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The Victim - Talk Back Television Series


Date:1959
Length: 28 minutes
John Clayton, (Director) ; Jerome Coopersmith, (Screenwriter) ; Allen Nourse, (cast) ; Ed Peck, (cast) ; Michael Strong, (cast) ; Bob Yuro, (cast) ; Dr. Robert Moon, (Moderator) ; Dr. Moon, (Interviewee)
A known hoodlum, Brevik, is brought in by Travers, a policeman, for the holdup of a jewelry store. The owner of the victimized store, Forman, is brought in for formal identification of Brevik in a line-up. Although Forman had picked out Brevik's mug-shot, he is afraid to idenify him in person because of threats. He refuses to sign a formal complaint. Lieutenant Deems tries to persuade Forman to help by pointing out the reasons he or any citizen should assist the police in apprehending criminals. Deems suggests that Forman go across the street for a cup of coffee to think it over. Travers meets Forman on the way out, leads him into the locker room and forces him to sign the complaint. Deems breaks in and suspends Travers for his handling of the situation. When Travers turns in his gun he reminds Deems, "No matter what you think about my methods, it was I who got Forman to sign the complaint. . . not you." Theme: Overcoming evil in society. The nineteenth program of the Talk Back TV series.
Topics: Citizenship; Cold War; Police - Complaints against; Television programs; Violence (Law)
ID: TB-19-victim

Are There Any Answers to Events Like the Shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy? - Night Call
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Date:1968-06-05
Length: 57:51 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; Joe Gipson, (Guest)
On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. As this program was aired, word of Kennedy's shooting had arrived, but not of his death. The guest is the Rev. Joe Gipson, pastor of National Memorial United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. Why have Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy been assassinated? And why has Robert F. Kennedy been shot? How can we deal with criminal, political, and racial violence in society? Should the church use religious and political power to make a positive difference? How can we take up the leadership that the Kennedy's had? Would gun control help? Are we a nation of the status-quo, instead of moving forward?
Topics: Assassination; Kennedy, Robert; Radio proram; Violence
ID: NC0021

Are We All Guilty of Murdering M. L. King and R. F. Kennedy? - Night Call
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Date:1968-06-13
Length: 58:58 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; Michael Halberstam, (Guest)
Dr. Michael Halberstam was a cardiologist and author in Washington, D.C. Halberstam had just written a New York Times Magazine article titled: "Are You Guilty of Murdering Martin Luther King?" He rejects the concept of "historical guilt" in which people are guilty of the sins of their ancestors. He says people are responsible for their own actions and inactions. Despite widespread prejudice, Halberstam believes a majority of White Americans are in favor of equal treatment for Black Americans. Subjects include White oppression of Black Americans, the limited value of guilt, the significance of acting out of a sense of justice and commitment, and the difference between shame and guilt. Halberstam was murdered during a robbery in his home in 1980. While driving himself to the hospital with bullet wounds, he knocked down the robber (Bernard C. Welch, Jr.) with his car. Halberstam's brother was Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Halberstam.
Topics: Assinations; Kennedy, Robert F.; King, Martin Luther; Race; Radio programs; Violence
ID: NC0025

Can Laws Prevent Gun Deaths? - Night Call
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Date:1968-07-04
Length: 56:39 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; H. W. Glassen, (Guest)
Harold W. Glassen was president of the National Rifle Association. Congress was considering legislation to regulate gun ownership or registration. Glassen said gun registration never saved any life, but it is costly, and he opposed any registration. He spoke about bills currently being considered, and said the NRA has been supportive of many bills, including ones that punish misuse of firearms. Shields and Glassen disagree on many numbers and statistics. Glassen says the NRA spends absolutely no money on lobbying. Callers wanted to know about state gun registration, how to help influence gun legislation, if it is easy to get guns in Europe, why a strong gun law wouldn't reduce gun deaths in the U.S., who would administer new regulations, whether gun registration would make it easier for a dictator to take over the country, and who could determine if someone should be qualified to own a gun. (Note: There were significant problems with phone lines in the first segment of this program.)
Topics: Gun control; Gun violence; Radio program
ID: NC0038