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WILLIAM BENDIX…ON THE AIR FOR MEAT

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A TRIO OF COMEDY MASTERS!

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From left to right… Milton Berle(Uncle Miltie), Steve Allen, and Bob Hope.

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TIM REID IS 66 YEARS OLD TODAY

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tim on wkrp
Tim Reid played DJ Venus Flytrap in the CBS TV sitcom
which ran from 1978 to 1982.

tim reid

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FIRST WORD’S FROM SPACE ON THIS DATE IN 1958

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RCA’s project SCORE (signal communications orbit relay equipment)
was the world’s first communications satellite. An Air Force Atlas  
inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched the satellite from
Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first voice broadcast from SCORE
was a message from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, shown in
the above photo.

atlas score (USAF)

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NEWSCASTER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1911


                               CHET  HUNTLEY
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                     December 10, 1911  –  March 20, 1974

CHET HUNTLY ON CBS
A young Chet Huntley conducting an interview on CBS radio.

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Chet, left, with NBC News co-anchor David Brinkley.

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