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TV Teletype* NEW YORK Bob Stahl reports: CBS planning a one-shot super-duper version of "The Mikado," which would star, of all people, BING CROSBY, JACK BENNY and HELEN TRAUBEL. No further details available, such as whether it would be legitimate GILBERT & SULLIVAN, or would follow the example of Broadway's "Hot Mikado." # * * As an example of the type of "spectacular" NBC plans for the summer, "One Touch of Venus" will be telecast directly from the Dallas State Pair, Saturday, Aug. 27. EDDIE ALBERT and VIVIAN BLAINE will co-star. * * * CBS has set three of the five shows moving into the DOUGLAS EDWARDS news time next season. Cochise will take over the Wed¬ nesday night period, Sergeant Pr eston ~of the Mountles goes in on Thursdays and My Friend Flfcka on Fridays. A new ED WYNN program, featuring the comedian's Rube Goldberg-type inventions: will probably go either Mondays or Tuesdays. * * * CLIFF NORTON now set to play the bus driver in SID CAESAR's summer replacement show, One-Nlghter . PHIL FOSTER will play the manager of the touring orchestra. BARBARA NICHOLS also joining the cast . . . Person to Person producers JOHN AARON and JESSE ZOUSMER planning a once-a-month "spectacular" for kid viewers next fall. * * * With the movie studios moving into the hour-long drama field next fall, TV's playwrights feel their top fees may hike from the present $2000 - $3000 up to $7000. That's one reason why GORE VIDAL is reluctant to sign an exclusive deal with CBS now at present rates . . . Author MERLE MILLER expected to be the next big-name writer to move into television. * * * ABC planning a country-music amateur hour for Tues¬ day nights this summer, produced live from Springfield, Mo., by the people who do ABC's successful Ozark Jubi ¬ lee . . . And Jubilee expands to 90 minutes for the summer, starting Saturday night, July 2. * * * JACK ( Morning Show ) PAAR may take on a once-weekly musical variety show for C6S this summer ... It looks now as though Elgin Hour will vacate this summer, after June 14. . . CYRIL RItCHARD tentatively set as host for ABC's upcoming Devil's Theater, a role originally announced for LOUIS JOURDAlT * * * Sponsor of the canceled Mr. Peepers show may replace it with the new Mr. Tutt telefilm series, based on the famous magazine stories and starring WALTER BRENNAN. . Another medical show. For Doctors Only , is scheduled for the fall. This one reportedly will let viewers see actual surgical operations. *Trade~mark, Teletype Cor p. Continued on Inside Back Cover