Word: robinson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Smith is slim, white-haired, countrified in speech, friendly in manner. He publishes the tiny (circ. 2,000) weekly Argus in the midstate town (pop. 7,400) of Robinson. He golfs and fishes, is a Rotarian and a former statewide vice president of the Elks. Fascinated newsmen describe him as the healer who wound up as Illinois Republican chairman in 1960 because, in a party ripped and bloodied with faction, "he was the only man nobody...
...SULLIVAN SHOW (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Ed's guests include Wayne and Shuster, the Young Americans, Myron Cohen and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles...
GRAMBLING COLLEGE: 100 YARDS TO GLORY (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). ABC Sportscaster Howard Cosell's brilliant documentary on the small, all-Negro Louisiana school that has turned into one of the country's most fertile spawning grounds for pro football players. Dedicated to Coach Eddie Robinson. Repeat...
...that kind of money, the mini-moviemakers command top talent. Frank Sinatra sells Budweiser beer. Sid Caesar does a comedy routine for Sperry Rand, while Jose Ferrer supplies the voice-over continuity. Edward G. Robinson poured for Maxwell House coffee. Jack Benny promotes Texaco gasoline. George Burns puffs El Producto cigars. Sometimes the process is reversible. Actress Barbara Feldon was a sexy slink of a salesgirl for Top Brass hairdressing ("Sic 'em, tiger") before she went big on legit TV as co-star of Get Smart! Pam Austin, the original Dodge girl, is now a member of the cast...
...loan, last year grossed a soulful $30 million. Gordy's slick, carefully controlled "Motown sound" (noted for its rhythmic accent on all four beats of the bar instead of the usual R & B emphasis on alternating beats) has launched, among others, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, and Martha and the Vandellas...