NAEB Newsletter (Oct 1965)

(Convention Supplement NAEB to Meet in Washington, D.C., October 31-November 3, 1965 Humphrey Can't Come Vice President Hubert Humphrey has notified NAEB headquarters that he will be unable to speak at the convention banquet because of a recently scheduled trip to job corps camps on the West Coast at that time. Confirmation of his replacement has not yet been received. State Department Announces Communications Briefing The U. S. State Department will have a foreign policy briefing October 28 and 29, to which over 200 NAEB radio and TV station managers have been invited. This is one of the Department’s semiannual communications media briefings, and it was especially arranged to fall just before the NAEB convention. Leading State Department officials, including the Secretary of State, will participate in the sessions, and plans are being made for a White House reception by the President for al'l who attend. Special Interest Sessions In order to meet increasing requests for additional spe¬ cialized sessions at the convention, the convention staff, with help from the division staffs, has organized eighteen such meetings for this convention, more than ever before. In all cases, the staff has tried to schedule sessions of related con¬ tent at different times so that a member can participate in all meetings concerned with his special field. Meetings planned for this year are: 1. Career Planning and Employment in Educational Broad¬ casting. 2. New Equipment in Educational Broadcasting. 3. ETV Facilities Act Counseling. 4. Report on the National Conference on Educational Radio. 5. Building a Local ETV Program Schedule. 6. Research. 7. Current Problems in Radio Programing. 8. Utilization. 9. Educational Broadcasting and the FCC. 10. Children’s Television Programs. 11. Public Relations & Promotion. 12. Interconnection & Networking. 13. New Federal Legislation & Educational Broadcasting. 14. Cooperative Production at the Great Plains Instructional Television Library. 15. Professionalism in ETV Production. 16. Copyright. 17. A Survey of International Broadcasting Activities. 18. Educational Broadcasting & the NDEA. NAEB To Honor Past Presidents The men who have served as NAEB president will be in¬ vited to a luncheon at the Washington Broadcasters Club on Wednesday, November 3. On the roster are: Graydon Aus- mus, Harold Engel, William G. Harley, Richard B. Hull, H. B. McCarty, Carl H. Menzer, Burton Paulu, Frank E. Schooley, Seymour Siegel, and Harry J. Skornia. NAEB Staff Prepares For Largest NAEB Convention NAEB Headquarters announces that it expects over 1,000 delegates to attend the 1965 convention—the largest attendance in the history of the association. Nearly 400 representatives of Armed Forces TV installations will also be on hand for the Armed Forces Television Conference which will be held in con¬ junction with the NAEB Convention. NAEBers and military personnel are invited to attend both conferences. Exhibit space for the 1965 convention has been filled since late spring. The 78-booth display represents an increase of 18 booths over the Austin Convention show. Publicity and promotional activities for the convention have been stepped up in an effort to reach non-NAEBers in fields indirectly related to educational broadcasting. This year, for the first time, the staff prepared a special conven¬ tion invitation which was sent to over 1,000 university presi¬ dents, government officials, foundation heads, engineering and legal consultants, association directors, international broad¬ casters, foreign embassies, research services, and equipment manufacturers. Airlines Washington, D.C., is serviced by three airports and is easily accessible by air at any time of the day or night. Wash¬ ington National Airport, which has no jet traffic, is only about 15 minutes from the city and is most convenient to the hotel. Jets will land at either Friendship Airport, which is near Baltimore, about 45 minutes from Washington—or Dulles Airport, which is one hour away, in Chantilly, Virginia. Limousines will take passengers from both airports to the Washington air lines terminal at 12th and K Streets for $2.50. Weather The average temperature in Washington in early Novem¬ ber is about 50 degrees. Daytime temperatures will climb to 58 degrees, and the minimum at night should be about 41. Days will be fair, according to the Washington climatologist. REGISTRATION HOURS Because some NAEB members will be in Washington for the State Department briefing prior to the convention, the registration desk will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sat¬ urday, October 30. If you plan to be in Washington early, you are urged to register on Saturday afternoon, since you can then avoid waiting in line on Sunday or Monday. The registration desk will be located on the Florentine Foyer of the Sheraton Park Hotel. Registration on Sunday will begin at noon and the desk will be open until 8:00 p.m. On other days, the schedule will be as in previous years— 8:30 a.m. to 5 :00 p.m.