¬
ments, while in others, they would be private companies and in still
others, independent government-chartered corporations. It would be
an organization open to broadcasters of every nationality on earth, for
its usefulness would rest in large part on its universality.
Among the questions to be resolved is just how eligibility
for membership would be based. Would it be by countries, by individual
broadcasting companies, by national groups of broadcasters -- or a
combination of these? What would the relationship be with existing
regional organizations, such as the InterAmerican Association of
Broadcasters and the E. B. U. itself? What would the new organiza¬
tion do about financing, permanent staffing, a headquarters, methods
of disseminating information? These are only some of the questions
that suggest themselves.
Since television broadcasters in all parts of the world
are vitally concerned, I would hope the E. B. U. would see fit to
invite appropriate participation in its Study Group by broadcast
organizations not currently associated with the E. B. U. as well as
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non-European broadcasters who are associate members. I can pledge to
you the full cooperation of the National Broadcasting Company in such
a project.
The recommendations of a Study Group in this field would be
binding upon no one. But given patient and conscientious deliberations
by a genuinely representative body of broadcasters, surely the find¬
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The organization that would eventually emerge cannot and
should not be political or partisan in any sense. But I believe the
nature of the broadcasting profession itself as well as the inter¬
national character of the undertaking should commit it to the spirit
of free expression a.nd open channels between nations. In the last
analysis, it seems to me, whatever television may be able to achieve
on a global scale, that is the very least the world should rightfully
expect from the custodians of this great medium.
In its short life so far, television has demonstrated a
power more compelling than the written or spoken word alone to hold
men fascinated, to influence their minds and shape their conduct.
Its impact upon society has been enormous -- on culture, politics and
the economy, on the way in which scores of millions of individuals
order their daily lives.
In modern industrial society, television has become as
ubiquitous as the weather. Sometimes it seems almost as much a subject
of complaint. It would be unrealistic and unpersuasive to see tele¬
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has spread so far, television has vastly enriched the lives of growing
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millions of people by opening their horizons to a range of experience
and learning opportunities unknown to any earlier generation. We may
be far from fulfilling our potential, but again and again, we have
demonstrated how great that potential can be.
And now we face the challenge of bringing this great potential
to a whole new dimension of service. For all its technical
virtuosity, the feat of transmitting television signals around the
world will be an empty irony without the good will and wisdom with which
men decide what to transmit. To the extent that those of us in this
room will determine what to transmit -- and it is a considerable
extent — we must dedicate ourselves to be equal to this vast
responsibility. Our first task, however, is to develop a practical
means of using the wondrous new communications tools that await our
grasp.
We are on the point of winning a gift that history has seldom
yielded and never on such a scale. For centuries, men have dreamed of
a universal language to bridge the linguistic gap between nations. In
some measure, it existed in the fourth century before Christ when
Alexander the Great spread one tongue from Greece to the borders of
India. The expansion of Rome made Latin the universal language of
Western Europe. It was the universality of Greek and Latin In their
day that enabled Christianity to spread over so much of the world in a
single generation. In the modern era in which Europeans alone speak
40 different languages, man's efforts to create a new universal
language go back more than 300 years. They have resulted in such
linguistic inventions as Esperanto, Interlingua and Romanal.
Man will find his true universal language in television,
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It speaks to all nations and, in a world where millions are still
illiterate and semi-literate, it speaks as clearly to all people.
Through this eloquent and pervasive universal language, let us
strive to see, in the words inscribed over the portals of the BBC,
that "Nation Shall Speak: Peace Unto Nation."
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FOUR NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENTS WILL COMPRISE PANEL TO QUESTION
SENATORS HUMPHREY AND SCOTT IN DEBATE ON NBC-TV AND RADIO
Edwin Newman Will Be Moderator
NBC News correspondents Elie Abel, Merrill Mueller, Sander
Vanocur and Robert McCormick will form the panel of questioners for the
full-hour debate between Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and
Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania Monday, Oct. 29 on the NBC-TV and
NBC Radio Networks (8:30-9:30 p.m. EST). NBC News correspondent
Edwin Newman will be moderator.
As announced in the NBC Press Daily News Report of Oct. 19,
the program will be the first nationwide debate during a mid-term
election year between two non-office-seeking representatives of the
two major political parties. It will be broadcast live from NBC's
Washington studios. Senator Humphrey, who will speak for the Democratic
Party, and Senator Scott, who will represent the Republican Party,
were chosen by the national chairmen of the two parties.
One change has been made in the format originally announced
for the program. The opening statement by each speaker will be four
minutes instead of eight minutes.
The role of moderator is familiar to Newman. He was
moderator on NBC-TV’s debate series. The Nation's Future, from
June 10, 1961, through the rest of the 1961-62 season.
Abel is NBC News’ State Department correspondent, Vanocur
White House correspondent and McCormick Congressional correspondent.
Mueller, who is based in New York, is a veteran of the political
scene. He was a key reporter at the national conventions in 1952,
’56 and ’60 and in NBC’s election night coverage for many years.
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UNIFORM STUDIO DESIGN PROVIDED AT NBC-OWNED TV STATIONS
IN FIVE CITIES FOR NBC NEWS' ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE
Uniform studio design at NBC-owned TV stations in New York,
Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles will be provided
for NBC Nevis’ Election Night coverage Tuesday, Nov. 6 (The NBC-TV
election reports will start at 7 p.m. EST).
The special sets at these stations were designed by Hjalmar
Hermanson, who also created the massive NBC New3 Election Central in
Studio 8-H in the RCA Building, New York City. The stations are
WNBC-TV, New York; WRC-TV, Washington; WRCV-TV, Philadelphia; WNBQ,
Chicago, and KRCA, Los Angeles.
This three-tiered series of platforms and electronic totalizers
will be topped by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley at their central
new 3 desk. When the five local stations cut away for reports on local,
state and regional races, local newsmen will appear before election
boards identical in design to those at the Election Central in New York.
The floor of Election Central is semi-circular. High on the
west side of the studio is a platform from which Huntley and Brinkley
will command a view of the four curved bays of election boards.
The four bays cover the East, South, Midwest and Far West
states with Sander Vanocur, Frank McGee, Merrill Mueller and John
Chancellor reporting for each division respectively.
Closeup TV cameras for each bay will be locked into position
so that every state board is equidistant from the camera as it pans the
returns. The electrically operated digital displays will report figures
from various state races in numerals three inches high and two-and-one-
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t -"PRIMARIES '62--FINAL REPORT"-
NBC Newsmen to Report on Important Issues and Races
In Special Radio Program Election Eve
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A special election eve report on the important issues and
contests to be decided on Election Day, and their significance in
connection with the 1964 Presidential election, will be presented on
the NBC Radio Network Monday, Nov. 5 (9:05-10 p.m. EST).
NBC News correspondents Morgan Beatty and Robert McCormick will
be anchormen for the special program, entitled "Primaries '62 -- Final
Report: Election Eve." Beatty and McCormick will also be anchormen for
NBC Radio's election night coverage, which will begin at 7 p.m. EST.
The election eve broadcast will include reports by the four
NBC News regional correspondents who will also be heard on NBC Radio
election night. They are Leon Pearson in the East, Jim Hurlbut in the
Midwest, William Fitzgerald in the South and Edward Gough in the West.
Political experts in various states also will participate in the pro¬
gram, analyzing the major contests in their areas.
Among the campaigns in this year's elections which will have
an important bearing on the 1964 national elections, and which will be
given special attention during the broadcast, are the gubernatorial
races in New York, California, Michigan and Pennsylvania where the
Republican candidates are considered possible Presidential aspirants
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October 22, 1962
NOTED PERSONALITIES PRAISE ‘MEET THE PRESS'
"For many years, "Meet the Press' has been a feature which
I have viewed with great regularity every Sunday.
"I think it is valuable to permit the nation to have an
opportunity to see public figures under questioning from the press, as
it gives our people an opportunity to assay their leaders that they
cannot receive through any other news media.."
This comment is from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson,
congratulating Lawrence E. Spivak, producer of "Meet the Press" on the
program's 15th anniversary on the NBC Television Network.
On Sunday, Nov. 11, "Meet the Press" will observe this
anniversary with James A. Farley as guest. Mr. Farley, former Post¬
master General and an outstanding Democratic leader for many years,
appeared on the first televised "Meet the Press" Nov. 6, 19^7.
