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Show MONDAY, Today' Show Celebrates Eleven Years NEW YORK The "Today" show has come a long way since Its debut on Jan. 4, 1952. To demonstrate the new program's flexibility in its early days ia 1952, a series of TV pick-up- s was scheduled from New York, Cliicago and Washington, D.C. All went well until the time ar- rived for the Washington remote. an admirBy as al was to be shown he climbed the steps on his way. to work at Navy headquarters! From the home studio in New on-cam- r t - "flu vTVT U ' lh York, Dave Garroway, who was life who are not only willing to be interviewed on then prof ram host, asked the offi- but eager cer: "Well, admiral, what is the Today." state of the United States Navy On Dec. 5, for example, Adlai E. Stevenson, chief United States this morning?' The admiral stoppedrglared at delegate to the United Nations, the camera, and answered coldly: chose the "Today" program to was last night!" He rebut a magazine article which "Same as and the discussed his role in the Cuban then walked v crisis. His remarks on the show interview ended. As the program prepares to made page one headlines across celebrate its 11th anniversary on the country. Jan. 14, 1963, important governStevenson was but one of the ment officials are now among the many important government offimany people in and out of public cials who appeared and made news headlines oh "Today" during 1962. All members of President Kennedy's Cabinet were on the show early in the year to report on their plans for the months :. ahead. "x' During the first 10 months of 1962, there were interviews with 29 senators, many of whom made more than one appearance; 23 . tt" members of the House of Representatives; eight governors and 47 government figures, including it off-came- 4 ;'K' -- vTV 'r - Iff. I- r' - HAL D V , , i 1 t ....-- 6 r s - , s, ' S ( i" -- T 3 When Channel 2's "Today" show on Jan. 14, 1952, one of the first interviews premiered was with an admiral who cut short the questioning after six words. As the program prepares to observe its 11th anniversary, however, important government officials n are among the many people who are not only willing, but eager, to appear on the series. For example, Adlai E. Stevenson (above), U.S.. Ambassador to the United Nations, went on "Today" to rebut a magazine article which discussed his role in the Cuban crisis. The telecast made headlines across the country. Interviewing Stevenson is Hugh Downs, "Today" host. well-know- to an old friend An obligation CBS News Correspondent WaltJET TO DYNA-SOAand a passion for justice give er Cronkite interviews Col. Clay Tice Jr. (left), on the Adam Cartwright (Pernell RobAir Force's aerospace program in this scene "From Jet, erts) the moral stamina he needs to Dyna-Soaon "The Twentieth Century" Sunday, to stand by a man falsely accus4 Jan. 13, p.m. on Channel 5 Col. Tice is Deputy Chief ed of murder in the "Song in the of Staff, Plans and Operations for the Air Force Flight Dark," episode of "Bonanza," on color series, Channel 2's Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. m. Jan. 13, at 7 R I T 4 Vt - r" Si" 4 f l:Vrf - i full-ho- ur Quint Uses Disguise For Escape Quint Asper whites, has the haughty daughter of an Army colonel disguise herself as an Indian on "Gunsmoke" Saturday, Jan. 12, 7 o'clock on Channel half-bree- d 5. The pair then find themselves fceing hunted, not only by the Dennis Becomes Junior Astronaut When Mr. Wilson is named flhairman of the Junior Astro- renegades but by Army troops who blame Indians for the renegades' depredations. James Arness stars at Matt Dillon with" Dennis Weaver as Chester, Milburn Stone as Doc, Amanda Blake as" Kitty and Burt Reynolds as Quint. Audrey Dalton appears as the colonel's daughter, with Ben Wright as her father, Jack Lambert as Brice, Donald Barry as Mclver, John Pickard as Poole, Ed Faulkner as the sergeant, Linda Hutchins as Ruth, Bob Steele as Sam Gordon, Alan Dexter as Trask and Joseph Bas-se- tt as Leader. La-vih- ia, naut Savings Stamps program for tfve school, Dennis traps him into promising to finance a trip to Cape Canaveral for the student who buys' the most stamps during the campaign on "Dennis the Jlen&ce," Sunday, Jan. 13, S:30 Producer Frank Pierson finds it cheaper to buy a house and move it to a desired location than build a set at Santa Fe, N. M. where the color series, "Empire" is filmed regularly. "When we needed a sharecropfi at., on Channel 5. The episode, filmed witb the per's shack we found an abanoperation of the National Aero- doned mining town, Madrid, 49 nautical and Space Administration miles from Santa Fe, where 159 and the U. S. Treasury Depart- bungalows stood empty," said Pier-so"We bought a bungalow, ment, features an appearance by al moved tt to where we were filmJohn F. "Shorty" Powers, . spokesman for the Mercury ing and then gave the house to local Indians. Austronauts. n. p. Sunday, Danny Morgan (Gregory Wal-cot- t) is accused of murdering a widow qn the circumstantial evidence that he vas heard singing in the neighborhood. Adam resists the attempts to railroad his inded, troubadour friend in the face of demands for his life Johnson from the (Edward Andrews). In the end, Adam learns that those who cast stones are not always without sin. Lome Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon also star. This episode was directed by Don and written by Judith and George W. 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This allows it to be seen at breakfast before leaving for work. - ' " Adams Fights For Accused Friend To escape capture by renegade 3 . . Presidential assistants and agency heads. That so many administration figures want to appear on 'Today" is indicative of the series' 'l 1 1 X i W A UMjl-- l ra ',Kk L A Utah JANUARY T, 1965 County. UUh (C) Hawaiian Eye Jack Benny American Memoli y 10:30 Show (O" 4Peter Gunn --Million Dollar Movto 2-T- ' 4Big 11:00 Movi , |