Round-the-World Tour Kickoff

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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First episode of a special series of Town Meeting programs, broadcast from Idlewild Airport. Unidentified speaker explains the format of the upcoming shows and tour. Samuel F. Pryor, Jr. of Pan-American, Ivor Kenway of ABC, and George Denny address the audience.

Denny introduces Town Hall participants:

Mrs. [Dorothea Dutcher] Buck, president, General Federation of Women's Clubs
The Mayor of Grand Rapids [George W. Welsh]
Mrs. [Edith] Sampson, representative of National Council of Negro Women
Bob Hansen [Robert W. Hansen], of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Clarence Decker, president of Kansas City University
Brooks Emeny, president of Foreign Policy Association

Hosted by J. Gordon Fraser.

Note: See NYT article "Air town meeting to girdle world," 1949-06-24 for context.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 69761
Municipal archives id: LT879

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