("Meet the Press" is broadcast every Sunday at 6 p.m. NYT
on the NBC-TV Network, in color and 6:30 p.m. EST on the NBC Radio
Network.)
Other comments to Mr. Spivak from prominent national and
international figures who have appeared on the program over the past
15 years follow:
Newton N. Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission: "As the oldest network TV program, 'Meet the Press' has
earned its longevity by providing public service programming of a
consistently high order. Broadcasting can make no higher contribution
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to the public interest than the lively presentation of controversial
issues.
"Your high standards have brought to the nation a greater
awareness and understanding of the critical issues of the day."
Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States:
"The past 15 years have been a difficult period with the issues
confronting the American people so complex and changing so rapidly
that your efforts to develop and explore the problems facing this
country have been invaluable."
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt : "It is one of the few programs I try
to see. Being informative and instructive I think its impact has been
stimulating and beneficial."
The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham: "You have helped not only to keep
America informed, but you have helped the American people make some of
the gravest decisions of history during this continual post-war crisis."
Adlai B. Stevenson, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations:
"As one of the 'victims' of the merciless inquisition one encounters
on 'Meet the Press,' I want to voice my congratulations on its
fifteenth anniversary on television. The program is indeed informa,-
tive and interesting but most of all it serves a purpose of bringing
to the public the views of leading figures when they are most
pertinent to issues of the day. May you continue to keep the air waves
hot for many years to come."
George Meany, President, AFL-CIO: "It is not really a
surprise to me that "Meet the Press" is now the oldest network TV
program. I can testify that just a half-hour of it can age a man 10
years...I personally enjoy "Meet the Press" very much -- but, in
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guest."
Edward R. Murrow, director. United States Information
Agency: "To speak the praises of *Meet the Press* without being
prolix is something of a task, but perhaps I can liken the program
to the pepper that heightens the flavor of a well cooked meal. 'Meet
the Press' provides the seasoning, as indeed an appearance on it
seasons its guests to the rigors of examination.
"But it is that very process of examination as applied to
people and policies that helps keep the country on its public toes."
Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin: "I congratulate our
American friends on this series 'Meet the Press' which has become a
firmly established feature of the life of their country and is like¬
wise achieving lasting success in Germany."
Thomas E. Dewey: "‘Meet the Press' has become a great
national institution. It is lively, informative and a valuable part
of our political system."
Edgar F. Kaiser , president, Kaiser Industries Corporation:
"The program...was the real pioneer in this type of public service
effort. It has become one of the prime examples of one of our great
freedoms -- Freedom of Speech."
Lucius D, Clay , General, U. S. Army (ret.) "As a participant
(on the program) I like the 'give and take' atmosphere which insures
frank and open discussion of the important questions of the day.
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Mickey Rooney has been signed for his fourth
starring role on NBC-TV's "Dick Powell Show" (Thursdays
8:30-9:30 p.m. EST).
Rooney won an Emmy nominationa for his
portrayal of a lonely merchant seaman in a drama last
year, "Somebody’s Waiting," on the series. He began
work today (Oct. 22) in "Everybody Loves Sweeny (cq),"
a drama about the downfall of a small-time night club
comic.
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October 23, 1962
HOW NBC NEWS OFFERED COMPREHENSIVE TELEVISION AND RADIO COVERAGE
OF PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AND OTHER EVENTS RELATED TO CUBAN CRISIS
Within 14 hours after President Kennedy's critical message to
the nation outlining the "quarantine" of Cuba, NBC News presented almost
three hours of special network TV coverage as well as running reports
on the NBC Radio Network.
A 45-minute TV special last night (Monday, Oct. 22), entitled
"Of Highest Urgency," at 11:15 p.m. EDT, included foreign and domestic
reaction to the President's message.
The entire two-hour "Today" show (7-9 a.m. EDT) this morning
(Tuesday, Oct. 23) was devoted to the Cuban crisis. It included
interviews with experts on Cuba and Russia and reports from NBC News
correspondents on reaction to the U. S. move.
Following the President's address last night (broadcast at
7 p.m. EDT on the NBC Television and Radio networks), Frank McGee in
New York and White House correspondents Ray Scherer and Sander Vanocur
in Washington summarized on NBC-TV the President's key points.
From 7**30 until 11 p.m., NBC News cut into the TV network six
times with reports by NBC News correspondent Edwin Newman in New York.
At 10:05 p.m. EDT, NBC News Washington correspondent Herbert
Kaplow was anchorman for a 25-minute radio special recapping Cuban
developments, including reaction to the President's speech. NBC Radio's
"News-on-the-Hour" kept pace with the story throughout the evening.
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McGee was anchorman in New York for the TV special "Of
Highest Urgency" at 11:15 p.m. EDT. Jerome Jacobs was producer.
The program, sponsored by the Gulf' Oil Corporation, featured
reports from the following NBC News correspondents: Sander Vanocur at
the White House, John Hlavacek in New York, Peter Hackes at the Pentagon,
Richard Valeriani at WCKT in Miami, Leon Pearson in New York, Elie Abel
and Robert Goralski in Washington, and audio reports from Prank
Bourgholtzer in Moscow and Joseph C. Harsch in London.
Vanocur broadcast live in front of the White House where TV
cameras showed lights still burning in the President’s office. Hackes
spoke live from the steps of the Pentagon where activity was obvious in
the background, TV cameras showing lights in Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara's office.
In New York, Hlavacek (who was in Cuba as late as last week),
pointed out on a map where the Cuban missile installations were most
likely located.
Also on the broadcast, Pearson discussed the nation's diplomatic
moves expected the next day at the United Nations. Abel in V/ashington
reported on the U. S. role at the Organization of American States
meeting, and Goralski discussed Congressional reaction to President
Kennedy's moves.
Audio reports from Bourgholtzer and Harsch touched briefly
on reaction in Moscow and London respectively.
The "Today" show this morning began where "Of Highest
Urgency" concluded, with reports from foreign correspondents on reaction
to the President's action.
Harsch reported the British Cabinet had been summoned into
emergency session. Hugh Downs, the program's host and NBC News'
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Richard Harkness (in Washington) both interviewed Senator Albert Gore
(D.-Tenn.) in New York. Senator Gore is a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times, an authority on
Soviet Russia, was interviewed on the program. Salisbury felt this
"quarantine" would not bring nuclear war and that Russia would divert
her ships from the blockade.
Scherer reported from Washington on the Pentagon's aerial
photos which showed missile installations on Cuban soil. He was followed
by Elie Abel who updated European reaction and strategy for the O.A.S.
meeting later in the moring.
Eleven "man-in-the-street" interviews were conducted on the
program by "Today" panelists Jack Lescoulie and Pat Fontaine. Only
one person interviewed disagreed with the President's course of action.
The program concluded with an interview with Senator John L.
McClellan (D.-Ark.) who also revealed his reactions to the Cuban crisis.
* * *
Live pickups from the special meeting of the Organization of
American States in Washington on developments there and a report on
Russia's reaction to the U. S. stand on Cuba were presented in five
special NBC News bulletins on the NBC-TV Network this morning (Tuesday,
Oct. 23).
The first reaction from Moscow, more than 12 hours after
President Kennedy's speech, was reported in a bulletin at 9*30 a.m.
EDT. The special announcement quoted the Russians as warning that the
U. S. has taken on itself a grave responsibility for peace or war.
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the Pan American Building in Washington, where an NBC News mobile unit
was stationed, was presented at 10 a.m. EDT. NBC News correspondent
Herb Kaplow reported from the meeting.
At 11 a.m., NBC News correspondent Robert Goralski, also at
the O.A.S. meeting, said that the delegates were expected to approve a
resolution introduced by Secretary of State Dean Rusk calling for the
withdrawal of offensive weapons from Cuba.
The U. S. request that the council adjourn until afternoon
(so that delegates could receive instructions from their governments
before voting on the U. S. resolution), and the subsequent adjournment,
were reported in special bulletins at 11:32 and 11:43 a.m. EDT.
