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i fname ever Vora tenn * ete . () yo 4 Ness, part in the Nitti indictment?” echoed the lawyer. te N O's e882?” . a —— But we're not as concerned about “The Untouchabies’” past as its future. The series is enjoying peak rating pop- ularity and, forgetting the gangsters Ness helped apprehend, were there enough underworld fiends back in the ’30s to. keep the show running for the next two, three or more years? One gangster a week? . co : ° _ 2 ‘¢ r | Dinah Shore Rides Again Dinah Shore and Chevy will ride together again next season for a tenth year on NBC... . Television Facthoo timates there are 91,002,800 TV sets in the world; t nited States has 52,600,000, and 38,402,800 are in sevent: lone other countries. ... The entire “Today” show this ay will be devoted to an extensive report on the Sout African racial problem. . .. An unconfirmed report has Jt that NBC has offered a $50,000 bonus to the staff éalesman who locates a sponsor for its coverage of the political con- ventions—representing $3,000,000 in sponsorship. .. . Bob Hope, who vowed to “take it easy” after his recent illness, will increase his NBC shows from six to eight next season. e s ee After weeks of uncertainty, “Dobie Gillis” won sponsor assurance of another TV whirl. ...In place of the “Steve Allen Show” (Monday nights) next season viewers will be offered an anthology series headed by Barbar Stan- wyck, Allen finds the arrangement agreeable, since he’s ublicly admitted he wants to concentrate on specials in th loming season, byt it’s not certain that he'll do them af: HEC. Allen's five-year contract with the network expires al, pe end of this season. , : © 1900, New York Heraid Tribune Inc. mene: