[N.B.C trade releases]. (1964)

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*★★★★* NBC NEWS ELECTION YEAR ’64 August 28, 1964 NBC NEWS, IN MIDST OF CONVENTION ACTIVITY, CONTINUED TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION COVERAGE FOR RELEASE MONDAY , AUG. 31 Throughout the busy and often hectic days of covering the Democratic national convention and its preliminary meetings over the past two weeks, NBC News continued to develop its plans for an even bigger job - reporting the Nov. 3 national election. Frequently, Robert Northshield, General Manager of NBC News, had to take time away from the convention coverage to confer with someone on election problems. His duties as supervisor of NBC's entire political coverage this election year require daily talks with NBC News' election planning unit in New York, with computer experts at RCA's electronic data processing facilities in Cherry Hill, N. J., or with members of NBC News' Washington staff. Charles E. Corcoran, director of technical operations for NBC-TV, left Atlantic City for Cherry Hill on Thursday, the final convention day, because some phase of the planning took precedence over the constant demands a convention makes upon his time. "After this convention we'll make a kind of slow dissolve to the election, which is only two months away," Northshield said. "We'll cover the political campaigns while we complete our preparations for Election Night. (more )