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October 23, 1962
In view of the critical international
situation that has developed in the last 24
hours, the National Broadcasting Company has
concluded in its own judgment that this is
not an appropriate time to broadcast its docu¬
mentary program showing the construction of a
tunnel under the Berlin Wall and the escape of
East German refugees. Accordingly, the broad¬
cast of the program, scheduled for Oct. 31,
7:30-9 p.m. EST, is being postponed.
At no time has the State Department
asked NBC to refrain from broadcasting "The
Tunnel" program and announced last Friday that
it does not intend to do so.
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October 23, 1962
YOUR VOTE MAY BE USED BY NBC NEWS EARLY ON ELECTION NIGHT
TO 'PROJECT’ RESULTS FOR NBC-TV'S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE
Will your vote, after you have cast it on Nov. 6, show up
somewhere on the television screen?
It almost certainly will show up in the Election Night cover¬
age of NBC News, which expects to tabulate more than 95 per cent of the
vote from the time the NBC-TV coverage starts at 7 p.m. EST until it is
completed in the early morning hours of the following day.
Your vote may even be used early on election evening to
"project" the final results -- if you happen to vote in what NBC News
calls a "barometric precinct." This is a precinct that accurately
reflects a larger voting trend -- for the nation as a whole, for a single
state, or for a group such as the labor or farm blocs.
Suppose, as an example, you vote in a barometric precinct in
Detroit. An NBC News vote collector will be on hand at your precinct
when the polls close and the count is taken. He will telephone the
total, including your own vote, first to a special NBC News center in
Detroit, then to the RCA 501 Systems Center at Cherry Hill, N.J.
The NBC News center in Detroit will relay the figure to NBC in
New York. At Election Central in Studio 8-H in New York, the number will
be noted down by one of a staff of tabulators -- part of an over-all
election staff of more than 3,700. It will then be passed on to the
technicians operating the electronic vote-counting boards.
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They will add it to the Michigan totals and it will stand out
on the boards in lighted numbers that can be picked up by the television
cameras and can be seen by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley from their
"anchormen" vantage point inside the studio.
Meanwhile, the Detroit figure will also have been received at
the RCA 501 Systems Center, where a special RCA team has been working
with a system of five RCA 501 and 301 computers for the past year to
prepare them for their Election Night role.
The team consists of some 300 specialists in the fields of
computer programming, statistics, mathematics, political science and
sociology. Their task has been a highly complex one, but essentially it
is the process of analyzing past elections to find the key to those of
the future.
The first step is to accumulate masses of information on pre¬
vious elections -- data on the voting record of the country as a whole,
of individual states, counties and even precincts. This voting data is
correlated with other information that bears on election results -- the
economic well-being of the country, the population growth in certain
areas, the patterns of voter education, income, employment, religion and
many other factors.
All this information is analyzed and compared and finally
distilled into what the computer specialists call a 'mathematical model"
-- a series of formulas which express the nation's voting patterns in
mathematical terms.
These formulas, which fill page after page in the voluminous
records of the RCA election team, are fed into the memory of the computer
system. There they await the actual Election Night returns, which will
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be measured against the mathematical model to determine how the voting
varies from past elections.
For example, those afore-mentioned returns from a single
precinct in Detroit may fill in a key element in the model. As more of
these elements are filled in, the voting patterns emerge more and more
clearly until at last the results of the election can be projected with
assurance -- many hours before all the actual vote has been counted.
The RCA computer system will be used throughout the evening,
starting with the first returns from the East and ending with the last
returns from the West. Among its more difficult tasks will be projecting
and analyzing the gubernatorial races in New York, Michigan and
California -- each one of them a tougher job than the i 960 Presidential
contest.
Early in the evening of Election Day, the RCA computers will
also be asked these questions: By what margin will the Democrats maintain
control of the Senate, and will the House of Representatives be
Republican or Democratic for the second half of President Kennedy's four-
year term -- and by what margin?
One other question: does the computer system really work? The
answer, RCA specialists point out, was stated clearly and affirmatively
early in the evening of Election Day, I960, when an RCA 501 computer
projected a Kennedy victory within one-tenth of one percentage point of
the vote as it was finally counted next day.
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NBC NEWS ADDS TWO iMONDAY-THROUGH -FRIDAY 5-MINUTE TV REPORTS
THROUGH PERIOD OF CUBAN CRISIS; GULF OIL IS SPONSOR
NBC News has added two Monday-through-Friday
five-minute news reports -- at 12 noon and 3:55 p.m. NYT
-- to its schedule of four such programs on the NBC-TV
Network. The two additional programs began today
(Wednesday, Oct. 24) and will continue for the duration of
the Cuban crisis.
The two new broadcasts are sponsored by the
Gulf Oil Corporation through the Young and Rubicam Inc.
advertising agency.
The broadcasts bring to six the number of
Monday-through-Friday five-minute NBC News reports on
NBC-TV. The others (all times NYT) are: "NBC News Morning
Report" (10:25 a.m.), "NBC News Day Report" (12:55 p.m.),
"NBC News Early Afternoon Report" (2:55 p.m.) and "NBC News
Afternoon Report" (4:55 p.m.).
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TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS OF ADLAI E. STEVENSON'S U.N. ADDRESS
INCLUDED IN SECOND DAY’S COVERAGE OF CUBAN CRISIS STORY BY NBC NEWS
NBC News presented live TV and radio coverage of the
address of Adlai E. Stevenson to the U. N. Security Council Tuesday,
Oct. 23. Ambassador Stevenson, the U.S.A.'s chief representative to
the U.N., spoke more than an hour, outlining the growth of Soviet
influence in Cuba and the U. S. resolution calling for the dismantling
of offensive weapons on Cuban soil.
The TV program entitled "U.N. Special" ran from 4 to 5:45 p.m.
EDT. Frank McGee was anchorman.
Taped scenes were also shown of critical votes taken at the
Washington meeting of the Organization of American States. Delegates
from Latin American countries were seen voting in support of the U. S.
position.
NBC News correspondents Herbert Ka.plow and Robert Goralski
reported from the O.A.S. meeting. NBC News’ U. N. correspondent
Pauline Frederick summarized the highlights of Ambassador Stevenson’s
speech from the U. N. meeting in New York.
The program also included a report from correspondent Ray
Scherer at the White House. Scherer said a press conference was in
progress inside the executive mansion and that President Kennedy was
expected to issue a formal proclamation on the Cuban quarantine
shortly.
McGee concluded the program with a late report that Russian
ships were currently en route to Cuba.
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The "Today" show (7-9 a.m. EDT) brought reaction from
abroad as well as several pertinent interviews. Throughout the day,
NBC News interrupted radio and TV programs with bulletins and brief
special reports.
NBC News 1 radio coverage included live reports from the
O.A.S. meeting and the White House as well as the U. N. In addition.
News-on-the-Hour" broadcasts kept radio listeners informed of the
Cuban crisis, and bulletins kept pace with fast-breaking developments.
President Kennedy's address to the nation Monday night was
taped by NBC News and transmitted to Europe via Telstar early the next
day. Some 12 nations of the European Broadcasting Union received the
TV transmission.
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October 24, 1962
HERBERT P. SOLOW IS NAMED DIRECTOR, DAYTIME PROGRAMS,
WEST COAST, NBC TELEVISION NETWORK
Herbert P. Solow has been named Director, Daytime Programs,
West Coast, NBC Television Network, it was announced today by Mort
Werner, Vice President, Programs, for the network.
"Mr. Solow will work on all aspects of NEC-TV Daytime
Programming, West Coast, and he will report to Grant Tinker, Vice
President, Program Operations, West Coast," Mr. Werner said.
Before joining NBC, Mr. Solow was Director, Daytime Programs
Hollywood, Columbia Broadcasting System, since August, i960. He was
Program Director, California National Productions, in New York and
Los Angeles from 1956 to i960.
Mr. Solow was a talent agent, representing television
program producers and packagers, with the William Morris Agency in
New York from 1953 to 1956.
Mr. Solow is a graduate of Dartmouth College. He is married
to the former Maxine Turner of Mount Vernon, N. Y. They reside in
Pacific Palisades, Calif., with their three daughters.
