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...York adman made a few helpful suggestions last year about a new TV panel show called Down You Go. He told Producer Lou Cowan to 1) get rid of his "adenoidal moderator," Bergen Evans, 2) replace his unknown panelists with glittering celebrities, and 3) telecast the show from Manhattan instead of Chicago. Then, the adman thought, there might be a chance of finding a sponsor...
...second look, decided to swim with the tide rather than fight it. One big Santa Fe supermarket (Batrite) agreed to sell meats in quantity to Maytag customers at only 8? above wholesale prices. Said Manager Charles Batts: "I'd rather make a few cents a pound and get rid of a big quantity of meat than make a lot more and have to peddle it in little pieces...
...Brink's robbery. 2) Arnold Schuster did, or at least knew about it. 3) Schuster was getting money to keep his mouth shut. 4) Willy, out of a job, had stumbled on to something, too. Schuster knew of Sutton's whereabouts, and turned him in to get rid of him and keep his own racket exclusive...
...denied it, promised that RKO would get back to normal as soon as he sets up a system to weed out Reds. Says he: "I know I have made myself the No. 1 s.o.b. in the minds of a lot of people in Hollywood, but we will never get rid of Communist sympathizers in this business unless somebody admits their existence and faces the problem squarely...
...civic election, the Cambridge voters can get rid of Atkinson by voting in a Council unfavorable to his policies, or, for that matter they can throw out Plan E itself if they so wish. Limiting Atkinson's tenure in office would not give either the voters or the Council more power over the City Manager, but would mean that every ten years (the figure your editorial set) the City Manager would have to be replaced regardless of whether the Council approved of his policies or could not find a better man for the job. The result is that...