Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1960)

Briefing session • Sen. George Aiken (R-Vt.) (far right) is being informed of conditions in England by NBC News's London correspondent Joseph C. Harsch (far left). Interested listeners at a reception in Washington Jan. 8 are William P. McAndrew, NBC News vice president, (second from left) and William M. Miller, doorkeeper of the House of Repre sentatives. Over 400 members of Congress, the diplomatic corps, executive and military departments of the government and leading American journalists attended the reception where eight NBC News foreign correspondents briefed the gathering on conditions in the part of the world they cover. After speaking, they answered questions from the audience. special products, appointed assistant manager of engineering department. Government • Rep. Willard S. Curtin (R-Pa.) appointed to House Interstate & Foreign Commerce Committee to fill vacancy created by death of Rep. Alvtn Bush (R-Pa.) last November. International • Vincent Tutching, vp of McCannErickson Corp. (International) and president of International Adv. Assn., named director of agency's recentlyformed Australian subsidiary, Hansen Rubensohn-McCann-Erickson Pty., Ltd., Sydney. • Sydney Banks, vp and executive producer of S.W. Caldwell Ltd., Toronto tv film producer, appointed member of board of directors. • Dick Cutler, formerly salesman for CKVR-TV Barrie, Ontario, appointed Canadian representative of Romper Room, international tv kindergarten show. Deaths • Donn Sutton, 54, advertising and pr director of Borg-Warner Corp., Chicago, died Jan. 15. He joined company in 1946 as pr counsellor and became assistant to president in 1951, pr director in 1952 and advertising director in 1958. Previously, Mr. Sutton was newspaper editor and war correspondent, eastern manager and editor-in-chief of Newspaper Enterprise Assn., N.Y., and active in several press and pr groups. • William Marsh, 50, salesman for RCA Broadcast Television Equipment Div., killed last Monday in crash of Capital Airlines plane at Holdcroft, Va. He was one of 50 killed in crash. Mr. Marsh had been RCA division's sales representative in North and South Carolina for past two years and made his home in Atlanta, Ga. Before that he was assistant chief engineer of WRECTV Memphis. • Ralph S. Peer, 67, president of Peer International Corp., New York, and Southern Music Publishing Co., Hollywood, died Jan. 19 after brief illness. • Herbert Maizlish, 60, died Jan. 18 of heart attack. He was brother of Harry Maizlish, owner of KRHM (FM) Los Angeles and KPAL Palm Springs, Calif., with whom he was associated in number of business enterprises. • Thomas F. Flanagan, 69, advertising executive and founder and first direc tor of Radio-Tv Station Representatives Assn., died Jan. 15 in Port Chester, N.Y. • Dr. John F. G. Carruthers, 71, formerly chairman of American Religious Radio Assn., died Jan. 20 in Pasadena, Calif. • Vincent Gottschalk, 61, Chicago freelance radio-tv announcer, died Jan. 18. CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, FULLTIME radio station, excellent dial position. Grossed slightly under $200,000 in 1959 with ownership income approximately $60,000. Reasonably priced. PACIFIC NORTHWEST— MAJOR MARKET DAYTIME—ONLY radio station grossing $16,000-$18,000 monthly and showing excellent growth record. Complete figures available only to successful major market operators. HAMILTON-LANDIS R. ASSOCIATES, Inc. BROKERS • RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS • NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON, D.C. CHICAGO DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO Ray V. Hamilton Richard A. Shaheen DeWitt 'Judge' Landis John F. Hardesty 1737 DeSales St. N.W. 1714 Tribune Tower 1511 Bryan Street 111 Sutter Street Executive 3-3456 DEIaware 7-2754 Riverside 8-1 175 EXbrook 2-5671 NATIONWIDE • NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISALS BROADCASTING, January 25, 1960 99