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October 24, 1962
NBC NEWS SETS UP REPORT SYSTEM BY COUNTIES AND (IN SOME CASES) TOWNS
FOR TV AND RADIO ELECTION NIGHT RETURNS IN KEY RACES OF 14 STATES
NBC News will use a county-by-county and -- in some cases --
a town-by-town system of reporting key races in 14 states for its
Election Night coverage on the NBC Television and Radio Networks
Tuesday, Nov. 6 (7 p.m. EST to conclusion).
Elmer W. Lower, General Manager, NBC News, who is supervising
the coverage, said that a reporter has been assigned to every county
in each of 12 states -- New York, Pennyslva.nia, Maryland, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas
and California.
In Connecticut and Massachusetts, where the vote is by town
rather than county, NBC News will have a reporter in most towns --
covering about 80 per cent of the vote in the two states.
The coverage in the 14 states will require some 1,000 report¬
ers, who will be part of an over-all NBC News election staff totaling
more than 3,750 reporters, correspondents, editors and technicians.
The county reporters in each state will report the vote to
a news bureau headed by a state election manager. The bureaus will
then phone the totals every 20 minutes to NBC News’ Election Central in
New York.
The state election managers have been planning and organizing
the coverage over the past six months. Following are their assignments
and election bureau locations:
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Robert Shaefer (Pennsylvania), WRCV-TV, Philadelphia
William Corrigan (Maryland), WRC-TV, Washington
William Lindsey (Ohio), KYW-TV, Cleveland
Richard Yoakum (Indiana), WFBM-TV, Indianapolis
Robert Mulholland (Illinois), WNBQ, Chicago
Frank Jordan (Michigan), WWJ-TV, Detroit
Jack Krueger (Wisconsin), WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee
Robert Lissitt (Kentucky), WAVE-TV, Louisville
James Harden (Missouri and Kansas), WDAF-TV, Kansas City, Mo.
John Thompson (California), KRCA, Los Angeles
Dean Brelis (Massachusetts), Boston Globe, Boston
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October 25, 1962
90-MINUTE NBC NEWS TV PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH CUBAN CRISIS
A special 90-minute NBC News program dealing with
the background and late developments in the Cuban crisis will
be presented on the NBC Television Network Wednesday, Oct. 31
(7:30-9 p.m. EST).
The program, titled "Clear and Present Danger,"
will be produced by Reuven Prank. It will pre-empt "The
Virginian."
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CONTINUED TV AND RADIO COVERAGE OF CUBAN CRISIS OFFERED BY NBC NEWS
NBC News continued special coverage of the Cuban crisis
Wednesday, Oct. 24 with running reports on the NBC-TV and Radio net¬
works that included an "instant news" TV program and bulletins almost
every half-hour on both mediums.
From early Wednesday through noon today (Thursday), there
were 43 special or regular news reports on NBC-TV, keeping pace with
Cuban developments. NBC Radio’s "News-on-the-Hour" broadcasts, plus
bulletins throughout the day kept radio listeners informed.
At 11:15 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the Gulf Oil Corporation
sponsored "Cuban Crisis: Third Day." The 15-minute TV special,
with Frank McGee as anchorman, featured live reports from the following
- NBC News correspondent Peter Hackes at the Pentagon
with a run-down on military reaction.
- Richard Valerian!, temporarily assigned to Miami,
narrated film of military movements in the Florida area.
- Pauline Frederick, NBC News’ United Nations correspondent
summarized the day’s events there. A tape of the proposal of U Thant,
Acting Secretary General, to the U. S. and Russia for a suspension of
actions was also shown.
- NBC News correspondent Ray Scherer spoke from the front
of the White House, outlining Washington reaction to late Cuban
developments.
McGee reviewed the entire day’s events as the program ended.
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morning (7-9 a.m. EDT), the following special features on the program
dealt with the Cuban crisis:
Interviews with two U. S. Senators -- Senator Kenneth
B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) and Senator Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), by NBC
News correspondent Martin Agronsky.
A film report about U. S. military buildup in Key West,
Fla., and the surrounding area.
- An interview by NBC News correspondent Peter Hackes with
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, noted nuclear physicist and author of "Kill and
Overkill." a book dealing with the destructive power of atomic weapons.
Between the end of the "Today" show and noon, NBC News
interrupted the TV network for a report at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The
regular TV news report at 10:25-10:30 a.m. EDT also brought current
developments.
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October 25, 1962
MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE AND CIRCUS WILL BE
TWO-HOUR NBC-TV COLOR BROADCAST FROM NEW YORK
Remco Industries and Food Manufacturers to Sponsor Network Coverage
Donald Duck makes his debut as a parade celebrity and
Bullwinkle Moose makes a return appearance in Macy 1 s Thanksgiving Day
Parade and Circus, to be televised in color in its entirety on the
NBC-TV Network Thursday, Nov. 22 , from 10 a.m. to 12 noon EST.
Helium-filled versions of the two stars of NBC-TV Sunday
color cartoon series will be among the five mammoth balloon in Macy's
36 th annual parade. Donald Duck will be this year’s new creation
among the huge balloons, which symbolize New York's traditional
holiday event. Joining Donald and Bullwinkle will be Popeye, the
Happy Dragon and the Flying Trapeze Balloon.
Other parade highlights will include numerous TV, film and
stage celebrities, many scenic floats, a dozen colorful marching bands
from different parts of the country and various singing and dancing
groups. Santa Claus, in his sleigh at the end of the procession, will
wave his customary holiday greeting to the millions of video viewers
and sidewalk spectators.
Many of the entertainers and all of the bands will put on
special performances when they reach Macy's grandstand area at Herald
Square, between 3^-th and 35th Streets. NBC-TV will locate five color
cameras in the Herald Square area, where the circus portion of the
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exclusive coverage of the circus and will be the only network to
televise the entire parade.
Ed Pierce, who produced the Thanksgiving Day Parade program
on NBC-TV the laBt three years, again will be the producer. This
will be the third straight year of color coverage, and the 15th time
since 19^5 that NBC has televised the parade, either nationally or
locally.
Remco Industries Inc., through Webb Associates Inc., and
Food Manufacturers Inc., through Ted Bates & Co., will sponsor
NBC-TV coverage of the parade portion of the two hours. Remco will
sponsor the network’s coverage of the circus portion.
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MISSOURI 'TIGER' AND KANSAS 'JAYHAWKER' HIT IT OFF
HARMONIOUSLY ON NBC NEWS' ELECTION COVERAGE
A "Tiger" from Missouri and a "Jayhawker" from Kansas will
be working closely together on NBC News’ coverage of 1962 election
results Tuesday, Nov. 6 .
The alliance will not be new for Elmer W. Lower, a native of
Kansas City, Mo., and a graduate of the School of Journalism of the
University of Missouri, at Columbia, and Richard Harkness, an alumnus
of the University of Kansas, at Lawrence. In spite of the traditional
rivalry of these schools and states, the two newsmen have an
association in political reporting that goes back 30 years.
On Election Night, Lower, General Manager of NBC News, will
supervise the coverage on the NBC Television and NBC Radio Networks
(7 p.m. EST to conclusion). Harkness, a Washington correspondent, will
broadcast the findings of the RCA computers being used to determine
voting trends. Lower will be in NBC's huge studio 8-H in New York,
where the operation will be centered, and Harkness will be at the RCA
Systems Center at Cherry Hill, N.J. Although separated by distance,
they will be linked by direct communications lines.
They first worked together in the United Press bureau in
Kansas City, Mo., handling Missouri and Kansas returns in the election
that gave Franklin Delano Roosevelt his first term as President.
In 1935, Lower took over Harkness' job as bureau manager for
UP in Jefferson City, Mo., after Harkness was transferred to the wire
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Washington and they again worked together on elections.
Their paths separated for a number of years but converged
again after Lower joined NBC News in 1959 (Harkness has been with NBC
News since 19^2). Their roles in the coverage of the i960 elections
were substantially the same as they will be this year.
Harkness is not a native Kansan, but he strengthened his ties
with that state by marrying the former Daz Suiter of Macksville. In
i960, the University of Kansas awarded him its highest honor, a
Citation for Distinguished Service.
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October 25, 1962
33 U.S. SENATORS PRAISE ‘MEET THE PRESS' AND PRODUCER SPIVAK
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Thirty-three members of the United States Senate have
praised NBC's "Meet the Press" and the series' producer, Lawrence E.
Spivak, as the program approaches its 15 th TV anniversary.
