FCC Cannot Do Anything About
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Rigged Television Quiz Programs
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Fed
eral Communications Commission
told Congress Saturday it can’t do
a thing about rigged television
quiz programs.
FCC chairman John C. Doerfer
reported the commission’s posi
tion in testimony before a House
committee looking into rigging of
some big-money question and an
swer shows.
He said the FCC cannot:
1. Censor.
2. Interfere with freedom of
speech.
3. Dig up the manpower to
monitor all programs.
But the big questions, while
Doerfer testified at an unusual
Saturday meeting of the commit
tee which had planned to wind
up its inquiry Friday, still were:
1. Will Charles Van Doren, first
big winner in quiz shows, accept
a challenge to explain his role in
the scandal - scarred “Twenty -
One” program?
2. If Van Doren continues to ig
nore a pointed invitation to tes
tify will the House Legislative
Oversight subcommittee order his
appearance?
Doerfer didn’t refer directly to
any specific program in his testi
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, STATE OF ALASKA
No. 1099
NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JOSEPHINE, KAIJI. deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that,
pursuant to order of the above named
Court entered on the 14th day of Sep
tember,' 1959. all property of the above
named estate described below will be
sold at public auction oral bid sale, for
full cash only, said sale to be held at
10 o’clock a.m. at the office of the
United States Commissioner, Federal
Building, Nome. Alaska, on the 14th day
of October, 1959. The Administratrix re
serves the right to refuse and reject any
and all bids.
The property to be sold is the resi
dence and contents formerly occupied
by the deceased, and described as fol
lows:
The South 60 feet of the West 30
feet of Lot 16 in Block 25, in the
City of Nome, Alaska, and together
with a small frame dwelling located
thereon and the contents therein.
Dated this 14th day of September, 1959.
EDITH ARNOLD,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Josephine Kaiji, deceased.
James A. von der Heydt
Attorney at Law
Nome, Alaska
Publish Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 9, 12, 1959.
I mony, but, under questioning
about rigging of qijjiz shows said
at one point:
“This is a fraudulent pracr
tice ... it is a deception . . .
but neither the prosecuting attor
ney in New York nor I have been
able to pin-point any violation of
' the law.
“We can’t determine who has
been harmed. The home owner
certainly didn’t pay his way into
the show.”
Chairman Oren Harris <D-Ark>
opening Saturday’s hearing, said
he considers the FCC testimony
“the most pertinent part of our
hearings.” The subcommittee 'has
aimed its hearing at determining
whether federal regulation is ade
quately enforced or whether new
legislation is needed.
But, most interest has centered
in the contestants on the various
■ quiz programs, particularly the
new-defunct “Twenty-One.”
Van Doren, a one-time Colum
bia University English instructor
who skyrocketed to fame while
winning $129,000 on “Twenty
One,” consistently has denied any
knowledge of the show’s being
fixed.
The National Broadcasting Co.,
with whom he has a $50,000 a
year contract as a TV commenta
tor, suspended him two days ago,
pending a final determination by
the House inquiry.
Other “Twenty-One” contest
ants have testified that the show
was fixed. But they did not ac
cuse Van Doren of taking part
in the fakery.
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Former Child Actor Arrested
On Narcotics Charge .
HOLLYWOOD, UR — Bobby
Driscoll, 22, who won a special
| Academy Award 10 years ago as
a child actor, was jailed Sunday
on a narcotics booking. He gave
his occupation as “unemployed.”
Narcotics officer*- arrested Dris
coll, William Bradley, 21, and
Willigm Kimbeley, 21, on a Los
Angeles sidewalk. Detectives said
j Driscoll was carrying a hypoder
; mic kit and Bradley a quantity of
I codeine tablets.
Funeral Services Held
Saturday In Rome For
Singer Mario Lanza
ROME, OP)—Italian fans min
gled with American residents of
i Rome at funeral services Satur
day for Mario Lanza.
The body of the American
tenor, who died suddenly Wed
nesday, was carried to the church
in a black and gilt carriage,
drawn by four black - plumed
[ horses.
A funeral car, carrying wreaths
preceded the slowly moving car-j
riage from Lanza’s home, where
he had lived with his wife and
their fouf children, to the Church
; of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
about a mile away.
Gathered in a broad square in
j front of the red brick Roman j
Catholic Church, one of Rome’s j
j newest, was a small crowd.
Mrs. Lanza, who had been de
‘ scribed in a state of shock after
i his death from a heart attack,
was helped from an automobile.
Her mother, Lanza’s mother,
the singer’s grandfather and the ]
children sobbed quietly.
The family has not decided
whether to have the body re
turned to the United States or
buried in Italy.
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