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Ioice doesn't presage q rash o.
Havana -to-mainland program
ling. Any picture hookup that re-
lquires the services Of an airpianl
lin fight as a relay station I
hardly practical way Of operat'
ling q network.
{ It was a stilnt--in the barn,
stormine class the onl,
thing missing was the appro'
lpriate observation from Day,
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mimi"
4 The transforming stunts Of to-
day, Of course. are the routine
LOT tomorrow. ] don't know hoy
long II win be before TV car
Jump across an ocean as eaEil.
las it straddles the continent, bui
Iit win be remembered that Dr.
ALLEN DuMont, during q 'Persor
Ito Person" interview last season
told viewers that transatlantic
ITV was already technical,
feasible. Maybe that eartf
satellite to be launched soon vii
lproyide q short cut.
The world. II goes without say
ing, gets smaller by the minute
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Otherwise, wide. Wide World
occupied itself with the activi-
tiles Of youth from coast 70 coast,
and the variety was staggering
Our attention was never directed
Ito the contrast between the &C
ltivities Of students in different
Iparts of the country, but the
contrast was there for the max
ling.
In Detroit. for example, the
lteen-agers we're gathered for a
rock -and-roll session that in
lcluded a record cutting stunt:
lin Masillon. Ohio, where foot
ban IS king, the band and team
performed at q monster pep rally
Jon the eve Of the game with Cam
ton Mckinley High; out In Cali
Ifornia, at d small school whose
name ! missed, the students,
who haveato take care OF d horse
as part Of their duties. gave a
lbreathless exhibition Of horse
Iinansnip. How those kids could
lridel And somehow, the voice Of
Ia boy astride . horse declaimine
THE ancient citizenship oath Of
the Athenian seemed the most
natural thing in the wcrld There
was. also, q visit TO Q Bureau Of
Indian Affairs boarding school
on the Navajo reservation and
to q Al Club conclave. don't
know about you. but i left my
set feeling q little sorry for big
city youngsters.
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Week End Scoreboard: Alice
tJeff DonneID returned TO the
George Gobel show Saturday
night and 1t was. appropriately
enough. not only his best show
|of the season but one Of the best
by any comic for any season.
In fact. the chief sketch. where
three different actresses played
Georges wife to illustrate how
IL woman can be'all things to d
man. was d gem Of literate,
lgrownup writings Georges
what mood?" line may have
puzzled the youngsters. but III
bet it fractured poppa and
Inlomnla Leo Durocher. BY
the way, was amazingly at ease
lin his opening contributions,
none Of which were particularly
funny.
OF the shows that have gone
through a shakeup this season,
I"Our Miss Brooks" eve Arden)
seems TO be having the most
trouble. I was never IAN
Iof this series tWTOP-9l, but
after watching several Of the re-
cent episodes, ] could give It up
permanently. The story line
doesn't iIow as smoothly as 1t
did and the writer's appear to be
|fumbling in their efforts to tnte-
CRATE the new players with the
new setting.
big Story" on the other
hand. is getting better after q
Iwobbly start :. fridays episode
tWRC-4). which described how d
metropolitan newspaper used q
Secret Witness technique to
combat crime in Chicago. had
lively big-time flavor 3. big
Story" too often. devotes itself
to some obscure criminal-chase
that generally proves very little
except that an undermined
county constabulary can some-
time use an extra pair Of feet
the reporters.
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Mystery Dept: The Martin
and Lewis remote from Hol-
Ilywood on Steve Aliens show
early Saturday morning had
some laughs, but Dean seemed
TO be doing everyone q favor
lby being there 4. I don't know
what his problem Is. but it looks
SERIOUS.
Gisele Mckenzie was the third
sHit Parader'' to make '.Person
TO Person." Raymond Scott and
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