The series started its NBC-TV run Nov. 6, 19^7. It Is now
presented Sundays at 6 p.ra. NYT in color on the NBC-TV Network, and at
6:30 p.m. NYT on the NBC Radio Network.
Senator Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont.), the Senate Majority
Leader, wrote: "Your panel has been one of constant high caliber and
you, as anchor man, have helped to make the program the scintillating
success it has been."
Minority Leader, Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R.-Ill.), wrote
"This is indeed a record for a program of this kind and is a testament
to the quality of the program and to the skill with which it is
managed."
Comments from other Senators follows:
Senator J. W. Fulbrlght (D.-Ark.): "..I have always been
impressed with the effort you and other panelists have made to present
a critical and fair examination of your guests."
Senator Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.):"'Meet the Press' has
consistently met the highest standards of fair and penetrating news
coverage and from personal experience I can attest to the program's
objectivity."
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Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.): "Without question,
the American people have gained a greater insight into the major issues
of the day through this provocative and informative series."
Senator Clifford P. Case (R.-N.J.): "During these years, I
have watched the growth of your program, both as a participant and as
a viewer, and I congratulate you on the high standards of timeliness
and fair play which you have attained."
Senator Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.): "Over the past 15 years it
('Meet the Press') has performed a service priceless to democracy --
keeping the people informed on the major issues of the day.."
Senator Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.): "Through your- program,
literally millions of our citizens have had the opportunity to come
face to face with the leaders of every level of our society, not only
in this country, but the leaders of almost every nation in the world."
Senator Estes Kefauver (D.-Tenn.): "...an outstanding job of
being hardnosed and tough with public officials. I can attest to the
toughness from having appeared as a guest a number of times."
Senator John L. McClellan (D.-Ark.): "These programs have
contributed greatly to a. better informed public, and thus to the
strengthening of our democracy and system of government."
Senator Paul H. Douglas (D.-Ill): "...one of the best
opportunities in the country for basic facts and judgments on public
affairs to be aired..."
Senator Thomas J. D odd (D.-Conn.): "'Meet the Press' has
given us an example of the ideal television can achieve in serving both
the needs of entertainment and the requirements of the public interest."
Senator Albert Gore (D.-Tenn.): "...comments of the leading
personalities who have appeared on the program taken together reflect
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Senator Robert S, Kerr (D.-Okla): "...a great contribution
to our democratic society by giving newsmakers and newsmen an
opportunity to discuss significant problems before a vast audience."
Senator Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.): "'Meet the Press' has
demonstrated that radio and television programs can be great educa¬
tional forces when handled in an enlightened and effective manner."
Senator Homer E. Capehart (R.-Ind.): "...an excellent job
of bringing directly to the people the opinions of our public
officials..."
Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D.-Wa,sh.): "...the listener and
viewer is the best judge... judging from his response in faithfully
tuning in each week, the program ranks high in his estimation too."
Senator Bourke 3. Hickenlooper (R.-Iowa): "You have main¬
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Senator J. Strom Thurmond (D.-S. C.): "I feel that it
does much good in stimulating public interest in and knowledge of
public affairs. I try to watch it every Sunday."
Senator Frank Church (D.-Idaho): "Many an answer has come
forth on 'Meet the Press' that otherwise would have remained unspoken
and unread."
Senator Ru ssell B. Long (D.-La.): "I have always felt your
program was doing an effective job in bringing ....an insight into
the important issues that are facing our nation."
Senator Henry M. Jackson (D.-Wash.): "This program has
provided the best of television since its beginning November 6,
1947, and it has never wavered from its high standards.
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become a time for a. nation-wide lesson of civic responsibility in our
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Senator Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.): "...in the true spirit of
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Press' in its vital communications role."
Senator John G. Tower (R.-Tex.): "...your recognition as
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Senator Spessard L. Holland (D.-Fla.): "...'Meet the Press'
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of Congressional investigations and the tedious processes by which our
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American way of life and its impact on the American people."
Senator Joseph S. Clark (D.-Pa.): "No one who is interested
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Senator Herman E. Talmadge (D.-Ga,.): "A 'Meet the Press'
interrogation is the most effective test of a public official's worth
ever devised."
Senator George D. Aiken (R.-Vt.): "Over the years this
program has been a valuable stimulant to increased public interest in
current affairs..."
Senator Hugh Scott (R.-Pa.): "The impact of 'Meet the Press'
on American public opinion is probably greater than that of any other
public affairs panel show...No wonder millions of Americans tune in
regularly."
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October 26, 1962
COMPLETE SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCED FOR TWO NBC NEWS COLOR TV SPECIALS:
'THE NILE 1 AND 'POLARIS SUBMARINE: JOURNAL OF AN UNDERSEA VOYAGE’
Complete sponsorship of two NBC News color TV specials --
!, The Nile" and "The Polaris Submarine: Journal of an Undersea Voyage"
-- was announced today by Sam K. Maxwell Jr., Director, Special
Program Sales, NBC Television Network.
Bristol-Myers Co., through Young & Rubicam Inc., purchased
one-half sponsorship of "The Nile," to be broadcast Sunday, Oct. 28 ,
10-11 p.m. EST. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, through McCann-
Erickson, purchased one-half sponsorship of the program about the
Polaris submarine, to be presented Wednesday, Dec. 1$> » 10-11 p.m. EST.
As previously announced, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,
through J. Walter Thompson Co., purchased one-half sponsorship of both
color programs.
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NBC TRADE NEWS
October 26, 1962
NBC INTERNATIONAL SELLS EIGHT TV SERIES TO NETWORK
OF NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING COMMISSION
Eight television series, including four that are
now seen on the NBC-TV Network, have been sold by NBC
International to the network of the New Zealand
Broadcasting Commission.
"Dr. Kildare," "The Dick Powell Show,"
"Bonanza," and "The Loretta Young Show," now on
NBC-TV, are included in the group sale. The four
former NBC-TV shows which complete the transaction,
the biggest to date between NBC International and the
New Zealand Broadcasting Commission, are "87th Precinct,"
"Hopalong Cassidy," "Shirley Temple Specials," and "The
Americans."
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NBC NEWS SPECIAL AND REGULAR PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BRING
DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBAN CRISIS TO TV AND RADIO AUDIENCES
Developments in the Cuban crisis were covered by NBC News
from noon (NYT) Thursday, Oct. 25., to noon (NYT) today, Friday,
Oct. 26, in 26 special and regular programs on the NBC-TV Network, as
well as numerous bulletins, special programs and regular programs on
the NBC Radio Network.
The special coverage included live pickups from the United
Nations of U. S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson's speech and the reply
by Soviet Ambassador Valeria Zorin late Thursday afternoon. It also
included "Cuban Crisis: Fourth Day," a 15-minute TV special Thursday,
at 11:15 p.m.(NYT). This program, with Frank McGee as anchorman,
summarized and updated the day’s events. It was sponsored by the Gulf
Oil Corporation.
NBC News correspondents Bill Ryan, in New York; Pauline
Frederick, at the UN; Ray Scherer and Sander Vanocur, at the White
House; Peter Ha.ckes, at the Pentagon; Robert Goralski and Robert
Abernethy, also in Washington; and Floyd Kalber, in Chicago,
participated in the running reports of the Cuban situation.
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"WHAT DO THE RETURNS MEAN?" IS QUESTION THAT POSES KEY
TO ELECTION COVERAGE ORGANIZED FOR TV AND RADIO
BY ELMER W. LOWER, GENERAL MANAGER, NBC NEWS
When the i 960 national election ended, Elmer W. Lower began
preparing for the 1962 national election.
As General Manager, NBC News, Lower has organized a staff of
more than 3*700 election reporters, special state correspondents,
workers in key precincts around the country, telephone operators and
tabulators -- all for Election Night coverage on NBC-TV and Radio
Tuesday, Nov. 6 (starting at 7 p.m. EST).
This staff will be more than three times larger than the one
in i 960 when NBC News' swift and accurate reporting attracted an NBC-TV
audience greater than that for both other TV networks combined.
Lower joined NBC News in 1959. He has since played a key
role in most of the network's major news projects: the i 960 conventions
and elections. President Kennedy's Inauguration, Soviet Premier
Khrushchev's arrival in Washington in 1959* and the three-network
planning for the first TV broadcast of a Presidential news conference
and first live transatlantic TV exchange via the Telstar satellite.
