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3 Convention Letter
IT HAPPENED IN ' 56 - A New York actor named Irving Fisher, who portrayed Harry S. Truman in the Broadway hit "Call Me Madam," threw Republican headquarters in the Fairmont Hotel into utter con¬ fusion by stopping in for a visit - in his Truman makeup. Fisher had been hired for a gag sequence on Dave Garroway ' s "Today" show... Chet Huntley commented on the flies abounding at the convention and immedi¬ ately received a wire from Bridgeport, Conn., advising him he would soon receive 40 cans of bug killer.
IT’LL HAPPEN IN ’60 - Every candidate will be an expert in TV ratings and techniques... All will save their big moments for top viewing hours... Makeup rooms will be crowded with women trying to look more like women, and men trying to conceal the morning -a f t er-night before and five o'clock shadows... Free legal advice will be available in large quantities because many delegates are lawyers... Every voter In the country will be exposed to radio or TV convention coverage at least once during each session.
BEHIND THE COMMENTATORS - "Tippy" Huntley, the former Tipton Stringer, was a TV personality and weather girl on NBC's Washington station, WRC-TV. Anne Brinkley, the former Anne Fischer, was a re¬ porter for United Press before becoming a housewife.
NAMEDROPPER - Bill Henry, who’ll cover the speakers' plat¬ form for NBC-TV this convention year, accomplished a one-man feat at the 1952 Republican convention that would amaze the most professional memory expert. Dwight D. Eisenhower had just finished his acceptance speech and was overwhelmed by a swarm of well-wishers. Henry began calling off the names of the congratulators, one by one. When it was all over, his colleagues told him he had identified correctly the
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NBC-New York, 6/15/60