Show A2 — Thp Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 18 2002 H Motion ' U I creator off ‘OW Weaver 'Jodlay’ ©Dmif (does ad 93 LOS ANGELES CAP) — Sylvester “Pat” Weaver who createdI NBC’s “Today” and “Tonight” shows brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to TV and shaped the way Americans watched the infant medium has died He was 93 The father of actress Sigourney Weaver died of pneumonia on Friday night at his Santa Barbara home his wife Elizabeth said by telephone Sat' urday night Weaver worked at NBC from 1949 when there were only 2 million TV sets in the country until 1936 when he resigned as chairman of the board “Pat Weavfcr was the first major creative force in television programming and one of the most innovative execu- fives in the history of television Pat’s influence mNBCis still seen by lions of viewers everyday” NBC Chairman and CEO Bob Wright said in a statement When Weaver first joined NBC TV was run on the radio model Sponsors owned shows controlled their content and sometimes even dictated when 1 AP photo television Pat Is Weaver veteran Sigourney Weaver watches as her father Primetime the Awards at Annual 50th crowd the the at Emmy applauded by Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in this Sept 13 1998 photo Sylvester "Par Weaver who created NBC’s Today1 and Tonight" shows brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to TV and shaped the way Americans watched the infant medium died of pneumonia on Friday night In brief of 1985 our homes and across oceans in a moment to any part of the world” he wrote in his 1994 autobiography “The Best Seat in die House” In 1949 Weaver became NBCs vice president in charge of television On his first day he rescinded die cancella-“Methe Pkess” — now TV’s tionof longest-runniprogram Convinced that he could woo mom-radlisteners away Weaver cieat-th-e first early morning show "Tbday” in 1952 with host Dave et ng But the medium he hoped would culturally enrich America was failing to deliver on its promise Weaver said in a 1994 interview with The Associated Press 'Tt's very disappointing” he said “There’s occasional good dungs on but'there’s no consistent aits programming” Born to a wealthy roofxng mannfac- hirer in Los Angeles Weavergreduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth Col- lege In the midst of die Depression he took a job as a comedy writer for a Los Angeles radio network He went on to executive jobs in radio and advertising After a Navy stint in World Warfl Weaver returned to the ad world But ' he had become enamored of fledging television “It had the potential to take us by sight as well as by sound out of $150-a-mon- th io Gar-row- ay TV news was hampered then by big cameras that were mostly d and by film that took hours to develop “Today” however had all night to get someplace where news was happening get file pictures and get back to studio “That’s what it became” Weaver studio-boun- & ence' to know: What time is it? How’s the weather? What happened last night? What’s new today? What are the big stories? What are the funny stories? And we gradually put together that kind of a show” THERAPEUTICMASSAGE Haab ih body Graham repeats apology to Jews for remarks in talk with Nixon anti-Semit- they aired Weaver’s ideas took away some that control He had die network produce its own shows and then sell commercial time to several advertisers helping fund die medium For his contributions Weaver received two Emmy awards and was inducted into die Television Academy of Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in ic MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Rev Billy Graham is again apologizing for a 1 972 conversation with former President Nixon in which he said a Jewish “stranglehold” of the media was ruining the country “I don't ever recall having those feelings about any group especially the Jews and I certainly do not have them now” Graham said in a statement issued Friday “I humbly ask the Jewish community to reflect on my actions on behalf of Jews over the' years that contradict my words in the Oval Office that Cloan tion for (west i plan on tfw Mind of 1250 East) and Nibley on tuesday :00 pm Please bring the following coming to school some tune between 6:! items: copy of current immunizations birth certificate social security number a check for $20 to pay for snacks ana other food experiencesand the names and phone numbers of friends relatives and physicians who can be called in an emergency Children entering kindergarten must turn five years old on or before September 1 FIRST SE5SION $25hr Natalie Taylor LMT Call Today 770-569-5 TT—WT ' day” - The conversation was included on 500 hours of Nixon White House tapes released by the National Archives in late February Most were recorded in 1972 In the conversation with Nixon the Southern Baptist evangelist expressed disdain for what he saw as Jewish domination of the media “This stranglehold has got to be broken or this country’s going down the drain” Graham said agreeing with Nixon’s own comments earlier in the conversation Graham 83 initially apologized in a brief statement issued March 1 shortly after the tapes were released e In a statement issued Friday by the Minneapolis-base- d Billy Graham Evangelistic Association he said he had heldmanr con venations with Nixon on many topics-- -- two-pag- I 'caKSoflw'EafcSus&l fie Whiffet fife tfmSXMh conifi&te which wrongEfof not disagreeing with die president and' I sincerely ' apologize to anyone I have offended” he said ! I Romney returns to Massachusetts BEDFORD Mass (AP) — Salt Lake Olympic chief Mitt Romney returned to Massachusetts on Sunday and closed the door to any possibility of running for public office in Utah Arriving at Hanscom Air Field on a private jet as speculation over his possible gubernatorial run in Massachusetts reached fever pitch Romney took on criticism that he had lost ties to the ‘ state “It’s great to be home” he said “Massachusetts is our home This is where we vote keepour home it’s where our family lives and we are happy to be back” Romney who has lived the last three years in Utah since taking over the running of the Salt Lake City winter games had ’previously said he would also consider running for public office there “I generally have tried to not close doors definitively until that was necessary" he said “But in this particular case there is no prospect of my running for office in Utah” ' Romney and his wife who wore leather jackets with ah Olympic logo were met by their sons Josh and Tagg The ' Romneys have five sons three of whom are married and live in ' Massachusetts They also have four grandchildren in Massachu- setts Acting Gov Jane Swift has raised questions about whether Romney who has filed taxes in Utah and maintained residence there would be eligible to run for governor in the Bay State Massachusetts law requires gubernatorial candidates to have lived in the state for seven years Miami officers PLITIIUU ICCOUIT face fed charges TURN YOIIR CHECKING MIAMI (AP) — Fourteen police officers facing federal cor-ruption charges were investigated by their own department for at least 293 allegations of misconduct a newspaper investiga- tion found Tire police department’s internal investigations cleared the officers of all the accusations winch included witness reports or physical evidence of pistol whippings broken noses and in one case rape The Miami Herald reported in Sunday’s editions Critics say the Miami police department ignored tire allegations to protect officers who have been with the force for tire past 20 years “A small clique of police officers came into tire department in the early 1980s a small Criminal element Miiwlmri of them K- ACCOUNT INTO PLATINUM Talk about a golden opportunity fcrtrarw acoount Tfoifll : car 'v r totwiAaty of your designated ' ' 1 V:' fifth-straig- Plaitinuin Account I nd stop tigging Come into a Washington Mutual FmandalQentei or pU 1400-756800- today 0 : y 'f y- r‘ V' i" uiie siui ’ I 1 ' ' r i : ' 'T Ij V- V ! 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