A graduate of the School of Journalism of the University of
Missouri, Lower also holds a masters degree in public law and govern¬
ment from Columbia University. His master's thesis dealt with broad¬
casting and American elections. The University of Missouri also
awarded him a medal for distinctive service to journalism in 1959 -
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Lower has worked, during his 30-year news career, with two
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networks.
Prior to joining NBC, he was with CBS News for six years,
his last post being that of Director of Operations.
Before joining CBS, Lower worked for Life Magazine; Time-Life
(in Paris, Los.-_Angeles and Tokyo), United Press International,
Associated Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Louisville
(Ky.) Herald-Post and the Flint (Mich.) Journal.
During World War II, he was a field representative for the
Office of War Information in Cairo, Algiers, Naples and London. He
also served as chief of the Information Division of the U. S. High
Command for Germany.
The 1961 elections, which Lower organized for NBC News, drew
this review by Jack Gould of the New York Times: "The News Department
of the National Broadcasting Company ran away with the coverage of
last night's election returns...It was an example of a model of
public service, one that explains NBC’s deserved reputation in the
news field." (This election coverage highlighted the races for mayor
of New York City and governor of New Jersey.)
Lower approaches coverage of election returns as a study in
time and motion. But once the figures are in hand, he turns the
staff into a search for the answer to the question: "What do the
returns mean?"
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October 26, 1962
MILT KAMEN WILL REVIEW BROADWAY PLAYS
AND MOVIES ON *MERV GRIFFIN SHOW*
Milt Kamen, nightclub comedian and raconteur who appeared
frequently on the "Tonight" show, has been signed as a reviewer of
motion pictures and Broadway plays on NBC-TV’s new ,! Merv Griffin Show"
color series (Monday through Friday, 2-2:55 p.m. EST).
Kamen will offer his five-to-eight-minute critiques once a
week on a regular basis beginning the week of Nov. 5-9, producer Bob
Shanks said. During that week, on a day to be announced, Kamen will
review the new film, "Mutiny on the Bounty," starring Marlon Brando.
Future Kamen reviews will include the new Broadway play, "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and the new movie, "The Chapman Report."
Kamen first appeared on the "Merv Griffin Show" Oct. 22, when
he reviewed "The Longest Day." He returned Oct. 26 with comment on
"Barabbas" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
"Mr. Kamen really impressed us with his humorous, incisive
and sophisticated reviews, and we're delighted to get him on a regular
basis," Shanks said.
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FROM KENNEDY TALK MONDAY TO KHRUSHCHEV ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY,
NBC NEWS KEPT ON TOP OF CUBAN CRISIS STORY FOR TV AND RADIO
From President Kennedy’s historic speech Monday, Oct. 22,
outlining the Cuban blockade, until Premier Khrushchev’s Sunday,
Oct. 28 announcement that the Cuban missile bases would be dismantled,
NBC News kept on top of the story with bulletins, special reports and
special programs on TV and radio.
In some cases, bulletin followed bulletin by only minutes.
One NBC newsman was on the air four seconds after running from a White
House briefing.
Special live TV programs showed developments at the U. N. and
a view of lights burning late in the windows of President Kennedy’s
quarters at the White House.
In all, there were 94 TV bulletins between Monday and Sunday.
Some lasted but a minute; others ran 10 or 15 minutes as developments
warranted.
NBC News presented a total of 13 TV specials dealing with the
crisis during this period. These amounted to eight hours and 40
minutes in air time. The specials ranged from the entire two-hour
"Today" show Tuesday to two 15-minute programs at 11:15 p.m. NYT
Wednesday and Thursday, recapping the days’ events.
NBC Radio’s "News-on-the-Hour" broadcasts utilized frequent
bulletins. In one instance, Robert Goralski, one of NBC News’
Washington correspondents, found himself on the air with just four
seconds of preparation.
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Open telephone lines between the White House, the NBC News
desk in Washington and the news desk in New York had been set up
Sunday (Oct. 28) at noon.
While a "News-on-the-Hour" program was in progress, Goralski
was at a White House briefing. When the briefing concluded, Goralski
was to rush to a phone and shout, "No bulletin" or "Bulletin. Give me
the air."
Rushing from the briefing room, Goralski gave the latter
cry. For the next minute, he was on the air, reading a statement just
issued.
Chronologically, the week’s coverage on NBC-TV included
these highlights (all times NYT).
Monday, Oct. 22: At 12:19 p.m. NBC News gave the bulletin
that President Kennedy would speak at 7 that night. He spoke for 18
minutes, starting at 7 p.m., his talk carried on the NBC-TV and Radio
networks. Six TV bulletins were carried after the speech and the
coverage culminated with a 45-minute TV special at 11:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 23: The entire "Today" show (7-9 a.m.) was
devoted to the Cuban crisis. There were 18 bulletins throughout the
day in addition to the four regular five-minute news programs. Live
pickup from the United Nations Security Council meeting ran from 4 p.m.
to 5:45 p.m. and the "Chet Huntley Reporting" program this night
( 10 : 30-11 p.m.) also covered the story.
Wednesday, Oct, 24: There were 22 bulletins this day. At
11:15 p.m., a special 15-minute program, "Cuban Crisis: Third Day"
recapped developments.
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October 29, 1962
ELITE ROSTER OF PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL TALENT HIGHLIGHTED
IN NBC NEWS COLOR SPECIAL ON NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN WASHINGTON
Entertainment typical of the wide range of professional and
non-professional talents which will eventually perform at the proposed
National Cultural Center in Washington will be featured on the NBC News
full-hour filmed special about the project to be broadcast in color on
NBC-TV Sunday, Nov. 11 (4:30 p.m. EST).
Sander Vanocur, NBC News White House correspondent, will be
host for the special. John J. Sughrue Jr. is producer-director.
Among the individual performers and groups which will be seen
during the "National Cultural Center" program are the following:
Danny Kaye, who was one of the speakers at the ceremony last
month in Newport, R.I., at which a model of the center was unveiled by
Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Portions of the comedian’s remarks will be
presented.
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson will offer the spiritual
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho."
Poet Robert Frost will read his poem, "The Outright Gift."
Emlyn Williams and Albert Dekker will be seen in excerpts of
the prize-winning Broadway drama "A Man for All Seasons."
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Erich Leinsdorf,
will play the Third Movement from Walter Piston's "Symphony No. 7."
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The Bolshoi Ballet Company, featuring prima ballerina Maya
Plisetskaya, will perform a segment of "The Little Humpback Horse,"
a ballet based on the classic Russian fairytale.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of more than 300 will be heard
singing a portion of Mozart’s "Gloria in Excelsis Deo."
The Catholic University (in Washington, D. C.) Players will
perform an excerpt of Shakespeare’s "Othello."
The University of Minnesota Players will do a scene from "Rip
Van Winkle."
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The Vietnamese Interior Ministry has ordered NBC News' Far
East correspondent James Robinson to leave Vietnam "in the shortest
delay."
Robinson, in messages to NBC from Saigon on Oct. 25 and
26 , said that the expulsion order was based on his "lack of deference
towards the regulations and laws" of Vietnam. He said the expulsion
order came directly from Madame Nhu, Vietnam's "first lady."
Robinson reported that a United States embassy spokesman
expressed "outrage" over the expulsion order and advised him not to
leave the country until Monday, Oct. 29. This morning (Oct. 29 ),
however, Robinson reported he had been allowed to stay until Thursday,
Nov. 1, as a result of Embassy efforts. The embassy is fighting the
ouster order. Other correspondents in Saigon were also protesting
on his behalf, said Robinson.
He said that the Vietnamese government has long been angry
at the foreign press, especially the American press. The Americans
have often been publicly attacked by government officials, Robinson
added.
The correspondent also stated that the U. S. embassy spokes¬
man agreed that the expulsion order was obviously designed to attempt
pressure against news coverage which might not agree with the govern¬
ment line.
The Vietnamese government, said Robinson, has long been angry
with NBC over a film he, Robinson, made which they thought did not
depict their President in a proper light.
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DESIGNED TO FIGURE OUT ELECTION RESULTS
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Hjalmar Herrnanson is a pipe-smoking scenic designer for NBC
News who knows a good figure when he sees one.
His present concern is a number, one to zero, three inches
high and two-and-one-half inches wide.
Figures of that size will report the nation’s voting in the
50 states for a variety of races -- governors, senators, congressmen --
on NBC-TV’s Election Night coverage Tuesday, Nov. 6 (beginning at
7 p.m. EST).
Herrnanson explains that his Election Control studio design
is radically different from TV entertainment shows: "On entertainment
shows, we are selling a personality, an atmosphere.
"We design for that person -- singer, dancer, comedian. But
for Election Night, the star of the show is a figure, a. number."
Hermanson’s Election Night design is being constructed in
NBC-TV’s Studio 8-H in New York City. When completed, four curved
banks of electrically operated totalizers will report returns from key
races in the East, Midwest, South and Far West.
The three-by-two-and-one-ha.lf figures were selected because
they are large enough to be seen from some 50 feet away. The NBC
News anchormen, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, will be sitting on a
platform just about 50 feet from Hjalmar's figures.
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Ray Danton went before the cameras in Hollywood recently a
guest star in the title role of "The Bravest Man in the World," on
NBC-TV’s "Wide Country" series (Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST). The
episode is being directed by Ted Post and produced by Frank Telford.
A playdate will be announced.
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Edgar Buchanan has been cast by producer Frank Telford in
the title role of the "Good Old Uncle Walt" episode of NBC-TV’s
"Wide Country," now filming at Revue Studios in Hollywood. Earl
Holliman and Andrew Prine star in the Thursday night series (7:30 to
8:30 p.m. EDT), a Ralph Edwards production.
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A repeat broadcast of "Change of life," a "Purex Special
for Women," will not be presented Wednesday, Nov. 14 (3-4 p.m. EST),
as announced in the NBC Daily News Report of Oct. 26.
NBC-New York, 10/29/62
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HOW NBC NEWS WILL OFFER COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE
OF ELECTION RESULTS ON TELEVISION AND RADIO
From 7 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 6 until the early hours of
Wednesday, Nov. 7* NBC News will broadcast on the NBC Television and
Radio Networks its comprehensive coverage of contests for 435 House
seats, 39 Senate seats and 35 governorships.
In races of important national interest in six states, NBC
News will employ a new vote-gathering system named "Dewline" -- a term
borrowed from the military (Distant Early Warning Line).
The races in these six states are for governor and senator
in New York, for governor and senator in California, for governor in
Michigan, for governor in Texas and for senators in Connecticut and
Massachusetts.
With reporters at precinct levels in each state, "Dewline"
reports will be tabulated within an hour after polls close.
The "Dewline" will complement other reporting techniques to
be used by NBC News. The Election Night staff numbers more than 3*700.
Reporters will be gathering returns in every state (in 14 key states,
they will be reporting from every county.)
All returns will funnel to Election Central, in Studio 8-H in
the RCA Building in New York. Overlooking activity in this large
studio will be TV anchormen Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, sitting at
an "X" shaped desk 10 feet above four curved billboard-like structures
that will display the returns from 50 states.
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These four bays will in turn be anchored by four news
correspondents, each responsible for the voting in about a dozen states
representing a geographical area.
Sander Vanocur will cover the East, Frank McGee the South,
Merrill Mueller the Midwest and John Chancellor the Far West. Ray
Scherer will handle reports from the "Dewline 11 board.
Telephones, teletypes, typewriters, reporters, tabulators,
copy boys, TV cameras, radio newsmen, a "crisis desk,"a "victory desk"
and a maze of special equipment will be in 8-H.
A "victory desk" will determine the winning candidates in tight
races. This desk will be headed by news producer Chet Hagan. ( EDITORS:
A separate story on the "victory desk" is in today's Daily News Report.)
The "crisis desk" will be utilized if a major development in
international or national news occurs during the election coverage, NBC
News' State Department correspondent Elie Abel will man this desk,
prepared to broadcast on NBC-TV or Radio.
Outside Election Central, TV cameras will be set up at the RCA
Systems Center at Cherry Hill, N. J., where computers will analyze
returns and project results in the races for governorships in
California, New York and Michigan, and for the House and Senate.
Other remote video locations will include the headquarters of
the Republican and Democratic National Committees in Washington, the
headquarters of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and his Democratic opponent
Robert M. Morgenthau in New York, Michigan's Gov. John B. Swainson and
George B. Romney, his Republican rival; and California, Gov. Edmund G.
Brown and Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon.
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Reuven Frank will produce the NBC-TV coverage and Russell
Tornabene, the NBC Radio coverage. The NBC News election coverage was
organized by Elmer W. Lower, General Manager, NBC News.
The entire Election Night coverage will be under the super¬
vision of William R. McAndrew, Executive Vice President, NBC News, and
Julian Goodman, Vice President, NBC News.
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NBC NEWS* "VICTORY DESK" IS GEARED TO NAME ELECTION WINNERS
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"We won't be predicting who will win the races for Governor
and Senator. We will stat3 it, definitely, even before the candidates
themselves may claim victory or concede defeat."
This is the way Chet Haga.n describes the function of the NBC
News "Victory Desk" on Election Night. Hagan will man the "Victory
Desk" in Election Central in Studio 8-H, headquarters in New York for
NBC News' Election Night coverage on NBC-TV and NBC Radio, Tuesday,
Nov. 6 (starting at 7 p.m. EST). His decisions will go directly to the
anchormen for election coverage.
"There isn't any mumbo jumbo involved in making these
decisions," Hagan explains. "And we don't guess. It's a careful
judgment based on a thorough knowledge of each state's politics,
combined with quick reports on the returns in key districts. In certain
states, less than 10 per cent of the vote is enough for me to name
which gubernatorial or senatorial candidate is the winner."
The NBC News election staff of more than 3*700 (including
reporters, correspondents, editors and technicians) will assure Hagan
of the latest voting figures. He will also have direct lines to key
people behind the scenes of election activities in various states.
But it will be up to Hagan himself to make the important
decision as to who has won. In preparation for his vital role, Hagan
has been studying this year's political picture since early Summer when
he compiled NBC News’ 700-page "Election Handbook." The book contains
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information on every race for governor, senator and representative,
including important background material on each candidate. One hundred
copies of the handbook were distributed in July to NBC News
correspondents and editorial personnel who will have it at hand
on Election Night.
"Though I have been constantly working on the manual up¬
dating it, " says Hagan, "I will read each page again before election
night."
Hagan has traveled from coast to coast for a first-hand look
at the campaigns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Illinois and Nebraska. He has also produced seven of the
eight programs in NBC News' "The Campaign and the Candidates" series of
pre-election specials on NBC-TV.
If Hagan's past record is any indication, his "Victory Desk"
will be providing NBC-TV viewers with early and accurate reports on
trends and results across the country.
The "Victory Desk" was first used during NBC News' coverage of
the i 960 Presidential election. Though the race was close, Hagan
correctly stated how 49 out of the 50 states would vote.
"We were wrong only in Hawaii," Hagan recalls.
This past Sept. 18, Hagan also called the results of the
Massachusetts Democratic primary. Just 20 minutes after the polls
closed, he declared Edward M. Kennedy would win the Senatorial
nomination by a landslide over Edward J. McCormack.
As the saying goes, "It's easy if you know how."
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;--EXPERT TO ‘ICEPICK* ELECTION RETURNS-
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Dr. Milton C. Cummings Jr., Using Own Coded Card System,
, To Report Vote Trends During NBC Election Coverage
When Dr. Milton C. Cummings Jr. sits at the NBC News "House
Desk" on Election Night, Nov. 6, he will have at hand an icepick-like
instrument and a stack of 435 cards, each representing one of the
nation's Congressional districts.
As the returns come in from around the country and are
tabulated by NBC News, Dr. Cummings will periodically insert his "ice¬
pick through holes in the edges of the cards and in that way select
certain groups of districts.
Comparing the returns with information on the cards, he will be
able to detect trends in the voting -- a change, for example, in the
labor or farm votes. He will relate such trends to the number of House
seats that either party can be expected to gain or lose.
Dr. Cummings has been assembling the data on his cards for
many years. Each card has information about the district -- the
strength of labor, the racial and ethnic composition, voter registration
and voter turnout in previous elections, past winners in House races,
their margin of victory and many other factors.
The cards are coded so that the "icepick" can quickly select
certain districts with similar characteristics. In addition. Dr.
Cummings has "pre-selected" a number of precincts -- including those
that are traditional strongholds of either party and those with large
labor, farm or foreign populations.
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Dr. Cummings will use these pre-selected precincts as
benchmarks to spot national trends. His findings will be passed along
to Chet Huntley, David Brinkley and other NBC News correspondents for
their on-the-alr reports.
Dr. Cummings has impressive credentials for his Election
Night task. He was graduated from Swarthmore College in 1954, went to
Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar to study political science, then to Harvard,
where he earned a Ph. D.
At Oxford, he helped cover the British general elections of
1955 for the BBC. At Harvard he wrote a thesis on "Congressmen and the
Electorate," which he is updating for a book to be published by the
Free Press of Glencoe.
He is now a research associate specializing in governmental
studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, a private organiza¬
tion that conducts research on public problems.
On Election Night, Dr. Cummings will be assisted by his wife,
Nancy, a physician now doing medical research.
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COOK COUNTY COUNTDOWN
League of Women Voters Cooperating with NBC News in Gauging Election
Results in Illinois County Accounting for Half of State's Votes
One county accounts for half the vote in Illinois, and NBC
News has taken unprecedented steps to count the votes in that giant
county. (Election Night coverage on the NBC-TV and Radio Networks
Tuesday, Nov. 6, will start at 7 p.m. EST).
With the cooperation of the non-partisan League of Women
Voters, NBC News will tabulate by telephone 1,300 Chicago suburban
precincts in Cook County.
Some 1,300 women under the direction of the Cook County
Council of the league will be stationed in suburban precincts Election
Night. Each of them will phone the vote from her precinct to a
special NBC News tabulation center.
In this way, NBC News expects to tabulate the Cook County
vote with unprecedented speed.
Cook County includes the city of Chicago. The city returns
always are tabulated swiftly but until this year the tabulation of
suburban returns always has lagged three to five hours behind.
Combined with the NBC News county-by-county tabulation in
Illinois, the special Cook County tabulation will give the NBC Election
Night audience the fastest accounting in the senate race between
Republican minority leader Everett Dirksen and his Democratic opponent,
U. S. Representative Sidney Yates.
The League of Women Voters tabulation in suburban Cook
County will be an exclusive feature of NBC's Election Night coverage.
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October 31, 1962
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NBC NEWS ELECTION NOTES
Some facts and figures on NBC News’ election night coverage:
--Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, TV anchormen for the
election coverage, will sit at a formica-topped table shaped like the
"X" used to mark a ballot. The "X" desk was designed by Hjalmar
Hermanson, who also designed the entire studio setup for Election Night.
--Huntley and Brinkley will be sitting on a semi-circle
platform called the "Huntley-Brinkley Deck" some 10 feet above the
studio floor.
--There will be 700 telephones in use at NBC News’ Election
Central, involving some 60,000 miles of private telephone circuits link¬
ing Election Central with reporters around the country. This is more
than twice the number of phones used for the i960 Presidential election.
--NBC will have 180 affiliate stations receiving election night
coverage from NBC-TV.
--Twelve TV cameras will cover Election Central on election
night. Ten will scan the boards displaying returns and two other
cameras will cover Huntley and Brinkley on their "deck."
--More than 250 high-powered spot lights will illuminate
Election Central.
-Decorating the massive election returns display called for
more than 50 gallons of paint.
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--Studio 8-H (the Election Central site) was opened in 1933.
It was built to provide an area large enough to stage a three-ring
circus. During the 1930 , s and 19^0*s, Arturo Toscanini conducted the
NBC Symphony Orchestra in concerts each week from this studio* then
used for radio. The studio* re-named "Peacock Theatre*" is equipped to
handle color TV programs.
(NBC News will start its Election Night coverage, Tuesday*
Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. EST,)
NBC-New York* 10/31/62
NBC PROTESTS TO SOUTH VIET NAM ON ATTEMPT
TO EXPEL NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ROBINSON
William R. McAndrew, Executive Vice President, NBC News,
said he was "greatly shocked" by the expulsion of NBC News correspondent
James Robinson from South Viet nam and has requested that the South
Viet nam government reconsider the action.
In a message sent to President Ngo Dinh Diem of South
Viet nam last night (Oct. 30), Mr. McAndrew also demanded to know the
reason for the expulsion and its intended duration.
Mr. McAndrew said that Mr. Robinson's expulsion is "incompre¬
hensible" in view of the many NBC programs that have depicted South
Viet nam’s efforts to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
The NBC executive also said it would be difficult for NBC
to continue to present the true story of South Viet nam's fight against
communism if NBC's representative is to be barred from the country.
Mr. Robinson, NBC News' Far East correspondent, was ordered
by the Vietnamese Interior Ministry on Oct. 25 to leave Viet nam "in
the shortest delay." Through the efforts of the United States Embassy
in Saigon, which is fighting the ouster order, Mr. Robinson has been
allowed to remain in South Viet nam until Nov. 1.
The reason given for the order was Mr. Robinson's "lack of
deference towards the regulations and laws" of Viet nam. However,
the correspondent said the U. S. Embassy spokesman agreed that the
order was obviously designed to attempt pressure against news
coverage which might not agree with the government line.
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CAST AND CREDITS FOR ‘CYRANO DE BERGERAC,*
90-MINUTE 'HALLMARK HALL OF FAME* COLOR BROADCAST
ON NBC-TV THURSDAY, DEC. 6 (9:30-11 P.M. EST)
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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER HOPE LANGE
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EDMOND ROSTAND'S
'CYRANO DE BERGERAC’
Translated by Brian Hooker
Television Adaptation
by
ROBERT HARTUNG
Also Starring
DONALD HARRON and GEORGE ROSE
Scenery by.
Costumes by.
Associate Producer.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY...
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THE CAST
Cyrano de Bergeract
Roxane:
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Hope Lange
Donald Harron
George Rose
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Vicomte de Valvert:
Gordon Pinsent
The Cut Purse:
Jack Merigold
Montfleury:
Eric Christmas
The Meddler:
Louis Edmonds
Duenna:
Nan McFarland
Officer:
John Irving
First Cadet:
John McKay
Second Cadet:
Ion Berger
Third Cadet:
Carl Harms
Fourth Cadet:
Leigh Wharton
Officer:
John Irving
Capuchin:
Robinson Stone
Sentry:
Len Birman
The Nun:
Toni Darnay
Footman:
Clifford Cothren
Comedian:
Bill Hinnant
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Executive Assistant:
Sybil Trubin
Production Associate:
Joan Frank
Make-up by
Bob O'Bradovich
Production Coordinator:
Gordon R. Wynne Jr.
Production Secretary:
Janet S. Gibson
Program Assistant:
Joyce Meckler
Hair Stylist:
Ernest Adler
Assistant Costume Designer:
George Sullivan
Unit Manager:
Dick Diorio
Technical Director:
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Lighting Director:
Alan Posage
Audio:
Jim Blaney
Video:
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Richard Aimone
Norman Hall and Dick Auerbach
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THE STORY
Rostand’s verse tragedy, which has also been called a prime
example of swashbuckling romantic theatre, is set in Paris of 1640.
The action opens in a theatre where Cyrano (Christopher Plummer), a
fiery Gascon poet with an extraordinary nose, is insulted by Valvert
(Gordon Pinsent) and conducts a duel with him while simultaneously
composing a ballad. On the last line, he strikes down his opponent.
Roxane (Hope Lange), a beautiful lady, witnesses this performance and
sends for Cyrano, who has long been in love with her. But at their
meeting Roxane confesses she actually loves Christian (Donald Ha.rron),
a young cadet in Cyrano’s company. True to his gallant nature, Cyrano
takes Christian in hand and sponsors the cadet's affair with the woman
Cyrano himself loves. He even substitutes for Christian in a balcony
serenade. Later, Christian is killed in battle. After 15 years,
Cyrano visits Roxane in a convent; he reads her some letters of
Christian, and she recognizes the voice as that of the lover who sang
to her from beneath her balcony. Cyrano dies content in the knowledge
that Roxane is at last aware of his love -- although she can never
accept it.
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